Essential Oils & Your Skin

There’s something special about opening a bottle and recognizing lavender, citrus, rosemary, or another familiar botanical scent. But when we use essential oils in skincare, we believe they deserve a little more thought than simply making something smell beautiful.

At Triple Goddess Apothecary, every essential oil we use has a purpose, and we treat these concentrated plant ingredients with the respect they deserve.

A Little Goes a Long Way

Essential oils are highly concentrated aromatic compounds extracted from plants, flowers, leaves, peels, woods, and other botanical materials. That concentration is part of what makes them so special, but it also means more isn’t necessarily better.

That’s why we don’t simply pour essential oils into our products until they smell good. We carefully incorporate them into our formulas at appropriate amounts.

Why We Pair Them With Carrier Oils

You’ll often find beautiful plant oils such as sunflower, jojoba, argan, and others in skincare alongside essential oils.

These carrier oils help safely dilute and evenly distribute essential oils across your skin, while also bringing their own skin-conditioning qualities to the formula.

Carrier oils also help carry essential oils and other active ingredients deeper into the skin - that is why they are called carrier oils.

Because oils don’t always stay in suspension, please be sure to shake the solution to ensure those oils are mixed before use.

Think of the carrier oil as the foundation and the essential oil as one carefully chosen part of the finished blend. They’re meant to work together.

Your Skin Is Uniquely Yours

One of the things we love about working with botanicals is also something worth remembering: everyone’s skin is different.

An ingredient one person loves may not be the perfect match for someone else. And although essential oils come from nature, “natural” doesn’t automatically
mean gentle for every skin type.

If your skin is especially sensitive, or you know you have allergies or sensitivities to botanical ingredients, we recommend patch testing a new product before
making it part of your regular routine.

Thoughtfully Made, From Our Hands to Yours

We believe skincare can be simple, beautiful, and rooted in nature.

For us, using essential oils isn’t about chasing trends or making big promises. It’s about understanding the ingredients we work with, choosing them intentionally,
and creating products we’re proud to put our name on and share with you.