7 Tips For Using Essential Oils In Your Home

Essential oils are natural, therapeutic products with beautiful scents. There are many tips for using essential oils in the home.

These include to:

• Create more relaxing, balanced or comfortable rooms
• Increase your creativity or happiness
• Clean and clean rooms.

In this article we will give you important points for the use of essential oils, and to get all these benefits much easier. Some of them will surprise you!

An aromatic diffuser

The easiest and most common way to use these essential oils is by having them in an electric aromatic diffuser in your house. There are different types and designs with a wide range of prices. Some work by heating water, while others create ultrasonic vibrations. These vibrations create a kind of fog around the device.

If you leave the doors of your home open, these diffusers are usually enough for the whole house.

• You only need 4 or 5 drops of the oil you want, and some water.
• Then turn on the diffuser. They usually have the ability to turn on and off automatically.

2. Instant spray

This is an easy and inexpensive way to instantly spread essential oils in a room. It consists of reusing a spray bottle to disperse essential oils with a little water. You just need to shake the bottle and spray the areas you want when you need it.

This is  ideal to combine with other long-lasting fragrances. This way you can increase the strength of the fragrance when you have someone visiting or for certain moments.

3. Scented sticks of rattan or bamboo

One of the most common scent sticks in the home is rattan or bamboo sticks. Not only will they spread the scent gently and slowly. They are also a fine, elegant and decorative element. The advantage here is that you do not need electricity. And you can renew the rods even when you see that they are saturated.

We recommend avoiding synthetic flavors that come cooked. You usually do not know what the ingredients in these are. Choose the use of essential oils diluted with an oil, such as almond oil.

4. Use essential oils on your pillow

Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Or do you usually get up at night?  The use of essential oils has therapeutic properties. These are very suitable for treating some mild ailments, such as insomnia.

In this case, we recommend going for the  use of essential oils such as lavender, orange, chamomile or jasmine.

• Put a few drops of the oil on a cloth just before going to bed.
• Then place the cloth next to your pillow. That way you will breathe in the aroma all night long.

This simple solution can help you avoid other solutions that are less natural. It will make you sleep much more peacefully.

5. Aromatic light bulbs

This trick to spread an aroma in a room is easy, cheap and surprising. It consists of applying a few drops of essential oil to a light bulb while it is off.

This way, when you turn it on, it will disperse the aroma when heated.

This is a good method for small rooms and specific moments. This is because it works near the light bulb. However, it is very easy to do, even if you are out of the house.

6. Household cleaner with scent

Another way to spread the aroma around your house is by adding these oils to cleaning products in small amounts. They should be used especially for floor and surface cleaners.

You can use essential oils with cleaning properties and antiseptic properties. These include lemon, mint and lavender.

This way you can increase the feeling of a clean, healthy home. You can also fight all kinds of bacteria.

7. Fabric softener

The last tip in this article will help you keep the smell with you all day long. This means even outside your home. The way to do this is by adding  a few drops of essential oil to the fabric softener you use when washing your clothes.

There are several recommended essential oils for this. They include citrus, such as oranges, grapefruit or tangerines, or flowers, such as rose, lavender or jasmine.

In this way, all of the clothes and textiles will smell good for a long time!