Best Essential Oils for Winter
Essential oils provide natural ways to support our bodies all year long, but especially in the winter. In this post, I share the best essential oils for winter!
There are many therapeutic benefits that essential oils have to offer, and they can provide targeted support for our families.
They help protect us against seasonal threats and help support healthy immune function.
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What essential oils are good for winter?
Essential oils have changed my life so much that I wrote multiple essential oil guides about them. There are many essential oils for winter that will help support your health. Some of the best ones are:
- Rose essential oil
- Lavender essential oil
- Eucalyptus essential oil
- Thyme essential oil
- Peppermint essential oil
- Neroli essential oil
- Ginger essential oil
- Lemon essential oil
Best Essential Oils for Winter
Here are the best essential oils for winter that you can start using in your home today!
Rose essential oil
Rose oil has many benefits during the winter including helping to soothe and moisturize our skin. It also helps to uplift your mood.
You can diffuse, roll on your wrists or temples, or add a drop or two to your favorite moisturizer.
Lavender essential oil
Lavender not only provides a calming aroma, but it also can be used as skin support throughout the dry and cold winter months.
You can diffuse Lavender for the calming benefits or add to a warm bath.
Eucalyptus essential oil
Eucalyptus essential oil promotes feelings of clear breathing and open airways. This oil also helps to uplift mood and promotes feelings of relaxation.
You can diffuse Eucalyptus during the winter months to invigorate cold, dreary days.
Thyme essential oil
Thyme is a powerhouse and supports a healthy immune system. It also helps support the health of the lungs and respiratory system.
You can diffuse Thyme to purify the air, and as an added bonus, it has a stimulating aroma. You can also dilute it, and add it to a rollerball and roll it on the bottoms of your feet.
Peppermint essential oil
Peppermint essential oil promotes healthy respiratory function and clear breathing.
This is a great oil to use for a morning boost or mid-day pick me up. You can also apply it topically to relieve feelings of tension. When diffused, it promotes feelings of clear airways and easy breathing.
Wild Orange essential oil
This oil can be used to support a healthy immune system and uplift your mood during the winter months. You can diffuse it for an energizing and revitalizing aroma.
Ginger essential oil
This essential oil is warming. It helps with respiratory discomfort and may help reduce occasional nausea.
You can apply this oil topically to your chest, but make sure to dilute it especially if you have sensitive skin.
Lemon essential oil
When diffused, Lemon oil is very uplifting and energizing, and it may help to improve your mood especially during those dark, gloomy, and cold days.
It also helps support healthy respiratory function, and it promotes healthy functioning of the GI tract.
You can diffuse Lemon essential oil or mix about 2 drops of it with 1 tbsp of carrier oil (ie. coconut oil) and apply topically to chest.
Essential oils for winter skin
Since the cold and dry weather in the winter can leave our skin dry and irritated, there are some essential oils that can help.
Rose essential oil is a calming oil and it helps reduce the appearance of skin imperfections. Lavender essential oil is also calming, and when these two oils are used together with a moisturizer of your choice (ie. coconut oil or an unscented lotion), they help to moisturize and soothe.
They can help ease the occasional dryness along with soothing chapped knuckles, elbows, and knees.
Essential Oil Diffuser Blends for Winter
Getting through winter shouldn’t have to be tough. Here are some essential oil diffuser blends to use throughout the winter to help you enjoy this season!
Snowy day essential oil blend:
- 2 drops Wild Orange essential oil
- 2 drops Siberian Fir essential oil
- 2 drops Lemon essential oil
Related: Top 9 Lemon Essential Oil Uses
Respiratory support essential oil blend:
- 3 drops Eucalyptus
- 3 drops Lemon
Related: Respiratory Diffuser Blend
Winter wellness essential oil blend:
- 2 drops Peppermint essential oil
- 3 drops Lemon essential oil
- 1 drop Frankincense essential oil
Related: 12 Amazing Ways to Use Peppermint Essential Oil
Nighttime Support essential oil blend
- 2 drops Lavender essential oil
- 2 drops Rose essential oil
- 2 drops Frankincense essential oil
Related: 5 Amazing Benefits of Frankincense Essential Oil
If you love essential oils, you can also find tons of essential oil recipes, tips, and information in my best-selling essential oil guides.
Which one of these Essential Oils for Winter is 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. I love hearing your feedback!
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Until Next Time,
Reeni
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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!
That snow day blend sounds amazing! I’m going to try that one. We too use SO much lavender on our skin in the winter. But it does the trick like almost nothing else does. Thank you for sharing — this is a great post!
Yes! We love lavender over here at our house too! 🙂 Thanks!