What to do with your empty essential oil bottles?

Healing in our Homes — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 06:21:37 +0000

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After over 4 years of using essential oils we have quite a few empty bottles stored .

Here are some fun things to do with empty bottles:

* Store in a fun container as a fun decoration and conversation starter (see above)

* Add some carrier oil and share with someone else

* Add 3-5 or so drops, fill the rest with carrier and use for a ready-to-use diluted bottle for children

* Take the bottle into a hot shower with you, rinse out, and enjoy some aromatherapy

* Fill with water, shake well, add a spray top and use as a room spray, bug repellant, perfume, etc.

* For immune strengthening blends, fill with water, add a spray top and use as a hand/surface cleaning spray

* Place the empty bottles upside down in some epsom salt to make some yummy bath salts

* Run a bottle through the dishwasher for great smelling dishes and a clean bottle that can then be reused

* Once cleaned out use them to make your own custom blends

* Fill with water and add to your water-based diffuser

* Citrus oils: fill with water, shake well and add to a large glass of water

* Use them to play “guess that oil” with your children. Fun and great for sensory development.

* Christmas lights anyone? Just remove the cap and push the light carefully through the orifice. (Rinse bottles well with hot water. Use LED since they run cooler)

What do you do with your empty doTERRA bottles?

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How to dilute essential oils

Healing in our Homes — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 05:09:00 +0000

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How to dilute essential oils

There are some great reasons to dilute your essential oils but first a few definitions …..

Neat = application of an essential oil undiluted

Carrier oil = a vegetable oil used to dilute essential oils before applying. They help “carry” the essential oils deeper into the skin. These include coconut, almond, jojoba, grapeseed, olive oil, etc. Each oil has different attributes and shelf life.

The most shelf-stable carrier oil is coconut oil. We use Fractionated Coconut Oil (FCO) from doTERRA in which they separate (or “fractionate”) the fatty acids from the triglycerides so that it never gets hard. It has many wonderful benefits including an indefinite shelf life, odorless and colorless, does not stain clothing, absorbs quickly and easily, is not greasy, does not clog pores and is wonderful for skin.

Virgin coconut oil also has its own wonderful benefits for the skin and body. The primary benefit of Fractionated Coconut oil exists when premixing diluted oils in a roller bottle because it wont harden and render the roller useless, and is less messy to apply.

Why use a carrier oil?

1. Using a carrier oil aids absorption. Without a carrier oil, a larger percentage of the essential oil evaporates in the air. This means adding a carrier oils gets MORE oils into the skin! This means you spend less and get more benefit than using an oil neat.

2. Less is more. With essential oils using ” less, more often” is more effective than “more, less often”. Using your high quality essential oils diluted in a roller bottle or small bowl every 15 minutes is more advantageous than using oils neat every few hours. Diluting the oils makes using “less, more often” easier to do.

3. Diluting protects the skin from irritation and sensitization. Every person is different and repeated undiluted use in one area can lead to sensitization (red, irritated, painful skin reaction) which can be life-long. This is especially a risk with the more sensitive such as the very young or the elderly. We want to use oils our whole lives so diluting makes it friendly for our skin.

4. Diluting puts the oils in an appropriate potency for babies and children

5. Diluting makes your oils go further. For large areas like the stomach, chest, back, etc. using a carrier oils enables you to use 1-2 drops at a time but still cover the area needed. The oils we use are so pure and potent that they are still incredibly effective diluted. This means you can save money and still have great results!

How much should we dilute?

Diluting is not a matter of “right” or “wrong”. The more you get to know each oil the easier it is to know what to do in each situation. I use oils undiluted for different situations for myself, or if I dont have carrier oil available, but most of the time I dilute for the reasons listed above.

Dilution Guidelines for babies and children

Here are some general guidelines that thousands of people on our team have found effective and helpful.
Kids are smaller so they need less. Diluting also protects their sensitive skin.

Babies: 1 drop per Tablespoon (0.3% dilution)
Children: 1 drop per teaspoon (1% dilution)
Adults: 3 – 6 drops per teaspoon (2 – 4%)

Adjust as needed. Not getting the desired results? Add some oils to make it more potent or change oils . For acute situations some oils may be used neat. Two oils are commonly used “neat” or undiluted are Lavender and Melaleuca

Conversion Reference

5mL bottle = 1 tsp

10mL roller = 2 tsp

15mL bottle = 3 tsp / 1 TB

(for babies we do 1 drop in a roller even though its not a whole tablespoon)
Click here to learn more about using oils for newborns and babies

How to dilute essential oils

Some oils are known to be more “hot” or more prone to burn or irritate the skin. More care should be taken with these to dilute, especially for children.Hot oils that need more dilution:

Basil
Cassia
Cinnamon Bark
Clove
Oregano
Peppermint
Thyme
White Fir
Wintergreen

There are a lot of tools you can get to make diluting and applying your essential oils easier. Here are some white spray tops to make sprays from empty bottles, there are Stainless steel roller tops that fit directly on the bottle, and 10mL glass roller bottles The possibilities are endless!! You can find most of these types of tools on AromaTools.com Often times I just pour some of the FCO into my hand, add a drop or two of oil and apply!

Enjoy your oils! Use them frequently. Don’t worry about doing it “wrong”. I hope this helps you use them more often and with greater peace of mind.

P.S. This is exactly the time of information I make sure my team has. If you’d like to join our team and get the support you need to use essential oils correctly please click here to learn about joining our team: Get Started with doTERRA

(***Reactions to oils applied topically may be the results of an unhealthy gut. Many have found that after cleansing they no longer react to the oils they used to)

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