Author Archives: Lauren Schmidt

You may have not heard of it yet, but there’s a carrier oil that’s been used for ages that’s about to make big waves. It might not even have celebrity endorsement, but it’s worthy of it. Pressed from the nuts of trees growing on islands in the middle of the ocean, the oil is called Tamanu (it goes by many other names actually, but this is the most popular in the States. Indigenous island cultures have used the oil for healing every conceivable skin condition for a very long time. Continue reading →