HOW DO YOU STORE YOUR ESSENTIAL OILS?

WOW!  That is all I can say.  The more I learn about essential oils, the more I find that the care and use of them can be complicated, but very worth it! 

I currently have all of my oils stored on a couple of shelves in my office.  All in alphabetical order. 

Essential Oils for Maturing Hair

Getting older can change the structure of your hair.  Gray starts coming in, you loose some hair.  Me, well when I was a child, I had extremely straight hair..as a teen, I permed my hair on a constant basis until I was about 18, but then my perm lasted for years!  All of a sudden I had curly hair!  So, of course I started coloring plus the fact that I used tons of styling aids, and always in the sun.  Our hair goes through a lot of abuse.  Since I lost all this weight, my hair started falling out and breaking off.  This can happen when you make such a drastic change in your lifestyle....

Homemade Muscle Rub

*Note I am not a doctor and this has not been evaluated by the Federal Government...these are remedies that work for me..not all EOs work the same for everybody...use EOs with caution.

This recipe has the basic Essential Oils for homemade Tiger Balm, with a few extras.   My husband and I both use this as a pre-work out salve on joints that we know is giving us problems or when we have worked around the yard or the house and know that we might be sore after days end. 

The general salve rule I use is for every cup of oil, I use 2 tablespoons of beeswax.   This recipe is for a smaller portion.

Ingredients:

Salve Recipe

½  Tablespoon beeswax
1/2 Cup of Coconut oil

Few drops of Vitamin E oil (this acts as a preservative)

Place coconut oil and beeswax in a double boiler and melt at a low heat stirring occasionally.

Pour melted oils in your glass container then add your Vitamin E oil.  Let oils cool for about 10 minutes before adding your Essential oils or they will evaporate more quickly.

Or, you can use the Whipped Body Lotion Recipe that you can find HERE

Blend the following Essential Oils in a blending bottle

Essential Oils

10 drops camphor or Ravintsara (Ravintsara is Eucalyptol’ (1,8-cineol)  I use Ravintsara.

Eucalyptol’ (1,8-cineol)

Eucalyptol’ (1,8-cineol)

Eucalyptol’ (1,8-cineol)

9 drops peppermint essential oil
7 drops eucalyptus essential oil
5 drops clove essential oil
5 drop cinnamon essential oil

5 drop of helichrysum (optional)

3 drops of blue tansy (optional)


For every 4oz or lotion or salve, I use 40-50 drops of the essential oil blend

Stir your Essential Oils into your salve with a small wooden spoon or I use two bamboo skewers.  I don’t like to use metal in my salves as Coconut oil has the ability to remove rust from metal.  You risk contaminating your salve by using a metal spoon.

Immediately after you stir in your essential oils, cover your jar immediately so your oils do not evaporate.

Essential Oil Properties:

Camphor- Relieves Pain/ Ravintsara is Anti-Rheumatic (prefer to use the Ravintsara)

Peppermint Oil-analgesic and anaesthetic

Eucalyptus- analgesic and anti-inflammatory

Clove- Analgesic and antispasmodic

Cinnamon-anaesthetic and antispasmodic

Helichrysum- analgesic and anti-inflammatory, regenerative

Blue Tansy- anti-inflammatory, analgesic

I like to get my essential oil products from a local source.  They are great quality oils and products at very reasonable prices and the always have great specials going on! 

I have no affiliation to Ananda Apothecary. 

My Favorite Body Wash Recipe!

 I LOVE MY HOMEMADE BODY WASH! 

I use to use bar soap that would dry my skin out and leave an icky film.  I tried a few variations of Homemade Body Wash until I finally got it where I like it! 

My Life with Essential Oils

Essential Oils have made such a big difference in my life!  

A big "THANK YOU" goes out to my sister for introducing me to essential oils.  (to be referred to as "EO's in the rest of my post).   They have made such a difference in my life!