When I got my first little bottle of essential oil I enjoyed the smell of it, but didn't really know what can I do with it. Inhale the aroma, scent a piece of cloth... what else? And my journey in the world of essential oils begun. I won't lie if I told you that there are more ways than I know for using essential oils. Different essential oils offer different healing properties and their usage depends on the strength of the oil and the results you want reach using them, so you might want to do some basic research on each oil before putting it into action.
It asks for some knowledge to decide which oil can be taken internally and which would be the best option for air freshener, but firstly for your inspiration here comes the list of my favorite ways to use essential oils for your home and health:
1. Inhale their aromas right from the bottle.
2. Add them to home-made air fresheners.
3. Add essential oils to home made soap.
4. Make massage oils with essential oils.
5. Some oils can be added to foods and drinks.
6. Apply them on your body for healing.
7. Make your own perfumes.
8. Take essential oil scented bath.
9. Bath your hands and feet in water with essential oils.
10. Add few drops of essential oils to your shampoo, hair conditioner and shower gel.
11. Make your own healing salves.
12. Scent home-made candles with essential oils.
13. Scent your bedclothes with calming oils.
14. Make small essential oil scented pillows.
15. Create insect repellents.
16. Add to compresses.
17. Use them for cleaning dishes and killing germs.
18. Add them to bath salts.
19. Refresh your shoes making them to smell better and deodorize carpets.
20. Use for disinfection and cleaning water.
21. Scent holiday letters and gifts!
I'll definitely share on this blog my favorite recipes with essential oils for making your own practical scented things. Honestly, most of them will be so easy that even a 6 year old child could successfully create these things. Although it's a good a idea to keep children away from shiny bottles of aromatic essential oils just because you don't know what kind of extraordinary ideas for using these precious oils can come into their minds.
About the power of essential oils we will talk in other posts, but what's your favorite way to use essential oils?
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