Essential Glow: Recipes & Tips for Using Essential Oils - Hardcover

Gerber, Stephanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1681882728 ISBN 13: 9781681882727

Publisher: Weldon Owen, 2017

Synopsis

Lavender, chamomile, tea tree, rose, and sandalwood—invite the aromatic and healing powers of your favorite herbs and botanicals into your life with this beautiful guide. You’ll discover recipes, quick tips, and DIY projects to boost your beauty, home, and general wellness with your favorite essential oils.
 

We’ve all heard that essential oils are good for us—the aromas and chemicals in these special distilled herbal treatments can soothe the senses, kick-start a sluggish day, or even help restore health or repair troubled skin. There are a whole host of ways to use them—from decadent massage candles to hardworking laundry softeners, from relieving bug-bite balm to skin-clearing concoctions. Essential Glow is packed with everything the aromatherapy DIY-er needs: 200+ recipes and projects with simple step-by-step instructions, targeted aromatherapy blends, a pantry primer, plus a diagnostic tool that helps you treat common ailments with the right essential oils.

Featured essential oils include: 
Soothe
·       Lavender
·       Roman chamomile
·       Geranium
·       Rose
·       Clary sage
·       Jasmine
·       Ylang Ylang
·       Sandalwood

Uplift
·       Peppermint
·       Sweet Orange
·       Cinnamon
·       Atlas cedarwood
·       Lemongrass
·       Juniper berry
·       Rosemary

Restore
·       Oregano
·       Frankincense
·       Ginger
·       Tea Tree
·       Lemon
·       Eucalyptus
·       Melissa

 

 

About this title

About the Author

Stephanie Gerber is a Nashville-based natural living blogger and founder of helloglow.co/. She’s a writer who, after the kids go to bed, likes to raid the fridge—for facemask ingredients. 

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Relaxing Lavender Eye Pillow
18-by-22-inch (46-by-56-cm) piece of batting
18-by-22-inch (46-by-56-cm) piece of soft fabric, such as silk or organic cotton
Scissors
Needle and thread
½ cup (100 g) uncooked white rice
¼ cup (10 g) dried lavender
15 drops lavender essential oil
Elastic
STEP 1 / To start, cut out two sleep mask shapes from the batting. When sewn together, they’ll form an interior pouch that will hold the rice and lavender. You can create a template for this mask shape by tracing your favorite pair of sunglasses and adding an extra 1 inch (2.5 cm) for seam allowance.
STEP 2 / Sew the two pieces of batting together around the outside edge, using a ¼-inch (6-mm) seam allowance and leaving a 1- to 2-inch (2.5–5-cm) opening.
STEP 3 / Combine the rice, dried lavender, and lavender essential oil in a bowl and stir.
STEP 4 / Use a funnel to fill the interior pouch with the rice-and-lavender mixture. (You can make a funnel by rolling a sheet of paper into a cone.) Sew the pouch closed.
STEP 5 / Use your template to cut two more sleep mask shapes from the fabric. (Since the mask will rest against your face, make sure to choose a nice, soft fabric—try silk or organic cotton.)
STEP 6 / Cut a length of elastic that fits snuggly around the back of your head from temple to temple. Then, with one fabric sleep mask facing right side up, baste (loosely sew together) the ends of the elastic to each side of the mask.
STEP 7 / Position the two fabric sleep masks with right sides facing each other. Sew the masks together with the elastic ends sandwiched between the two masks, leaving a 2-inch (5-cm) opening. Backstitch (reinforce the seam with overlapping stitches) to secure the opening.
STEP 8 / Turn the empty fabric right side out, then stuff the batting pouch inside. Sew the pouch closed.
STEP 9 / Your sleep mask is now ready to wear. To reap the relaxing benefits of the lavender, first warm the mask in the microwave for a few seconds. Always make sure it’s not too hot before placing it on your skin.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Weldon Owen
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1681882728
• ISBN 13: 9781681882727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184