Do you know any children who get scared at night? This week’s recipe is a spray to help keep scary nighttime monsters away!
- 2 oz water in a 2 oz spray bottle
- 3 drops Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)
- 3 drops Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Just add the essential oil drops to the water and shake before use.
Leave by the bed and spray in the direction of the scary monster! We all know monsters don’t like the smell of essential oils! It works every time!
Be sure to make a fun and colorful label for the spray, and enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep!
I find myself smiling every time I breathe it in. It has such a bright, warm, fresh scent that reminds me of warm summer days, feeling happy and healthy, and the sense that anything is possible.
These are some of the qualities Sweet Orange oil brings to your aromatherapy blends.
Tension, both physical and emotional, just seems to melt away under Orange’s sunny glow. Got the blues? Use some Orange! (Haha, I love saying that!) It helps everything flow more smoothly. I love Orange in blends that encourage digestion, relaxation, optimistic energy, clear thoughts, and overall health and happiness.
Orange is a great reassuring sidekick. You can keep it with you all the time by making an aromatherapy inhaler:
Bye-Bye Stress Inhaler
- 5 drops Orange (Citrus sinensis)
- 3 drops Frankincense (Boswellia carterii)
- 2 drops Cedarwood (Juniperus virginiana)
If you’ve never used an aromatherapy inhaler before, don’t worry—it’s simple!
You can get blank inhalers online. (I like buying from Aromatics International.) An inhaler is about the size of a lip balm tube, and it comes with four parts: a piece of cotton, a plastic sleeve, a bottom part that snaps the whole thing shut, and a lid.
Just drop your essential oils right onto the cotton. Then slide the cotton into the plastic sleeve, snap the bottom closed, and it’s ready to go!
Easing Tension:
Orange essential oil loves easing tension—whether it’s physical or emotional.
If you’ve been sitting too long at a desk and your shoulders and neck are tight, Orange would be the friend who comes up behind you to massage your shoulders.
One of my favorite massage oil recipes calls for vanilla infused jojoba—jojoba that’s been steeped with vanilla oleoresin. After a few weeks, the jojoba smells just like vanilla. It’s so decadent! (You can make this blend with me step by step in this YouTube video.)
Vanilla and Orange Massage Oil
- 2 oz (60 ml) vanilla infused jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
- 20 drops Orange essential oil (Citrus sinensis)
Blend the two oils in a 2 oz (60 ml) PET plastic bottle with a flip top. If you love this massage oil as much as I do, you can easily increase the recipe to make more. (I usually make 2 to 4 oz/120 ml each time.)
Source : Aromahead
