Enjoy using Essential Oils and making your own recipes that give you products that are quick and simple to make.
Using only 5 Essential Oils - keep the cost down but not make inferior products for your use. I never compromised on effectiveness in these recipes if it wouldn't work with the five its not listed.
Costing you less - by reducing the number of Oils and combining them with common household ingredients you spend less, waste less and are able to make more as you want it.
Simple recipes - by keeping the recipes simple to do and easy to follow you can save yourself time along with money.
It was amazing how simple but still effective these oil essential boxes packaging products were and how easy they are to make and store or make up quickly when you need them. They are great for you, your family, and for inexpensive gifts that look (and smell) a million dollars.
If you love natural chemical free products then this article is for you. If you love to also save money, then this article is definitely for you.
If you love making your own products, you will love the simple step by step recipes.
Even if you have never blended a product before this article is design to give you the easy instruction and all the information you need to make you own products.
There is several great recipes in each of these sections
• Household cleaning
• First aid and Common Ailments
• Relaxation and Stress Relief
• Skin Care
• Hair Care
• Gift Ideas
When we first decided to create recipes with a smaller number of oils we tested three, four, five and six Essential Oil blends and found that five oils give you the most versatility and best value for money.
When selecting our Essential Oils we tested and tested them until we found the best for -
• Value for Money - why use an expensive oil if a less expensive will work just as well
• Essential Oil versatility - what oils have many benefits and usages
• Essential Oil properties - what oils have a larger range or properties and work the best with our bodies and environment
• Simplicity - more common known oils
• Practicality - easy to find oils so you don't have to search for them
THE ESSENTIAL 5 OILS
Here is a quick summary of the Five Essential Oils used to create this complete article
1. Lavender
2. Geranium
3. Lemon
4. Chamomile
5. Tea Tree
Lavender Essential Oil - The most popular Essential Oil is Lavender; if you were only ever going to buy one Essential Oil then Lavender would be the one. It is used in all sections of The Essential 5. This amazing oil is one of the most useful of all essential oils. Lavenders properties include antiseptic, relaxant, antitoxic, for burns, sedative, tonic, deodorant to name a few, and blends well with most other oils. It is bridging oil for perfumes and is a very common known aroma.
Geranium Essential Oil - Geranium has a strong herbaceous aroma with similar notes to rose. This great all round Essential oil has therapeutic properties as an astringent, antiseptic, anti-depressant, tonic, antibiotic, and as an anti-infectious agent. Aid against travel sickness, assists with irritations associated with dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.
Lemon Essential Oil - Well known for its clean refreshing aroma it has high anti-bacterial properties. On skin and hair it can be used for its cleansing effect, as well as for its Antiseptic properties, and being refreshing and cooling. Lemon may assist with the ability to concentrate. The strong clean smell is commonly associated with cleanliness.
Chamomile Essential Oil - It is useful in the treatment of aches and pains in muscles and joints. Treatment of symptoms of PMS with Chamomile is also beneficial especially when the symptoms are related to stress. It has long tradition in herbal medicine and the flowers were used in many cures including an herbal tea During World War Two. The strong aroma of chamomile is fruity and herbaceous and ideal for children and those with sensitive skins.
Tea Tree Essential Oil - Most of us have use or own this oil at one stage. It is use in two sections and is best known as a very powerful immune stimulant. It can help to fight off infectious. Used as part of an inhalation it can help with colds, measles, sinusitis & viral infections. For skin & hair, Tea Tree has been used to combat acne, oily skin, head lice & dandruff.
THE COST BENEFITS OF USING ESSENTIAL OILS
The main benefit of using Essential Oils when making your own products are that a little goes a long way.
Usually you can buy your Oils in 17ml, 15 ml, 12ml or 6 ml bottles and for every 1 milliliter you get 20 drops that means for your 15 ml you get 300 drops and your 12 ml bottle you get 240 drops.
With different Products ranging from only 10 drops or more you can see now a little goes along way.
