Like I’ve mentioned a couple of times over the past week, I’ve been loving my new essential oils. I got three new-to-me oils, even though I already had a stash of about thirty different oils. One of the reasons for this is the fact that, when I started out experimenting with essential oils several years ago, I just bought oils at random without paying attention to which blended well together. In case you didn’t know, blending essential oils is better than using single oils. For this reason, you almost by default need more than one oil. But I was completely clueless and just threw oils together that I had no idea about whether their smells or effects would complement each other or would lead to something that flat out stank. And since I had no idea what to expect, my nose wasn’t telling me either.
All this to say, you don’t need thirty or more essential oils to enjoy aromatherapy. I for one love creating a new blend everyday and, since I buy my oils online, I haven’t been able to smell them before purchasing them. If you are in a position to smell different oils before purchasing them, by all means do. After all, even though blends are better than single oils, if an oil has a horrible smell on its own, you may not like it in synergy either. Thankfully, all my new-to-me oils smell pretty good.
Like I said above, I like to try a new essential oil blend everyday. Like I said when doing my #AtoZChallenge on aromatherapy, essential oils can do different things. For example, some can be uplifting and some can be relaxing. Today, I’m sharing four different essential oil blends for relaxation.
For each blend, I will assume you have a medium-size (about 300ml) ultrasonic diffuser. For this reason, the total number of drops of essential oil you’ll want to use, is about 10 on average. You can adjust the number to your liking or your diffuser size.
Blend 1
First up is a blend of lavender or lavandin, cedarwood, sweet orange and ylang ylang. Like I said when discussing lavender and lavandin last April, lavandin is milder and cheaper than lavender. In this recipe, I used lavandin. You can substitute the sweet orange for wild orange if you have this, but I’ve never tried that. I really like this combination of oils and have it in my diffuser as I write this post.
- 4 drops lavandin
- 2 drops sweet orange
- 2 drops cedarwood
- 1 drop ylang ylang
Blend 2
This blend combines equal amounts of bergamot, patchouli and ylang ylang. I got a little bored of this blend after using it a little too often. However, it is simple to memorize, which may be one reason I used it so regularly.
- 3 drops bergamot
- 3 drops ylang ylang
- 3 drops patchouli
Blend 3
This blend contains lavender (or lavandin, I’ve tried both), patchouli and geranium. Geranium is one of those oils whose smell I don’t personally appreciate that much, so I like to use only one drop of it in my blends.
- 4 drops lavender
- 4 drops patchouli
- 1 drop geranium
Blend 4
Finally, I want to mention a blend that contains one of my absolute favorite essential oils: clary sage. I was really saddened that I didn’t find a reason to discuss this oil in my #AtoZChallenge last April, although I think I mentioned it when discussing uplifting essential oils. This blend has both mood-boosting and relaxing properties.
- 1 drop lemongrass
- 5 drops lavender
- 4 drops clary sage
I hope some of these essential oil blends will inspire you.
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I have never thought about blending oils before I honestly didn’t think you could! This was very interesting to read and find out something new. Thank you for sharing.
#MischiefandMemories
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I’m so glad I was able to educate you. Thank you for commenting.
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Thanks for sharing these blends.
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You’re welcome. ☺️
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I love bergamont. Meant to be good for depression. I think Clary Sage shouldn’t be used if pregnant (but might be mixing that up or maybe only if topical?) #Mischiefandmemories
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I love bergamot too. Since I’ve never been pregnant or trying to conceive, I really didn’t look into pregnancy safety of essential oils, but will look it up now. Oh yes, you are right: clary sage can cause contractions, so it should not be used during pregnancy, as it could induce early labor. Thank you for pointing this out.
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Those are good ones and we do like lavender here.
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Thank you. I know with your cats you cannot use most essential oils, but I’m glad you like the smell of lavender.
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Blend 1 sounds particularly amazing. Thanks for sharing these. #MMBC
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Yes, that blend is truly great. Thank you for commenting.
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I don’t think I’ve ever tried blending essential oils. I like the sound of the one with lavender and sweet orange so maybe I should give it a try. #MMBC
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That one is truly amazing indeed! Thank you for stopping by.
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The oils sound wonderful. I love the sound of your first blend. x
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Thank you! It is a really lovely blend indeed.
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These blends sound amazing – I definitely need to try out the third one soon!
Jenna ♥
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I’m glad you think you’ll like them. Thank you for commenting.
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I’d not thought of blending oils before. The sage sounds really good! I can see why it would be a favourite. Thank you for joining us for #mischiefandmemories x
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Thank you so much for commenting. Yes, clary sage is really good. Please don’t confuse it with what is known as just sage. Clary sage is safe for most people (though like I said in an earlier reply to a comment, not for pregnant women), while sage is very toxic. I still see people using it in essential oil blends, but these are pretty unwise in my opinion.
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I wouldn’t know where to start with essential oils. I had a few at university but never mixed them. I’ve obviously ben missing out! Thanks for linking up with MischiefAndMemories.
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Thank you for commenting. I was really clueless about the topic until about six months ago too. And yes, in my opinion, you’ve been missing out, as aromatherapy is really amazing!
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these are all good blends and I am going to try the last one! I love lavender and lemon grass!
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Oh, awesome! It is a really good blend indeed.
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