Head Lice and Essential Oils
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Head lice – it seems nothing strikes more fear into the hearts of some parents!
And from what I have been hearing from parents, one of the unexpected benefits of home schooling duri...
5 Ways to Celebrate with Essential Oils this Christmas
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Scents and smells can evoke memories and there is no time of the year more tied to certain aromas
(or, indeed, memories) than the Christmas Season.
Spicy smells of Christmas cooki...
How to - Make your Own Bath Salts
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I have written before about the benefits (and pleasures!) of using essential oils in the bath.
After all, people have been using aromatics in their baths for centuries.
Adding...
How to deal with Conflicting Aromatherapy Advice
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Recently in an online group I came across a question.
The question related to advice this person had read in a couple of books both written by very reputable individuals which seemed ...
How to - Make and Use Roller Ball Bottles
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Roller Ball Bottles are a way of using essential oils that have become immensely popular over the last few years.
It seems funny to think that when I started using essential oils many y...
Getting Started with Essential Oils
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"Help! I want to start using Essential Oils but I don’t know where to start!"
I see so many of you who like the idea of using essential oils but don’t know how to go about this. You ...
Essential Oils for Sleep
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How are you sleeping these days?
Our modern fast-paced world has long had an impact on our ability to get a good night’s sleep. But it seems that the events of recent months have ...
What's in a Drop? A Guide to Measuring Essential Oils for the Home User
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Whether you look online, in books or use other resources for your essential oil recipes, you will inevitably see essential oils being measured in drops.
But what exactly is a “drop”?
How mu...
What to Look for When Shopping Online for Essential Oils
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Have you shopped around for essential oils online? Tried comparing prices and wondering why they vary so much? Or are you struggling to know whether what you are looking at are genuine esse...
How to Make Easy Hand Made Soap
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So we are all currently obsessed with Hand Washing!
And that means a renewed interest in the soap we are using.
Many families are also isolating at home and looking for new act...
How to - Make Your Own Hand Wash
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We are all washing our hands a whole lot more these days. (For many it’s been a wake up call about how dirty our hands can be!)
But what sort of hand wash is the best to use? You want a soap...
Essential Oils for Hair Care
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People have long used the properties of plants and herbs to care for the hair. Whether hair is dry, oily, frizzy, prone to dandruff or even falling out (!) there have been remedies promoted to f...
The Missing Link in Online Essential Oil Recommendations
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If you spend any time at all on the internet, (and don’t we all spend more time there that we should!) you will no doubt have seen all sorts of recommendations for using essential oils.
Or l...
What are Carrier Oils?
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You may have seen references to using “Carrier Oils” with essential oils. And you may have wondered what exactly is a “carrier oil”?
Carrier oils are cold-pressed, vegetable oils. They ar...
5 Favourite Essential Oils for Christmas
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The scents of the Christmas season evoke some of the most powerful memories, whether it is the fresh green scent of a Christmas Tree, spices in traditional Christmas cake or mince pies.
...
5 Things to do with Old Essential Oils
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As much as I recommend to only have essential oils that you will actually use. (and in sizes that you will use in a reasonable space of time), I know that we all have times when we find we have s...
Surviving Exams with Essential Oils
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At this time of year with exam season looming, many students (and their parents!) are looking for ways to get through this stressful time as well as doing well in the exams themselves.
...
How to Make Beeswax Wraps
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One of my favourite ways to use our beautiful natural beeswax (sourced right here on the Mornington Peninsula) is to make my own Beeswax Wraps.
Beeswax wraps are a very practical and popu...
What does an Aromatherapist do
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In my early days as an aromatherapist, I once made a healing aromatherapy blend for someone I worked with. (Like many therapists, in my earliest days my practice had to fit alongside additional p...
What is Therapeutic Grade?
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What is all the fuss about Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils?
“Are your essential oils Therapeutic Grade?”
This is one of the most common questions I am asked. It is a ques...
Fact or Fiction - The Blotter Test
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You may have heard of or seen people talking about the Blotter Test which is supposed to be able to tell you if your essential oil has been adulterated in any way.
If this Fact? Or is...
How Long Can You Keep Essential Oils
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One of the questions I am so often asked is -
How long can you keep essential oils for? How long do they last?
This often comes just after the statement -
I ha...
How to - Use Essential Oils in the Bath
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Using Essential Oils in the Bath is possibly one of the most enjoyable ways to capture the benefits of aromatherapy.
Aromatherapy bathing is not new – people have been enjoying aromatics ...
An Aromatherapy Tip For Organising Your Essential Oils
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Following on from my recent Blog Post about Caring for your Essential Oils, I have been asked about this common problem that arises with storing essential oils.
Some of the best ways to store e...
Why Botanical Names for Essential Oils are Important