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If essential oils are so great at being anti-oxidants, why don’t we use them more in that capacity?

January 17, 2012 by SwiftCraftyMonkey

Essential oils can be fantastic anti-oxidants, and we do use them in that capacity all the time in cosmetic products. ROE, rosemary essential oil, powdered rosemary extract, green tea extract, and so on – we use all these things to prevent our oils from oxidizing in our products!Although cinnamon, clove, and rosemary essential oils (to…

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