The Best Natural Essential Oil Recipes

Aromatherapy can not only do wonders for your mind and body but also your home. Safe and gentle cleaning products with organic essential oils are better for people, animals, and the environment than harsh commercial ones. With these simple home-made aromatherapy formulas, you can get the result as good as using the chemical ones, without emit strong odors and fumes. As we know household cleaners and products consisted of chemical ingredients. Products that contain bleach, ammonia, phosphate and sodium benzoate to name a few of the basics, are destroying your immune system and can cause allergic reaction to sensitive skin. Formulating your very own household cleansers isn’t complicated at all. In fact, it can be an enjoyable undertaking and a money-saving one at that, especially if you mix your solutions in bulk. For the sake of your family health, you don’t mind taking the little extra time to make your own cleaning products. Check out these Aromatherapy recipes for your home and let us know how you like them. 

Citrus Scrubber

The combination of the suggested substances can make one cup. You may infuse your essential oils with baking soda and borax in fair proportions, or with calcium carbonate cleansers for the stubborn dirt and stains in your kitchen, bathroom and sinks. The use of essential oils with antimicrobial property will help eliminate grease and bacterial growth. Also, the application leaves the treated area with a pleasant odor. Materials are as follow:

• 1 cup powdered calcium carbonate cleanser, or 1/2 cup each baking soda and borax
• 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon essential oil of lemon
• 1-1/2 teaspoons orange essential oil
• 1-1/2 teaspoons grapefruit essential oil

Pour the desired base in a bowl, preferably a glass bowl. And use a fork in eliminating lumps after mixing the essential oils or blend of oils to the base. It is best that this substance combination is stored in a metal or glass jar with a lid to avoid spillage. When using this potent combination make sure to protect your hands by wearing gloves.

Fragrant Wood Polish

The following aromatherapy home recipe is intended for cleaning wood materials with a pleasant essential oil finish. Taking care of fine furniture pieces is critical to preserve their beauty. An application of the mixture noted below will help you achieve this goal.

• 1/2 teaspoon essential oil of Peru balsam
• 8 ounces mineral oil
• 1 ounce beeswax
• 1/8 teaspoon each essential oils of rosemary, bergamot, and spruce
• 1/4 teaspoon each essential oils of lavender, tangerine, orange, and lemon

Use a double-boiler in melting the beeswax in mineral oil. Separate the upper pan and cool the mixture but make sure that the mixture does not skim over the surface. Then you may add the essential oil or blend of oils into the pre-heated mixture. After completely mixing the materials you may allow the combination to cool and the product may be stored in a jar with a secured lid. When using you may polish the surface of the furniture with the mixture and let still for a couple of minutes to make sure that the oil is absorbed by the wood and then it may be cleaned-up with a clean cloth.

Disinfectant Air Freshener

Making an array of choices for variety and purpose seems a good idea. Few of the suggested are mixtures of alcohol, water, and lavender, spruce and orange. Below is a highly recommended recipe as well that make 1 ½ cup of the substance:

• 6 drops tea tree essential oil 
• 4 drops white thyme essential oil
• 2 teaspoons 190-proof alcohol
• 8 drops clove essential oil
• Filtered or distilled water

Dissolve the essential oils in the alcohol. If the essential oils does not dissolve completely you may add another teaspoon of alcohol. After completely dissolving the oils in the alcohol you may fill-up the cup up to the ½ cup mark of the glass measuring cup. Store this combination in a glass bottle with a sprayer as lid. When applying this substance, make sure the direction is to the air and not to people specifically faces as you know alcohol may cause irritation to sensitive skin and the eyes.

Stinky Sneaker Sachet Blend

It cannot be helped that shoes can pose a really big problem in terms of cleanliness in the household. Sometimes it is unavoidable not to walk around with it from the outside to the inside of your house. No doubt that most of us if not all of us has had a problem with smelly footwear. And with this home recipe this problem may as well be considered a close-book. Here is a suggested solution with the use of essential oils and absorbent clay. The sachet of this combination may be left sitting in the sneakers overnight. Lavender, as the essential oil factor is preferable. The good thing about these sachets is as long as the scent is present it may still be reused.

• 1 teaspoon tea tree essential oil
• 2 teaspoons sandalwood essential oil
• 1/4 teaspoon spruce essential oil
• 1/4 teaspoon lavender essential oil
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon essential oil
• 1/2 teaspoon grapefruit essential oil
• 4 clean socks
• 4 cups natural clay cat litter
• 4 rubber bands

Mix the clay with the essential oils and let the mixture age for a week. Then the mixture is ready for use so you may put them in the clean socks and then seal those with the rubber bands.

Minty Fresh Sachet Blend

This suggested home recipe can make 2 ½ quarts of the mixture. This mixture is good if placed in the closet, dresser drawers and linen closet as well. A suggested use of oakmoss (lichen), patchouli, myrrh, cedar, frankincense and vetiver is recommended for closet or cabinet with wool and fur garments. If your budget allows you may also use sandalwood. Any of these all-natural herbs needs to be crushed or chopped finely after completely drying them. The recipe may be of highest quality with the following proportion:

• 2 cups peppermint leaves
• 4 cups lavender flowers
• 1 cup patchouli leaves
• 2 cups rosemary leaves
• 1/4 cup thyme leaves
• 1/2 cup whole cloves
• 10 drops white camphor essential oil
• 5 drops clove essential oil 
• 20 drops peppermint essential oil 

Use a large glass or stainless steel bowl in mixing the above mentioned flora (flower) and foliage (leaves). On a separate jar mix the essential oils and stir well to ensure the uniformity of the solution of oils with the mixed flowers and leaves. After thorough mixing, place the combination in a glass jar and age it for several weeks. Make sure that the container has a secured lid and it must be placed in a cool dry place.