It soothes frazzled nerves encourages sleep eases minor aches and pains and on top of everything else smells wonderful.
Diy lavender room spray recipe.
The key to making essential oil sprays is to pick the right ingredients to bind to the essential oil.
This will give your spray a little more oomph.
In a high stress world a homemade lavender mist is like happiness in a bottle.
To make a well scented spray combine a lavender tea with lavender infused witch hazel or vodka.
I keep small spray bottles of aromatherapy spray in different rooms of the house one at the bedside as a linen spray one on my desk for alertness and one in the living room as a general air freshener and pick me up.
And lavender spray is one of the quickest things to make at home.
Not only can it help reduce stress and anxiety and encourage better sleep but it boasts antibacterial and antifungal properties helping rid your.
Lavender is one gentle little powerhouse of a plant.
You should use extreme caution and do lots of research before using any essential oils including lavender which is generally considered one of the safer oils.
Allow lavender to brew you ll want it to steep for 20 to 30 minutes.
If you remember oil and water don t mix.
Plus lavender essential oil is loaded with benefits.
My favorite homemade room spray recipes lavender lemongrass room spray.
This homemade lavender linen spray requires only three simple ingredients and can be used to freshen bed sheets upholstered furniture and more.
I usually make my own.
You can mix and match essential oils for a signature scent.
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Try combinations like wild orange and tea tree lavender and rose or clean and simple green tea and cucumber.
I love getting massages and when i moved to virginia the first massage therapist i used was making her own beauty products with essential oils.
Citrus mint air freshener spray.
Now a word of warning while essential oils are all natural that doesn t make them safe to use without caution.
So creating a homemade essential oil room spray without something to blend and emulsify the oil to the water will cause you a watery mess with little smell.
You can t beat the combination of citrus and mint to give your home a crisp invigorating feel.
Lavender and lemongrass were the very first oils i learned about and purchased.
If you grow lavender in your garden which i highly recommend you ll want to use the flowers to make your spray.
Basic essential oil room spray recipe.
As a room spray i use the stronger spray made with essential oil.
10 drops wild orange essential oil.
8 drops peppermint essential oil.
Small spray bottle with a fine mister 2 oz.
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For a stronger spray you ll want to use a pure essential lavender oil.
She was also using the oils on her patients and.
Bottle like this works well.
To make my linen spray i use lavender essential oil.