Essential Oil Bug Spray

Happy Independence Day weekend!  If your holiday festivities are anything like mine, you have been spending a ton of time outdoors this weekend.  And as much as I love being in nature, I do not love bug bites.  With the rise of Lyme Disease and other bug carrying illnesses in the Northeast, it is imperative that you apply some sort of bug spray when you spent a ton of time outdoors.

Trouble is, commercial bug sprays are terrible for the environment and to human health.

Essential Oil Blend for When You Are Sick

Colds are the worst.  You’re congested and grumpy and feel like you just want to sleep all the time.  But you also need to go to work and take your kids to school and buy groceries.  For when you are down and out, using this recipe will help soothe and heal.

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/amberkimberly/oil-ecards/

You can apply this recipe in one of two ways. You can diffuse it in a oil burner or you can add the essential oils to coconut oil and use it the same way you use Vicks.

Essential Oil Sprays

As you my lovely reader may have noticed, I love essential oils.  I was first exposed to them as a kid.  Lavender oil was my great-grandmother’s remedy for everything from bruises to stinky sinks.  I rediscovered them as an adult and have been experimenting ever since.

Dried lavender herb and essential aromatherapy . Source: http://www.newhealthadvisor.com/Essential-Oils-for-Vertigo.html

One way I use them is combined with water and crystals in an atomizer spray bottle.  I love how this diffusion method envelopes the user in a cloud of scent.  Also I’m asthmatic, so incense isn’t tolerable in my home.  And when my practice began in college, I couldn’t have candles for ritual so I used sprays to scent my dorm room.  Eventually I began making them myself.

Samhain Oil Blend

Samhain is a holiday of remembrance and renewal.  Whether you need an anointing oil for ritual or a aromatherapy blend to connect you to the season, here is a blend for you!

New Moon Annointing Oil Blend

As the moon turns, it is the tradition of some Pagans, Witches, and covens to anoint persons and objects with special ritual oil.  In my practice, I have begun to develop a few blends for that very purpose.  For the new moon, I concentrated my oil to the aspects of cleansing, hope, and renewal.