Castor oil, Ricinus communis, is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean. Castor oil is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no odor or taste. It is a triglyceride in which approximately 90 percent of fatty acid chains are ricinoleic acid.

Haiti is one of the leading producers of vetiver in the world. Vetiver, Chrysopogon zizanioides, is a perennial grass native to India, where it is known as khus or the oil of tranquility, but it is produced mainly in Haiti, Java, and Réunion.

Soursop, Annona Muricata, is a plant found in Central America, the Caribbean and some parts of Sub-Saharran Africa.

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants of the Malvaceae amily, and is native to warm-tempered regions in the world, like Haiti. In fact, Hibiscus, known as choeblack or rose kayenn in Haitian Kreyol, is Haiti's "unofficial" National flower.

Tea tree oil is one of my favorite essential oils. Essential oils are concentrated liquids which contain highly volatile aroma plant compounds. Tea tree oil is obtained by steam distillation of the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia, a plant native to Australia.