Just the Essentials: How Essential Oils Can Heal Your Skin, Improve Your Health, and Detox Your Life

The author of Skin
Cleanse returns with a comprehensive guide to the ultimate ingredient
for living an all-natural, plant-based lifestyle: essential oils.

In Just the
Essentials, Adina Grigore, owner and founder of the wildly popular all-natural skincare line SW
Basics, presents a 21st-century guide to these ancient oils. A former essential oils skeptic, Grigore offers a fresh, fun, and authoritative overview of what they are and how they
can be easily incorporated into anyone’s life. 

From plant-based medicine to
all-natural skincare to safer and cleaner household products to aromatherapy,
this handy and entertaining guide provides detailed advice for a wide array of
oils, safety guidelines, and a range of do-it-yourself recipes to get started.
Inside you'll discover such fun facts as:

• Tea tree oil is a powerful
  antibacterial that is proven to be as effective for treating acne as
  benzoyl peroxide; it also kills oral bacteria and is a life-saver for
  tooth infections.


• Cinnamon oil is a
  circulation-booster that helps to ease everyday aches and pains as well as
  headaches (even migraines).


• Peppermint oil is brimming with
  antimicrobial properties; peppermint oil can be used for everything from
  alleviating digestive problems to cleaning your kitchen counters.

With lists of the best
oils for beginners; instructions for diffusing and safe handling; and DIY
recipes from dish soap to toothpaste to facial masks, Just the
Essentials makes it easy and enjoyable to reap the many benefits of
these pure plant extracts.

Adina Grigore is the author of Just the Essentials and founder and CEO of the all-natural, sustainable skin-care line S.W. Basics. She has worked in the wellness industry since 2007 as a private holistic nutritionist, a personal trainer, and a workshop coordinator teaching people about the DIY nature of wellness. S.W. Basics products are sold internationally and have been featured in Vogue; O, The Oprah Magazine; the New York Times; InStyle; Real Simple; and Martha Stewart Living, among others.