Lemon Essential Oil

LEMON
Citrus x limon 

PLANT PART USED
peels

AROMA PROFILE
rich, fresh, sweet

AROMATHERAPY BENEFITS
energizing, refreshing, uplifting

The crisp and cheery aroma of lemon is a familiar feature of soaps, shampoos and cleaning products.  Astringent lemon oil is goood for skin care and can be blended with tea tree to make an especially effective detioxifying cleanser.  It also blends well with sandlewood, geranium, lavender, eucalyptus, ylang ylang, rose absolute, bergamot, and other citrus oils.  Lemon oil is the place to start if you plan to naturalize your daily cleaning.

Cleansing
Certain essential oils have long been prized for their ability to cleanse both our bodies and our personal environments.  Lemon, is one of these.  Enhance your cleansing activities with aromatherapy. 

METHODS 

Detoxifying Bath:  Add a few drops to your bath.  The cleansing, revitalizing aromas of citrus oils sharpen the senses and brighten skin tone. 

Protecting Spritz:  Germs spread on common surfaces such as countertops, door handles and keypads.  Add a few drops of cleansing essential oil to a mixture of water and rubbing alcohol to cleanse serfaces and hands. 

Rejuventation
Nothing supplements the efforts we put into our personal care regimens better than essential oils.  You can easily elevate routine beautifying tasks into transcendent aromatherapy experiences. 

METHODS 

Perfume:  Create your own personal scent with essential oils.  Combine quick-evaporating light floral and citrus scents with more lingering woody and resinous scents. Dilute in water to make a splash or in melted oil such as a coconut or cocoa butter to make a solid perfume. 

Sugar Body Scrub:  An exfoliating mixture of oil, sugar and essential oils will rejuvenate your skin as well as your senses.

Skin Booster
Aromatherapy can be good for your complexion.  In fact, before the invention of synthetic fragrances, essential oils were key ingredients in natural, healthy skin care.  Nurture your skin with the proven benefits that aromatherapy solutions still offer.

METHODS

Skin Brightening Toning Mist:  Add oils to a mix of water and withch hazel extract.  Apply to skin after cleansing. 

Sking Nourishing Oil:  Add oils to jojoba and gently maggage into clean skin an an upward motion.


RECIPES
Foot Soak (Cooling blend): 
Fill a large bowl or basin with hot water (to ankle level) and add:
6 drops peppermint
3 drops lemon
1 drop rosemary

Skin Toner (Oily Skin): 
1/2 cup witch hazel extract
12 drops lemon
8 drops geranium

Room Spray (At the Office):
Place one cup of water in a mister and add:
15 drops of lemon
10 drops of basil or rosemary
Shake well before using.

Body Mist (Wake-up Call):
5 drops tangerine
5 drops lemon
2 drops rosemary
Add essential oils to a cup of water in a non-plastic mister.  Essential oils float on water, so shake well before each use. 


Location: Buffalo, NY, USA

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