'Tis the season to infuse your home with the delightful scents of Christmas using the pure essence of nature – essential oils! These magical essential oil synergies will fill the air with joy and warmth, creating an enchanting atmosphere that lasts for hours. Here are our top 10 favorite ways to embrace the 'Christmassy-feel' in your home with essential oils:
🌲🎅 Spruce up Your Tree:
Not using a real tree this year? No worries! Add a couple of drops of pine scotch, black spruce, or your favorite fir essential oil to a soft tree ornament and hang it on your tree. Let the magic of our 'Christmas Tree' blend, featuring Canadian Balsam,Cypress,Silver Fir andPine, transform your living room into a winter wonderland!
🎁🌟 Gift Wrapping Delight:
Elevate your gift wrapping game by adding a drop of your favorite Christmas oil to the corner of the wrapping paper. Spread the festive cheer even further by dabbing some on gift tags and inside Christmas cards. Our 'Christmas Gold' blend of Frankincense,Sweet Orange &Myrrh is a sure family favorite!
🎀✨ Wreaths and Garlands:
Make your Christmas wreaths and garlands extra special by adding a few drops of essential oil. Our 'Christmas Aroma' blend, boasting Cinnamon,Sweet Orange,PineandNutmeg, will perfectly complement these traditional decorations with just a few drops!
🗑️🌿 Say Goodbye to Bin Odors:
Even the bin can smell festive! Combat unpleasant odors by using our 'Christmas Joy' blend ofBergamot,Rose,Ho Leaf andEucalyptus staigeriana, which us a great deodorizer. Place a few drops on a piece of kitchen roll or cotton and tuck it at the bottom of the bin before inserting the bag. Alternatively, add some to your cleaning water to keep it smelling fresh and inviting.
🎨🌲 Decorate with Scent:
Enhance Christmas decorations like pinecones, felt ornaments, and fabric stockings with a touch of Christmas aroma. The 'Christmas Joy' blend of Bergamot,Rose,Ho Leaf andEucalyptus staigeriana not only uplifts but also neutralizes any lingering musty scents.
🌸🌟 Revive Potpourri and Flowers:
Breathe new life into your Christmas potpourri or silk flowers with a few drops of essential oil. The 'Christmas Love' blend, featuring Lavandin, Jasmine, Ho Leaf and Ylang Ylang offers a deep floral scent that will last for days, adding a luxurious and warming touch to your home.
😌💤 Christmas Peace on the Go:
Stay calm and serene amidst the Yuletide preparations by carrying our 'Christmas Peace' blend of Lavender,Geranium,Ho Leaf andJuniper in your pocket, pillowcase, or bag. Inhale deeply whenever you need a moment of rest and tranquility.
🍊🌟 Rejuvenate Dried Oranges and Cinnamon:
Bring back the delightful scent of dried oranges and cinnamon sticks by adding a drop of their original oil. Be mindful of the space between each item to appreciate their individual aromas. Try our 'Christmas Aroma' blend for a full bouquet - a of blend ofcinnamon,sweet orange,pine andnutmeg.
🌬️🕯️ Diffuse the Magic:
Create an inviting atmosphere with a vaporizer or diffuser. Change oils daily to match the festivities or your mood. Use 3 to 5 drops of your favourite Christmas oil per 100ml of water for an aromatic wonderland.
🛏️👕 Infuse Your Linen Cupboard:
Fill your hallway or landing with Christmas cheer by adding a few drops of the 'Christmas Gold' blend - Frankincense,Sweet Orange &Myrrh – to a peg or cotton pad. Let the warm fragrance seep into your towels, tablecloths, and bed sheets for a touch of festive luxury.
🎄🎁 Embrace the Spirit of Christmas with Essential Oils!
Use these enchanting blended essential oils to elevate the magic in your home, and don't forget to get creative with your homemade gifts. Your loved ones will be enchanted by the heartfelt essence of Christmas!
Choose your oil synergy - Christmas Peace for a relaxing blend, or the joy to uplift the spirits.
Measure out your carrier oil base, you will need 10ml, we recommend fractionated coconut as it is non greasy and colourless so works well for this product.
Add 10-12 drops of essential oil into the carrier oil of your choice and stir
Pour this into your rollerball bottle and firmly push in the ball and housing before screwing on the lid. You may find a small funnel helpful.
Christmas Hand/Body Lotion
Choose your oil synergy – Christmas Gold is a family favourite, or the Aroma for a truly Christmassy scent.
Measure out your base lotion, we recommend the White Lotion as this is easily absorbed into the skin and designed to mix well with all essential oils.
