Aromatherapy Day Recipe Preview

We’re having an event at the store on Saturday, October 8th where everyone can make rollerbottles and room sprays at the store using our essential oils and ingredients. The recipes below are what we will be making that day, using your choice of roughly 60 different essential oils we will have available to use.

These are the bottles in the kit to make two rollerbottles and two room sprays in blue glass bottles. Each kit is $10 each and includes all of the ingredients needed.

Room Spray Recipe

Ingredients:

2 oz. Spray Bottle

1 tsp. Glycerin

1 tsp. Witch Hazel

20-30 drops any combination of essential oils

Directions:

Fill the essential oil bottle with witch hazel and glycerin, then add your essential oils and fill the rest of the way with water

NOTE: Be sure not to overfill the bottle with water so the atomizer top can still be put on without it overflowing. 

Rollerbottle Recipe

Ingredients:

10ml Rollerbottle

4-10 Drops Essential Oil

Carrier Oil (Grapeseed)

Directions:

Put 4-10 drops of essential oils in a rollerbottle and then fill the rest of the way with a carrier oil. Only fill to the shoulder of the bottle so rollerbottle top can be put on without it overflowing.

10ml Roller Bottle Dilution Chart:

.5% Dilution: 1 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
1% Dilution: 2 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
2% Dilution: 4 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
5% Dilution: 10 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
10% Dilution: 20 drops of essential oils per roller bottle

The Natural Institute for Holistic Aromatherapy recommends using the following dilution ratios:

A .5-1% dilution is recommended for topical use on young children or for sensitive adults. For general adult use, a 2-10% dilution ratio is the general recommendation for topical use.

We look forward to seeing you! We’re located at 7228 W. College Drive in Palos Heights.

Registration for the event is not necessary, though if you wanted to RSVP on our Facebook event we’d appreciate it (here’s the link)!  We’ll also have a variety of organic wines on hand to sample. It should be a fun time, so be sure to stop by!

Essential Oil Rollerbottles for Stress and Focus [Recipe]

With school starting and our hectic lives, I thought it would be helpful to write about essential oil blends for stress and focus. I’ll list some of the recommended oils for stress, anxiety, and concentration below, and guidelines on how to craft your blends. The best oil blends are those you like the smell of, and everyone’s preferences are different. Even if there’s an oil that people say is the best for one thing or another, if you hate how it smells, it’s not for you.

 Recommended oils:

Stress/Relaxation:

Lavender

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Rose

Bergamot

Sandalwood

Oils for focus:

Peppermint

Rosemary

Basil

Grapefruit

Oils for mood:

Orange

Lemon

Lemongrass

Ylang Ylang

Now don’t feel like you need to make a blend with all of these oils, they’re just to give you some ideas for your blends. Any can be used to make a rollerbottle with a carrier oil, but I’d recommend trying them in a diffuser first to make sure you like how the blend goes together.

A few of our favorites to try are:

Lemon and Rosemary

Lavender and Bergamot

Peppermint and Rosemary

Rose and Orange

Peppermint and Lemon

Cedarwood, Lavender, and Orange

The above oils can also go well on their own if you don’t like them blended. To make a rollerbottle, we’d recommend using a total of 4-10 drops of essential oil in a 10ml rollerbottle, with the remainder being filled with a carrier oil like grapeseed oil.

See our full article on essential oil dilutions and rollerbottles on our website here:

Essential Oil Dilutions for Rollerbottles

We have all the supplies needed at Pass Health Foods to make your blends including rollerbottles, essential oils, and carrier oils. Stop by the store at 7228 W. College Drive in Palos Heights.

How to Make Essential Oil Rollerbottles (with proper dilution ratios)

Essential oil roller bottles are simple to make, and are handy to use on the go since they’re inexpensive to make and are quick to apply- they’re a much better choice than carrying around an entire bottle of essential oil in your bag or pocket.

The following dilutions are for a 10ml roller bottle. Fill your roller bottle 80-90% full with a carrier oil before adding your essential oils. A carrier oil is an unscented oil that is used to dilute essential oils so they can be used on the skin (undiluted oils can irritate the skin). Jojoba or grapeseed oil are our favorite oils to use in a roller bottle.

It’s best to err on the side of slightly less since you don’t want it to overflow when you put the roller top back on. Once filled with essential oils, the liquid in the bottle needs to stay slightly below the neck before replacing the top.

10ml Roller bottle Dilution Chart:

.5% Dilution: 1 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
1% Dilution: 2 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
2% Dilution: 4 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
3% Dilution: 6 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
5% Dilution: 10 drops of essential oils per roller bottle
10% Dilution: 20 drops of essential oils per roller bottle

The Natural Institute for Holistic Aromatherapy recommends using the following dilution ratios:

A .5-1% dilution for topical use on young children or for sensitive adults

For adult use, a 2-10% dilution ratio is the general recommendation for topical use. 

The following oils may cause skin irritation when applied to skin, so it is especially important to use them with proper dilutions: cassia, cinnamon, clove, balsam fir, sage, and thyme. Also, citrus oils can cause the skin to be more sensitive to light (not usually something to be worried about with a proper dilution, just something to be aware of).

Roller bottles are fun to make and are handy for lots of applications!