Mixing Your Own Aromatherapy Oils - Some Tips & Guidelines

Thinking of mixing your own aromatherapy oils?

Once you have understood the fundamentals of aromatherapy such as what is aromatherapy, how does it work, what are the types of aromatherapy and other such information, you may want to mix your own aromatherapy oils at home.

If this is the case, it is important to assess what your needs are, and then proceed. Absolutes, resins and CO2s are concentrated essential oils and will need to be used only if that particular essential oil is not available.

The best bet when you want to make your own oils is infused oils which can be made at home, as also hydrosols which have a mild, diluted effect, of that particular essential oil.

As stated earlier, it is important to assess your requirement and then go out and purchase just one or two that you need to make a blend at home. There is no need to go out and buy a whole bunch of essential oils, which you may never use, if you are not clear what the purpose is.

When mixing your own aromatherapy oils, i.e. mixing two or more essential oils, it is important to have a balanced, harmonious blend of oils for the desired effects. This blending of oils if done perfectly is called synergy.

Items Needed for Mixing Your Own Aromatherapy Oils

The tools required to mix your own essential oils are measuring spoons, small clean bottles that can hold up to 30 ml of oil for mixing, and if the essential oils that you purchased did not come with droppers (which they usually do), then you will need droppers, one each for each oil.

Procedure for Mixing Your Own Aromatherapy Oils

The process of mixing your own essential oil is as described below. This process will give you a 2.5 % dilution.