25 Ways To Use Essential Oils For Personal Care and For Home
- Admin
- Feb 2, 2018
- 4 min read
During the first century A.D. a Greek physician, Pedanius Dioscorides, wrote an impressive 5 volume work on herbal medicine with over 600 remedies involving essential oils.
A long time before that, Indian, Egyptian and Chinese cultures used herbal medicine in all aspects of their daily life, including religious and medicinal. Their contributions and recipes for essential oil blends are highly praised and valued up until our day.
Such influence from the past, as well as recently raised interest in natural products, brought the popularity in essential oils back. The result of it is an unlimited number of oil blends available online and in healthy stores.
I have been using essential oils for 20 years, mixing, blending and creating personal and natural care products. Below are recipes that I tested myself and am very satisfied and impressed with the results.
25 Ways You Can Use Essential Oils For Personal Care or For Home
1. Body Spray
1 tsp Vodka or Witch Hazel
1 cup Water
You can mix any essential oil you like or use only one essential oil for your body spray. Some examples of good essential oil combinations are: orange and sage, orange and grapefruit, jasmine and vanilla.
2. Face Mist
1/2 cup Water
5-7 drops 100% Pure and Natural Myrrh Oil
2 drops Glycerin (optional)
Other perfect essential oils for face nourishment and hydration are sandalwood, patchouli and frankincense.
3. Handmade Soap
1Lb Glycerin
1 1/2 tbsp 100 % Pure Peppermint Essential Oil
2 tbsp Chamomile Herb
Natural Colorant
Soap Mold
Full step - by - step guidance on how to make this soap can be found in this article Making Soap At Home: Step - by - Step Guide for Beginners
4. Moisturizing Body Lotion
1/4 cup (60 ml) Coconut Oil
1/4 cup (60 ml) Shea Butter
1/2 cup (120 ml) Magnesium Oil
1/3 tbsp Geranium 100% Pure Essential Oil
5. Aroma Bath
To clean and rejuvenate your body, add 4 drops of 100% Pure Lavender Essential Oil to your bath and enjoy the wonderful and calming smell. Additionally you can add Epsom salts to help relax your muscles.
6. Add Scent To Massage Oil
Mildly Scented Massage Oil for Adults:
12 - 15 drops of Relaxation Essential Oil Blend (Blend of Sweet Orange, Tangerine, Lemon, Bergamot, Lavender, Chamomile, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood) per 30 ml (1 FL OZ).
Mildly Scented Massage Oil for Infants and Young Children:
3 drops of the blend per 30 ml (1 FL OZ).
7. Room Incense
Add 150 ml of water and 5 drops of your favorite essential oil to your electric oil diffuser. Leave it for a maximum of 2 hours.
You can also use a traditional oil burner with candles.
8. Natural Fragrance
Put 1 drop of Pure and Natural Jasmine 7.5% Oil Blend on each of your wrists and feel the fresh smell of the jasmine flower.
9. Unusual Dessert
Lavender Cookies:
1 cup Coconut Flour
1 Egg
1/4 cup Honey
4 drops Lavender Essential Oil
Bake at 350 F (180 C) for 30 minutes.
10. Mental Healing
To release tension in your brain and bring inner balance back to your system, deeply inhale one of the following essential oils and close your eyes. Inhale and exhale a few more times.
Perfect blends for mental relaxation:
(lavender, tangerine, ylang ylang, chamomile and sandalwood oil)
11. Sauna Therapy
1 cup Water
2 drops Juniper Berry Essential Oil
12. Cleaner For Kitchen
To clean the kitchen's surface after cooking, add 6 drops of Lemon Essential Oil to a glass of water and disinfect the area.
13. Making Mint Chocolate Cocoa
Add 2 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil to your cup of hot cocoa. Enjoy the minty taste!
14. ​Laundry Freshener
Add 10 - 15 drops of Essential Tea Tree Oil to your laundry detergent for a crisper smell as well as to kill some microorganisms lurking in your washer. The amount of drops depends on the amount and quantity of your detergent. Once you start to feel a gentle smell of tea tree over your detergent's scent, stop there.
15. Natural Trash Can Refresher
Place a piece of cotton material with two drops of Lemon and Tea Tree Essential Oils at the bottom of the trash can to decrease odor and disinfect it.
16. Several Drops To Your Shampoo
For every 10ml of your shampoo, choose your essential oil and add 5 drops of it.
For normal hair use Neroli, Lavender or Orange Essential Oil
For oily hair use Lemon, Bergamot or Cedar Essential Oil
For dry hair use Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood or Jasmine Essential Oil
For thickening your hair use Rosemary Essential Oil.
17. Stimulate Concentration
To refresh your mind, deeply inhale Peppermint Essential Oil several times and close your eyes. You can also use this blend of oil specifically created to improve mental focus Mental Focus/Focusing Oil Blend (Mix of Lemon, Peppermint, Basil, Rosemary and Grapefruit Oil).
18. Spiritual Ceremony
Spiritual Ceremonies such as meditation, yoga nidra, pranayama, prayers, divine dance or reading scriptures are powerfully complemented by the mild pleasant scent of essential oil.
Chose your favorite essential oil (I can't advise a specific essential oil because the choice is based on personal preferences, aura energy, mood, intention) and sprinkle several drops into an oil burner.
19. Calm Sleep
Several drops of Lavender or Chamomile Essential Oil on your pillow before sleep, will alleviate insomnia and help you to fall asleep.
20. Foot Therapy
Add 10 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil to a large bowl with warm water. Enjoy the spa time for at least 15 minutes.
21. Mosquito Repellent
1 drop Citronella Essential Oil
1 tsp Coconut Oil
Gently rub on exposed skin.
22. Use It During Yoga Practice
Aromatherapy is a great antidote to depression and negative emotions. Before class mix 5 drops of 100% Juniper Berry Oil and 10 ml of water. Pour the mixture to your oil diffuser or oil burner and wait for the aroma smell to spread around.
23. Antiseptic
Add 5 drops of Tea Tree Oil to 1/2 cup of water. Apply to affected area every 3 hours.
24. Mask For Oily Hair
10 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
10 drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
10 drops Lime Essential Oil
1/4 cup Unscented Grape Oil
Use the mask three times a week for 20 minutes before washing hair. Rinse it thoroughly.
25. Headache Migraine Relief
4 drops Ginger Essential Oil or Lavender Essential Oil
1 tbsp any unscented oil
Apply the mix to your temples, massaging the area in a clockwise direction.
I am sure you found several useful suggestions that you will apply to your essential oil use list!