Aromatherapy Recipes - Part 14

Flea Powder

2 cups baking soda
5 drops pennyroyal essential oil
5 drops citronella essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops rosemary essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil

To baking soda add essential oils and mix well. Store in a powder sifter. Sprinkle a small amount onto your carpets or put a small amount onto your animal bed. Let sit and then vacuum.

Lavender & Tea Tree Spray Cleaner

1 teaspoon borax
2 Tablespoon white vinegar
2 cups hot water
¼ teaspoon lavender essential oil
3 drops tea tree essential oil

Mix all ingredients together and stir until dry ingredients dissolve. Pour into spray bottle for long-term storage and use. Spray as needed on any surface except glass. Scrub and rinse with a clean damp cloth.

Disinfectant Spray for Surfaces

3 drops cinnamon leaf
5 drops pine needle
2 drops frankincense essential oil
10 drops bergamot essential oil
⅛ teaspoon sunshine concentrate
30oz water

Combine essential oils with sunshine concentrate and water in a 32oz trigger spray bottle. Spray on and wipe surfaces, dry. Disinfects countertops, stovetops and tiles.

Relaxing Aromatherapy Body Lotion

3 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops spikenard essential oil
4 drops neroli essential oil

To an 8oz bottle of unscented body lotion, add the above aromatherapy oils, cap the bottle and shake it thoroughly.

Nourishing Facial Serum

½oz jojoba oil
¼oz evening primrose oil
15 drops vitamin E oil
8 drops geranium essential oil
8 drops frankincense essential oil
8 drops carrot seed essential oil

Combine the following aromatherapy oils in a 1oz dark glass bottle that has a lid with a dropper, cap the bottle and invert it several times to mix. Only 1 or 2 drops of serum should be used for the entire face and throat area, either on it’s own or before applying facial lotion.

Fresh Breath Lip Balm

2 Tablespoons canola oil
1 teaspoon beeswax granules
10 drops vitamin e oil
3 drops peppermint essential oil

Heat water in a deep pot to hot but not boiling. Place beeswax into a heatproof glass measuring cup with a handle, such as a pyrex cup, and hook the handle of the cup onto the side of the pot to form a double boiler. The bottom two inches of the heatproof cup should be submerged in water—add more water to the pot, or remove some water if necessary, to adjust to the correct level. The hot water will heat the cup and melt the beeswax. Stir the canola oil and vitamin E oil into the meted beeswax using a chopstick or some other non-metal tool. Remove the glass cup from the heat, quickly add the peppermint essential oil and stir. Before the mixture starts to cool and harden, pour it into empty chapstick style lip balm to harden and cool, then cap the lip balm containers.

Super Rich Body Butter

A very rich body butter. Great for rough spots—hands, feet, elbows and knees

⅓ cup Shea butter
2 Tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon evening primrose oil or vitamin E oil

Melt the Shea butter and olive oil in the microwave.
Let it sit for 20—30 minutes.
Add the evening primrose or vitamin E oil
After it cools, put into desired jar.
It takes 8—10 hours (maybe more) to thicken.

Sheaaloe

½ cup Shea butter
½ cup 100% aloe jelly/juice
1 Tablespoon emulsifying wax
1 Tablespoon honey
10—40 drops essential oil of your choice

Melt Shea butter, honey and wax in double boiler for 20 minutes.
Add aloe juice and essential oils and simmer for 3 minutes.
Let it cool naturally mixing with hand mixer every half hour or so. Should take a couple of hours to harden.

All Butter Lotion Bars

2oz cocoa butter
2oz beeswax
2oz Shea Butter

Melt all together and pour into a container or mould. Be sure to mix ingredients well.

Thick & Rich Body Oil / Hair Milk

1 Tablespoon Shea Butter, melted
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup sweet almond oil
¼ cup olive oil

Melt together. Add fragrance. Put into 8oz bottle with a disk top. Bottle and cap. Let the mixture cool.

