The blend of this oil includes base and essential oils, and you can also add vitamins and extracts. It all depends on the purpose for which your cuticle oil will be intended (this is the individuality of handmade cosmetics!)
You can choose those base oils that you have at home – almond oil, pistachio oil, apricot kernel oil, grape oil, olive oil. It is better not to use castor and linseed oil. Castor oil is too viscous and sticky, and linseed goes rancid very quickly. The selected base oils should be taken as a basis, adding “active” base oils to them:
• Jojoba oil (also called “liquid wax” because it creates a thin film that protects the skin from damage)
• Mosquito rose oil (intensively moisturizes the skin, contains a lot of vitamins)
• Wheat germ oil (contains vitamin E, restores skin elasticity, protects against over-drying, prolongs the shelf life of oil mixtures)
• Cucumber oil (powerful moisturizing oil, restores even the driest skin, moisturizes cuticles, strengthens weak and brittle nails).
• Argan oil, baobab oil, rice oil, avocado oil are also used for nail care.
Essential oils (add 2-3% – this is 4-6 drops per 10 ml of oil mixture) :
• Lemon essential oil (the most popular essential oil for nail and hand care. Used in products to strengthen nails and soften cuticles. Grapefruit essential oil has similar properties).
• Myrrh essential oil (heals cuts and wounds, stimulates nail growth, makes them stronger, also has anti-inflammatory and antifungal effects, heals the matrix and dermis under the nail)·
• Essential oil of ylang-ylang (restores brittle nails, strengthens the nail plate)·
• Cedar essential oil (stimulates nail growth, used in products for accelerated nail growth)·
• Tea tree essential oil (has antiseptic and antimicrobial properties. Used to heal minor wounds and cuts, used in cuticle repair oils).