My Favorite Essential Oils | Recipes with Coconut Oil, Benefits, and Uses

Adding a few drops of essential oils to anything is a great way to make your day just a little brighter. I love using my essential oils for dry skin, with a body scrub, sugar scrubs, or body butter. I have been using essential oils for a long time and have come up with some easy diy blends for you to enjoy. Just adding a small amount of these natural ingredients will benefit your health in so many ways. I also love to make a sweet room spray to freshen up our home.

I love Plant Therapy Oils, Young Living, and DoTerra. I do not sell for anyone. I simply appreciate a good pure oil and wanted to do a blog post about it all. Especially with kids, there are so many amazing recipes that make a great choice over other products on the market today.

Essential Oil Facts For Educational Purposes

• In just 22 seconds after inhaling an aroma, the molecules reach the brain.
• When applied topically (bottoms of feet especially) they will be found throughout your entire bloodstream in 2 minutes! The skin is the largest organ in the body. Talk about skin health!
• After 20 minutes they will have affected EVERY cell in the body.
• Frankincense Oil is associated with cell recovery
• Essential Oils are VERY concentrated plant extracts.
• When properly stored in a cool, dark place essential oils can last for 5 years!

The great thing about using pure essential oils is the fact that you can diffuse them, use them topically, orally, and even ingest them! Some oils are not safe for swallowing, however.

The Best Essential Oils | The Basic Base Oil

Lemon Essential Oil

Cleansing and Purification properties. It also helps with digestion, nourishes skin, and relieves nausea! You can add a few drops to your water in the morning!

Lavender Essential Oil

Help reduce anxiety and stress and improves sleep. Improves Eczema, alleviates headaches, and restores skin complexion. It also can heal burns and wounds.

Frankincense Essential Oil

It has anti-inflammatory properties, antiseptic properties, reduces aging on the skin, reduces acne, and relieves digestive issues. It improves scars, and blemishes too. This just scratches the surface of what this powerful oil can do!

Lime Essential Oil

This oil is antiseptic and can help cure infections. It also has anti-viral properties and can fight infections. It is also a natural agent that helps stop bleeding. Once again this scratches the surface of its potential! It smells amazing too. Why not add some to your water in the morning?

Oregano Essential Oil

This super oil is antiviral, anti-fungal, and has great anti-bacterial properties. It is best known as nature’s antibiotic!

Grapefruit Essential Oil

When inhaled, this oil can help relieve headaches and mental fog. It can be used as an appetite suppressor and an air freshener all in one!

Peppermint Essential Oil

I feel like this one is the grandfather of them all. A couple of drops of peppermint oil soothes and cools. It can help with muscle soreness, stomach aches, and headaches. It can also give your breath a lift, and soothe digestive issues all at the same time! Finally, Peppermint oil gives you natural energy!

Tea Tree (Melaleuca) Essential Oil

Helps with bacterial infections, acne, chickenpox, cold sores, earaches, and fungal infections! If you have toe fungus of ANY kind, put tea tree oil on it, and voila!

My Favorite Essential Oil Blend To Diffuse | Essential Oil Recipes

If you do not have a diffuser and are interested in essential oils just invest in one right now! They are so wonderful for a multitude of reasons. I love to diffuse citrus oils in my kitchen to make it fresh. I also love diffusing On Guard to get the toxic chemicals and germs out of our air!

Night Blend

2–4 drops of Serenity* or lavender oil just by itself. If we are feeling the need for an immune booster, we add a little On Guard* with the lavender!

*Serenity is a proprietary blend from DoTerra that aids in relaxation: Lavender Flower, Cedarwood, Ho Wood Leaf, Ylang Ylang Flower, Marjoram Leaf, Roman Chamomile Flower, Vetiver Root, Vanilla Bean Absolute, Hawaiian Sandalwood Wood

* On Guard one of the most popular custom blends from DoTerra meant to aid in immunity and cleansing: Wild Orange Peel, Clove Bud, Cinnamon Bark/Leaf, Eucalyptus Leaf, and Rosemary Leaf/Flower).

Fresh Start Blend

2–3 drops of Lemon, 2-3 drops of Lime, 2-3 drops of Grapefruit, and 2-3 drops of Citrus Bliss. Sometimes I do all of these together, and other times I just do one at a time or two.

