Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 10

Tired Footbath

This blend comes in handy when you’ve been on your feet all day.

3 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops rosemary essential oil
4 drops lemon essential oil
2 litres of warm water

Combine oils and mix well. Massage into legs using circ8ular motion, massage onto dry feet. Rinse well.

Before you go to bed
Rub olive oil into your dry, cracked feet. Do not rinse. Then, put a cosy pair of socks on and go to sleep. Your feet will drink in the moisture and feel much better by morning.

Bath Fizzies

2 Tablespoon citric acid
2 Tablespoon cornstarch
¼ cup baking soda
2—3 Tablespoon almond oil
Liquid food colouring, if desired
¼ teaspoon essential oil

Mix the dry ingredients in a paper cup or bowl. Add food colouring and scented oil. Stir. Add almond oil on Tablespoon at a time until mixture can be formed into balls. Dry overnight on wax paper. Store covered.

To use: throw 1—2 balls into a filled bathtub. These bath fizzies make a wonderful gift! After dried, wrap each ball in coloured cellophane and tie with a ribbon. Place in a decorative basket and give to a special person.

Foot Treat

½ cup fine ground sea salt
10 drops peppermint essential oil
2 Tablespoon baking soda
2 Tablespoon avocado oil

Mix all ingredients well. Wash feet with warm water and soap, pat dry. Gently rub salt mixture into feet. Rinse with warm water, pat dry, finish with massage oil.

Disinfectant Spray

2 Tablespoon vodka
12 drops lemon essential oil
7 drops thyme essential oil
5 drops tea tree essential oil
2 drops peppermint essential oil
2 cups distilled water
12 drops lavender essential oil
7 drops clove essential oil
5 drops oregano essential oil
2 drops eucalyptus essential oil

Into a clean dark bottle add vodka and water, essential oils. Gently shake to blend before each use. Pour into a mist spray and spritz whenever and wherever needed. This blend prevents the spread of germs ..... Excellent in a sick room!

Carpet Deodorizer

10 drops tea tree oil
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
1 box of baking soda

Add the baking soda to a large bowl and then add the essential oils. Be sure to mix the oils into the baking soda well. Since lemon essential oil is normally yellow, it is essential that it be mixed well into the baking soda so that no undiluted lemon oil stains your carpet. This blend may be adapted to use your favourite essential oils, but strive to add essential oils that offer antibacterial and disinfectant properties to give the deodorizer an added benefit (the oils in the blend work to accomplish that). After you have blended the oils into the baking soda seal tight and set aside for 24 hours, then sprinkle on carpet and let set for 15 minutes, then vacuum up. This deodorizer can be stored in a glass jar or airtight container.
You can, also, drop several drops of essential oil on a cloth and put it in the collecting bag of your vacuum.

Floral Air Freshener

20 drops rose essential oil
10 drops clove essential oil
10 drops orange essential oil
4oz water

Mix all ingredients together .

Citrus Air Freshener

20 drops orange essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
7 drops grapefruit essential oil
5 drops cedarwood essential oil
4oz water

Mix all ingredients together.

Candy Cane Bath Salts

2 cups Epsom salt
½ cup sea salt
4—6 drops peppermint essential oil
2—3 drops red food colouring

Place 1 cup Epsom salt and ¼ cup sea salt in a bowl. Add 2—3 drops peppermint oil. Place the remaining ingredients in a second bowl. Mix all ingredients well. Layer the red and white salts in a clear bottle or jar.

Bath Crystals

1 cup salt—rock, sea, or mineral salt
3—5 drops vegetable food colouring (shake or mix well after each 2 drops added until it reaches desired colour)
20—25 drops essential oil (shke or mix well until oils are thoroughly absorbed)

They will sparkle like jewels if you add a teaspoon of glycerine.
Salt melts and softens the water, the glycerine will moisturise your skin and the colour will vanish.

Fresh Gel Air Fresheners

Small, empty baby food jars
Food colouring
Essential oil of your choice
Plain gelatine
Decorations for jars

Gather a few small jars—baby food jars are perfect . Make sure you remove all the labels and clean them really well.
Heat 2 cups of water in a big pot until its nearly boiling. Add 8 envelopes of plain gelatine and stir until dissolved.
Remove the mixture from the heat and pour in two additional cups of room temperature water—stir until well mixed.
Decide what scents you want for your fresh gel air freshener to be. You can get great smelling potpourri scents from a craft store, like sandalwood, blueberry, lavender or musk. The amount of gelatine in this recipe is enough for 8 small fresh gel air fresheners. Just remember, these are for smelling not for eating.
Pour about a Tablespoon liquid scent or flavour extract into the jar—use a little extra if you want a really strong smelling air freshener or less if you want a mild one. Then add 7 or 8 drops of food colouring!
Ladle the gelatine mixture into jars and fill them to the top. Give them a stir, and then set them aside overnight to let them set. (Don’t put them in the fridge because your food will soak up the smell).
When your fresh gel air fresheners are set, decorate the jars using fabric, wrapping paper, ribbon and stickers. Place on in any room where you’d like a fresh scent: your bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom, etc.

