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Essential oils can soothe, heal and rejuvenate. I use them here and there in my beauty mixes, but I have yet to really get my full blend on. This handy guide from Mountain Rose Blog offers great tips on properly blending essential oils. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Gloves: keep in mind that you are working with undiluted essential oils and you do not want to get any on your hands!
- Droppers, pipettes, or reducer caps: most essential oils come equipped with a reducer cap, but if there isn’t one, keep some droppers or pipettes on hand.
- Small glass storage or blending bottles: I find that 1/24, 1/8, or 1/4 oz bottles work well depending on the blend.
- Perfume blotters or cotton balls: to smell and observe your creations transform as they evaporate.
- Pen and paper: to write down the amounts of each oil used.
- Towels: just in case!
- Essential oils: a nice selection of staples, top, middle, base aromas, and maybe some special treats like rose and ylang ylang.
- and of course, your nose!
When creating blends, only work with a small amount of oil at a time. I’m talking mere drops of oil here. You don’t want to mix up 1 oz of a blend right away, not like the result, and end up wasting all of that precious oil.
Read on for more tips here at The Mountain Rose Blog!