Honey Butter Lip Balm

2 teaspoon olive oil
½ teaspoon grated beeswax
½ teaspoon Shea butter or cocoa butter
½ teaspoon honey
Flavoured oil to taste
1 vitamin E capsule

Melt the oil, wax, honey and butter over low heat. Allow a few minutes to cool and then add the flavouring and contents of the vitamin E capsule. Stir to blend and then pour into containers. If you would like a firmer lip balm, add a little more wax to the ingredient list.

Shea Butter Conditioning Cream

1 Tablespoon Shea butter
1 Tablespoon conditioner
½ Tablespoon oil

Make sure Shea butter is soft. This can easily be done by setting it in the sun. Mix with an equal part of conditioner. Use natural conditioner so no chemicals will effect the properties of the Shea butter. Add in a half part oil, like jojoba, meadowfoam seed oil and mix well. Allow to cool and harden. If the mixture tends to separate, stir a few times during the cooling process and it should stay well mixed.
Apply a pea sized amount to your ends. This may feel slightly sticky at first, but it will not leave your hair sticky.

Baby Butter

1oz mango butter
1oz Shea Butter
2oz aloe butter
1oz beeswax

Heat all ingredients in a glass measuring cup and pour into sterilized containers. You can increase or decrease the beeswax to the consistency you prefer. Leave this unscented.

Lotion Bars—Recipe 2

4oz beeswax
4oz Shea Butter (use cocoa butter for 1 or 2 Tablespoon of this)
3oz oil (avocado, apricot kernel, etc)
1oz grapeseed oil
Essential oil of choice (optional)

Melt beeswax, then add coca butter and Shea butter. When it is totally melted, add the oils. Mix well, and pour into a liquid measuring cup and allow to cool a bit. Add some essential oil to this and pour into moulds. If you’d like, you can put in an extra 1oz with the main oils and leave out the grapeseed oil. All ingredients are by weight.

Solid Massage Bars

½ cup melted cocoa butter
10 capsules vitamin E oil
1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil
10 drops rose essential oil
8 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops ylang ylang essential oil

Mix all ingredients. Let it cool a bit, then pour into moulds and let harden. There is no need to condition the moulds before pouring.

Soothing Citrus Aftershave for Men

50ml vodka
50ml floral water of clove (distilled water is also suitable)
20 drops lime essential oil
10 drops orange essential oil
5 drops patchouli essential oil
5 drops French lavender essential oil
10 drops bay oil
1 teaspoon benzoin tincture

Add the essential oil blend to alcohol base, and allow the oils to disperse. Add this to the floral water, and then finally mix in the tincture of benzoin.
Witch hazel can also be added to this aftershave. Allow this to mature for 2 weeks, then pour into a dark bottle and attach an atomizer.

Joint Relief Salve

This salve may help relieve the aches and pains of muscle and joints.

1oz beeswax
½oz mango butter
3oz emu oil
1oz kiwi fruit seed oil
1½oz cajput essential oil
1oz rosemary essential oil
½oz menthol crystals
¼oz cinnamon leaf essential oil
5—10 drops German chamomile essential oil

Melt beeswax in a double boiler. Warm all emu and kiwi oil on stove over low heat. Add butters and melt in warm oil. Add the menthol crystals, stir until melted.
Add melted beeswax to the oil mixture, stir until everything is melted together. Add essential oils of choice. Mix thoroughly. Fill sterilized containers and cap. Let it set over night.

Roll On Lip Balm

1 teaspoon Shea butter
1 teaspoon mango butter
1 Tablespoon liquid oil your choice
10 drops Vitamin E oil
5—8 drops lip balm flavouring
Mica to colour

Melt oil and butters together, add rest of ingredients. Pour into small roll on bottles. The flavouring and mica is optional.

Roll On Lip Gloss

2oz almond oil
1oz jojoba oil
½oz glycerine

Mix all ingredients and pour into roll on bottles. You can add mica if you want to colour it.

Lava Gloss

150g glycerine
2.5g flavouring or essential oil
.5g colour (liquid food colour for eg, water soluble, abut 10 drops or as desired)
Equal parts castor oil and sweet almond oil

Mix the glycerine, essential oil and food colouring together, ¾ fill the roll-on tube with the oils, and then add the coloured glycerine. Leave a bit of space for the roller ball.

