How to Diffuse Essential Oils: The Newbie’s Guide

Learn how to diffuse essential oils and protect your family from the trending virus, block allergens, or increase your focus and joy.

Diffusing Essential Oils Is Super Easy

Have you heard great things about essential oils but no one’s taught you how to use them? Confused by all the information or jargon? Perfect! This post is just for you! Learning how to diffuse essential oils is the first step into natural health care for your family. And it’s easy peasy!

We’re still in the throes of cold and flu season and, maybe it’s just us here in the pacific northwest, it always seems like the changing of the seasons brings more viruses around then the coldest days of winter. As spring takes its sweet time springing, I’m relying heavily on my oils to keep my family healthy.

Learn how to diffuse essential oils and protect your family from the trending virus, block allergens, or increase your focus and joy.

How to Diffuse Essential Oils

I get asked all the time how to use essential oils. I know it can be overwhelming, but it’s really not. It can be quite simple. There are three options for using oils: inhalation or breathing them in, topical application meaning rubbing them on your skin, and internal consumption meaning you eat/drink them. The easiest, and safest, method is inhalation.

While you can always just twist open your favorite oil and give it a sniff, using a diffuser can spread the benefits of that oil over your whole family, classroom, office, etc. Diffusing is easy peasy, but make sure you have permission from those who will be sharing the air with you. We’ve got some relatives who are allergic to cloves, so I always make sure I’m not diffusing an oil containing cloves when they come over.

I’ve rounded up my favorite ways to spread the love with those beneficial oils.

Learn how to diffuse essential oils and protect your family from the trending virus, block allergens, or increase your focus and joy.

 

5 Ways to Diffuse Essential Oils

 

1) Traditional Diffuser

A small, semi-portable electric diffuser is my go to. It acts as a diffuser, humidifier, and optional night light. I have two of these which I fill up anytime I hear the least bit of a sniffle. One lives in my daughters’ room and the other travels around the rest of the house as needed. With a 150 ml capacity and 4+ hour run time with auto shut-off, this diffuser works great for a bedroom or living area up to 250 square feet.

How to use it: Add cold water to fill line, plus 4-6 drops of oils or oil blends, replace lid and turn on. When diffusing in a child’s room, place diffuser out of reach and make sure directional spray doesn’t mist over the top of your sleeping baby.

More options:

(left to right) Slightly Cheaper, Prettier, Larger Capacity, Made from Bamboo, Travel/Car Version

2) Mini Diffuser

These little guys pack a big punch. With versions you plug into an outlet and those you can plug into your car’s cigarette lighter, you can take your oils with you wherever you go. Some of these little units do not have auto shut-off settings, so do be careful not to run them overnight or you risk overheating.

How to use it: Add a few drops of oil or oil blend to the filter (or the water reservoir in select models), plug in and position in the upright position. Add more oil as scent dissipates. Unplug when not in use.

 

3) Aromatherapy Necklace

This is my second favorite way to diffuse. Not only are these necklaces beautiful, they can wrap you up in an oil safety bubble. I never go to a substitute job without fighting five on my necklace diffuser.

How to use it: Place 1-2 drops of oil or an oil blend on the felt or pumice insert, close up the necklace and enjoy your good health.

4) Wax Burner

If you have one of those scentsy style flame-free candle warmers, you can repurpose it into an oil diffuser. There is some debate about the efficacy of this method, as heating oils can reduce their potency and, in some cases, change their composition. Therefore, this option, as well as the wall unit option above, is best when the scent is what you want. For battling a cold or flu, allergies, or other medicinal uses, it’s best to use a water filled diffuser.

How to use it: Place a tablespoon or two of water or coconut oil in the wax reservoir along with 4-6 drops of oil or an oil blend and turn on. Be careful not to leave it on after the oils/water have dissipated.

5) Sniff from hands

This last method is our go to when we’re dealing with congestion, but it’s also great when you need a little pick me up. First, make sure the oil or blend you want to use is not hot, meaning it won’t cause skin irritation. When in doubt, sniff straight from the bottle (feel free to ask about certain oils in the comments and I can let you know).

How to use it: Place 1-2 drops of oil or an oil blend (safe for topical use) on your hands, rub together, and cup hands around nose. Breathe deeply 3-4 times.

Learn how to diffuse essential oils and protect your family from the trending virus, block allergens, or increase your focus and joy.

What Oils to Diffuse

The only thing to decide now is what oils you should be diffusing! I’ll be adding more posts about our experiences with essential oils and our awesome health victories in the weeks to come but, for now, I’ll leave you with some of my quick favorites.

Why I Recommend Eden’s Garden Essential Oils

One last note about why I recommend the oils I do: I use Eden’s Garden essential oils almost exclusively unless my MIL gifts me some DoTerra goodies. I did a ton of research when I first started using EO’s. What I discovered was that there is a whole spectrum of oils, both in cost and in quality. My mission was to find the highest quality oil at the most affordable price, from a company with a wide enough selection to serve my families needs. Everyone seems to have an opinion when it comes to oil brands, so that decision is best left to you and your family.

I chose Eden’s Garden because of their dedication to quality, the fact that their oils pass all the same tests as those of the big 2, and for their lower price tag. Same quality oils, way less money invested! And for the record, I don’t sell their oils or get a kick back in any way from EG. If you purchase any of the oils or diffusers that I’ve linked to on Amazon, I receive a small commission from Amazon through their affiliate program which doesn’t cost you a dime extra and allows me to keep putting my time and effort into this blog.

Now, on to the oils! These recipes are all for a standard size diffuser, requiring 5-6 drops of oil in total.

Learn how to diffuse essential oils and protect your family from the trending virus, block allergens, or increase your focus and joy.

Cold And Flu Buster

2 drops Fighting Five
2 drops Oregano
2 drops Tea Tree

Allergy Block

2 drops Lavender
2 drops Peppermint
2 drops Lemon

Congestion Relief

3 drops Fighting Five
3 drops Breathe Easier

Depression Kicker

3 drops Bergamot
2 drops Purify
1 drop Lavender

Pre-Made Blends

6 drops Anxiety Ease
6 drops Energy Boost
6 drops Good Night
6 drops Stay Alert

To save even more money, you can piece together a custom 6, 12, or 32 oil set on their website at edensgarden.com. (For which I receive no kickback, but I want to make sure you, Mama, are getting the best deal possible! I would never recommend something I didn’t fully trust myself.)

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Blessing upon blessing,

Jessi

Learn how to diffuse essential oils and protect your family from the trending virus, block allergens, or increase your focus and joy.

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