In connection with essential oils, carrier oils are almost always mentioned as they are an important part of skin application uses of essential oils. Being neutral oils, carrier oils serve to dilute the essential oils’ highly concentrated nature. The dilution process helps to avoid any possible essential oils side effects or reactions such as irritation,…
DIY Recipes with Essential Oils
Do you want to learn how to use essential oils to create a more natural home? You're in the right place.
This collection of articles is designed to help you use essential oils for your home, beauty, and personal care needs.
From cleaning to laundry, soap making to acne care, carpet freshening or removing pet odors, browse this blog for ideas and inspirations to become the best natural home maker you'd like to be!
Our skin absorbs everything. Traditional beauty products contain lots of chemicals that aren't good for our skin or health. If you'd like to switch to more natural beauty and personal care, this is your collection of articles to help you do that!
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Yoga Mat Cleaning Spray Recipe
Chances are you’re familiar with how your yoga mat can be sticky or smelly after each practice. Giving your mat a quick wipe-down after each use isn’t only something you do at the studio. I recommend you get into the habit of spraying down your mat at home, too. Using a yoga mat cleaner is…
DIY Summer Hair Mask with Lavender Essential Oil
Summer is here! You are soaking in the deserved Vitamin C, but all the lazy hours in the sun and dives into chlorine saturated waters are leaving your hair dry and damaged. If you don’t want to spend the money on a visit to the salon for a hair treatment, spend a week night with…
How to Reduce Stretch Marks Naturally with these 5 Essential Oils
Stretch marks are thin lines on the body that appear after the skin has undergone significant changes in size. Many have experienced the issue of stretch marks whether due to pregnancy, weight gain or loss, or genetic factors. To help reduce the appearance of stretch marks naturally, use essential oil treatments at home. Essential oils…
8 Quick + Easy DIY Sugar Scrub Recipes (With Essential Oils)
Homemade essential oil DIY sugar scrubs are among the most favorite beauty DIY recipes. It’s no wonder! Using a homemade body scrub feels wonderful and has many advantages for your skin and wellness. Using lemon essential oil in your body scrub not only lets you enjoy a beautifully natural scent; it’s also an uplifting, purifying…
How to Make an Essential Oil Roller
Essential oil rollers are among the handiest things when it comes to quick and easy aromatherapy at home! They are a pre-diluted essential oils applicator that’s safe to use and can be customized to any ailment you need treated. If you’re already an essential oil user, you are aware of how important essential oil roller…
DIY Muscle-Soothing Bath Salts Recipe (with Essential Oils and Epsom Salt)
Whether you work out or not, sometimes your muscles simply ache. You may have a tired neck & shoulders, or your legs and calves are sore at the end of the day. Soaking in a soothing DIY epsom salt bath with essential oils not only feels incredible, but by using specific essential oils designed to…
How to Make Essential Oil Soap Bars
As an essential oil lover, I like to create with essential oils. This DIY essential oil soap recipe is fun and super easy! In my home, I’ve been slowly replacing all toxic cleaners, soaps and chemical household products with natural alternatives. Hand washing is no exception! We use a combination of my foaming hand soap,…
Make This Easy DIY Cinnamon Oil Soap for the Fall
Ah, the fall. Who doesn’t love the way the crisp breeze blows through hair, the leaves change colors to brilliant reds and oranges, and the days get a little shorter, making cuddling up in bed ideal? It’s the time of the year that brings out an internally cozy feeling; it makes us seek out warmth…
5 Best Essential Oils for Cleaning (And Recipes That Use Them)
Using essential oils for cleaning is a great way to maintain a healthy, environmentally friendly home. It is a 100% natural way to clean. Commercial cleaning products are often full of chemicals that you don’t want in your home. Sure – you want to remove bacteria and germs, but you don’t want to introduce more…
7 Ways to Use Essential Oil Hydrosols
Have you heard of essential oil hydrosols? They are also called floral waters or essential waters. Maybe you’ve come across the term in a DIY recipe or have seen it in the online store of your favorite essential oil brand, and are wondering about hydrosols. This guide to essential oil hydrosols provides you an overview…
Using Essential Oils on Laundry Day: 5 Easy DIY’s for You to Try
Doing laundry is part of everyday life. While all of us want to have clothes that are clean and smell heavenly, not all of us are completely okay with chemical detergents that are used for laundry products. Chemicals can be harsh on your skin, leaving you with dry and itchy skin or rashes. It’s long…
6 Best Essential Oils for Hair Growth + Recipes that Use them
Old or young, long hair is a stunning asset! Even if your hair isn’t perfect right now, you can learn to take care of it and support your hair the best you can. Encourage your hair to grow in a very natural and healthy way by adding essential oils to your hair care routine. It’s…
Essential Oils for Mosquito Repellent – Plus DIY Bug Spray Recipes
It is no secret that essential oils offer a lot of benefits, from treating scrapes and wounds to being an active ingredient in many beauty products. However, not many people know that some essential oils have natural abilities to repel insects, like mosquitoes, spiders, and other insects. Gently, yet effectively, oils used in aromatherapy act…