‘Essential oils’ have taken the wellness industry by storm over the last few years. With incredible scents and an array of benefits, it’s hard to say no to adding essential oil blends and essential oil diffusers to your wellness routine!

Essential oils are a concentrated liquid which contains the volatile chemicals found in plants. These are usually the compounds in plants which give it characteristic aromas – hence why they smell so good! Essential oils are utilised by the plants to offer protection from environmental conditions and attack from bugs and wildlife. It can also assist plants in pollination by attracting wildlife that can carry pollen to different plants! Not only are essential oils beneficial to the plants, they’re also beneficial to us!

The top benefits of essential oils include:

• Stress & Anxiety
• Headaches & migraines
• Sleep & insomnia
• Reducing inflammation
• Fighting infections

What’s most important when picking essential oils is the quality of them. You want to make sure the oils are pure and only contain the aromatic volatile oils, without additives or synthetic oils (which can be potentially harmful). Having a high-quality oil allows for a proper extraction means such as distillation or cold-pressing. Of course, the essential oil brands we stock tick all these boxes.

Essential Oil Blends

Oil diffusers are the best way to disperse the lovely scent throughout your home! They are easy and reduce the mess of trying to put it on topically, or use a candle diffuser. A diffuser can let the scents you choose flow through the air to make the environment that you want to create. For example, if you want your child to have a goodnights sleep, you can fill their room with gentle essential oils which assist in restful sleep.

What you add to your essential oil diffusers will make all the difference to the environment you create. Some companies, such as Oil Garden & Eco Aroma, create blends for particular uses. Finding the right oil for the right mood is important, so here are our top 4 moods we like to use essential oils for:

Focus:

When you want to focus, you should look for essential oils that stimulate, but also create a sense of calm. There are also essential oils that have been found to improve memory, such as Rosemary, which may be useful if you need to study! The Oil Garden Blend Focus Aid contains essential oils from lemon, sweet orange, basil, cedarwood, rosemary and cinnamon. This is a great blend to help with focus and invigoration.

Sleep:

Using essential oils to help you drift off to sleep is a great way have sweet dreams. You want to be getting calming blends of scents that have been scientifically proven to cause sleepiness, such as Lavender or Chamomile! Both he Oil Garden Blend Sleep Assist and the Eco Aroma Blend Sleep contain these relaxing oils.

Energy:

To get a boost in energy through essential oils, you have to blend together uplifting and invigorating oils. Our favourite is the Eco Aroma Blend Energy which contains lavender, rosemary, juniper, and black pepper essential oils. This is a great energising blend, with the inclusion of lavender to help balance it.

Relax:

If you are looking to relax, but not necessarily fall asleep, essential oils can help. These are the type of blends you might like to just keep around the house for daily relaxation. The Oil Garden Blend Relax & Unwind has a heavenly blend which can soothe the spirit and release tension.

Our favourite diffusers:

Once you’ve got your essential oil blends, you’re going to want a nice diffuser to ensure that the scent can be drifted through the air entirely! Shop our range of diffusers here: Gr8 Health Essential Oil Diffusers

—

References

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314808X16301890

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3612440/