Liquid Gloss

8 teaspoon avocado oil
2 teaspoons castor oil
1 teaspoon glycerine
1 teaspoon coconut oil

Mix together and pour into tubes. You can add 10 drops of flavour oil or a bit of water-based colour if you like.

Jasmine Cream Bubble Bath

2½ cups water
2½oz grated castile soap
1½ Tablespoon liquid glycerine
3—5 drops jasmine fragrance oil
2 drops green colorant
24oz plastic bottle or container

In the mixing bowl, combine the water, grated castile soap and glycerine.
Allow the castile soap to soften and dissolve completely, about 15—20 minutes.
Add the fragrance oil and colorant, drop by drop, until the colour is even throughout.
Pour the mixture into the container through the funnel.
Makes about 24oz bubble bath.

Fairy Dust Glitter Gel

¼ cup aloe gel
1 teaspoon glycerine
¼ teaspoon fine glitter
5 drops essential oil of your choice

Mix aloe and glycerine in a small bowl. Stir in glitter and essential oil. It is ready to use immediately.

Easy Bubble Bath

2 cups soap flakes or grated soap
8 cups water
¼ to ½ cup glycerine
2 cups shampoo
Essential oil of your choice

Mix the soap flakes, water and 2 Tablespoons glycerine in a pot over low heat, stirring occasionally until the soap had dissolved. (Store this liquid soap in a covered container, used as an all-purpose soap or hand soap). In a bowl, add 2 cups of this mixture to the rest of they glycerine, shampoo and essential oil. Pour into a 4 cup container. Store and cover at room temperature. When you’re ready to bathe, add about one cup to your tub as it’s filling.
Remember! Use no more than 30 drops of essential oils to 1oz of carrier (bubble bath)! (15 drops being very safe).

New Moon Milk Bath

2 cups dry nonfat powdered milk
½ cup Epsom salts
½ cup baking soda
6 drops sandalwood essential oil
5 drops vanilla fragrance oil
4 drops gardenia fragrance oil
4 drops orange essential oil

Mix all ingredients together and pour into a container. To use: pour 1 cup into the bath as you fill the tub and stir well.

Baby Powder

1 cup arrowroot
1 cup dried chamomile

In a blender, grind the chamomile to a fine powder. Rub it between your fingers to be sure there is no grit. Add the arrowroot and blend together.
This is a great powder for diaper rash. This is also useful for adults with athlete’s foot, heat rash, or other skin problems promoted by unventilated, moist conditions.

Elbow Softener

Use this recipe twice daily and your skin will be soft within one week. After that, use weekly.

4 Tablespoon olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1 Tablespoon honey

Pour ingredients in sterilized jar, cover and shake well. Shake well before each use. Massage into each elbow for a few minutes. Rinse off, pat dry and moisturize.

Frizz Zapper

½ cup conditioner
¼ cup honey
1 Tablespoon almond oil

Mix ingredients, blend well. Pour mixture over damp hair, work it in. Leave on for about 20 minutes for a good deep conditioning. Wash out. This works for all hair types.

Oatmeal Soap

10oz palm oil
4oz coconut oil
2oz olive oil
¼ cup oatmeal, run through the blender
2oz lye
1 cup water
Scent (optional)

Mix lye and water and set aside to cool. Melt palm oil and coconut oil together and set aside to cool. Mix the olive oil and oatmeal. When the lye reaches 100 degrees and the fats are 120 degrees, pour the lye into the fats and stir until it traces. Add the oatmeal, and stir until well mixed. Pour the soap into moulds. Allow to sit for 24—48 hours. Unmold and cut if needed.

Olive Oil Soap

16oz pure olive oil
2oz lye
6oz water

Heat oil to 150 degrees and add the lye to the water slowly while stirring with a wooden spoon. Mix lye solution and oils when the oil is at 120—150 degrees and the lye between 90—100 degrees. Mix them together until it comes to a trace. Pour it into a mould and let set 72 hours before unmolding. You can add scents, colours, herbs, etc at trace.