This is why they are a cost effective way to create your own blends. By simply changing the quantities and the mix of oils and the base products you are able to make many products with only a few oils.
I love that I can make up some products that I use all the time and then I can just make up enough of a product if I want it for a single use, for example when my son had warts I made up a half bottle and applied as per instruction for the two weeks and I have not needed to use it again.
Whereas I always have Air Freshener and All purpose Cleanser available as well as Antiseptic Cream and Bath Bombs, (ideal to throw in the bath with cranky kids).
ADD BASE PRODUCTS
Add to this some great base products and your away. Using base products combined with Essential Oils for household cleaning and gifts has been used for centuries with records showing uses as far back as ancient Roman Times and in Egypt, Greece and India.
Base products range from everyday common products - Bicarb (bicarbonate soda), Soaps, Salt, Vinegar, Vitamin V creams, Aloe Vera, Eggs along with many other commonly used ingredients.
By understanding that Base Oils and Products have their own properties (attribute, characteristic or ability) allows you to expand the range of recipes and products you may create, by combining of Essential Oil and base product properties.
HOUSEHOLD CLEANING
Some people enjoy cleaning, some people love cleaning, some tolerate it and some do it because 'it has to be done', I'm somewhere between tolerate and 'has to be done', definitely not in the love area. Put on some music; grab the kids, grab my great products and I get it done.
I want products that work; I don't want to have to repeat it. So if I can have effective products that are natural, chemical free, and smell divine, then that's a bonus.
• Air freshener - room deodorizer, ironing aid, curtain freshener
• All Purpose Cleanser - any room in the house the needs an abrasive cleaner; ovens, showers, fridges, air conditioners, bathrooms, benches, cups, drawers, microwaves
• Baking Soda Shaker - general all round all purpose abrasive, stainless steel, shoes - odor
• Vinegar Spray - antibacterial surface cleaner, polishes car chrome, Spray car windows to keep them frost free, clean eye glasses, must have for jellyfish and blue bottle stings, removes fruit stains from hands, removes onion smell from hands
AIR FRESHENER SPRAY
250 ml Spray bottle
15 drops Essential Oils as below (blend suggestions)
250 ml Boiled (cooled) Water
To freshen and deodorize your house, don't mask the bad smells; eliminate them. Any of the below blends are great of create your own air freshener, using the blend to suit your needs.
MIX 1 - 10 drops of Essential Oils into bottle of water and shake well. Shake before each use.
Blend suggestions:
Welcoming - welcome people into your home, invokes memories of peace in most people.
Lavender - 15 drops
All purpose - a blend suitable for every room; freshens the air and contains bacterial properties.
Lavender - 8 drops, Lemon 4 drops, Geranium 3 drops
Bloom - Ideal for kitchen and eliminating cooking odor.
Lavender 6 drops, Lemon 5 drops, Tea Tree 4 drops
Smell Ease - remove the unpleasant odor associated with bathrooms and laundries
Lemon 10 drops, Chamomile 3 drops, Lavender 2 drops
Other Uses -
• Ironing Aid - spray directly onto clothes and iron
• Room deodorizer - eliminating stale and unpleasant smells
• Curtain freshener - spray directly onto curtains and allow the warm of the sun to intensify the beautiful natural Essential Oil aromas.
BICARB SHAKER
Large Salt Shaker
Bicarb
Large salt shaker or talc powder bottle or container (jar) with holes pierced into lid may be used. If Bicarb is needed as an abrasive, it can be used alone, with Surface Spray or All Purpose Cleaner for added removal of built up grime. Easier and more practical oil essential boxes packaging than having in a box and pouring it out, you seem to use less as the powder is evenly distributed.
Other Uses -
• Kids - will love using this - shake onto surface, spray with vinegar and watch it fizz let the kids wipe the bench and love the fizzing feeling on their fingers - cleaning done with fun!
