Are you interested in the healing effects of aromatherapy? If so, then learning as much as you can about essential oils is a must. While there are several guides about using oils for beginners, there are also some helpful tips found here.
Being informed and knowing how to use these oils can help ensure you get the most from your aromatherapy session. Keep reading to learn more.
- Avoid Combining Blends with Blends
This one isn’t a huge deal and it isn’t dangerous. However, if you are just starting out with essential oils, then you may want to experiment.
It’s best to only mix the blended oils, which are essential oils already blended with additional oils, alone or with a single oil. One of the reasons you should avoid combining blended oils with other blends is that each blend was created with a specific purpose. If you combine two (or more) blends, you may disrupt the overall aroma.
- Diluting all Topical Oils is a Good Idea
While this isn’t a hard and fast rule, and you don’t have to dilute all essential oils before applying them to your skin, it’s a good idea. Using a carrier oil with your topical applications will help prevent the oils from evaporating in the air as quickly.
The essential oils will remain on your skin longer if mixed with a carrier oil, which prevents them from being wasted. After all, every drop counts, right? Also, an additional benefit offered by using quality carrier oils is that they can help nourish your skin, while providing beautifying benefits at the same time.
- You Don’t Have to Store Oils in Dark Glass Containers
There are many people who believe that essential oils have to be stored in glass containers without any plastic components. This is simply not the case. While some pure, undiluted citrus oils need to be stored in a glass container, this isn’t the case if you make a recipe using citrus oils. When you do this, you can store the product in either glass or plastic.
However, an element that is important is the coloration part of the storage container. You need to store your oils someplace dark. This means in a dark location or in dark colored containers. This will help to protect your oils from any UV damage that can degrade their effectiveness.
- Hang On to Your Old Bottles
If you really enjoy using essential oils for various purposes, chances are you will use everything in your starter kit rather quickly. Don’t throw the bottles away.
You can wash and reuse them and the process to do this is actually pretty easy. In fact, you can probably come up with some pretty creative ways to reuse these bottles, including for your own blended mixtures.
- Learn All the Ways to Use Essential Oils
In the beginning, you may only use essential oils for a single purpose. While this may be your primary goal, there are many ways you can use these versatile oils.
Some of the most popular ways to use essential oils include:
- To help maintain your wellness
- Support a healthy weight
- Clean your house
- Keep your emotions under control
- Enhance your beauty
As you can see, using essential oils isn’t difficult, but it may take a bit of practice. Getting to know how to use them effectively can help you enhance your life, cleaning routine and more.
If you have never used essential oils before, take your time and get to know specific oils and what they can be used for. You can build your knowledge and slowly add more options to what you use on a regular basis.