100 Different Creative Ways to Use Essential Oils

Essential oils have been used since ancient times, dating back to the ancient Egyptians, but they are gaining their popularity in recent times more and more because of their beneficial properties. Essential oils are useful for many different things.

They have household cleaning benefits, medicinal, aromatherapy, personal beauty care, and many more amazing and practical benefits. Essential oils are not really oils at all; they come from extracting or distilling the different parts of plants including the flowers, roots, peels, leaves, resin and bark. Egyptians and Israelites made essential oils since ancient times, by soaking the plants in a carrier oil and then straining it through a linen bag.

Essential oils hold many benefits like anti – inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Get ready to be blown away, because here we have 100 ways to use different essential oils!

1. Clean air – Diffuse cinnamon essential oil in the air because of it’s anti – microbial properties.
2. Clean burnt pans – Use boiling water and lemon oil to help remove burnt food from pans and pots.
3. Kill pests – Spray clove oil and orange essential oil to kill pests on contact.
4. Wonderful smelling home – Diffuse clove, orange and rosemary essential oils when guests come over and they will talk about how amazing your house smells.
5. Clean kitchen smell – To a simmering pan of water add a few drops of clove, citrus or cinnamon essential oil to get rid of cooking odors.
6. Christmas scent – Add a drop of cedarwood, sandalwood or pine oil on a fire log about 30 minutes before burning.
7. Mint tea – Use peppermint essential oil in your favorite tea for a hint of mint.
8. All – purpose cleaner – Add 3 drops of tea tree oil and lemon oil with warm water and spray countertops to disinfect, naturally.
9. Natural mosquito repellent – Rub on one drop each of lemongrass oil, eucalyptus oil and citronella oil and with 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to make natural bug spray.
10. Sports gear – If your kids play sports add 2 drops of both lemon essential oil, tea tree oil, and baking soda to cleats, jerseys and sports gear.
11. Homemade peppermint patties – Use dark chocolate, coconut oil, peppermint oil and raw honey to make real peppermint treats.
12. Washing machine – Add 10 – 20 drops of your favorite scent per load.
13. Vacuum cleaner – Add 5 – 10 drops of your favorite oil in the vacuum bag.
14. Homemade sunscreen – Mix shea butter, helichrysum oil, coconut oil, zinc oxide and lavender essential oil and store in squeeze bottle to make homemade toxic – free sunscreen.
15. Eliminate mold – Add tea tree oil to diffuser to kill mold in air and other pathogens.
16. Carpet cleaner – Mix 20 drops of tea tree oil with Borax for homemade carpet powder.
17. Lavender cake – Take organic eggs, raw honey, coconut flour and lavender essential oil and bake at 350.
18. Reduce anxiety – Diffuse lavender essential oil around home to reduce feelings of tension and stress.
19. Spiritual enlightenment – Diffuse frankincense essential oil while praying, meditating or reading to increase spiritual awareness.
20. Bathtub scrub – Mix ½ cup vinegar,  ½ cup baking soda, and 5 drops of Lime oil or Bergamot. Use as a scrub for a bathtub or sink.
21. Eliminate shower curtain scum – Put 4 drops of eucalyptus essential oil and 4 drops of tea tree oil (melaleuca) with warm water in a 16 ounce spray bottle, and spray onto your shower for natural mold killing action.
22. Freshen trashcan – Put a cotton ball with 2 drops of tea tree oil and lemon oil at the bottom of the trashcan to help detoxify and decrease the odor.
23. Physician kit – Makeover your medicine cabinet and create a family physician kit with essential oils of: peppermint, frankincense, lavender, lemon, tea tree and oregano.
24. Detoxify the air – Add eucalyptus and peppermint oil to a gallon of paint to dispel fumes.
25. Wash produce – To clean vegetables and fruit, add 2 drops of lemon oil to a large bowl of water then wash.
26. Bathroom freshener – Put a cotton ball soaked in lemon or lime oil behind the toilet for a bathroom refresher.
27. Baby shower gift – Give a wall diffuser with a lavender scent to calm the mom and baby.
28. Purify fridge – Add a few drops of lime, bergamot or grapefruit oil to the rinsing water, to freshen up the fridge or freezer when cleaning.
29. Eliminate smoke – To remove cigarette smoke, in a spray bottle put 4 drops of rosemary, eucalyptus and tea tree oil and spray around the house.
