In my last blog entry I explained about fragrance of essential oils. This time I would like to focus on the methods of apply and taking-in essential oils.
Applying method is literally to apply essential oils onto our skin. In this way, essential oils work on our mind and bodies. I assume many people have been already aware of it being used in spas or beauty salons. This is a great way to ease our exhausted or tensioned bodies as well as to calm our feelings down.

However, it is very important to know whether our body does not overreact against the essential oil to be used. For that reason, please make sure to conduct a patch test on a soft part of your skin like the inside of the upper arm. Even the same kind of essential oils from different manufacturers may act on differently, so I recommend checking the products of each manufacturer.

Also, in most occasion, so-called “carrier oils” such as coconut oils are used to dilute essential oils because some essential oils stimulate our skin too much for its highly-concentrated components. Diluted by carrier oils enables essential oils to spread more widely and smoothly on the skin; thus, the wide range of our body can receive benefits of essential oils. Besides apply onto our body, another good way is to pour some drops of diluted essential oils into a bathtub. Wouldn’t it be a great way to remove our daily stress?

And lastly, the third way of using essential oils is to take them into our body. Recently, some essential oils are produced for a purpose to aromatize. You can add some drops in your drinks or meals. Please make sure to follow the specific directions of the manufacturers when you take in essential oils.