With the great trend towards naturalness, cosmetic products using essential oils are on the rise. Highly concentrated and very fragrant, these oils are true beauty allies.

At Gisèle Delorme, essential oils are a philosophy. We guarantee safety, quality and effectiveness for real benefits on your skin and your well-being. The original blend and the high quality formulation of our essential oils is one of our specificities for a targeted action.

But what are essential oils?

Unlike vegetable oils (borage …), they do not contain fat. It would be more accurate to call them “vegetable essences”. Indeed it is a concentrated liquid extract, obtained by steam distillation of aromatic plants (flower, leaf, wood, root, bark, fruit, …). Through this extraction process and due to their high concentration in active ingredients, essential oils are highly effective. The essential oil is indeed composed of a hundred aromatic molecules particularly active on human metabolism. The composition of each oil is analyzed to determine its chemotype (its “technical sheet”). Thus, each one’s properties can be explained scientifically.

What are essential oils used for in cosmetics?

Essential oils all have specific properties and therefore specific effects:

Essential oils active ingredients reinforce the skin barrier and are absorbed by the skin for a gentle and in-depth action.

They have antimicrobial and antiseptic properties

They have rebalancing properties: a regulating power on the different skin tissues without any habituation effect.

Their properties differ according to the chosen oil. There is indeed an oil for every need, that’s the reason why we use essential oils in the formulation of our skincare products.

Their antibacterial, astringent, regenerating and healing properties enrich many skincare products, thanks to the high concentration of active ingredients contained in essential oils.

These are daily natural correctors that improve the quality of your skin. They take care of your skin and act on its disorders (dehydration, firmness, toxins, wrinkles, rosacea, sensitivity). Essential oils also act at the mental and emotional levels: relaxing, toning, stimulating, regenerating. As you can see, their properties are many and beneficial!

And in practical terms, are they effective?

There is no concern about essential oils action because, highly concentrated in active ingredients, they are secure allies to take care of your beauty in all safety, provided that you follow the use recommendations.

At Gisèle Delorme, essential oils are present in many of our products to maximise their effectiveness and bring a real “strength” to our care.

Which essential oils for your face?

Among our products, you will find what you’re looking for according to your needs and desires! Thanks to the development of specific blends, our essential oils will have an ultra performing targeted action on your skin and will wrap you in a cloud of well-being!

And if the time had come to purify your skin?

Essential oils extracted from astringent plants can cleanse the skin, tighten pores and dry out skin imperfections. Thus they help to even the complexion.

In our products:

• the blend of sage, peppermint and tea tree in the purifying mask and the purifying foaming cream
• the combination of cypress, white thyme, sage, eucalyptus, peppermint and marjoram in the detox arom’activ
• the synergy of sage, tea tree and peppermint in the purifying serum

Which essential oils to tone your face?

The goal is to fight against the lack of firmness so as to regenerate the skin and firm it up.

In our products:

• The extraordinary synergy of ylang-ylang, peppermint, lemon, sweet orange, clove and scotch pine in the tonic arom’activ
• The fennel in the radiance scrub

Which essential oils to moisturize your skin?

Moisturizing essential oils are known to help preserving your skin’s beauty and youth.

In our products:

• The combination of cajuput, rosemary, cloves, niaouli, lavender and geranium in the moisturizing serum
• The combination of nepeta cataria, sage, verbena, chamomile in the nourishing serum

Which essential oils to repair your face?

Regenerative essential oils help revitalize and repair tissues and improve skin’s resistance.

Our product:

• The blend of rosemary, geranium, lavender, cajuput, clove and niaouli in the repair arom’activ
• As far as arom’activ serums are concerned, we advise you to always mix them with your day cream or your mask (4-5 drops).

Avoid essential oils for pregnant women, elderly or frail people and children under 3. Never apply essential oils on the mucous membranes or around the eyes. And avoid them before each sun exposure.