Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon essential oil is distilled from the lemon plant. The name is derived from Arabic ‘laimun’ or Persian ‘limun’.

The main chemical components of lemon oil are a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, a-terpinene, linalool, b-bisabolene, limonene, trans-a-bergamotene, nerol, and neral.

Lemon Essential Oil Benefits

• Lemon essential oil is rich in vitamin C, which improves the rate at which your hair grows by boosting the production of collagen.
• Lemon essential oil contains hesperidin, which helps reduce melanin production in the skin. Therefore, Lemon oil is used to treat dark spots, acne scarring, hyperpigmentation, and uneven skin tone.
• Due to its very high anti-bacterial properties, it helps to limit and eradicate acne. This may sometimes cause some breakouts in the process.
• It helps tighten the hair follicles, curbing hair fall.
• It helps clear and clean the scalp and unclog hair follicles. This helps prevent dandruff and hair loss.
• Lemon essential oil has anti-fungal properties that help maintain scalp health.
• It helps control the production of oil on your scalp.
• The lemon essential oil also helps stimulate re-growth from dormant hair follicles.
• Lemon oil reduces the amount of sebum on the scalp and helps rebalance the production of oils.
• With its antimicrobial and antiseptic properties, it is used for scalp treatments. Lemon Oil may also help fight infection and inflammation due to its high Vitamin C content. Vitamin C also helps to produce collagen.

* Lemon oil is phototoxic, so it should not be used in sun care products.

INCI: Citrus Limon
SOLUBILITY: Oil Soluble
USAGE RATE:  0.01 to 5% (suggested Usage rate: <1% in leave-on)