7 AMAZING Things You Can Do With Essential Oils!

Hi guys, how are you doing? I hope you’re having a wonderful December. Today I thought I would switch it up, by talking about essential oils. If you guys know me, I’m actually a huge fan of them! I make my own body oils and use a diffuser to help me sleep and relieve stress. If you're someone who loves creating your own at-home beauty remedies, then you may already be familiar with essential oils and all of their different uses!

For those of you who don't know, essential oils are little bottles of concentrate are designed to add healing properties to you and your home using entirely natural ingredients. Not only do that, but they can also make your DIY beauty projects smell amazing too.

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If you're not familiar with all the different ways to use essential oils, then this blog post might be perfect for you! Let’s get right into it.

 

Use Them To Enhance Your Bath

 

If you're not much of a creator then a great way to use your essential oils is to add them to your bath. This requires minimal effort as all you need to do is add a couple of drops to your bath and wait for the magic to happen. The heat will cause the scent to rise, filling your entire bathroom.

 

Create Your Own Bath Bombs

 

You can't beat a good bath bomb, especially when it's something you've created yourself. Using essential oils like lemon, orange and lavender can make your bath both look and feel incredible. With so many different healing properties associated with each essential oil, you can make a bath bomb for every occasion.

 

Make A Lavender Spray To Help You Sleep At Night

 

Making your own lavender spray couldn't be easier. All you need is a couple of drops of lavender oil, a spray bottle and a bit of water. This solution can be used to spray on your pillows at night, helping you fall asleep in a quick yet relaxed way. This also is much cheaper than using the This Works Deep Sleep Spray!

 

Make Your Own DIY Cleaner

 

If you love making  your own beauty products, then cleaning products will be just as fun. Using an essential oil concentrate of your choice, simply mix with some oil eater and unscented all-purpose cleaner to make your own DIY cleaner. For easy use, use a spray bottle.

 

Use Them To Relieve a Cold And Flu

 

There are lots of different essential oils that are able to relieve a cold and flu, so if you're feeling under the weather be sure to stock up on orange, lemon and clove essential oils. I have to be biased and say that lemon is definitely my favorite!

 

Create Your Own Face Wash

 

Now, this is really similar to the cleaner. All you need to do is mix an unscented face wash with an essential oil of your choice to make something that smells and feels great. If you're feeling creative, you could even make some for your friends and family too!

 

Make Your Own Face Masks

 

Using essential oils, oats and hot water, making your own exfoliating face mask couldn't be easier. With the option to completely customize depending on which essential oil you use, this could provide you will hours of pampering fun. Again, this is a great project to turn into DIY gift making for your family.

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Do you use essential oils? How do you use them? Let me know if I missed anything in the comment section below! As always, have a wonderful day/night. Sending you love, strength, and positivity.

-Melina xxx

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12 comments

  • alwayscleia says:

    Oooh great post! I just got a way of will essential oil set from Fabfitfun and was wondering what on earth I was going to do with them. I'll have to try some of these ideas out!

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    • Melina Elisa says:

      I hope you enjoy it! I love essential oils, so it's great that there are so many ways to use them without actually needing a diffuser (even though I totally love mine)

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      • alwayscleia says:

        I still want to get a diffuser one of these days but I love that there are ways to use them without owning one!

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  • Leslie says:

    I actually have a Lavender oil that I plan on using in a face scrub! 🙂

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    • Melina Elisa says:

      I didn't know that you can make esssential oils with face scrubs until recently, so I thought I would share it with you all! I hope you enjoy it 🙂 xx

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  • Marie says:

    Oh this is a great post filled with great ideas! I don't use a lot of essential oils, but I'd love to try them out more, especially a lavender spray, that sounds like a great idea 🙂

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    • Melina Elisa says:

      I will vouch and say that essential oils help me, especially in terms of anxiety and stress. It even helps me get to sleep easier! Truly recommend it! Thanks for reading and commenting Marie:) xx

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  • sophhearts says:

    I don't use essential oils a lot but do have some somewhere so this has really inspired me to get them out and make use of them! A bath filled with essential oils sounds perfect right now.

    Soph - https://sophhearts.com x

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    • Melina Elisa says:

      omg, I'm telling you it's a complete game changer. There are so many ways to use them other than just putting them in a diffuser! I hope you end up using the oils more now 😉 xx

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  • Romi says:

    I bought a diffuser and some oils yesterday on Amazon. I've never really been into it until a lady at work converted the office lol. This blog post has given me some great ideas - thanks! 🙂 x

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    • Melina Elisa says:

      I wasn't super into it for a while, my mom loved it, and one day I decided to try it out, and I honestly love it! I'm a huge fan of the lavender, and peppermint oils! They're amazing for me to relax and relieve stress ! I hope you like the oils. Let me know how you get on with them 🙂 xx

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