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Try the Australian Bush Flower Essence combination recommended for cellulite - Bottlebrush, Dagger Hakea and Billy Goat Plum, taken together. Take 6 drops morning and evening for two weeks.

This works better if you also take up exercise and give up smoking.

2 tbsp (colorless) sesame oil

3 drops each essential oils of rosemary and lavender

2 drops essential oil of juniper
Blend the oils, then massage into hips, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs, using firm kneading movements to lift and squeeze the flesh. Rotate your knuckles all over the area, then finish with flowing upward strokes. Repeat morning and night. (Omit rosemary oil if you have epilepsy; juniper if you have kidney disease.)

At the end of a shower, turn the water as cold as you dare and shoot it in the direction of your cellulite. Make large then small circles with the shower head. Increase the temperature to very warm and repeat. End with a blast of cold.

exercise For firmness in the legs and butt, focus on exercises that spot-train the muscles of the thighs and buttocks: squats, lunges, stepping, squat thrusts. Follow with yoga poses to stretch and lengthen these muscles.

In Russia, the traditional tonic for the skin and circulation is a “‘whisking” with a leafy swatch of birch in the steamy banya, or bathhouse, promoting circulation and elimination in specific areas of the body. Birch extract has a purifying action and it is often used in anticellulite oil blends. It is also thought to be effective for arthritis, rheumatism and very dry skin conditions. Try to replicate the Russian effect in a steamy bathroom with a bunch of leafy birch twigs.

Try Weleda’s Birch Cellulite Oil: extracts from the leaves of organically grown silver birch trees contain flavonoids that encourage the body to give up and flush away toxins. Massage twice a day into slightly damp skin.

Before a morning shower or before applying anticellulite oils, dry brush your skin for five minutes. Start by making long strokes with a loofah or body brush up the legs, arms, and torso, always working toward the heart. Then brush briskly up the front and back of the thighs, buttocks, upper arms (move gently over the breasts and underarm area), and back. Make clockwise circles over the abdomen to stimulate digestion.

Massaging oils into damp skin after a bath or shower gives the body extra opportunities to absorb vitamin- and mineral-rich antioxidant fruit and vegetable oils. In Ayurveda it is believed to draw toxins to the surface of the skin and to amplify peace of mind, contributing to longevity.

Essential oils have the ability to act on specific body systems as well as on the emotions and mind. But they are too concentrated to be used directly on the skin. Dilute a few drops in a larger amount of a carrier oil.

Choose a carrier oil according to your skin type:

dry skin: sesame seed, avocado, sweet almond oil

delicate skin: apricot kernel, sunflower seed oil

irritated skin: jojoba, hemp, and extra-virgin olive oils

inflamed skin: jojoba and extravirgin olive oils

sun-damaged skin: grapeseed, olive, wheatgerm, and rosehip oils
Use only the oils specified, being careful to heed the cautions applying to each recipe.