Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea Tree Oil: A versatile ingredient for soap and hair care products

Use in cold saponification

Tea Tree essential oil can be used to make soaps, adding a touch of freshness and purity to your creations.

Incorporation tips :

• Recommended dosage: 3% of the total weight of oils and butters (example: 300 g oils = 9 g essential oil).
• Optimizing fragrance: To prolong fragrance hold, add 5% white clay to the total weight of the oils. Mix the clay with the oils before adding the soda solution, to ensure even distribution and avoid lumps.

Features and benefits

• Purifying: Helps to gently cleanse.
• Balancing: Helps maintain the skin's natural harmony.
• Revitalizing: Provides a sensation of freshness and tone.
• Soothing: Ideal for formulations dedicated to skin prone to discomfort.

Use in Solid Shampoos

Tea Tree essential oil is appreciated in hair care products for its purifying and toning properties. It can be added to solid shampoos for a light, fresh sensation on the scalp.

Recommendations for use

• DIY solid shampoo: Add 20 drops for a 100 g soap (SCI solid shampoo base).
• Oily hair: Add a few drops to a mild shampoo base, in combination with essential oils such as Geranium Rosat or Palmarosa.
• Anti-dandruff care: Mix with your usual dose of shampoo to help maintain a healthy scalp.

Hair benefits

✔️ Balancing: Helps regulate excess sebum.
✔️ Fortifying: Helps strengthen hair fiber.
✔️ Revitalizing: Brings freshness and lightness to hair.
✔️ Adds shine: Gives a luminous, silky effect.

For our animal friends:

To make an easy homemade shampoo for your pets, consider combining Tea Tree Essential Oil with Neem oil.

This combination is ideal for concocting a natural soap recipe for your dog or cat, offering purifying and soothing properties for their skin and coat.

Storage and precautions for use

• Packaged in a tinted glass bottle with an airtight cap to preserve its qualities.
• Store between 5°C and 30°C, away from light and moisture.
• Precautions for use:
  • Not recommended for pregnant women, nursing mothers or young children.
  • Contains natural compounds that may be sensitizing (skin test recommended before use).
  • Keep out of reach of children.

Precautions for use :

• Specific contraindications: Do not use this essential oil during pregnancy, while breast-feeding or on children under 3 years of age. Not recommended for people with epilepsy or those at risk of epileptic seizures.
• Allergy risk: This oil contains natural compounds, notably linalool and limonene, which may trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, in accordance with the 7th Amendment of the European Cosmetics Directive (2003/15/EC). Caution is advised when using in cosmetics.
• Pre-test: Before extensive use, perform a skin test by applying your preparation to the crease of the elbow, then wait at least 48 hours to observe any reaction.
• Safety precautions: Keep this essential oil out of the reach of children to prevent accidental or inappropriate use.
• Advice for cosmetics users: If used as an ingredient in cosmetics, be sure to observe the precautions specific to this type of use.

The indications and advice given above are provided for information only, based on reputable sources in aromatherapy, soap-making and phytotherapy. Under no circumstances should they be considered as medical advice. This information is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. It is essential to consult a health professional before using essential oils or any other product mentioned. In addition, please note that the product discussed in this context is not intended for consumption