Tea Tree Oil
 Tea Tree oil comes from a small Australian tree or shrub, with needle-like leaves
Tea Tree oil can be used to treat acne, athlete's foot, cuts, scrapes and warts
In World War Two, the producers and cutters of Tea Tree were exempt from military service until enough essential oil had been accumulated
When the rest of the world thought it was just a weed, the Aborigines were using Tea Tree oil to cure infected wounds
Tea Tree Oil is often used in surgical and dental practices to kill bacteria before surgery
Captain Cook's sailors named it "Tea Tree" when they used the leaves as a substitute for tea.
Hair Care
A blonde head of hair usually has more strands than red or dark heads of hair
The average scalp has 100,000 strands of hair, which estimates at just fewer than 1000 per square inch
Even on a good hair day, everyone loses at least 40 to 100 strands
Hair is strong as a wire of iron - it rips after applying a force equivalent to 60kg, but only after it stretched itself for about 70%
Unlike most vitamins Vitamin B5 penetrates the hair and is essential for strength and healthy growth
Body Care
There are approximately 19,000,000 skin cells on each square inch of your body
Up to 60% of what you put on your skin is absorbed into your body where it accumulates and can potentially cause health problems
Skin grows faster than any other organ and is constantly renewing throughout our entire lives
Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels
March 2007 |
The Dirty Dozen