• Stainless Steel - cleans and removes minor rust stains
• Odor eliminator - shoes, carpets and pet areas
ALL PURPOSE CLEANSER
250 ml sauce (squirt) bottle
140 ml Boiled (warm) Water
60 ml Vinegar
50 ml soap or washing liquid
2 tablespoons Bicarb
10 drops Lemon Essential Oil
5 drops Lavender Essential Oil
5 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
A wonderful All Purpose Cleanser that can be used throughout the household. Heavier than a surface spray with a gentle abrasive quality and soap for removal of grease build up. This Cleaner is antibacterial, disinfectant, and cleansing.
MIX: - Mix this mixture in a glass bowl or jug, cool and pour into bottle.
Pour in 1/2 of warm water add Bicarb, stir until dissolved,
Add to this mixture 1/2 vinegar (1/2 vinegar quantity, allow mixture to rinse and lower, add rest of Vinegar) and add liquid soap stir until blended. Add Essential Oils and pour in remaining warm water. Stir well, allow cooling before use.
Other Uses -
• Benches - Cleaning any surfaces with gentle abrasive cleaner
• Fridges - for fresh odor and sparkling clean look
• Showers and bathrooms - helps eliminate build up
• Air conditioners Cups - great for removing coffee stains
• Drawers - removes grime and marks
• Microwaves - cleans inside and out
VINEGAR SPRAY
250 ml Spray bottle
250 ml vinegar
A pure blend of vinegar can be used by itself or part of a cleaning system. This spray is ideal for cleaning mirrors, glass and windows, and for use with Bicarb for cleaning.
Other Uses -
• Polishes car chrome
• Spray car windows to keep them frost free
• clean eye glasses
• must have for jellyfish, blue bottle stings
• removes fruit stains from hands
• removes onion smell from hands
FIRST AID AND COMMON AILMENTS
Creating a First Aid Kit and treating Common Ailments is a great way to see the benefits of using Essential Oils.
Essential Oils bring their therapeutic benefits to the body as they are absorbed into the blood stream via the skin or lungs. The aromatic fragrances can have a pleasing and powerful effect on our general wellbeing. As the Essential Oils enter the bloodstream they take their healing powers to the part of the body that is in most need.
With First Aid and Common Ailments you will find over a period of time you will make up more products that you use regularly and this will bring even more benefits to you and your family.
ANTISEPTIC CREAM
50 ml dark colored glass jar
43 ml Base Cream
20 drops (1 ml) Lavender Essential Oil
15 drops Geranium Essential Oil
15 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
Use of this antiseptic blend assists in the healing of cuts and wounds. Use directly onto injury and cover with bandage or band-aid for quicker healing.
MIX: Into glass jar spoon in Base Cream fill 2/3 of jar add in essential oils, mix with spoon, fill jar and remix.
BURN GEL, mild
50 ml glass jar
43 ml Aloe Vera Gel
40 (2 ml) drops Lavender Essential Oil
10 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
IMMEDIATELY apply cold water to area, run water over area for approx 10 minutes.
For small areas a few drops of Lavender (neat) straight from the bottle, onto area followed by ice pack is ideal.
For large areas apply blend above (I have this made up in fridge always) as it is even better if Aloe Vera Gel blend is cold. Apply clean gauze bandage and cover with ice pack. ALWAYS SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE IF SEVERE BURN.
MIX: Into glass jar spoon in Aloe Vera Gel fill 2/3 of jar add in essential oils, mix with spoon, fill jar and remix.
CHAPPED LIPS
10 ml dark colored glass jar or container
10ml Aloe Vera Gel
6 drops Geranium Essential Oil
4 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
Apply regularly to lips to keep them moist and smooth.
MIX: Into glass jar spoon in Aloe Vera Gel fill 2/3 of jar add in essential oils, mix with spoon, fill jar and remix.
COLD SORES
10 ml glass jar
10 ml Aloe Vera Gel
4 drops Geranium Essential Oil
3 drops Tea Tree Essential Oils
2 drops Chamomile Essential Oils
1 drop Lavender Essential Oils
This blend can assist in the reduction of the severity of cold sores. Apply when the tingling feeling starts, (if possible to help prevent cold sore from forming), or apply directly onto sore to help keep moist and encourage healing of inflammation.
