1. Make a room spray
Homemade recipes are the best because you have have them ready in moments. So simple to make your own. No artificial fragrances. All low-tox and SOOOOO much better for your mood and the environment.
You will need
- Glass or aluminium spray bottle
Recipe
- Teaspoon witch hazel water
- Fill bottle with cooled boiled water
- Essential oils (I like to combine Lavender and Lemon)
2. Room diffuser
You will need
- The jar and reeds can be bought here. But you could use any narrow style jar – like a beaker or narrow glass bottle. Kmart have reeds (in prepacked diffusers) cheap as chips, so you could use their bottle and reeds, just make your own low-tox fragrance.
Recipe
- Essential oils of your choice.
- 1/4 cup of a carrier oil. I used doTERRA’s Fractionated Coconut Oil.
- 1 tablespoon of witch hazel water (will mix the oils together).
- Turn the reeds around a few times over the week so they absorb the scent. This home-made diffuser works best in small areas like bathrooms.
3. Simmer pot air freshener
There’s nothing worse than waking up to the smell of last nights’ dinner!
You will need
- Pot
- Stove top
Recipe
- 2 small lemons or limes
- 2-3 sprigs of rosemary
- Water
- Combine all items in a medium pot or a small pot. Add water to fill about halfway and let it simmer.
- Remove from heat, leave to cool and let the mixture’s scent do its work to freshen up your home.
4. Turn on a diffuser
A diffuser is an efficient way to maintain a fresh home by removing dangerous pollutants and agitating allergens like dust mites, pollen and pet smells from the air.
You will need
- Any good brand diffuser will be good. Remember they won’t do your whole house at once so you may need multiple around your home
Recipe
- PURE Essential oils. I love citrus. Here’s some ideas on what to put in your diffuser.
5. Make toilet fizzy bombs
I always make a few fizzy toilet bombs to keep my bathroom smelling fresh. No need to use harmful sprays and chemicals.
You will need
- Bi-carb soda – a mildly abrasive cleaner and an excellent deodoriser.
- Citric acid – gives the fizzy effect, and also helps dissolve tough hard water stains.
- Essential oils – I used lavender, peppermint, and lemon essential oil to help to eliminate germs and bacteria. Smells good too.
- Ice tray, or silicon mold tray (you can even make shapes!).
- Jar to store them in
Recipe
- 1/3 cup bi-carb soda
- 1/2 cup citric acid
- 1 teaspoon roughly of water (from a spray bottle)
- 10 drops lavender
- 10 drops peppermint
- 10 drops lemon
- Mix the bi-carb soda and citric acid together in a small bowl. Next, slowly add the water and essential oils to the mixture. I used a spray bottle to add the water – by misting it in to the mixture. It will fizz a little but that’s ok. You will need to move reasonably quick with the mixing. Press the mixture in to the trays. I left mine to sit overnight.
♥ KC.
