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…
How To Use Essential Oils
So you've received your starter kit and are looking to start using your essential oils. Look no further! These articles are a collection of handy ways to use essential oils for day to day things like cleaning, dry skin, or emotional balancing. You'll also find recipes for better sleep, to help with nausea, or snoring.
These are just example topics. I think you'll also enjoy my seasonal how-to guides, for example on cold and flu season, or how to repel pesky mosquitos.
Whatever your reason for starting with essential oils; have a browse around, and I hope you enjoy!
Essential Oils for Your Root Chakra
“Until you make the unconscious, conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung Mother Nature doesn’t lie. It’s very simple in the way it communicates to us both as we live within it and the way it lives within us. When there’s balance it is quite magical –…
10 Best Essential Oils for Focus, Mental Clarity and Concentration
Are you struggling to stay focused when the many to-do’s of life pull you in different directions? Many people tend to lose focus when multitasking. I know how it goes! I’m super guilty of multi-tasking myself. That’s why I’ve started using the ancient wisdom of essential oils for focus, mental clarity and concentration. In this…
How to Use Essential Oils in the Shower
If you like using essential oils, you’re likely looking for new ways to enjoy these little bottles of aromatherapy luxury. Using essential oils in the shower is fun, simple, and luxurious! Let’s talk about shower time: Isn’t it sacred to jump into the shower and create that little time-out for yourself where nothing else matters…
How to Make a DIY Car Freshener Spray Using Essential Oils
Many of us like to use air freshener sprays around the home, and traditionally, the choice is towards a commercially produced product. Why is this? Traditional air fresheners contain harmful chemicals that you can really live without. Making your own air freshener spray isn’t hard to do, and with the use and knowledge of essential…
Top 5 Essential Oils for Body Odor and to Prevent Excessive Sweating
Body odor is a common problem faced by both men and women from teens to adults. Regardless of whether it’s good or bad, body odor is a touchy issue that makes a big impact on a person’s confidence and well-being. But sweating and body odor is not something to be afraid of; in fact, sweat…
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…
Essential Oils for Pets: What You Should Know
Have you ever considered using essential oils on your pets? Aromatherapy oils can be useful and healthy for pets just the same way humans benefit from oils. Since you may already have essential oils in your home, moving towards natural aromatherapy treatment for pets may be an easy next step for you. How to Use…
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…
Top 5 Essential Oils That Commonly Help to Relieve Back Pain
Back pain is extremely common – and frustrating. According to experts, 80% of the population will suffer from back pain at some point. Often back pain isn’t caused by serious conditions, which means you have to manage your pain until your back is healthy again. If you’re looking to avoid excess use of painkillers and…
Best 5 Aphrodisiac Essential Oils
Different people have different ways of describing what is romantic to them. But if you like the world of essential oils, I have some especially exciting news for you. Some essential oils can act as superb aphrodisiacs, mood setters and romance enhancers. Love is like a slow burning fire and it needs to be rekindled…
Can you Apply Essential Oils Neat?
Applying essential oils “neat” means putting essential oils directly onto your skin without dilution with a carrier oil. Neat = Undiluted = Full Strength. Many people use lavender oil and tea tree in this way. While the practice of applying essential oils neat may be recommended by wellness advocates, aromatherapists or authors, the question remains:…
Top 10 Benefits of Ginger Essential Oil
Ginger essential oil is used to treat more than a dozen different mental and physical conditions. It was proven to be very powerful in reducing nausea and several find it to be quite helpful during a migraine attack. Ginger oil can work wonders for your stomach when you aren’t feeling well, and is known for the…
7 Essential Oils that Boost Your Immune System
Ah, we are definitely feeling the cold season creeping in! It is this time of the year when mom used to always tell you to “put that jacket on” whenever you are out and about, and gently tucked you into bed to make sure that your back and chest were covered at night. Experts agree…
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…