Essential oil - Organic red mandarin

• INCI name: Citrus reticulata peel oil
• Botanical name: Citrus reticulata blanco
• Part of the plant extracted: Fresh zest
• Extraction process: Cold pressing

Culture & Origin

The mandarin tree is the result of a cross with sweet orange and represents 80% of the small citrus fruit market. Sweet and pleasantly fragrant, mandarin easily finds its place on market stalls in winter. Its flesh, the least acidic of citrus fruits, is indeed very tasty and easily combines with many other ingredients.

Originally from the Middle East, mandarin was once mainly cultivated in China, Vietnam or Japan. Its name "mandarin" would thus refer to the silk robes worn by mandarins! Mandarin then arrived in Europe in the 19th century. Organic red mandarin essential oil is obtained by cold pressing the fruit zests. It takes about 100 kg of plants to obtain 800 to 1.2 kg of essential oil.

Health Benefits

Promotes digestive comfort:

• Like many citrus essential oils, organic mandarin essential oil is primarily renowned for its toning benefits on the digestive system.

  It has the particularity of improving intestinal peristalsis and facilitating transit naturally. It is also used to help calm persistent hiccups and has a gentle laxative action. This essential oil also contains limonene, which helps fight nausea and provides gastric comfort in case of digestive issues.

Soothes stress and nervousness :

• Like sweet orange essential oil, red mandarin essential oil has powerful relaxing properties. Used in diffusion or olfaction, this essential oil has a pleasant and comforting fragrance, which will be ideal for promoting relaxation and falling asleep. It can therefore be recommended to calm anxious states, in cases of anxiety or stress, alone or combined with other relaxing essential oils such as lavender essential oil, for example.

Purifies ambient air and eliminates bad odors :

• Rich in monoterpenes, organic red mandarin essential oil can also be recommended to help purify the ambient air and naturally sanitize all rooms in the house. It can also be used as an active ingredient in household product recipes to eliminate bad odors or simply as a natural fragrance.

  To enjoy its purifying properties, you can diffuse red mandarin essential oil for a few minutes, combined with other purifying essential oils such as Scots pine or lemon essential oil. A guaranteed breath of fresh air!

Cosmetic Properties

Fights cellulite and helps firm the skin :

• While organic red mandarin essential oil has many health benefits, it can also be used as a cosmetic active ingredient! Firming and toning, it will mainly be recommended to help naturally combat cellulite, combined with a balanced diet and a minimum of physical activity. For this use, make sure to dilute it well in a vegetable oil before applying it by massage to the affected areas. Like most citrus essential oils, organic red mandarin essential oil is photosensitizing. Therefore, avoid any sun exposure before and after application!

Purifies combination to oily skin :

• If you have combination, oily, or blemish-prone skin, organic red mandarin essential oil can help you naturally care for your skin. It is particularly recommended to help purify the skin, added to homemade cosmetic recipes or masks, in combination with other natural active ingredients and essential oils such as tea tree oil, for example. You can also use it alone, diluted in a vegetable oil, also excluding any sun exposure before and after application.

Helps firm mature skin :

• As with the body, organic red mandarin essential oil can also work wonders on mature skin! Its firming and toning properties will be particularly useful in helping to maintain skin suppleness and elasticity. It is therefore often used in anti-wrinkle and anti-aging treatments.

  It also promotes the disappearance of redness, soothes skin discomfort, and naturally smooths the skin. A must to incorporate into your moisturizing cream recipes!

Usage Tips

Organic red mandarin essential oil is generally well tolerated and is mainly used in atmospheric diffusion as well as in cutaneous application, diluted in a vegetable oil and away from any sun exposure.

Relaxing, calming, antispasmodic, it is recommended for restoring digestive and gastric comfort daily, as well as for naturally facilitating relaxation and letting go. Its pleasant and comforting fragrance indeed makes it an essential oil recommended for diffusion, both for relaxation and for helping to purify the ambient air and eliminate bad odors!

In cosmetic use, organic red mandarin essential oil will take care of all skin types: combination to oily, mature or prone to redness... its firming and purifying benefits will be recommended to fight against the appearance of imperfections and prevent skin sagging.

Organic red mandarin essential oil can be used alone, or in combination with other essential oils to strengthen or complement its various properties. We can thus cite petitgrain bigarade, sweet orange or true lavender essential oils to promote sleep. To improve digestive comfort, red mandarin essential oil will go wonderfully with those of lemon, ginger or peppermint.

Finally, to more effectively fight against the formation of cellulite, red mandarin can be supplemented with essential oils of cedar, marine criste or lemon to detoxify the skin and promote fat elimination while fighting water retention.