Hand Blended Essential Fragrance Oils

About Hand Blended Essential Fragrance Oils

Hand Blended Essential Fragrance Oils are rooted in the practice of aromatherapy. This means that surrounding yourself with hand blended essential fragrance oils can heal your mind and body, giving you and your home a feeling of comfort and tranquility that may not be found in a Paris Hilton perfume or any other marketing-driven scent.

Hand blended perfumes are known for having a variety of different qualities. According to one leading website, some spark creativity within us, others can heal feelings of anxiety, and some even reveal hidden hints of sensuality. Since most hand blended scents are manufactured by natural or alternative cosmetics companies, most are 100 percent free of synthetic oils and fragrances. They are usually also missing dyes and other chemicals that can be potentially dangerous to the skin and lungs of scent-sensitive people or those with temperamental skin.

The final perk of hand-blended essential oils is the fact that the smell is rarely overpowering. They take pride in being a truly subtle beauty, emitting a fragrance others are only slightly aware of, and are enjoyed fully only by you and those you choose to have extremely close to you.

How To Make Your Own Essential Oil

Whether you are subject to headaches, nausea or any other physical ailment when you are exposed to traditional perfumery, or if you just want a creative project to enjoy with friends during a long weekend, making essential oils in your own home is relatively simple.

The ingredients for such a task can be tricky to find, so start by checking at natural food stores or in shops specializing in new age, spiritual, or organic products.

Botanical oils, otherwise known as pure essential oils, should never be applied directly to your skin. Many have found the ideal base or carrier for these oils is unrefined jojoba. Since jojoba oil is non-irritating and does not have a strong odor itself, it rarely interferes with the final result of whatever scent or style of essential oil you are trying to achieve.

Others recommend the use of almond or olive oil, both of which share jojoba’s ability to be non-intrusive to the final result.

Ingredients Needed

To make your own Hand Blended Essential Fragrance Oils, you will need the following:

• 1/2 cup of chosen oil
• Either one cup of chopped flowers, ¼ cup of fresh herbs, or ¼ cup of a chopped fruit peel such as a lime, lemon, orange, or grape fruit.
• Zip lock bags
• Hammer or mallet you can use in a kitchen
• Two wide-mouthed glass jars
• A funnel or other way to pour cleanly
• Small colored glass bottles with a stopper or plug
• Cotton Gauze

Creating Your Oils

Remember that making essential oil takes time and it is not something you will complete in one afternoon.

For four days in a row, take your measurement of flowers, herbs or peel mentioned above and place in a plastic bag. Close the bag up and firmly tap the outside of the bag to cause a slight breakage/bruising. Be careful not to pummel the bag, as that will ruin your ingredients!

After each day’s worth of hard-pressed ingredients, pour your oil and the bag’s contents into one of your wide-mouthed jars. Shake it gently until all ingredients are covered in the oil. Keep the jar at room temperature on your kitchen counter or somewhere else where it will not get overly cold or hot.

Each day, use your cotton gauze as a strainer to move the oil from one bottle to the other so the rest of the components fall onto the gauze. Squeeze the gauze to get as much oil transferred as you can. You will want to repeat this process every day for four days.

After the four days are finished, strain the oil with the gauze one last time and then use your funnel to pour the oils into the smaller colored glass bottles. Seal them with a lid and you are the proud owner of your own homemade scent!

Wearing the Oils

Since essential oils are still considered to be fairly high in concentration, you only need to use it in subtle amounts. Focus on your pulse points, much like you would with a traditional perfume. Some even put the oil lightly in a few strands of hair, as your hair is capable of holding fragrance more effectively than the skin.