MIX: Into glass jar spoon in Aloe Vera Gel fill 2/3 of jar add in essential oils, mix with spoon, fill jar and remix
HEADACHES
10 ml glass bottle
10 ml base oil
10 drops Essential Oils as below
MIX: Lavender 10 drops
Assist in the relief of headaches. Inhale directly from the bottle, especially before leaving the bed in the morning. Massage onto pulse points, wrist, temples, and base of neck and across forehead. Drop 5-10 drops in bath or shower, may be used in oil burner.
MIX: Pour base oil to glass bottle, add Essential Oils and shake well.
RELAXATION
Time to relax you've got to be joking. I have heard this time and time again and I know hard it is to fit it in. By making my own relaxation products I could adjust them to what I wanted, and vary them to suit my moods. For example I would you different oils for relaxing, for sleep, for stress or mediation.
RELAXATION RELEASE & WIND DOWN BLEND
5 drops Lavender, 3 drops Chamomile, 2 drops Geranium
RELAX & UPLIFT BLEND
4 drops Geranium, 2 drops Chamomile, 2 drops Lavender, 2 drop Lemon
CALM DOWN STRESS BUSTER BLEND
7 drops Chamomile, 3 drops Lavender
100% PURE ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND
15 ml glass bottle
15 ml Essential Oils (your blend)
Creating a blend of Essential Oils gives you a synergy of the oils. That means the combined benefit of the oils is higher than its individual oils. Remember your 100% Essential Oil blend is not for use on your body it must be a diluted blend for body usage. 100% Essential 100% Oil blends are ideal for oil burners, foot spas, baths, inhalations, humidifiers, diffusers and mediation.
MIX Add the total drops of each Essential Oil into the bottle as shake gently to blend.
10% ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND
15 ml glass bottle
30 drops (1.5 ml) Essential Oils (your blend)
13.5 ml base oil
Creating a blend of Essential Oils gives you a synergy of the oils. Blending it down with base oil allows you the versatility to use for body applications. 10% Essential Oil Blends are ideal for pulse point or quick relief, compresses, candles, direct application, showers and inhalations.
BATH SALTS
200 grams Epson salts
20 drops Essential Oil (your blend)
1 tablespoon Bicarb
1 teaspoon Food coloring or herbs or flower petals for coloring
Combine the properties of these truly amazing natural products to create a simple and effective bath product. Add your Essential Oils depending on your mood and desires and lets your troubles float away.
MIX: To the Epson salts stir in Bicarb and coloring product (if required) and mix well then add Essential Oil blend and mix again.
BODY OIL
100 ml glass bottle
100 drops (5 ml) Essential Oils (your blend)
95 ml base oils
SKIN CARE SENSATIONS
The recipe gives you great oil; use this if you prefer to use body oil, instead of a moisturizer cream. Body is great to give skin supple appearance and ideal for dry skin or sin in harsh climates where even the loveliest of skin has a tendency to dry up. Apply all over body, for added directly after bath with skin is still damp and gently pat dry.
one of the benefits of making your own skin care products is definitely price, but where you will really see the benefits is in the condition of your skin.
When I started making my own products I notice my skin loved the benefits of the Essential Oils and the high quality base products and it look so much better.
What I found was that I didn't react to anything in the blends as there were no chemicals to irritate my skin. If a blend seems to strong on my skin I just added more Base product to reduce the strength of it, this make the blend lighter. I found this ideal for teenagers, when they first started using their own products as they usually have a tendency to be heavy handed with products and their skin is extra sensitive (hormonal). I found it was an ideal solution and over time if they felt the product wasn't doing its job (i.e. not a clean feeling) I then increase it back up to the original blend ratios.
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Essential Oil Recipes - How to Make Natural Products Using 5 Essential Oils Or Less
Essential Oil Recipes - How to Make Natural Products Using 5 Essential Oils Or Less
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