Cinnamon oils What you need to know

Cinnamon oils What you need to know

Cinnamon oils What you need to know By Martin Watt I have decided to write about another oil which is hyped like crazy on social media blogs and on some websites. The first thing to consider is which oil are people referring to when they say “cinnamon oil is good for x,y,z”? Cinnamon trees yield two totally different essential oils, on...

Lemon oil-the myths and hype removed

Lemon oil-the myths and hype removed

LEMON OIL The myths reviewed By Martin Watt There are vast numbers of posts on social media sites and on the blogs of multi level distributors about what lemon oil can do. Therefore I thought it opportune to wade through my old newsgroup posts and create a new article on this issue. Don't think I am saying that lemon oil is of no use, it...

Peppermint oil-the myths and hype removed

PEPPERMINT OIL The myths reviewed By Martin Watt There are vast numbers of posts on social media sites as well as many errors in training courses about what ailments peppermint oil can deal with. Therefore I thought it worth creating a new article on these errors. Don't think I am saying that peppermint oil is of little use, it can be ver...

Sandalwood oils-Why I oppose their use

Sandalwood oils Why I oppose their use By Martin Watt A number of people have asked me why I have the logo at the top of my homepage “This site is free of sandalwood & rosewood”. I have responded to those questions via emails but feel the time has come to do an article for all to see. The rosewood issue is pretty much covered in my articl...

ADVICE FOR THOSE WISHING TO BECOME INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS For MULTI LEVEL COMPANIES

ADVICE FOR THOSE WISHING TO BECOME INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS For MULTI LEVEL COMPANIES

ADVICE FOR THOSE WISHING TO BECOME INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS For MULTI LEVEL COMPANIES   By Martin Watt I have not written anything on this issue for a long time because I thought my older articles on Young Living covered it. However, due to an increase in the number of people asking me about companies promoting distributorship - I have d...

HARM CAUSED BY doTERRA AND THEIR DISTRIBUTORS

HARM CAUSED BY doTERRA AND THEIR DISTRIBUTORS

HARM CAUSED BY doTERRA  am republishing the article below with the permission of the author. This report ties up nicely with my other article about 'doTERRA in Europe'. Due to this company not providing accurate safety information, users of their products are being harmed. Instead false information is promoted: 1. “people only get reacti...

Frankincense essential oil and claims for its cancer curing activity made by distributors of Young Living and doTERRA

Frankincense essential oil and claims for its cancer curing activity made by distributors of Young Living and doTERRA   By Martin Watt Update Sept. 2014: Since writing this article there has at last been some action at long last from the FDA over the illegal medicinal claims made on the distributors sites of Young Living and dTERRA. htt...

The dangers of using 'untested' essential oils Blog sites that link to Amazon shops

ESSENTIAL OILS SALES VIA AMAZON.COM & THE INADEQUATE SAFETY WARNINGS OF THE SUPPLIERS By Martin Watt Safety: Amazon say: “The Product Safety Team at Amazon works to protect Amazon customers from risks of injury associated with products offered on Amazon by looking into and taking action on reported safety complaints and incidents”. Yet, w...

Benzoin - warnings on its use

BENZOIN A safe preservative or not? By Martin Watt In 1992 IFRA, the world's leading experts in safety issues of all aromatic extracts, issued new guidelines on the use of Benzoin extracts in cosmetic products. They recommended that only extracts processed by methods which eliminated allergens should be used in cosmetic products. This...

Old lavender oil - the dangers

Old lavender oil - the dangers

Old lavender oil may be a problem. By Martin Watt. In Sept 2003 I obtained some papers on aged linalool and lavender oil which are rather alarming. For years I have been advising therapists not to use old citrus peel or pine family oils on the skin. This is because as those oils age with oxygen exposure, they form chemicals which can initi...