30. Get rid of shoe smell – To remove the smell from shoes add a few drops of lemon oil and tea tree oil to freshen them up.
31. Bridal shower gift – For a cute bridal shower gift, create a “love potion” with essential oils. Use 4 drops of cocoa and 20 drops of sandalwood, rose oil and vanilla to unscented lotion.
32. Flavored lemon water – Use 2 – 3 drops of lemon oil in water for a delicious citrus flavor.
33. Cleaner dishes – Add a few drops of lemon oil to the dishwasher before washing for a spot – free rinse.
34. Improve sleep – Lavender oil can alleviate insomnia. Sprinkle a few drops on your pillow to help you fall asleep.
35. Yoga and Pilates – To relax during yoga or meditation, inhale sandalwood or lavender before class.  Also, mix citrus and clove essential oil to clean yoga mats.
36. Body butter lotion – Mix shea butter, coconut oil, magnesium oil, and essential oils for moisturizing body lotion.
37. Homemade lip balm – Combine coconut oil, lavender oil and beeswax for an amazing healing balm for chapped lips.
38. Relieve tension – Help to relieve anxiety by using a single drop of lavender oil on your hands, rub together, and cup your hands to your nose and let the smell flood your senses.
39. Detox bath – Mix sea salt, lavender oil and epsom salts to a warm bath to rejuvenate and cleanse your body.
40. Massage therapy – Use a few drops of cedarwood or lavender oil, mixed with an unscented lotion during a relaxation massage.
41. Immediate relaxation – Apply 2 – 4 drops of peppermint, chamomile and lavender essential oil to the temples for a cooling effect and immediate relaxation.
42. Improve depression – To boost mood and relieve depression, add rose oil to baths, inhalations, and diffusers to improve mood.
43. Sauna therapy – Add 2 drops of your favorite essential oil into 2 cups of water in a sauna.
44. Calm upset child – Help calm and sooth children by adding chamomile or lavender to their stuffed animals.
45. Foot bath – Add a few drops in a large bowl of lemon, warm water or eucalyptus oil work great.
46. Mint chocolate cocoa– Add 2 – 3 drops of peppermint oil to hot cocoa for instant minty chocolate!
47. Reduce cellulite – Mix 5 drops of grapefruit essential oil with 2 teaspoons of coconut oil and massage into dimpled areas.
48. Homemade shampoo – To make homemade shampoo mix lavender oil, rosemary oil, aloe vera gel and coconut milk.  Use as you would regular shampoo.  Lasts 2-4 weeks.
49. Natural perfume – Use 1 – 2 drops of jasmine essential oil on your wrist as a fresh natural fragrance.  Women also like the smell of lavender and vanilla and for men’s cologne cypress and clove.
50. Acne face wash – To get rid of acne make a homemade face wash by mixing tea tree oil (melaleuca) with raw honey and rub on face. Then rinse off with water.
51. Freshen breath – Use a drop of peppermint essential oil for a natural way to freshen breath.
52. Strengthen nails – Mix 10 drops of myrrh, frankincense and lemon into 2 tablespoons of vitamin E oil, rub on cuticles.
53. Homemade deodorant – combine coconut oil, beeswax and your favorite essential oils like clove oil and cedarwood for men and tea tree oil and lavender for women.
54. Sugar scrub – Mix a few drops of an essential oil with almond oil and sugar or rock salt to make your own sugar or salt scrub.
55. Homemade toothpaste – Combine coconut oil, sea salt, baking soda, xylitol with peppermint essential oil to make homemade remineralizing toothpaste. Then brush.
56. Body spray – Add 5 – 10 drops to 4 ounces of water and use as a fragrant body spray.
57. Itchy scalp – Add cedarwood, lavender or basil to shampoo to reduce itching.
58. Thicken hair – Add rosemary to shampoo to naturally increase volume and thicken hair.
59. Reduce wrinkles – Mix 3 – 5 drops of geranium, frankincense, sandalwood, lavender and with an unscented lotion and apply to face. Avoid applying to eyes.
60. Teeth whitener – Combine lemon coconut oil, essential oil and fresh strawberries then rub on teeth. Rinse after 2 minutes.
61. Reduce stretch marks – Mix myrrh, 5 drops of frankincense and coconut oil with grapefruit oil and apply to stretch marks.
62. For oily hair – mix rosemary oil, 10 drops of ylang ylang, lime and with 2 ounces of unscented oil. Massage it scalp 2 – 3 times per week. Wash out as usual.
63. Cure dandruff – Mix 5 drops of rosemary and lavender to 3 tablespoons of unscented oil. Massage into scalp and leave on for 10 minutes. Shampoo mixture out.
64. Facial scrub – Mix ¼ cup cornmeal, ¼ cup yogurt and 5 drops of patchouli, lavender oil and grapefruit. Apply to face and wash off.
