Essential Oils are very concentrated so, when applied to the skin, they need to be diluted. This is where the carrier oils come in. They are used to help 'carry' essential oils to your skin, without interfering with the therapeutic properties of the essential oils. These carrier oils can be used on their own, infused with herbs or with other oils to help nourish your skin. What Are Carrier Oils? Carrier oils are vegetable oils, usually ...
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Getting Started with Essential Oils
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After our oldest boy reacted with penicillin, I became interested in a more natural approach to health. We have been using these for a while now, though you can never stop learning about the amazing therapeutic and medicinal benefits of these oils. Here are a few ideas to help you get started with essential oils. So What are Essential Oils? Essential oils are the highly concentrated version of the natural oils in plants. The process ...
Gorgeous Essential Oil Binder
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Get your essential oils organised with this gorgeous, printable, essential oil binder. You can easily create your own essential oils organiser with these 76 journal pages. These beautiful pages are perfect for any essential oil user, no matter which brand of oils you use. Print off as many pages as you need to complete your essential oil binder, with the option of adding more anytime you need. Essential Oil Binder The pages included in this ...
DIY Roll-On Perfumes
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With Mother's Day just around the corner, these DIY Perfumes would make great gifts, especially since they are all natural and have amazing aromatherapy benefits as well. As you may already know, perfume can smell beautiful and be quite expensive, but is full of nasty and harmful ingredients. But did you know it is easy to make your own natural, roll-on perfumes? There are so many different combinations that can be made, so I have listed a ...
Homemade Dishwasher Tablets
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We were running low on dishwasher tablets and as I am slowly changing to a more natural home, this was the perfect time to try our own homemade dishwasher tablets. I have made a couple of batches now and found they work really well and are a fraction of the price of the ones you can buy. To make your own homemade dishwasher tablets, you will need: Washing Soda - I found this in the laundry aisle. It is a wonderful all purpose cleaner, ...
‘Love is in the Air’ Diffuser Blends
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With Valentine's Day approaching, there is a lot of love in the air. Besides smelling amazing and helping with romance, essential oils can have many benefits on the body such as calming, relaxing, motivating and supporting healthy hormones and your respiratory system. Diffusing essential oils is a wonderful and cost effective way to reap health benefits from these amazing oils. Every time you breathe in, you take advantage of their ...
Natural Remedies for a Sore Throat
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Sore throats can be very painful and uncomfortable. The inflammation and swelling of the membranes in the throat make it hurt, especially when you swallow. Normally, a sore throat occurs in response to a viral or on the odd occasion, a bacterial infection. The good news is that there are several natural remedies that may help provide relief for you. Sore throats are commonly caused by the common cold, which means that most likely a runny ...
Christmas Diffuser Blends
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Christmas is such a lovely time of the year, a great time for diffusing my favourite blends! Diffusing is a great, natural and toxin-free way to bring the wonderful smells of Christmas into our home. I have created a list of my favourite Christmas diffuser blends so you too, can have a wonderful, natural, lovely smelling house this Christmas. Choosing A Diffuser First thing you will need is a diffuser. I have quite a few different types ...
10 Amazing Essential Oil Gifts
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We love using essential oils! They also make fabulous gifts for friends, family, teachers, co-workers and kids. With essential oils, you can create a variety of different products to suit the person you are giving the gift to and present these gifts in so many gorgeous ways. Here are 10 amazing essential oil gifts (plus a bonus at the end) that even kids can join in and help make. This year, create some amazingly cute holiday gifts ...
Calming Lavender Bath Bombs
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Nothing is better than a nice, warm bath after a long days work and these DIY Calming Lavender Bath Bombs are sure to help you relax. Bathing helps soothe the skin, ease achy muscles and calm you down. These Lavender Bath Bombs are great for calming and relaxing with the therapeutic properties of essential oils. DIY Calming Lavender Bath Bombs Ingredients: 1 cup baking soda (bicarb soda in Australia) ½ cup cornstarch (cornflour ...