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Contents: What are Carrier Oils? How to Use Carrier Oils? How to Mix / Dilute Essential Oils with Carrier Oils? How to Choose a Carrier Oil? What are the Best Carrier Oils for Aromatherapy? What are the Best Carrier Oils for Massages? What are the Best Carrier Oils for Hair? What are the Best Carrier Oils for Skin? What are Non-comedogenic Carrier Oils? What is the Shelf Life of Carrier Oils? 1. What are Carrier Oils? Carrier oils are also referred to as "Base Oils". Both names are associated to their use with essential oils. As essential oils are too...

Contents: What are Essential Oils? What are Different Grades of Essential Oils? How are Essential Oils Made? How are Absolutes Made? How to Use Essential Oils? Topical Application: Using Essential Oils on the Skin and Hair What are the Best Essential Oils for Skincare? What are the Best Essential Oils for Haircare? What are Non-cosmetic Topical Applications of Essential Oils? Aromatherapy: Using the Aroma of Essential Oils for Wellness  How to Use Essential Oils in Aromatherapy Oral Administration How to Make Essential Oil Blends / How to Blend Essential Oils? Shelf Life and Expiration of Essential Oils 1. What are...

Rice is the staple food of Sri Lanka. The varieties of rice that is being cooked in local households have changed at an unprecedented rate over the last 4-5 decades, keeping pace with the growth of non-communicable diseases in the country, which are responsible for 50% - 60% of the deaths in Sri lanka. A few centuries back, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart and kidney diseases were rare cases among the locals to the point that diseases such as diabetes were considered to be diseases of the rich due to the sedentary lifestyle they led. The popular local...

Sri Lanka is no stranger to the world of spices. As the name ‘Spice Island’ implies, Sri Lanka or Ceylon offers a variety of spices to the international community. Spices are primarily used to add flavour, aroma and colouring to the food. Sri Lankan cuisine consists of 42 spices. Certain spices such as Ceylon Cinnamon, Ceylon Black Pepper and Neolitsea cassia (a variety of Cinnamon which is locally referred to as ‘Dawul Kurundu’) are endemic to Sri Lanka. Some spices such as Coconut and water, are not necessarily classified as a spice among the international community. As with its endemic...

Coconut is one of the foremost of trees in human civilisation. The genesis period of human civilisation is referred to as ‘Kalpa’ in eastern philosophical teachings (Buddhism and Hinduism). ‘Vruksha’ in Sanskrit means ‘the tree’. Therefore, in Sri Lankan folklore, it is considered the ‘Kalpa Vruksha’ or the tree that came into being at the beginning of the ‘Kalpa’ period. It is also defined as the ‘tree of life’ due to the countless benefits it offers. However, there is a world of difference between these two definitions. Among Sri Lankans, a predominant place is given to the coconut tree, making...