Regardless of whether you want to clean your house, get better sleep or keep your makeup in place, essential oils can be used to provide many of the solutions you’re looking for. What’s more is that essential oils are natural and safe to use. Let’s just jump right in so you can learn these amazing essential oil recipes:
People who suffer from sleep problems know how frustrating and difficult it is to live in a situation where the body is tired and the head needs rest, but sleep is wandering and you end up rolling around in bed for hours. Good, continuous and deep sleep is the key to optimum concentration and function, but to achieve it, you don’t necessarily need to use sleeping pills, rather, find out what nature has to offer you.
The next essential oil spray made with soothing lavender, which encourages relaxation, and cedar oil, with its calming effect, will help you relax quickly and sink into a sweet sleep. Keep a bottle of it near the bed and spray your bedding and especially your pillow cases before you go to bed to enjoy the soothing and anesthetic effects of these oils.
• 10 drops of lavender oil
• 10 drops of oil and Tiber
• 10 drops of cedar oil
• ½ cup water
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well.
2. Spray to prevent cat scratches on furniture
If you’re a cat lover and are raising one at home, you probably know that they love to scratch furniture, especially sofas, as part of their need to keep their claws sharp and smooth. Cats also like to rub and scratch on furniture because it gives them pleasure.
• 10 drops of eucalyptus oil
• 10 drops of lemon oil
• 1 tsp. Ecological dishwashing liquid (clear)
• ½ cup water
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well.
After investing the best of our time and money in makeup, the only thing we hope for is that it’ll remain fixed throughout the day and that we won’t wind up with raccoon eyes or smeared lipstick by the end of the day.
• ½ cup water
• ½ tablespoon vegetable glycerin
• 10 drops of one essential oil of your choice - depending on your skin type: Lavender oil for normal skin, geranium oil or tea tree oil for oily skin, Moore oil for dry skin
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well
Sanitizing gel has become a common product that most of us use to remove dirt from our hands or prevent infections when we don’t have access to running water and soap, but hand sanitizers have many drawbacks and their use involves exposure to hazardous chemicals.
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil or sweet almond oil
• 4 drops of lavender oil
• 4 drops of tea tree oil
• 2 drops of lemon oil
• 2-3 drops of vitamin E
• ½ teaspoon vegetable glycerin
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well.
5. Air freshener for the whole house
Air fresheners have long since passed the threshold of the bathroom and penetrated every corner of the house. A wonderful smell is inviting and we can identify different places according to their smell. The problem is that a quick look at the list of ingredients on the back of different air fresheners leaves no room for doubt that while we make our house smell good, we also breathe in a lot of harmful and unnecessary chemicals.
• 2 tablespoons plain vodka
• ½ cup water
• 10 drops of essential oil of your choice
• You can create a mix of two essential oils from this list - lavender, chamomile, mint, orange, cloves, cassia, geranium and more.
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well
When you think about it, it sounds a bit absurd and unlikely that generation after generation suffers from the same annoying and contagious problem of parasites that travel and feed on our scalp. There are various products for treating lice on the market, but most of us still prefer to use products that are not loaded with harmful chemicals for our children, especially if they provide us with the same level of efficiency.
Our mattress isn't regularly aired out, and in some cases, it never gets a good cleaning - somehow we feel that if we put it a sheet on it, it doesn’t absorb smells and dirt. But this is a mistake, and our mattress needs to be cleaned and aired out from time to time.
• 3 tablespoons vodka or witch hazel
• 10 drops of essential oil of your choice - lavender, eucalyptus, mint, cloves, rosemary and more
• ½ cup water
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well
The mold that appears in our homes grows in conditions of high humidity - like those in our shower, and usually, it is a recurring problem that we are forced to deal with.
• 1 cup plain vinegar
• 5 drops of orange or lemon oil
• 5 drops of tea tree oil
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well
Finally, the next tip is for anyone who has eaten garlic or onion at a meal today or has not kept proper oral hygiene. To refresh our mouth odor - a matter of crucial importance that greatly influences our relationship with the environment - we usually eat gum, candy, or use a mouth spray.
If you are a person who prefers a natural and safe way to freshen your breath, you’ll find it in the next miraculous spray composed of essential oils and water only. For your convenience, use a small 5 ml spray bottle that can fit into your bag or purse and be pulled out and used at any given moment, although not before you give it a thorough shake.
• 1-3 drops of essential oil, either mint or cinnamon
• Distilled or filtered water filled to the top of the bottle
• Pour everything into a spray bottle and shake well.
