Day 3: Making A Personal Inhaler

 12 days of Christmas: Creating Aromatic Gifts with Essential Oils

I hope you are being inspired to create aromatically during this series of posts.  At Nature’s Gift we are fortunate to have so many clients who have become friends over the years and who share our passion for aromatherapy!  We learn from you every day and appreciate the hints, tips, and ideas you give us for recipes and therapeutic blends. 

Now I love our Personal Inhalers, not just because they look like colorful expensive lipsticks, but because they are purse sized, and so practical when you are out and about! I like to keep Blue Tansy nearby for allergies and the inhalers make it possible to always have it near without fear of leakage or getting messy blue inky oil on my clothes.  Also, it is just not feasible to carry essential oil bottles in my bag, pocket, or purse.  Solution: Deluxe Personal Inhaler OR Plastic Inhaler Blank.  Voila! 

Our inhalers come with detailed instructions and are easy to assemble and fill.  Deluxe Inhalers contain a glass vial filled with a cotton insert. A mini-pipette accompanies it for filling the little open holes on top, saturating the cotton with your favorite essential oil or blend. The aroma should remain fresh and viable for several months.  It can be refreshed at anytime though.

The included pipette fills (and refreshes) the container through the holes of the inhaler.

 The aromatic possibilities are nearly endless for deluxe personal inhalers: 

• a favorite or well-loved scent (for me Fragonia ™ or Patchouli)
• a synergy such as Focus for students or Sleep Ease, Relax, Harmony, Meditation
• a therapeutic essential oil like Peppermint for headaches
• a therapeutic blend such as Sine Ease or Flu Foil
• a natural perfume blend, thinking White Blossoms (Jasmine, Neroli, Bergamot), Rosy Dreams (Rose and Vanilla), Blue Lotus Infusion…Mmmmm….or design your own!

Keep in mind we do not recommend trying to open the Deluxe Personal Inhalers as they are sealed tightly. We’ve never been able to make one of these leak! 3 1/8 inches long, Deluxe Personal Inhalers have a sleek metallic look and are available in Light Silver, Pewter, Magenta, Green, Burgundy, and Black.

One thing to note, sometimes I personally prefer the plastic inhalers for therapeutic use like colds or the sniffles and think of them kinda like toothbrushes…with an expiration date, due to germs, etc. after a time.  These white plastic inhaler blanks also come with detailed instructions for easy assembly but it is basically a nasal inhaler with a cotton wick-like insert. 

Please follow all safety precautions for the oil you select and provide clear labeling of contents for the user’s reference.  Hint: for a longer lasting blend, dilute the essential oil with a few drops of a carrier such as Jojoba Oil before filling inhaler.

Deluxe Personal Inhalers and Plastic Inhaler Blanks are available at a 20% discount until October 12th, Use the promotional code craft3 at checkout.  (Please note, the Deluxe POCKET Inhalers, with the empty glass container are not  included in this sale.)

Day 2: Making A Personal Roll-On

12 days of Christmas: Creating Aromatic Gifts with Essential Oils

Still hard to believe it is time to think about holiday gifts for family, friends and neighbors. This year as part of my plan, I am “gifting” aromatic blends in our roller bottles.  Filled with a favorite oil blend or single essential oil for sharing, roll-on bottles make for delightful aromatic gifts with a personal touch. If you are new to aromatherapy this is a very simple way to begin working with the oils; share your inspiration!

Roller Bottle Disassembled

There are so many options available for filling a roller ball bottle.

1)      A favorite scent: a 10% single essential oil dilution (Lavender, Coffee, Spearmint)

2)      An anointing oil blend or perfume infusion (like Rosy Dreams!) from Nature’s Gift.

3)      Diluting a synergistic blend for skin-safe use.

4)      Creating your own special aromatic blend to share!

Ideas: a therapeutic combination of Peppermint and Lavender for a friend who suffers from migraines, Muscle Ease for aches and pains, Prosperity Anointing Oil, or splurge on a wearable Rose or Sandalwood dilution, and on and on…there are so many choices and I’ve found nearly everyone appreciates a gift with a more personal touch! 

Beverly filling the roller bottle with SineEase Massage Blend

Roll on bottle blends are fairly simple: 

For skin-safe use, blend a 10% anointing oil to fill the 10 ml (1/3 oz or 200 drops) roll on bottle.  So you will use 1 ml (20 drops) essential oil or synergistic blend to 9 mls (180 drops) of carrier oil.  Normally we recommend Jojoba Oil or Fractionated Coconut as carriers due to the long shelf life and the fact that neither has a strong scent that will take over the desired aroma of the blend. 

For this project you will need:

-Roller/Roll On Bottle or Bottles

-Essential Oil or Synergy of choice OR –Anointing Oil of choice

-Carrier Oil of choice (if using undiluted oil or synergy)

-Pipettes or dropper to measure oils

To achieve a 10% dilution, a blend of Peppermint and Lavender Oils diluted in jojoba would call for:

10 drops Peppermint (1/2 ml)

10 drops Lavender  (1/2 ml)

180 drops Jojoba Oil (9 ml)  = 10 mls.

Or Relax Synergy diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil would call for:

20 drops Relax Synergy (1 ml)

180 drops Fractionated Coconut Oil (9 ml)

Our 10 ml frosted roll-on bottles include self explanatory assembly instructions.  Make sure you label the products you are gifting with the ingredients and the date created as well as any necessary cautions or warnings such as: Not for internal use. 

Filled Roller Bottle. Simply snap the ball into the plastic collar that holds it.

Should you need it, Marge has created a handy reference dilution chart for blending which is available on our website:  http://www.naturesgift.com/methods.htm.

Our frosted Roll-On (roller) bottles and our disposable pipettes (for accurate measuring) are available at a special sale price until October 12^th.  I’ll share more aromatic gift giving/making ideas and suggestions in the coming days.  In the meantime, we would love to hear about your creations! Use the promo code  craft2  at checkout, press "apply" and receive a 20% discount on these useful tools.