Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 5

Stuffy Nose Aromatherapy Blend

15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
13 drops pine essential oil
2 drops peppermint essential oil

Blend the oils together in a clean dark coloured glass container, preferably one with an orifice reducer (a build-in dropper insert). Apply 2-3 drops to a cotton ball and inhale occasionally to help clear a stuffy nose.

Hair Conditioner

1 Tablespoon jojoba carrier oil
3 drops rosemary essential oil

Mix the jojoba and rosemary oils in a small bowl (tiny condiment bowls work great for this). Wet your hair with warm water and then apply the conditioner. Let it sit on your hair for 15-30 minutes. Then, was you hair as normal. Jojoba and rosemary oils are helpful for dry hair. The rosemary is also said to be helpful in aiding dandruff.

Insect Bites

1 Tablespoon aloe vera
5 drops chamomile essential oil

Apply to affected area until skin no longer itches.

Shampoo

7oz of unscented shampoo
1 Tablespoon jojoba oil (optional, but can supply the hair with added nutrition)
20 drops patchouli essential oil
20 drops sandalwood essential oil
5 drops ylang ylang essential oil

Add the essential oils to the bottle of unscented shampoo (you may wish to either use the unscented shampoo once to make more room in the bottle for the oils or discard a little bit) and mix extremely well. You do not want to have pockets in the shampoo where the oils collect as the concentration of essential oils could cause scalp irritation and also because your shampoo will not be fragranced thoroughly. Use as you would your normal shampoo.

Perfume—Recipe 1

25 drops sandalwood essential oil
3 drops of either rose, jasmine or neroli essential oil
1 Tablespoon of jojoba carrier oil

Blend all oils together well and store in an airtight dark coloured glass container. Dab a drop onto your pulse points. Please note tat this blend has a heavy concentration of essential oils and is meant to be used sparingly. As with any new oils and blends that you use, do a skin patch test prior to using regularly.

Homemade Lotion for Dry Skin

¾ cup of almond oil
⅓ cup coconut oil or cocoa butter’
1 teaspoon lanolin
½oz grated beeswax
⅔ cup rosewater
⅓ cup aloe vera gel
1 to 2 drops rose essential oil
1 vitamin E capsule

Melt almond oil, coconut oil, lanolin and beeswax over low heat. Mix well and let cool.
Mix rosewater, aloe vera gel and rose essential oil. Add the contents of the vitamin E capsule. Whip this mixture into the beeswax mixture until well blended. Store in a jar with a tight lid.

Homemade Almond Rose Body Lotion

¼ cup sweet almond oil
Rose petals
3 Tablespoon vodka
Water
1 Tablespoon beeswax—grated
4 drops vitamin E oil

Start by filling a clean mason jar ¾ of the way with rose petals. Add the vodka then fill the jar up with water. Stir well and set it aside for 1 to 2 weeks. Strain and keep in an airtight jar.
Combine the almond oil and beeswax in a double boiler, or put them in a glass bowl and microwave in 30 seconds intervals. Stir gently until the beeswax is melted.
Take the mixture of the heat and slowly add ¼ cup of the rosewater, stirring constantly. Let the mixture cool completely, and then add the vitamin E oil.
Store the lotion in a clean container with a tight fitting lid.