How to Use Essential Oils for Beginners
How to Use Essential Oils for Beginners
Essential oils for beginners
Are you ready? This article will save you hours of headaches in learning how to use essential oils for beginners. Searching for toxic-free solutions to use can be difficult and confusing because there is so much information out there.
Congratulations, you are starting on one of the best journeys of your life! Essential oils are such great natural solutions to use when supporting health and eliminating toxins from your home. A year from now, you’ll look back and be amazed at how different your life will be for the better.
What are the best essential oils to start with?
Essential oils are natural solutions that have been around for centuries. They have numerous powerful, therapeutic benefits to help support our bodies. Since they are such an asset to our health, it is important we know the best essential oils to use as well as how to use them properly!
Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender essential oil has been used for over 2,500 years and is one of the most popular essential oils. Its popularity is due to its many beneficial uses!
One of the top ways to use Lavender essential oil is for sleep support since it is a calming and relaxing essential oil.
- Add a drop to your pillow at night before bed
- Put 4-6 drops into your essential oil diffuser 30 minutes before bed
- Combine 30 drops of Lavender oil and distilled water into a 2 oz glass spray bottle. You can use this essential oil recipe to spray on your pillow before bed.
All these great essential oil uses help to ease your mind and calm down from your day.
Another way to use this oil is to add a couple of drops to your shampoo or conditioner for added hair support. It helps to keep the scalp looking clean and healthy.
Freshen up your mattress, linens, carpet, or car by creating a Lavender essential oil spray bottle. You can create this spray by adding 30 drops of Lavender essential oil into a 2 oz glass spray bottle, then filling it with distilled water. Spray as needed.
Related: Top 15 Lavender Essential Oil Uses
Lemon Essential Oil
Lemon essential oil is known for it’s cleansing and purifying benefits. It helps to cleanse and purify the air and surfaces. Since it is a cleansing essential oil, it naturally cleanses the body and aids in digestion.
One of the most common ways to use Lemon essential oil is by adding it to any natural household cleaners. A great tip is to add Lemon essential oil to a glass spray bottle of water to clean tables, counter tops, and other surfaces.
Another reason Lemon is one of the top essential oils is because when it is diffused it is very uplifting and energizing and may help to improve mood. The citrusy aroma is both uplifting and refreshing to help promote a positive mood.
Lastly, it supports healthy respiratory function and may help with seasonal respiratory discomfort.
Related: Easy Ways to Use Lemon Essential Oil
Peppermint Essential Oil
Peppermint essential oil is best known for it’s soothing and calming effects on the body. It is one of the oldest European herbs used for therapeutic purposes. It helps your body before and after your workout or during other strenuous times.
This essential oil can be used for an energy boost. It can be used in the morning, before a workout, or when feeling fatigued or low on energy. You can dilute it (with a carrier oil) and rub it on your temples or add 4-6 drops into a diffuser. An essential oil blend to use in a diffuser for the mornings is 3 drops Wild Orange and 3 drops Peppermint. It’s a great way to start the day!
Peppermint essential oil helps to alleviate the occasional stomach upset, by reducing bloating and gas. Dilute it and rub the essential oil onto the stomach.
Be able to naturally repel bugs by creating an essential oil spray and spritzing around windows and doors.
Related: 12 Amazing Ways to Use Peppermint Essential Oil
Tea Tree Essential Oil
Tea tree essential oil is well known for its cleansing and rejuvenating effect on the skin. It is one of the most versatile essential oils.
- For occasional skin irritations, apply one to two drops of Tea Tree essential oil onto affected areas.
- Combine one to two drops of Tea Tree with a facial cleanser or moisturizer for added cleansing properties.
- Tea Tree promotes a healthy, clean-looking scalp. Add a few drops of Tea Tree to shampoo and lather it into your hair to keep it looking thick, clean, and healthy.
- Tea Tree helps to reduce the appearance of blemishes when applied to the skin.
It also helps promote healthy immune function. You can diffuse this essential oil to protect against environmental and seasonal threats or to purify and freshen the air.
Frankincense Essential Oil
Frankincense essential oil is called the “king of oils,” because it is has incredible health benefits and multiple uses. It has skin soothing properties and helps promote feelings of relaxation. It also helps to balance mood and may have cleansing properties.
This is a great essential oil to diffuse when tensions are high or when you are in need of some peace. You can also dilute some Frankincense essential oil in a roller bottle and roll it on the bottoms of your feet for a similar effect.
I personally add Frankincense to my oil cleansing routine in the morning and evening. It helps to rejuvenate the skin, and it has helped slow down signs of aging for me.
Frankincense essential oil is also known for promoting a healthy immune function.
- Apply this topically or to the bottoms of feet
- Diffuse 4-6 drops of Frankincense essential oil
Related: 5 Amazing Benefits of Frankincense Essential Oil
How to use essential oils.
Before we talk about how to use essential oils, it’s important to talk about essential oil safety. There are some points to remember when using essential oils.
