Natural Recipes You Can Make at Home

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Massage Oil Recipes

Simple Massage Oil

Add 25 drops Lavender Essential Oil to a 2 ounce bottle of Jojoba or Sweet Almond Oil. Shake gently.

Cosmetic Recipes

Bath and Body Recipes

Soothing Bath  

-Add a few drops of Lavender, Palmarosa or Rosewood Essential Oil for a relaxing bath or add the essential oil of your choice. 

Body Spritzer 

Add water or witch hazel to a spray bottle and add several drops of your favorite Essential Oil depending on how strong you want it (about 2-10 drops per ounce of water or witch hazel).  Be sure to do a patch test to make sure you do not have any problems with the oil you have selected.  Shake the bottle often while you spray as the water and oil will separate.  Can be used head to toe (Do not spray it in your eyes or other sensitive places, of course). 

Facial Oils

Normal to Dry Skin

2 ounces Sweet Almond Oil

25 drops (total) of one or a combinations of the following essential oils:

Lavender, Patchouli, Rosewood, Palmarosa, Rosemary

Normal to Oily Skin

2 ounces Jojoba Oil

25 drops (total) of one or a combinations of the following essential oils:

Lavender, Pink Grapefruit, Lemon, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine

Natural Face and Body Scrub

1 Cup Cornmeal

4 Tablespoons Sweet Almond Oil

1 Teaspoon Essential Oil of Lavender, Tea Tree, Rosewood or Palmarosa or a combination of your favorite skin friendly essential oils.

Muscle Soreness

Olive oil contains oleocanthal which has anti-inflammatory properties and works in the same manner as ibuprofen.  To make a Massage Oil for sore muscles:

1 ounce olive oil 

8 drops of one or a combination of these Essential Oils: Lavender, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage.

Foot Massage Recipe

   Lavender (softening)

   Palmarosa (softnening)

   Peppermint (refreshing)

   Lemon (refreshing)

Shoe Freshener / Shoe Deodorizer

Mix 2 teaspoons Baking soda and 2 drops Lemon Essential oil in a small glass bowl. Sprinkled into shoes or sneakers and let set at least over night. Tap the baking soda out before wearing.

Cuticle Softener

1 Teaspoon Jojoba Oil

5 Drops Lavender Essential Oils (use Tea Tree oil for nail infections)

Apply to cuticles and massage in.

Natural Hair Rinse Recipe 

Ingredients:

Apple Cider Vinegar

Water

Essential Oil (Optional)

Fill a quart size plastic squirt bottle with a vinegar water solution (about 1/3 vinegar to 2/3 water) and add a few drops of essential oil as desired.  Keep it in the shower and shake well before using then rinse thoroughly.  This is a good recipe if you use all natural soap to wash your hair as it will remove any residue the soap leaves behind.

Natural Leave In Hair Conditioner Recipe 

Ingredients:

2 Ounces Aloe Vera Juice

2 - 3 Drops Rosemary Essential Oil

Add Aloe Vera to a small spray bottle.  Add essential oil and shake.  To use: After Shampooing, Towel dry hair and saturate the hair by spraying on the conditioner.  Shake bottle before and several times while applying as the essential oil and aloe will seprate.  Style as usual.  This should take care of those fly aways.  

Natural Hair Conditioning

For a conditioning treatment for hair, combine an ounce of jojoba oil with a couple drops of Rosemary essential oils and work through hair.Leave on 20 minutes to 2 hours.Shampoo as usual.

Natural Recipe to Remove Chlorine from Hair 

Follow the Natural Hair Rinse Recipe above except use Lemon or Rosemary Essential Oil or a few drops of each.  Leave on hair a few minutes before rinsing.

Natural Household Cleaning Recipes

A Note: Going Green - Keep it Simple 

There is no need to use expensive and toxic products that may be damaging to your health and the environment to clean your home.  Natural soap and water or vinegar will do most cleaning jobs just as well as anything on the market and are much more friendly to you and the environment. If it's antibacterial you are looking for, add tea tree oil or cinnamon leaf essential oil which are known for their natural antibacterial properties. Most products are also very hard on your hands even causing dry, cracked hands. Keeping it simple and going green will save your hands and save you money while making your home and environment safer places to live.     

