As far as I understand it's usually the carrier oil that is the problem rather than the essential oil itself so that needs to be taken into account too. They can use anything from baby oil to rapeseed oil as carriers so you need to find out exactly what she is using and where they are being sourced from.

On 3 October 2011 21:49, Rachael Mclachlan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi there

I wonder if anyone can help. I have an employee who has reacted to essential oils in the Spa that she works in. According to her manager she has "patch tested" and it is definitely oils at work. As yet I have not met with the employee to delve further - i meet on wednesday; however the whole skin and oils thing is completely new to me so I would appreciate your help. Apparently this employee is only 2 weeks in the job and is about to embark on more in depth training using other oils.

I look forward to your help and advice with this one.

Thanks
Rachael

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