Add your oils – you will want to have 30 drops of your oil choice to 100ml of lotion base, so if you’re making 50ml this would be 15 drops and 150ml would be 45 drops.
Mix well, you want to ensure that the oils are evenly dispersed throughout the cream.
Carefully decant this into a bottle, if you have one with a pump top this makes the perfect finishing touch.
Christmas Bath Foam/Shower Gel
Choose your oil synergy – Christmas Joy is the perfect ‘wake up’ shower gel choice and Christmas Love is the perfect relaxing bath selection.
Measure out your base foam, we recommend the SLES Free bath foam and shower gel base as this is free from all parabens and nasties and designed to mix well with all essential oils.
Add your oils – you will want to have 20 drops of your oil choice to 100ml of foam base, so if you’re making 50ml this would be 10 drops and 150ml would be 30 drops.
Mix well, you want to ensure that the oils are evenly dispersed throughout the base. You may also need to leave this to settle once mixed as adding air may encourage it to froth up – don’t panic it will settle back down, simply cover the mix over and return to it later.
Carefully decant this into a bottle, if you have one with a pump top this makes the perfect finishing touch.
Christmas Shampoo & Conditioner
Choose your oil synergy – Christmas Tree is packed with oils that are good for dandruff and oily skin, as well as helping to clear your nose and throat, or Christmas Gold contains oils that are good for your hair and will give a fresh feeling on your scalp.
Measure out your shampoo or conditioner base, we recommend the SLES Free shampoo base as this is free from all parabens and nasties and designed to mix well with all essential oils, as is out odourless, natural, conditioner base.
Add your oils – you will want to have 20 drops of your oil choice to 100ml of foam base, so if you’re making 50ml this would be 10 drops and 150ml would be 30 drops.
Mix well, you want to ensure that the oils are evenly dispersed throughout the base. As with the bath and shower gel base you may also need to leave the shampoo to settle once mixed as adding air may encourage it to froth up.
Carefully decant this into a bottle, a squeezy bottle often works well in the shower – why not re-use one you have finished?
Don’t forget to warn them not to get it in their eyes, rinsing well with warm water will ease the discomfort, but better to prevent than to react!
Christmas Room Sprays
A room spray can add a lovely festive cheer to linens and the air, we have based our recipe on a hydrolats, selecting the frankincense and myrrh as this will compliment the Gold oil synergy really nicely.
In a small measuring jug mix 50ml of the frankincense hydrolat with 50ml of the myrrh Hydrolat – don’t worry if this doesn’t smell great at this point, these are the by-products of distillation and tend to smell ‘damp’ and ‘green’ but as oil and water do not mix these are the best base to use to re-introduce your oils to.
Add your essential oil blend – you only need 2-3 drops. As these are natural products sometimes they will blend in really easily and will require a quick shake before use. If you want them to blend in fully then first add the oil synergy to twice its amount in a high proof alcohol, like vodka, so 3 drops of oil would be 6 drops of vodka, mix and leave for at least 20 minutes whilst the alcohol breaks down the oil. This is a guide so you can add more if you wish too!
Pour into a spray bottle and enjoy.
Christmas Wax Melts
Choose your oil blend – any of the above will work well for this one, so choose you favourite aroma!
Melt the base – Soy wax base is idea for wax melts as it is easily melted, works well with essential oils and sets well too. Melt in a ban-marie, or on the stove on a low heat, for best results, stirring continuously to ensure that you get no ‘hot-spots’ and reduce localised heating of the oil.
Once you wax is melted pour it into a warmed measuring jug to make adding the oil and pouring into the moulds easier.
You want to use no more than 5% essential oils to your wax total, so if you have melted 100ml of wax in your measuring jug then you will want to add 150 drops, or 5mls of your chosen oil. This is a maximum recommended amount and depends on how deep your chosen fragrance is – we recommend you make some small samples first and see what you think.
Get an ice cube tray or silicon tray mould – you can get some great festive shaped ones in most shops now that don’t cost too much – and pour your mixture in – be careful this will be hot and messy (you may want to put some paper towel or an old tea towel underneath!)
Leave these to set firmly, you can pop them in the fridge if your in a rush, but the will set naturally in a cool place too.
Turn them out of the mould carefully once set and wrap in grease proof paper or a plastic film wrap.
To use these you will need to place them in an oil burner with a concaved top and a candle light underneath.
Don’t forget to clearly label all of the products you make so that your recipient knows how to use them, this is also a great chance to get creative and make your products look pretty too.
Hoping you have a wonderful holiday in a Christmassy home full of individual aromas. Thought of anymore? – do let us know, we’re always looking for other uses for our oils.
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