| If your going to clean your home, why not make the | | | | favorite essential oil. Good choices for this purpose |
| most of it and reap the benefits of aromatherapy | | | | would be eucalyptus, pine, lemon, wintergreen, lavender, |
| while you clean! As many of us have noticed when | | | | there are many more you could use as well but the |
| we tackle our household chores, the smell from the | | | | ones i just mentioned are known to work well. Start |
| chemicals of many products can be pretty | | | | with about 4 droplets for about every pint of water, |
| overwhelming, and if we use them without decent | | | | spray out a tiny amount and see if the potency is to |
| ventilation we may end up making ourselves sick. | | | | your liking, if not add another drop or 2 and test again. |
| Would it not be a great change if when we did our | | | | With the water and oil combination in your plastic spray |
| household chores that we would end up invigorated | | | | bottle, just use it as 'final rinse' as you do your cleaning. |
| instead of feeling tired and drained? Well the truth is | | | | Be sure to keep the filled bottle stored in a dark place |
| we can be by making use of some of natures | | | | since sunlight speeds up the degradation of the |
| treasures. Here are some tips we can start using right | | | | essential oils. |
| away. | | | | Now lets take a look at a great all purpose cleaner. |
| In reality it is not only easy, but fun and cost-effective | | | | Tee tree and lavender essential oils are fairly well |
| to make your own household cleaners, especially if | | | | known to have inherent antibacterial properties that |
| you make them in large quantities. | | | | we can use as a natural mixture to clean our kitchen |
| It is a good idea to properly label any of your | | | | counter tops or any location where we want to |
| homemade cleaning products, the same way that sore | | | | explicitly kill germs. All we have to do is what we did in |
| bought cleaning products are labeled. As with any | | | | our previous example, mix a couple of droplets with |
| household cleaning product remember to store them in | | | | some water into a spray bottle and spray the mixture |
| a safe and secure location where children and any | | | | on to the surface we wish to clean. In situations such |
| pets will not be able to get to them. Even though in | | | | as killing mold and mildew we will need to add roughly |
| many cases our homemade products are non-toxic, | | | | fifty droplets into a bucket of water. |
| any ingestion of excessive quantities can still make a | | | | Next we have an easy recipe for making our own |
| person or pet quite sick. Also be careful with any pure | | | | homemade carpet freshener. Start with a mixing bowl |
| essential oils as they to can be harmful and be sure to | | | | and add four cups of baking soda or cornstarch |
| avoid any contact between your eyes and any oils. | | | | combined with twenty five droplets of a rosewood |
| Choosing the right aromatherapy ingredients for your | | | | essential oil, then add thirty five droplets of a |
| homemade cleaning products. | | | | eucalyptus oil, followed by thirty droplets of a lavender |
| Lets start with something simple and effective that we | | | | oil. Make sure to break a part any clumps that may |
| could all use. We will begin by creating a basic air | | | | have formed and mix well. Now we just pour into a |
| freshener for our home. We start by adding our | | | | shaker style bottle and sprinkle the mixture onto our |
| favorite scent into a plain pot of water on our kitchen | | | | carpets. Let the mixture set the carpet for around |
| stove. All we have to do is slowly simmer the mixture | | | | fifteen minutes before vacuuming. The essential oils |
| for several hours to fully release it's aromas. As an | | | | listed here are only guidelines, don't be afraid to mix |
| example take the aromatic smell of simmering citrus | | | | things up and try your own personal favorites. |
| rinds, the smell is quite invigorating and refreshing but | | | | To make a good floor cleaner, start by combining |
| you can just as easily use any essential oil that has a | | | | fifteen droplets of an orange oil then add eight droplets |
| scent you find appealing. | | | | of a lemon essential oil, combine all of that with one |
| Next we have a tip for a room of the house that can | | | | gallon of hot water along with two tablespoons of a |
| always use a fresh clean scent, the bathroom. We | | | | liquid detergent soap. This mixture is great on many |
| can make sure that there is always a fresh and clean | | | | tough jobs, but not only that, it will leave the room |
| scent in our bathroom by doing the following. Squeeze | | | | smelling fantastic along with being sparkling clean. |
| a few drops of your favorite essential oil onto the | | | | We can also make our own dryer sheets to make our |
| cardboard portion of the toilet paper roll. With each pull | | | | clothing smell fantastic. Start by placing a few droplets |
| of the toilet paper roll the fragrance will re -release it | | | | of our favorite smelling essential oil onto a small regular |
| self creating a consistent fresh smell of the essential oil | | | | cotton towel. All we need to do now is add the towel |
| you applied. Just remember to reapply your scent | | | | into our dryer along with our wet clothes and dry as |
| when ever you change your toilet paper roll. | | | | we normally would. |
| If there is a situation where you need to use a | | | | The great thing about all these tips is that they are not |
| chemical based cleanser product but would rather | | | | only effective and better then many commercial |
| leave behind a more pleasant fragrance that does not | | | | alternatives but they can also save us quite a bit of |
| have the smell of a harsh chemical, you can do so by | | | | money with time. |
| making a simple rinse using just water and your | | | | |