Blending And Mixing: Essential Oils (For Beginners)

I guess, the reason you’re even reading this article in the first place is that you already know about essential oils and are convinced and are convinced that they are as good for you as they are for the plants that these essential oils are derived from.

If you didn’t already know this or are still vary about the potential of essential oils then I suggest you read the post I posted earlier about essential oils where I’ve described why essential oils are in fact essential in our day to day lives and I also listed down some of my favorite must haves too.

Now, my question to you is that did you know, that you can’t mix each and every essential oil together? If the answer is that you didn’t know that then, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be reading this article right now!

Before I tell you exactly how to blend essential oils together, I want you to choose wisely on the brand of essential oil you’re going to use. Remember always that using an essential oil of good quality is is very important. If you use a quality of essential oil that is mixed with other ingredients then it’s not going to give you the desired effect. There’s a really good article I read on prevention that warns you if your essential oil is fake and some of the advices, you can actually use to prevent buying a cheap quality essential oil as well.

Some good quality essential oils brands:

Young Living

doTerra

SoulFlower

Blossom Kocchar

About Blending Essential Oils:

For beginners it can be really hard to understand the complexity of mixing essential oils and that’s also why a lot of people just prefer buying synergy blends. (Synergy blends are formulation of a combination of different essential oils that performs a specific function, such as : energizing or stress-relieving.)

One can only become a pro in blending essential oils through starting and practicing. And since it can be difficult to understand the “notes” of all essential oils, I’ve decided to give you the method I think is the most easiest.

Blending essential oils based on their “notes” —

Essential oils can be categorized as top notes, middle notes and base notes. When you want to start blending essential oils together you want to make sure you use three essential oils, one of each ‘note’. This is the easiest method to blend essential oils, and it’s easy to blend three oils rather than blend more.

How to know which essential oil is of which note?

There are several methods. But for beginners you might not be able to understand so I have categorized some popular essential oils on the basis of their notes so that when you try out blending essential oils, it will be easier for you.

Top Notes:

Basil Essential Oil

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Lemon Essential Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil

Bergamot Essential Oil

Spearmint Essential Oil

Sage Essential Oil

Thyme Essential Oil

Middle Notes:

Pine Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil

Tea Tree Essential Oil

Clary Sage Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil

Chammomile Essential Oil

Base Notes:

Rose Essential Oil

Cedarwood Essential Oil

Frankincense Essential Oil

Clove Essential Oil

Patchouli Essential Oil

Rosewood Essential Oil

Sandalwood Essential Oil

Vanilla Essential Oil

Oakmoss Essential Oil

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Neroli Essential Oil

Myrrh Essential Oil

Jasmine Essential Oil

Note: These are not all essential oils but I tried to list as much as I can and these are definitely more popular as well.

By this time you must be wondering in what quantities should you blend the three essential oils of your choosing?

So for example if you wanted to make a stress relieving essential oil blend you would go for essential oils that offer stress relieving properties in each of the notes and after selecting three oils, one from each note, you will blend them using the “30,50 and 20 rule” So that means 3 drops of the top note oil, 5 of the middle note and 2 of the base note oil.

Mixing Essential Oils:

After putting up a blend together, it’s necessary that you let it rest for at least 24-48 hours so that it mixes well.

And tada! Your essential oil blend is ready!

You have endless possibilities while blending essential oils, so feel free to me what you’re going to be blending those essential oils for? Hair loss? Skin Care, energizer? What’s your pick?

Also, If you’re relatively new to the concept of essential oils, then I don’t want to scare you off because essential oils are great but there are times when they are not recommended, under certain medications, pregnancy, etc.

So you might want to do a quick google search, allergy test before trying out a new essential oil and even seek your doctor’s advice if you are ill and want to use essential oils.

Where To Buy

Buy Essential Oils At Amazon

Buy Essential Oils At Flipkart (India)