Bath Salts—Recipe 2

Large glass or metal mixing bowl
1 cup sea salt or rock salt
¼ teaspoon glycerine
Essential oils for fragrance
2 cups Epsom salts
Food colouring
Clean dry glass jars

Try and do this on a day with low humidity, the salt will absorb moisture from the air.
Combine salts in a bowl and mix well. Add a couple of drops of food colouring and mix well.
Add glycerine and essential oil (4 or 5 drops) and mix well.
Spoon salts into the jars and close them.
Make a gift bag with the scent (if you need one) and suggesting using ⅓ or ½ cup in the bath.
Makes 3 cups of bath salts.

Bath Candy

4oz Shea butter
4oz baking soda
2oz citric acid

Melt the Shea butter and then stir in the baking soda and citric acid. Add scent if desire. Pour into small moulds. Let cool, place in freezer, then pop out.

Grandmother’s Bath Salts

1 cup Epsom salts
3 drops glycerine
6 drops of lavender or rose essential oil
2—3 drops food colouring
Piece of orange rind

Mix all together and keep in a sealed container.

Rejuvenating Foot Baths

5 drops rosemary essential oil
3 drops peppermint essential oil
4 drops grapefruit essential oil

Fill footbath with warm water and stir in essential oils. Soak feet for 10—15 minutes.

Relaxing Spray

Lavender, geranium, rose essential oil
Distilled water
Spray bottle

Combine 12 drops lavender, 5 drops geranium, 3 drops rose and 2oz of distilled water.
Pour into spray bottle, shake gently before spraying.
Makes 2oz

Falling Stars Body Mist

2 cups distilled water
5 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops valerian essential oil
3 Tablespoons vodka
10 drops chamomile essential oil

Mix all ingredients together in a spray bottle. Shake well. Allow settling for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

Body Splash
This is a delicious body splash / spray that will keep you smelling wonderful.

80ml distilled water
5ml orange flower water
1 drop geranium essential oil
10ml aloe vera juice
2 drops patchouli essential oil

Combine the ingredients and store in a 100ml bottle. Apply with an atomizer, shaking before use. It will keep for up to 2 months.

Moisturising Body Mist

240ml vodka
5ml vanilla essential oil
5ml ylang ylang essential oil
240ml distilled water or floral water
5ml sandalwood East Indian essential oil

In a sterile jar, blend the alcohol and essential oils together , seal the jar and lave for 4—5 days. Blend the distilled water or floral water with the glycerine and ensure that they are blended well. Add this to your alcohol mixture, and allow sitting for a further 2 days. You’ve waited a week now, and now it’s time to be rewarded with a gorgeous new perfume! Into beautiful bottles, pour your perfumes, and tightly screw on an atomizer. This perfume will not dry the skin.
We selected this blend of essential oils for its sweet, woody aroma and warmth, however you can alternate essential oils to suit.

Soothing Lavender Body Oil Splash

½ cup light coloured sesame oil
8—10 drops lavender essential oil
Glass bottle with a narrow neck

Make the Splash:
Pour the sesame oil into the glass bottle.
Add the lavender essential oil, one drop at a time, until it reaches the desired scent strength. Shake it to mix well.
Care for the splash:
Keep the splash tightly closed and away from sunlight when not in use.
This splash does not need to be refrigerated and will last approximately four months.

Variations:
To make a lighter scent, substitute apricot oil (another massage oil) for the sesame oil.
Substitute 8—10 drops of your favourite fragrance oil or perfume for a different scent. Be aware that because perfume contains water, it may separate from the oil. Shake well before each use.

Rehydrate Your Body
Fill a spritzer bottle with water, add a few drops of chamomile essential oil, pop in the sprayer and it’s gret to rehydrate your body and give yourself a pick-me-up.
Whispering Rain Body Mist

2 cups distilled water
5 drops sandalwood essential oil
10 drops cassis essential oil
3 Tablespoon vodka
10 drops bergamot essential oil

Mix all ingredients together in a spray bottle. Shake well. Allow settling for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry place.

Lavender Orange Refresher Spray

This floral-fruity mist is a great way to refresh tired senses n plane trips, long car rides or anytime you need a fragrant boost.

Add 9 drops of lavender and 7 drops of orange essential oil to 1⅔oz of distilled water. Place in a spray bottle or atomizer. Shake the bottle vigorously, then close your eyes and lightly mist your face or personal space.

Suggested variations: Make the blend more floral by adding jasmine, rose or ylang ylang. Make it more citrus by substituting grapefruit, lemon or tangerine from the lavender.

Sunburn Lotion

50g glycerine
20ml rosewater
10ml jojoba oil
20ml aloe vera juice
10ml wheat germ oil
5 drops friar’s balsam

Mix all together and beat well. Store in glass jar. Shake well before use. Will relive mild sunburn and prevent moisture loss.

Headache Relief Massage Oil Blend

There’s no worse feeling than that tension in the base of your neck that signals a killer headache is on it’s way. When you feel that, have some of this wonderful oil rubbed into your shoulders and neck to help ease the pain.

¼ cup sweet almond oil
8 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops peppermint essential oil
2 drops chamomile essential oil

In a small bottle or jar combine all ingredients and shake well before each use.