Essential Oil Recipes & Aromatherapy Ideas
This is just a quick word on the newest addition to our essential oil blend family: Love Your Mouth! This aromatherapy blend is a wonderful blend of tooth-brightening and germ-fighting essential oils in a jojoba oil base that leaves your mouth super fresh and clean. A few of us at Dreaming Earth have been using a…
Spring is here and summer is coming which means your dog is probably scratching at the door to go outside…and ticks and fleas are on the prowl. We already have one blog post about using essential oils with dogs, but today I want to go into a little bit more detail about how to use…
Blending Essential Oils for Beginners We get a lot of questions about how to blend essential oils and which essential oils work together the best. There seems to be a perception that there’s a right way of blending essential oils and there’s a wrong way. While, yes, certain essential oils smell better together than others…
I remember the first time I tried to use essential oils in the shower. I lived in a tiny apartment with no bath tub and a low-pressure shower that didn’t drain very well. I wanted to spruce up my somewhat sad showering experience, so I googled “how to use essential oils in the shower”. Most…
If you’re caring for someone with dementia, you’re probably looking for ways to find relief, both for yourself and for the person you care for. Dementia, a syndrome characterized by a deterioration in memory and ability to perform everyday activities, is very common. In fact, the World Health Organization reports that about 50 million people…
I love a good bath, especially in the wintertime and especially when I have some aromatherapy bath oil to add a little bit of luxury to my tub. Essential oils and carrier oils are great to use in baths because not only are you absorbing all their properties through your olfactory system, but also through…
Over the past few months, we’ve been receiving a lot of calls from customers wondering why Vanilla Absolute has gotten so expensive and why it’s so frequently out of stock. This post is dedicated to clearing up some of those questions and getting to the bottom of the vanilla situation — and the story behind…
There are so many different types of lavender! Maybe you’re a little bit stressed out by all the choices. But wait — isn’t lavender supposed to make you feel less anxious? Yes, it is! So let’s take a step back and focus on just one type of lavender that is often overlooked: Spike Lavender. What is…
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and this morning I woke up inspired to brew up new ways to incorporate essential oils into my day. I’ve compiled a quick list of some of my top choices: warm and earthy oils that I think add perfectly to the ambience of Halloween. My Favorite Essential Oils for…
When your period comes around, you may experience some unpleasant symptoms: pain and cramping, bloating, headaches and backaches, mood swings, anxiety and tiredness (just to name a few). The question is, how do you find relief? Many women find essential oils to be a gentle and natural approach, and in this blog post we’ll…