Lavender has been known to help relieve stress for a long time. But not many people know that lavender mixed with lemon and clary sage makes you feel much more at ease. Blending is the word for what's going on here. Putting together an aromatherapy blend is like making curry with a bunch of different vegetables and spices. Do you have to be a well-known chef to make a tasty curry? No, not always. Just know what you want and mix the ingredients in the right amounts, and the dish is ready to be served.
The same thing goes for aromatherapy blends. All you need to make an aromatherapy blend is the desire to try new things and some knowledge of oils. Within minutes, you will have a blend that looks good and is good for you.
Do your research before you use oils or absolutes for this. Proper research must be done on the properties of each oil used to figure out if they work well together. Some oils in a blend work against the other oils. This means that the blend isn't having the effect that was hoped for. Use oils that make the effects of other oils stronger.
When making an aromatherapy blend, you should always use pure essential oils. There are fragrant oils on the market. They only give your dish a pleasant smell. Also, because some of the fragrant oils are made from man-made materials, the aromatherapy blend can be tampered with.
Aromatherapy blends may take time to study. People who are interested in mixing essential oils get as caught up in it as a scientist who can't sleep because of what he or she has found. So, they are ready to spend as much time as needed on the blending.
Pay close attention to how each oil smells. Put a drop of the essential oil on a piece of blotting paper. See and feel how it works. Write it down on a piece of paper so you can remember it later. Do the same thing for many different oils. In this way, you'll have a full database with you at all times.
In the same way, write down what happens to the properties of each oil as you mix them. Any of the three things below could happen. The oil will lose all of its qualities. The value of a property will go up. On the other hand, the aromatherapy blend will turn out to have a completely new property. A true blender knows how to improve or make the effect they want. This could take a while. Sometimes, people find out about a property all of a sudden, like when the French chemist Rene-Maurice Gattefosse found out by accident that lavender was good for your health. You won't become as well-known in aromatherapy, but your blends will definitely get you a lot of praise from your friends.