65. Natural skin toner – Mix 8 ounces of water with 2 drops of lavender, frankincense and geranium.
66. Deep hair conditioner – Mix 15 drops of rosewood with 5 drops of sandalwood and lavender into unscented oil. Place mixture in a small plastic bag and dunk into warm water to heat up. Apply to hair and wrap for 20 minutes. Shampoo as usual.
67. Reduce age spots – Put on frankincense essential oil 3x daily directly on skin to improve age spots and sun spots.
68. Heal dry cracked feet – Add 3 drops of lavender oil to 2 tbsp coconut oil. Apply to feet at night and put on socks.
69. Relieve nausea – Smell peppermint oil to alleviate nausea, apply to neck and upper chest. Ginger and lavender may also help.
70. Reduce cough or sinusitis – Eucalyptus oil is known for its powerful ability to fight coughs and open airways. Add a few drops into steaming hot water or diffuser. Inhale to help clear nasal passage.
71. Repair broken bones – To support healing of broken bones apply helichrysum, fir and cypress essential oils.
72. Heal burns – Mix aloe vera with lavender oil  to treat burns.
73. Migraine headache relief – Try combining a few drops of lavender oil and peppermint oil and apply to temples to help with headaches and migraines.
74. Sore feet soak – add 10 drops of peppermint oil with a tablespoon of Epson salt and add to a foot-bath with warm water.
75. Soothe bug bites – Use lavender oil for bug stings and bites.
76. Improve digestion – Take ginger oil, peppermint oil and fennel essential oil to support digestion and healing leaky gut.
77. Bronchitis and asthma remedy – Make a homemade vapor rub by combing peppermint, eucalyptus and coconut oil. Rub on neck and chest.
78. Treat bruises – Use essential oils as a hot compress to treat bruises or other wounds. Add 5 drops of lavender and 5 drops of frankincense to 4 oz hot water and soak. Apply to affected area.
79. Improve concentration – Inhale grapefruit, peppermint or bergamot oil to increase concentration during the day.
80. Relieve hangover symptoms – Add 6 drops each of lavender, juniper berry, grapefruit, cedarwood, rosemary and lemon oil into a warm bath.
81. Reduce teeth grinding – Massage 1 – 3 drops of lavender on the bottom of the feet and behind ears before bed.
82. Relieve PMS – mix 2 drops of sage, rosemary, basil and and apply to a warm, moist hand towel and apply to abdomen.
83. Eczema and psoriasis cream – Treat psoriasis, eczema or red dry skin apply a mixture of shea butter with lavender essential oil.
84. Improve circulation – Add 8 – 10 drops of grapefruit essential oil in warm bathwater.
85. Curb food cravings – Inhale cinnamon oil and peppermint oil to balance blood sugar and reduce your appetite.
86. Energize your workout – Inhale peppermint oil before a workout to reduce fatigue.
87. Relieve motion sickness – Use peppermint, ginger oil and lavender to reduce motion sickness.
88. Reduce fever – Add 1 – 3 drops of peppermint, eucalyptus and lavender to a sponge and cool cloth the body.
89. Arthritis relief – Mix 2 drops of cypress, wintergreen and lemongrass into an unscented lotion. Massage into affected areas.
90. Heal blistered skin – Mix 2 drops of unscented oil with 2 drops of tea tree oil and apply to blistered area up to 5x per day.
91. Treat ringworm – Combine 3 drops of coconut oil with tea tree oil and massage over affected area twice per day.
92. Kick a cold fast – Take 3 drops of oil of oregano and frankincense 3x daily for 1 week.
93. Improve allergies – Rub frankincense and lavender on your palms and inhale deeply to relieve itchy eyes and throat.
94. Head lice cure – Mix lavender, 3 drops of thyme and eucalyptus oil with unscented oil and apply to scalp. Cover head with a shower cap and leave on for 30 minutes. Shampoo out.
95. Treat poison oak or poison ivy – Mix 3 drops of peppermint oil with unscented oil and apply to affected area.
96. Lose weight – Combine grapefruit oil, ginger oil and cinnamon oil and take as supplement 3x daily to support metabolism.
97. Boost immune system – Mix 1 drop of oregano oil with 4 drops of carrier oil and rub on the bottom of your feet before flying on a plane.
98. Achy muscle rub – Mix eucalyptus, wintergreen and cypress with an unscented lotion or coconut oil and apply to muscles.
99. Soothe a sunburn – Combine lavender or chamomile oil with 1 tablespoon of coconut oil and apply to skin with a cotton ball to reduce swelling and pain.
100. Reduce back and neck pain – Combine cayenne pepper, cypress oil, peppermint oil, coconut oil and ginger oil for a homemade pain relieving muscle rub.

Source: complete-health-and-happiness.com