Natural Linen Spritzer Recipe 

Add water to a spray bottle and add several drops of Lavender Essential Oil depending on how strong you want it (about 10 to 40 drops Essential Oil per ounce of water).  Spritz sheets, pillows, towels and other linens to freshen.Shake the bottle often while you spray as the water and oil will separate.

Natural Room Spray Recipe 

- Follow the Linen Spritzer direction and use the Essential Oil of choice for a spray room freshener. (Most essential oils destroy odors rather than just covering them up).  A cold and flu room spray can be made with this recipe also using our "Cold and Flu Blend" of essential oils also. 

- Sprinkle a few drops of Essential Oil in Potpourri

- Use a lamp ring with a few drops of Essential Oil of choice

Sprinkle the vacuum cleaner bag with a couple drops of lemon or other essential oil to scent your room as you clean.

Make a Potpourri

You can use a combination of botanicals placed in a pretty dish to make your own potpourris. You can use flower petals, dried herbs still on the stem, cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg, dried citrus peel, wood shavings, or dried fruit or use your imagination. Combine the ingredients of your choice. Add a few drops of essential oil of your choice and place the mixture in a plastic bag overnight to a few days then pour into a bowl. Refresh your potpourri by sprinkling with a few drops of essential oil.

Make a Sachet

 You will need:

-Enough Dries Herbs (of your choosing, Lavender, Rose Petals, Rosemary, Chamomile, etc) to fill a 4” X 6” Muslin Draw String Bag (see Containers).

-Essential Oil of choice. Lavender is nice for the linen cabinet. Ylang Ylang is nice in the lingerie drawer. Cinnamon is nice for the kitchen towel drawer. The possibilities are endless.

Place herbs in a glass bowl and add a few drops of essential oils of choice. Place this mixture in a plastic bag overnight. Fill a 4” X 6” muslin Drawstring bag with the mixture.

These are great for drawers and closets or just about anywhere. You can place a lavender sachet under your pillow in the day time and have a lovely scented pillow for night time. These are great as gifts also! When the scent fades just open the draw string bag and add a few drops of essential oil to the herbs.

All Purpose Orange Cleaner Recipe

Fill a good spray bottle 1/3 full with a apple cider vinegar*

Add several drops of Sweet Orange Essential Oil

Fill with water and shake.

*Spray bottles can be purchased at most stores (found near the brooms and mops in most stores) and cost about $1. The bottle can be used indefinitely so there is nothing to throw away and this cleaner isn’t toxic to your health, home and environment.

*vinegar kills 99 percent of bacteria and kills a high percentage of molds and viruses.

Natural Surface Cleaner Recipe

-Add a few drops of essential oil to water to clean surfaces.Many Essential Oils kill bacteria and your room will smell wonderful too.Cinnamon Leaf Oil is known for killing bacteria and fungus.

Toilet Cleaning

(I read one study which said stated than in a city of one million, about 31 tons of toilet bowl cleaners are discharged into city drains each month).

Use one of these combinations:

Baking Soda and Vinegar

Borax and Lemon Juice

Borax and Vinegar

Baking Soda and Grated Natural Soap

Add a drop of lemon essential oil and swish after cleaning for a nice clean scent.

Natural Furniture Polish Recipe

-Add 1/2 Teaspoon of Lemon, Orange or Pink Grapefruit Essential Oil to 1/2 Cup Sweet Almond or Olive Oil. Apply with a soft cloth.This leaves the room smelling clean and wonderful too.

Misc. Natural Recipes

Natural Insecticide

Many essential oils naturally repel insects. Listed below are some essential oils that are known to work well. Use one of the following essential oils or a combination of any or all of them. Purchase an empty spray bottle in the cleaning section of most stores.  Fill the bottle with water and at least 8 drops of essential oils per cup of water. More Essential Oils can be added to your liking.  Spray along baseboards, around doors and windows, under sinks or anywhere insects are a problem. Shake well before and during use as the oils and water will separate.  A Citronella and Cedarwood blend was once a popular commercial insecticide.  This scents a room nicely too. 

Cedarwood

Clove

Citronella

Basil

Eucalyptus

Lavender

Lemongrass

Orange

Peppermint

Rosemary

Sage