How To Choose & Use Essential Oils For Aroma

How To Diffuse Essential Oils In A Vaporiser 

Essential Oils not only smell great
and have health benefits,they also
give a room an atmosphere.

There are many kinds of vaporisers. We are only mentioning the methods that we recommend for our fine quality essential oils. Our oils are premium grade, pure 100% certified organic oils. They must be used sparingly as they are extremely potent and concentrated. A little goes a long way.

Electric or Candle

Fill the diffuser with water and turn on the power or light the candle. Let the water warm for a few minutes, then add 3-4 drops of the required oil. It should last 3-4 hours.

Bowl of Water

If a diffuser is not handy. You can add 3-4 drops of oil to a wide brimmed small bowl of water. It will have the same diffusion effect except that it will diffuse for only 1-2 hours.

Choosing the right essential oil for aroma

Choosing For Emotions

Essential oils have neurological effects. The chemical compound of an essential oil will be absorbed through the capillaries in nose when inhaled and absorbed into the blood steam where it passes the blood brain barrier and changes the neurology of the brain. So, if you want to change your physiological or emotional state, you need to know what the dominant chemical compound of the essential oil. This will tell you the effect it will have you.

Choosing For Scent 

Choosing the right essential oil for aroma alone, will in many ways depend on if you like it. Whether you like it, will in part depend on how it makes you feel. Please see Choosing Essential Oils For Emotions above to find out more about this.

However, choosing how long an aroma will last and what you will smell when an essential oil is heated and infused into the air will require you to understand the rate of evaporation of the oil a.k.a base notes.

Essential Oils with Top Notes : The oils in this category are those that evaporate the most quickly and the ones you experience first when an essential oil blend in diffused. The aromas of these notes are crisp and sharp. 

Mandarin	sweet, floral, orange-like
Geranium	floral, sweet
Lavender	floral, fresh, sweet, herbaceous
Ylang Ylang	floral, rich, sweet
Lemongrass	Fresh, lemon, sweet
Eucalyptus	citrus, fresh

Middle Notes : The oils in this category make up the 'heart' of what you smell.

Lemongrass	Fresh, lemon, sweet
Mandarin	Sweet, floral, orange-like
Lavender	floral, fresh, sweet, herbaceous

Base Notes :These oils have a very slow evaporation rate and extend the the amount of time the essential oil remains on the skin or in the air. Your nose will generally become aware of these aromas upon dry-down (in a vaporiser) or about 20 min after applied to the skin.

Frankincense	Woody, sweet

So, essential oils that are in the top note category will diffuse throughout a room quickly. You will be able to smell in throughout the room almost as soon as the water in the vaporiser heats. Essential oils in the middle note category last the longest in a vaporiser. So, Lavender and Lemongrass will probably last in the diffuser for 3-4 hours or as long as the water in the vaporiser is still heating. Frankincense which have a strong base note, may not be noticed too quickly upon heating, but it will continue to diffuse throughout the room long after the water in the vaporiser has dried up.

Between, an essential oil's heath effects and its aroma, there is a perfect essential oil for everyone. For everyday use, we recommend Lemongrass (it lasts long while being uplifting) and Lavender (it lasts long while being relaxing).  

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HOW I USE ESSENTIAL OILS IN MY DAY by Dianne Little

HELLO,

When I first starting using essential oils, I found it complicated and confusing. I soon reaslied that this was because many retailers bombarded me with an overwhelming amount of information about what essential oils can do. Frankly, I got lost in that sea of information.

While I am in awe of the flexibility of essential oils, when you distill all that information down, certain oils with certain grades and more suited for certain things. So, the information on this website is primarily targeted for skincare and topical application. The reason being is that our products are all therapeutic grade. This means that they have strong remedial and healing properties. Our products are also 100% certified organic. This means that they are pesticide and chemical free.

Put this all together and you get a premium product which is safe (please see disclaimer) and effective for skincare and topical application. It would be a waste to use such premium products in your household cleaners or in a diffuser for scent purposes. So, we've kept it simple - providing information on essential oils for skin radiance because that's what the quality of our oils are designed for.

Your skin is the external representation of you. At The Little Essentials we want to invite you to take care of your skin the best way you can with the best natural skincare you can find.  

I personally use all of the pure essential oils in our range. After all, if I don't use or believe in the quality of my product, why should I expect you too. I wanted to share with you how I personally use essential oils in my day. Perhaps it may give you some inspiration into how to use it in yours.

Also I would like to know how you use The Little Essentials essential oils in your day. I'd love to hear from you via Facebook, Twitter or send me a personal email on dianne@thelittleessentials.com.

