Essential oils… where to begin? That was my first thought. Followed by the best advice: follow your nose.
Essential oils are offered in a wide variety of scents so it may feel difficult to determine where to start. And what to do with them. Essential oils have been used for food preparation, beauty treatments, home care and health-care practices. There are countless concoctions to create. Mix and match!
Below are four more of my favorite essential oils and tips from Aura Cacia on using them.
Frankincense
Used extensively in incense and fine perfumes for thousands of years, frankincense essential oil is characterized by a resinous aroma and can bring a calming benefit to body care, diffusion and air freshening as well as grounding practices like meditation or yoga.
Benefit:
Meditative, grounding, calming
Aroma:
Resinous, balsamic
Uses:
Body oils, massage oils, body mists, perfumes, room mists, diffusions, meditation roll-ons and mists, yoga mists
Rosemary
Rosemary essential oil can bring uplifting, energizing and purifying benefits to your airspace and body care.
Benefit:
Uplifting, energizing, purifying
Aroma:
Herbal, medicinal
Uses:
Body oils, massage oils, scrub
Lemon
Fresh and fruity, lemon essential oil is often used for home cleaning and air freshening, but can also be used for many body care products.
Benefit:
Uplifting, cleansing, freshening
Aroma:
Fruity, like lemon peel
Uses:
Body lotions, creams, cleansers, scrubs, soaks, perfumes, body mists, cleaning sprays, cleaning wipes, room mists, diffusions
Patchouli
Patchouli essential oil lends a floral, earthy aroma and grounding benefit to body care products, diffusion blends and more.
Benefit:
Grounding, relaxing
Aroma:
Floral, earthy, herbal
Uses:
Body oils, cleansers, lotions, creams, scrubs, soaks, body mists, perfumes, room mists, diffusions, meditation roll-ons and mists, yoga mists
