Organic Aromatherapy

If you are a person that loves aromatherapy and making your own skin care products, I have found a fantastic blend to make your own shower gel.  I absolutely adore the smell of Sandalwood Essential Oil.  It has a woody, sweet and exotic scent that lingers throughout the day. 

It has healing properties that includes antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, diuretic, emollient and sedative.  It is commonly used in treating acne, bronchitis, catarrh, cough, depression, insomnia, nausea and nervous tension.  I simply add 15 drops per ounce of unscentedorganic shower gel and use daily.  If you are one that suffers from anxiety (nervous tension) this helps me tremendously!

Organic orange essential oil has a wonderful scent and it has many, many uses. It is commonly used in treating constipation, flatulence, detoxification, cold, flu, digestive problems, water retention, insomnia and nervous tension.  It is also used as an anti-septic.

You see the advertisements everywhere for cleaning products using the power of orange.  I find organic orange essential oil to work much better when you make your own products using it.  For example; do you need to freshen your toilet or garbage disposal?  I simply place a few drops in, flush and rinse and voila, a wonderful and clean aroma.  I also clean my jewelryusing orange essential oil.  I add 15 drops to an ounce of hydrogen peroxide and let my jewelry soak.  My diamonds shine as they did when I first got them.

Are you looking for a great scented candle!  I love the smell of both sandalwood and patchouli essential oils.  Sandalwood is great for nervous tension and patchouli is commonly used in treating anxiety.  Put two and two together and you have a calming candle scent with a Sandalwood & Patchouli Aromatheray Jar Candle.

I constantly having sandalwood permeating in the air in my home.  I use battery operated and electric diffusers where I just place a few drops to each and just let the scent take me away. 

Oregano Essential Oil has great qualities that can boost the immune system.  Oregano Essential Oil has  powerful anti-biotic, anti-viral and anti-fungal qualities to it.

There are so many articles and news recaps going around about the potential outbreak of the swine flu this year.  Since Oregano Essential Oil is also used as an anti-septic, I have made my next home batches of shampoo, conditioner and body wash using my non-scented organic base and adding 18 drops of oregano essential oil per ounce of my organic base (shampoo, conditioner and body wash).  This is so easy to prepare and if it oregano can boost the immune system, I will do whatever I can to combat the chances of coming down with it.

Fall is here and winter is quickly approaching which means one thing, the holidays!  If you can believe it, they will be here very very soon.

During the holiday season we all seem to want to burn candles to create a romantic setting or just have the scents of the season fill the air.  One of the more famous scents of the season is frankincense.  This pillar candle is 2.75 X 5 and burns for approximately 70 hours.  It has a wonderful aroma of both Frankincense and Lavendar essential oils.

Lazy Days Bath Salt is a great way to chill out from your life.  Lazy Days Bath Salt is a combination of mineral salts and lavender essential oil. 

Traditional hot salt baths will help draw toxins out of your body as it opens up your pores and the toxic waste purges through your skin.  Lazy Days Bath Salt will also replenish what is lost from rigorous exercise and all of your other daily stresses.

The Christmas season is quickly approaching.  I for one am determined to get my Christmas shopping done early this year.  That way I can relax and just enjoy the season.

I’m always looking for unique gifts to give to my friends and family.  I found a truly unique Christmas gift with this.  It is a Frankincense & Myrrh Gift Set.  Is there a better gift to give that matches the reason for the season?  You will receive the story of the Gifts of the Magi and along with it, a dram of frankincense and myrrh.  It even comes in a pretty gold mesh bag.

We know that lavender essential oil is the useful essential oil, it is good for just about everything and is very mild to anyone using it.  Just a few of the common uses of lavender essential oil is treating eczema and wounds (typical ailments of the skin).  Chamomile essential oil is calming to the skin and helps reduce redness, relives dryness and aids with itchy and flaky skin.

When you combine the two, you get twice the healing and soothing effects for your skin.  This is why I really do like Lavender and Chamomile bath and body oil.  It is extremely soothing to the skin and leaves a fresh scent with you for the entire day.

The medical establishment has derived a number of techniques over the years to deal with depression, and many of these take the form of prescription drugs. The side effects of pills can be just as damaging in their own way as the disease they are meant to treat, and pharmaceuticals aren’t always the answer. In the case of mild depression, aromatherapy could be used as a viable treatment option. Essential oils work to naturally soothe the body and ease the mind.

The sandalwood fragrance has long been associated with treatments for depression, anxiety and nervousness. Rather than reaching for the nearest pill or drowning your sorrows in alcohol, try relaxing with a healthy, natural alternative. The positive effects of aromatherapy may differ greatly on a case-by-case basis, but you’ll never know how it may affect you until you give it a try.

Essential oils have been diffused into the air for years and years.  They have been used in ceremonial rituals, aromatic fumigation’s, treatments of ailments and for simple mood enhancing. 

One of the easiest ways to begin using essential oils is to diffuse them into the air.  A battery operated diffuser is easy to use and is just about silent.  Just place a couple of drops of your favorite oil on the pad, pop in a battery and let the diffuser do the work.  You can place this in your home, office or even your car.  I like to use them in the bathrooms mainly because you don’t have to worry about an open flame on a candle.