In the colder months, just like you unpack your winter coats– it’s time to stock up on some seasonal essential oils to get you through this winter. Fill your home or office with warming, enticing aromas that awaken the senses and comfort the soul. Below you will learn the benefits of essential oils, how to use them and the most SCENT-sational oils trending for this winter season. These tools will have you creating a winter wonderland whenever you want.
Benefits of Essential Oils:
Scent is one of the most powerful of all the scenes. A certain smell of food, can remind you of your grandmother. A certain perfume, can remind you of your best friend. You can be turned on and turned off by scents. You can be awakened or retreat because of a certain smell. It has been proven that some scents can actually improve your health. Briana Scarpelli, of Young Living Essential Oils says, “Essential oils can have a healing effect mentally, physically, and emotionally.” Essential Oils can be used with a diffuser, by inhaling the scent or you can directly apply them to your skin. Never ingest essential oils. And if you are using them for a medicinal purpose, always consult your doctor before use.
According to The Huffington Post, “Technically, essential oils aren’t oils at all, as they lack fatty acids. Rather, they’re highly concentrated plant components. It can take a huge amount of a plant to get out even a small portion of essential oil — 4,000 pounds of Bulgarian roses are needed to get just one pound of oil, for example. This is why some essential oils are particularly expensive.”
Therapeutic, high-quality essential oils can be found at your local Sprouts, Gelson’s or Whole Foods. Or check out your local farmer’s markets too. Online they can be found on Amazon or Ellia.com.
Best Scents for Winter:
ORANGE: Close your eyes and imagine yourself peeling an orange, think of how you feel when you peel the skin back and smell the citrus for the first time. Yes!! That is the feeling you get every time with this bottle of essential oil. According to Natural Living Ideas, the benefits of orange essential oil can assist with acting as a “Antidepressant, sedative and relieving fatigue.” While the winter season is happy and joyful for most, it can be a hard time for some. Bringing some orange oil into your life, may settle some nerves.
FIR NEEDLE: If you’re not sure what fir needle is, think winter wonderland. The smell of fresh trees in a cold snow. Ripe, woodsy, earthy smells. Draxe.com says, “Fir needle essential oil is extracted through a process of steam distillation from fir needles, which are the soft, flat, needle-like “leaves” of a fir tree.” The benefits of fir needle are vast. From fighting a sore throat to muscle aches and pains. Placing drops of this essential oil in your diffuser will bring you into a grounded and relaxed state. Perfect for the winter season.
CLOVE: Winter or the holidays can bring lots of opportunities for travel. In which case, clove will be your best friend. Clove has been proven to help with motion sickness and digestion. Bloating and gas are also symptoms that clove can positively affect. Consider a few drop of clove on your deodorant. You can mix the oil into coconut oil, as clove is very potentate, it will overpower the coconut smell. Rub some of your wrists and behind your ears while traveling.
Unique Ways to Use Essential Oils:
The most popular uses for essential oils are on the skin or in a diffuser. The funky, fun ways below– give you a whole new world of ideas to use your essential oils.
Cards:
Find your favorite scent, pour 5-10 drops on a cotton pad. Place card(s) in a ziplock bag with the cotton pad. Make sure the pad isn’t touching the card. Leave in closed bag for 2-3 days. Opening up your cards this year is sure to be a SCENT-sational treat for your friends and family. Consider a sexy scent for the next Valentine’s Day. Or a pine scent for Holiday cards.
Winter Fire:
Lighting up the fireplace is a cozy, comforting tradition. Place 1-3 drops of essential oil onto the firewood log, allow a few minutes for the wood to soak up the oil. Start fire as usual. This is a beautiful way to bring the aroma of your oil into the house. Consider cedarwood or myrrh.
Essential oils have many unique uses… we are sure you will find some fun ways to play around with them this winter. With the vast array of seasonal scents to get you in the winter spirit, to relax you during this busy season or to make it smell like home– we hope you enjoy your SCENT-sational winter.
What scent is your favorite essential oil? Tell me in the comments!
