Use Essential Oils As a Quick Pick Me up

Essential oils can lift your mood, rejuvenate the skin, alleviate stress, and restore vitality. Lavender, sandalwood, peppermint, and lemongrass are common favorites, but there are hundreds to choose from, each with different wonderful properties. Choose a few you like and try working them into your daily routine for refreshing and calming results.

Steps

Using Essential Oils on your Body

  1. Make a scented compress for your face and neck. Add five drops of a preferred oil to a bowl of warm water. Soak a washcloth in the water and then apply to your face and neck as a compress for five minutes.
    • Pat dry with a soft towel and finish with an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory facial splash and moisturizer.
    • You can also add a few drops of essential oil to a bowl of hot water and do a facial steam.
  2. Make a body scrub. Use a body scrub scented with essential oil in the shower or bath. A salt or sugar scrub will exfoliate dead skin cells, cleanse the pores and help your body get rid of any toxins.
    • Mix an ounce of ground sea salt with 10 or so drops of your favorite essential oil. Add water and make a paste so it spreads easily.
    • Apply it to your entire body with big circular strokes.
  3. Wash your hair with a oil-scented shampoo. Add a few drops of essential oil to unscented or lightly scented shampoo.
    • For oily hair, use lemongrass or rosemary.
    • Essential oils can also make invigorating scalp massages. Rosemary is good for this.

Using Essential Oils in Your Home

  1. Scent your sheets. When your sheets are freshly laundered and folded, put a few drops of your favorite essential oil on the sheets. Store them as usual in your linen closet until it's time to use them.
    • You can also put a few drops of essential oil in the washing machine when you wash your sheets.
    • Try drying your sheets with essential oil by putting a few drops on an unscented dryer sheet and placing it in the dryer with your sheets or other clothing.
  2. Put a few drops on your pillow at night. Certain essential oils can help you sleep better and make you feel relaxed after a long day. Lavender and sandalwood are often used in this way.
    • You can also scent a cloth eye mask with a few drops of essential oil so that you smell it as you fall asleep.
  3. Make sachets. Essential oil sachets are easy to make and they help your clothes and linens stay fresh. Fold a small piece of cloth and place a few drops of your favorite essential oil in the folds. Tuck the cloth into a separate cloth pouch, or simply use it as is. Place your quick homemade sachet into the corners of your dresser drawers and closets.
  4. Make air freshener. Mix 5 drops of essential oil with 1 cup of water. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle. Use the spray to mist rooms in your house whenever they need a little freshening up.
    • Lemongrass and orange essential oil make wonderful room sprays.
    • Use eucalyptus and peppermint essential oils do the double duty of freshening rooms and keeping bugs away.

Tips

  • If you have a choice of essential oils to choose from, select one that suits your mood and purpose. There are many to choose from.
  • If you are desparking stress levels, choose soothing oils like lavender, chamomile, jasmine, frankincense, sandalwood and ylang-ylang.
  • Good revitalizing and energizing oils are peppermint, eucalyptus, rosemary, basil and juniper[citation needed]. The aroma can also provide psychological and physical benefits too[citation needed]!

Warnings

  • Never (with the possible exception of Tea Tree,[melaleuca alternifolia] and Lavender) apply the oils directly on your face or skin without diluting first in a neutral oil such as almond, grapeseed, or olive oil. Consult a book on herbal medicine for the proportions.

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