Noble Body Blog

YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO NATURAL OILS FOR HEALTHY & BEAUTIFUL FACE, BODY & HAIR Demonized and misunderstood for decades, many people are finally awakening to the amazing benefits of natural oils (aka “carrier oils”) for skin and hair health, beauty, and wellness. Meanwhile, those that understand them have been benefiting from these compounds for beautiful, handsome, glowing, and healthy skin, not to mention shiny and silky hair and, of course, beards. Natural (and essential) oils have been used by humans on their skin and hair for millennia to moisturize, hydrate, nourish, massage, sooth, cleanse, heal, and protect from the sun insects, parasites, as well as for anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-microbial uses.

  Do essential oils and their chemical components present health concerns? Whether or not lavender and tea tree contain endocrine or hormone disrupting chemicals remains a hotly debated issue between the players in this protracted essential oil drama. This debate has now been pushed far beyond just essential oils to what we eat and what we put in and on our bodies. It is likely that you and your children are exposed every day to the common chemical components that are discussed in this article and that are now in the crosshairs of a March 2018 US Federal Government study.

"Anti-Aging" may be one of the most overused and questionable terms in the entire cosmetics industry and that's quite a feat in an industry that profits heavily on far-fetched claims...  Our culture places such a premium on youth and beauty that it conditions some of us to believe that we're not as worthy or desirable as we get older. That's why we cling to the dubious and somewhat disparaging terms like "anti-aging" that really have no meaning and which have morphed into carnival barker and nonsensical claims to pitch expensive products that promise everything and deliver virtually nothing...