*Citrus Bliss is a proprietary blend from DoTerra meant to energize, refresh, and clean the air: Wild Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Grapefruit Peel, Mandarin Peel, Bergamot Peel, Tangerine Peel, Clementine Peel essential oils, and Vanilla Bean Absolute.

Clean Air Blend

2 Drops of Purify* and your choice of Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, and Citrus Bliss. I also like to drop 2-3 drops of Purify into my trash can before putting the liner in. No more odors!

*Purify is DoTerra’s proprietary blend that takes away unpleasant odors and cleans the air: Lemon Peel, Lime Peel, Siberian Fir Needle, Austrian Fir Needle, Pine Needle, Citronella Grass, Melaleuca Leaf, Cilantro Herb essential oils.

Rejuvenate Blend: 2-3 Drops of Balance* and 1-2 Drops of Purify. This blend evens me out when I am feeling a bit on edge, and need some “balance”, especially during a hectic working day.

*Balance is DoTerra’s proprietary blend that helps relieve anxiety and supports whole-body balance: Spruce Needle/Leaf, Ho Wood, Frankincense Resin, Blue Tansy Flower, and Blue Chamomile Flower essential oils in a base of Fractionated Coconut Oil.

I Can BREATHE Blend

2-3 drops of Breathe* and 1 drop of Peppermint. This helps clear up your airways, and acts as a decongestant when you are stuffed up!

*Breathe is DoTerra’s proprietary blend that helps clear up your airways: Laurel Leaf, Eucalyptus Leaf, Peppermint Plant, Melaleuca Leaf, Lemon Peel, Cardamom Seed, Ravintsara Leaf, Ravensara Leaf essential oils.

Essential Oil Roller Bottle Recipes

*Please note: these blend amounts are for adults and topical use.

You may have to lessen the number of oils when using it on young children because they have more sensitive skin. I love these rollerball bottles. They are small glass bottles that will not corrode your oils. They have been so great to have on hand, and they make great gifts! You add essential oils of your choice with Fractionated Coconut oil (basically liquid coconut oil) to each bottle. 

Wrinkle Free: A blend to work miracles overnight on your skin. I put it all around my eye area. 5–6 drops of Frankincense, 5–6 drops of Lavender, and fractionated coconut oil.

Flem Free: A blend to break up the mucus from your cold! 5–6 drops of Lime, and 5-6 drops of Breathe, along with fractionated coconut oil. You can roll this blend on your chest and neck area.

Cold Buster: A blend to kick that nasty cold to the curb.

Add 5–6+ drops of Oregano oil with fractionated coconut oil. Roll this blend on the bottom of your feet, and it will work its magic quickly. You can also put Oregano oil in a pot of boiling water, and inhale the steam to get the oil in your bloodstream faster. I also gargled with Oregano oil, and it stopped my cold in its tracks. Be careful though, this is a hot oil and WILL burn if not used cautiously!

Cold Buster II: Similar to the above blend that will stop illness in its tracks. You can also add in Melaleuca, On Guard, Frankincense, and Lemon with fractionated coconut oil for optimal results. Buy Veggie Caps, and fill them with oils and swallow them f or internal work too!

Headache Be Gone: A blend to stop even the nastiest headache from distracting and ruining my day! Mix 5–6 drops of peppermint, 5–6 drops of Lavender, and 5–6 drops of Frankincense along with fractionated coconut oil.

Stress-Free: A simple blend to have in your purse, car, or at your desk at work! 7–8 drops of Lavender with fractionated coconut oil. Roll it on the bottom of your feet, on your wrists, around your temples, or even behind your ears!

3 Gargles For Sickness

There is nothing worse than a sore throat, cold, or sinus infection to slow you down. My least favorite: Sore throat! Here are my TOP 3 gargles to use when you are feeling under the weather.

#1  Melaleuca, Lemon, and On Guard

Mix one drop of each in a dixie cup full of water and gargle away! This is a wonderful throat soother!

#2 Oregano Oil and Lemon

Mix 1 drop of each with water in a dixie cup, and gargle. I made the mistake of drinking this oil, and boy did I feel the burn. It took my cold away in 1 day though, but I don’t recommend you ingest as I did!

#3 Lemon and On Guard

Mix 1 drop of each with water in a dixie cup and gargle! Another great one to kick those colds to the side!

Say goodbye to toxic ingredients and hello to skin benefits and overall health for your entire body!