Frequently Asked Questions

Essential oils have a long history of safe and effective use, for everything from personal hygiene and cooking to emotional benefits and health benefits.

Pure essential oils, they are absolutely safe to use at home for yourself and with your family when used in proper amounts and following guidelines.

High-quality essential oils go through extensive purity testing to ensure safety and are safe when you adhere to recommended dosage amounts and use them as recommended.

One thing you need know is that not all oils are created equal. Typically, high-quality essential oils go through rounds of rigorous testing to ensure the product is safe to use. Not all companies use thorough testing methods, and many essential oil distributors will use synthetic fillers that alter the efficacy of the oils.

Only use essential oils that have been carefully produced and thoroughly tested to ensure safety for you and your family. For example, doTerra essential oils are put through a meticulous testing process, where they are analysed for potentially harmful contaminants and other substances that could compromise the safety or quality of the oil. Thats why I recommend doTerra essential oils.

Remember that pure essential oils are very potent and that each individual will have a different reaction to each oil. For this reason, it is best to follow usage recommendations on the oil bottle or packaging. In most cases, it is best to start with a single drop and slowly increase the amount over time.

Yes. Essential oils offer a natural immune boost, as well as heal and balance the body. You can apply them to the skin in a variety of ways. For example, a mixture of geranium, lavender and a carrier oil such as olive, coconut or jojoba oil will make a nice all-over-body oil to use after bathing or shower. Geranium balances, lavender imparts calm.

You can even add a bit of a more fragrant oil such as rose, to promote deep, regular breathing. This same type of oil mix doubles as a massage oil.

Skin sensitivity varies from person to person, and from body part to body part as well. You may end up with a literal burn of the skin if, for example, you apply lemon or oregano oil to a sensitive area undiluted. For this reason, it is important to know which oils are "hot" oils and need to be diluted for application on the skin.

If you're not sure if you will react or not, put a small amount on a spot on the inside of your wrist, if you react then try a second one that's diluted with a carrier oil. If you feel any burning, just wash off with some soapy and water.

A carrier oil acts as a base for your essential oil mixes and without it, many essential oils will evaporate rather quickly. Carrier oils also dilute the potency of the oils so that you can safely apply them to your skin.

To test this in action, dab a bit of an essential oil mix on your pulse points and see how long it lasts. Next, mix your essential oil blend with a carrier oil and test the oil for its "cling" again.

Carrier oils can work as a fantastic base for massage oils, body oils, and bath oils.

The skin on the feet is said to readily absorb substances which it comes into contact with.

Many people who use essential oil mixes to ward off colds, flu and other germs swear by the "rub on the feet before going to bed" routine.

You can also apply essential oils, mixed with a carrier oil, to the neck, chest, belly, inner arms, hands, and face. Some oils such as cinnamon and lemon, may cause a burning sensation or leave an actual burn, if they make contact with a sensitive area so avoid using these oils on places like the face, underarms, and other sensitive spots.

There are a number of easy and money-saving tricks to creating essential oil mixes at home: 

• Buy your carrier oil in bulk. If you know you plan to make a lot of essential oil blends at home, then stock up on carrier oil such as coconut, olive or jojoba oil. A few drops of essential oil goes a long way, but with a carrier oil (because it acts as a product base), will last much longer. 
• Save dark glass bottles. Save the bottles that your purchased essential oils arrive in. The little plastic stoppers are easily removable, so you can clean out and refill the dark coloured glass bottles. 
• Save plastic spray pump bottles. If you buy essential oil based colognes, then each time you finish a spray bottle's worth, you have a handy reusable cologne dispenser to fill up with your own, homemade cologne blend. 
• Save aluminium oil bottles. You can also save the aluminium bottles that hold body and massage oils, to be used again and again when you mix up your own essential oil blends. 
• Stash extra supplies. Keep labels and a permanent marker on and. Each time you mix up a new blend, you can label the bottle so that later on you'll know what's in it. For example, try blending a combo of citronella oil, clove oil, and peppermint oil to help ward off bugs in the summer time.

Essential oils are quite versatile. Once you become familiar with how to mix up essential oil blends, you'll find that they're well suited to a variety of purposes. For example: 

• Wipe down and disinfect the surfaces of your home with essential oils   
• Mix up a non-toxic essential oils blend to wash the floor  
• Create your own perfume and cologne blends using essential oils  
• Disinfect your kitchen trash can by spraying with an essential oil based cleaning solution   
• Apply a mix of peppermint oil, citronella oil, and clove oil to your dog or cat's neck and back to repel fleas and ticks   
• Kill fleas on contact using an essential oil spray  
• Add your favourite essential oils blend to a diffuser, and freshen/disinfect the air in your home or office 
• Create your own essential oils blend to use as an all-over body oil   
• Add a few drops of your favourite essential oil to your bath water   
• Purchase an electric essential oils warmer and plug into aromatherapy   
• Rub essential oils mixed with a carrier oil to your pulse points for a mood inducer   
• Ward off cold and flu germs by massaging essential oils into your feet, neck, chest and ears  
• Get rid of an ear infection by placing a cotton ball soaked in lavender and lemon oil at the opening of your ear.  
• Rub clove oil onto your gums to ease the pain of a toothache (then call your dentist)