2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
All kinds of essential oils are good not only for aromatherapy - they will bring a lot of benefits to the household! Just a few drops of these fragrant substances, in combination with some other ingredients, can replace a very impressive range of fairly aggressive household chemicals - softening conditioners for clothes, highly effective dishwashing detergents, as well as stain removers and even fresheners for your favorite shoes. And with the addition of such oils, wonderful hair rinses are obtained! How can you ease household chores with these fragrant helpers?
Refreshing shoes
Soda teamed with essential oils is great for refreshing shoes. To prepare a fragrant freshener, a couple of tablespoons of baking soda are combined with the oils of enchanting lavender, refreshing rosemary, fragrant mint and an incomparable tea tree (each of them is enough to take one or two drops, no more). The finished mixture is transferred to clean dry socks, after which these socks are placed in boots or shoes for the whole night. As a result of such manipulations, the shoes will acquire a delicate and surprisingly pleasant aroma that will persist throughout the day. And you can repeat these actions at will - every day or less often.
Fabric softener
With the addition of essential oils, useful in all respects, it will not be difficult to prepare a wonderful fabric softener, because industrial synthetic conditioners often become powerful allergy provocateurs. As for the home air conditioner, it will boast the absence of dangerous chemical components and the ability to make many of our wardrobe items soft and fluffy.
Anyone who wants to try a homemade fabric softener should combine half a liter of water with a glass of vinegar (ideally nine percent) and 250 g of baking soda. This should be done very carefully, as the result is an effervescent mixture. As soon as the future conditioner “fizzles”, 5 drops of lavender and geranium aromatic essential oils are added to it, after which everything is thoroughly mixed, and the magic composition can be used! If you add 60 ml of this conditioner right before washing into the appropriate compartment of the washing machine, the laundry will become very pleasant to the touch and will delight you with an incomparable aroma! And it is recommended to store this product in a tightly sealed container (it is quite permissible to use even an ordinary plastic bottle for this purpose).
Dishwashing liquid
Combine 3 tablespoons of olive soap with water (half a liter), a couple of tablespoons of nine percent vinegar, two teaspoons of glycerin, as well as grapefruit oil and lemon oil, each of which should be taken 10 drops. The above components are mixed well and the finished composition is poured into a clean plastic container. To wash the dishes perfectly, it will be enough to add just one tablespoon of the prepared mixture to the hot water. There will be absolutely no chemical "harmfulness" left on the dishes, because they simply have nowhere to come from, and cleanliness with brilliance will be guaranteed to it! And the skin of the hands will not suffer in the least from such a remedy, which also cannot but rejoice!
Grease and sweat stains
In this difficult, but important matter, eucalyptus essential oil will come in handy - it copes surprisingly quickly with such circumstances. After moistening a cotton pad or a small cloth in it, gently apply them to the stain, carefully moving in the direction from the edges of the stain to its center. And when the stain disappears, the remaining oil is washed off the clothes.
Hair rinse
It will help not only to heal the scalp and make the curls shiny and surprisingly strong, but also to stimulate their growth. To prepare this miracle cure, half a glass of horsetail and nettle and burdock combined in equal quantities is poured with two glasses of boiling water. Sage oil (5 drops) and sandalwood oil (10 drops) are then added to this mixture. Covering the composition with a lid, let it brew for thirty to forty minutes, after which it is filtered and combined with apple cider vinegar (it should be taken three quarters of a glass). This rinse aid is used after each shampooing. The results will delight you!
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