What do I need to know about safety?
Dilute- If you have sensitive skin or are just starting out, then make sure to dilute your essential oils with a carrier oil before using. A carrier oil is an oil that is used to dilute essential oils before they are applied to the skin. Here are some general recommendations when it comes to diluting essential oils.
- Babies- 1 drop of essential oil per 1 tbsp of carrier oil
- Kids- 1 drop of essential oil per 1 tsp of carrier oil
- Adults- 3-6 drops of essential oil per 1 tsp of carrier oil
- Note: Every body is different. Make sure you remember that less is more when it comes to essential oils. Always dilute more than needed.
Never put essential oils into your eyes or ear canals. If some accidentally gets in your eyes, then make sure to place a few drops of a carrier in the eye and blink until the oil clears.
Aromatically
The first way that essential oils can be used is aromatically or through the air. The most common aromatic way to use essential oils is through a diffuser. The same benefits can be achieved through placing a drop of essential oils on the palm of your hand, rubbing the palms together, and then deeply inhaling for three breaths.
Although the two ways above are the most popular, there are still other ways to use essential oils aromatically.
- While taking a shower, drip 2-3 drops of essential oils onto the floor of the hot shower away from the path of water.
- Add 30 drops of essential oil into a 2 oz glass spray bottle. Fill with the rest with distilled water and spray on bed linens, pillows, and throughout the air.
- Use some oils in household cleaners or a load of laundry.
- Add 2-3 drops of essential oils onto diffuser jewelry in order for the smell to last all day.
Related: How to Diffuse Essential Oils All Day with Only 3 Drops
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Topically
Another great way to use essential oils for beginners is topically. There are so many great options when applying essential oils topically.
The most common places to apply essential oils topically are to the temples, wrists, back of the neck, and bottoms of the feet. For babies and children, I prefer to use them on the bottoms of the feet, so they don’t accidentally get the oils into their eyes.
Roller bottles are a great way to easily dilute and use essential oils by quickly rolling them on when needed. They are small, so they can be easily taken on the go. They are also quick to use since they are already diluted. Since different dilutions are recommended for different ages, I recommend creating customized roller bottles for each of your family members.
Related: Learn how to make essential oil recipes plus get access to 150+ non-toxic recipes!
Internally
Taking essential oils internally is a heavily debated subject. There is a time and a place to take essential oils internally, but people do have to use caution. Not all recommendations out there are safe, and it also depends a lot on the individual.
If you want more information on this feel free to contact me here. I would love to help answer any questions you may have on the subject.
Where to buy essential oils?
Essential oils are becoming increasingly popular, and they have become a natural option for those in search of healthy alternatives to toxic household cleaners, personal care products, and for supporting health. Since they are increasing in popularity, they are becoming easier to find. Be careful when purchasing essential oils because not all oils are created equally.
Beginners guide to essential oils.
Essential oils are potent. This is why it is extremely important to only use high quality essential oils that have undergone extensive safety testing. The need for pure, authentic, and genuine essential oils is absolutely necessary.
Some factors to consider when trying to research the best essential oils are the:
- terrain and soil used to grow the plants
- farmer experience
- plants native region
- climate
- method for extracting essential oils
- testing that has been performed
- quality
When it comes to essential oils always think “quality over quantity.”
Be aware that just because an oil says “100% pure essential oil,” does not mean that it is a good oil. Pure, unadulterated essential oils are difficult to come by; therefore, they are more expensive. To truly be therapeutic and provide benefits, the essential oils need to be free of chemicals, carefully extracted using correct methods, bottled in dark glass containers, labeled with their Latin name, and tested.
Essential oils for beginners kit.
If you want more information on the essential oils my family uses, here is an essential oils for beginners kit. In this kit, you can find free essential oil information, resources, where to buy essential oils, webinars, guides, essential oil starter kits, and much more!
Checkout the essential oils for beginners kit here!
Now you know essential oils are a great asset to our everyday lives! Once you learn how to use them, they become an important part of a natural and healthy lifestyle.
They are a great way to eliminate the toxins within our homes and support our health and emotions. Take these top essential oils for beginners, and start incorporating them into your life today!
You will look back a year from now and be amazed at how much your life has changed just from taking these small steps towards supporting your health!
Have you ever tried essential oils? Which ones are your favorite? Let me know by leaving a comment below or sharing a comment or picture on my Facebook Page or tagging me on Instagram (@simply_reeni). I love hearing your feedback!
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Until Next Time,
Reeni
Resources:
I keep an updated list of all the essential oil supplies and natural living products I recommend. I suggest checking it out to see the types of books and courses I’ve read over the last couple of years that have helped me learn how to use essential oils safely and effectively.
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Author: Simply Reeni
I am a Certified Essential Oils Coach, and the founder of Simply Reeni. I help empower women to take control of their family’s health by using natural solutions like essential oils! Get more articles like this (and a free diffuser blend ebook) sent to your email here!