Warm Regards,

Dianne Little

CEO & Marketing Director

The Little Essential Pte Ltd

The following is an example of how I use essential oils in my day : 

	WEEKDAY	WEEKEND
Diffuser	In my car : I reuse Glade car freshners (the kind that comes in a bottle and clips onto your air-con vent). I wash out the wick and bottle and fill the bottle with lemongrass oil. It's a fresh and uplfting scent.	3-4 drops of lemongrass oil into a diffuser. It makes my bathroom smell like a spa.
Skin	Day : Eucalyptus spray under my arms. It kills odour causing bacteria which deodarants do not do. However, I use an anti-perspirant after it dries to reduce sweat as essential oils do not help with this. Night : Replace moisturiser with rosehip	Day: Use a lemongrass spray on my legs. I'm prone to insect bites. Eucalptus works too but doesn't smell as great. Night : Replace moisturiser with Argan
Hair	Argan on my tips to prevents fly-away hairs and repair split ends. I use a tea tree hair spray to give my hair a nice scent.	In the Pool : I rub rosehip onto my hair to seal the shaft. It prevents chlorine from entering into it and drying it out. Rosehip is a dry oil so it won't disappate into the pool
Face	Day - Tea tree spray as a face toner. I suffer from acne and tea tree is toxic to bacteria found in acne.	Night - I use 1 pump of argan under my eyes, my face and neck. I do not own night cream. Although I'm prone to acne. Argan oil has actually reduced my acne.

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1. Before a swim, lightly coat your hair with rosehip. It will seal the hair shafts and disallow chlorine and odour from penetrating your hair. The oil will not dissipate into the water.
2. Rosehip has strong anti-inflammatory qualities. Research has shown that rubbing it onto areas which suffer from arthritis actually reduce pain and swelling.
3. Rosehip has hormone-balancing qualities. It has similar qualities to Evening Primrose Oil in helping to reduce menstral cramps and regulating cycles.
4. Helps strengthen brittle nails.
5. Helps add shine to your hair. It’s an heavy oil so use it to finish a hair setting.

Physically, Spiritually & Emotionally Better With Frankincense Oil

The Little Essentials is in the spa and natural skin care business. When I added Frankincense Oil to my line-up of essential oils which are great for the skin while having a fabulously addictive aroma, I had no idea just how beneficial Frankincense Oil was to well- being. 

Queen Cleopatra of ancient Egypt
was famed to indulge in a bath
of goats milk, jasmine oil and
frankincense
oil. The milk was a skin exfoliant
which also served to break up the oil,
the jasmine deodorised the skin,
while the frankincense restored skin
and bone health. 

There is a lot of folk, cultural and historical knowledge about frankincense. For example, it was mentioned 52 times in the bible and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt's beauty secret was her milk baths which contained Jasmine and Frankincense Oil. It turns out that much of the folk science actually do have scientific backing. Basically, frankincense really does what it has traditionally been used for. I have broken down its benefits into 3 key areas : Health, Beauty, Spiritual.

The sacred Frankincense tree grows in sub-sahara conditions. Our Frankincense oil is distilled from the Gum of the boswellia caterii from Somalia. 12ml 100% Pure Frankincense Oil, unadulterated, undiluted and chemical free retails at S$55.00. Our Australian Certified Organic Frankincense Oil retails at S$95.00. Click here to order. We deliver internationally.

Health Care Benefits
Increases immunity, dissolves phlegm, regenerates skin and bone, slows down the growth of cancerous cells, a strong anti-depressant and improves digestive health.

The science : Frankincense contains sesquiterpenes that stimulate the part of the brain that controls emotions. Frankincense contains 8% sesquiterpenes and is 78% monoterpenes. Monoterpenes are known to be calming and restorative.
Monoterpenes help prevent and discharge toxins from your liver and kidneys, and have antiseptic, antibacterial, stimulating, analgesic (weak), and expectorant properties. Meanwhile, sesquiterpenes can go beyond the blood-brain barrier and simulate the limbic system of your brain, as well as your hypothalamus, and pineal and pituitary glands. 

Frankincense is also used extensively in Cancer therapy as research suggests it has the ability to turn off the DNA of cancer cells and return the DNA to its healthy state.  It has also been documented to regenerate disc, cartilage and bone making it an effective oil for use on physical repair as well as spiritual growth.  Other uses include blood, skin, stomach issues, infections, and eye problems. 

Beauty / Skin care  Benefits
Promotes healthy skin generation. This is why it is excellent for ageing skin. It not only repairs the skin but your bone and cartilage too. Overall, its a youth serum, inside out!

The science : see above

Spiritual / Meditation Benefits
Spiritually, Frankincense when inhaled during meditation, opens the heart, throat, crown and third-eye chakras. I can see why this may be the case when interpreted scientifically. 
The science : Let me begin by saying that frankincense oil and incense resonates at a higher frequency creating negative (-) ions in the air. Negative ions 'dissolve' odour and bacteria. Not only does this make air fresh, it also changes the milieu of a room, creating a soothing, calming yet uplifting effect when inhaled. From a spiritual sense, it centers the mind making it an excellent oil to diffuse when meditating or doing spiritual work. In addition, frankincense when inhaled, passes through the blood brain barrier and reaches the parts of your brain which control emotion. So, the calming and uplifting you get from inhaling frankincense is not probably not psychosomatic. 

The Little Essentials 100% Pure Frankincense Oil from Somalia is S$55.00 for 12ml (We also have an Australian Certified Organic oil also from Somalia for S$95.00) while Young Living's Sacred Frankincense distilled in Oman is about S$186.00 for 15ml. The Little Essentials' is more affordable not because of our quality but because we have lower overheads. We are a small family operated on-line business retailing directly to our customers. No multi-level marketing, stores, agents ...etc. Just pure essential oils sold directly to you.

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