Isn’t this a little hypocritical? You stated two remedies for hair health without reference to a scientific study or mechanism, and then when Ras does the same you accuse him of quackery?
But I am interested in the use of spearmint/peppermint for cosmetic purposes. I messed around with smelling essential oils and the only one I really enjoyed was spearmint/peppermint...it smelled amazing! I couldn’t get enough... and I wouldn’t mind the aroma around me all the time.
How do you incorporate these oils into your hygiene?
You might really love a drop of peppermint or clove oil on a toothbrush with baking soda for the ULTIMATE peridontal care. In my opinion, manmade toothpastes with suspect ingredients waste my money and time. Both these oils are considered "hot" oils and I would never, ever put them on the skin without diluting in coconut oil. As with coconut, all are antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal. However, the chances of getting impure, diluted with PUFAs, or otherwise impure or chemical laden oils are becoming more common with the resurgence in essential oil use as aromatherapy, etc. I have some certificates that allow me the "license to touch" via bodywork with the application of aromatic botanicals of many kinds. Oils, (really a distilled ester) are such a concentrated collection of thousands of pounds of plant material, they can have a chemical profile that is off the charts or sad and full of degenerated material not good to absorb into tissues. It didn't take me long to be able to sniff out the synthetic, or diluted oil products once I was given pure botanicals with which to compare. As with foodstuffs, organic raw plant material is most desireable for distilling, and pesticides could be a problem you might not want to apply on one's underarms...