Get Uplifted with Citrus

If you have been reading my various posts and blogs, some of my recipes or "must haves" will always include citrus.  With the spring here, it is the perfect time to refresh and re-energize your environment — and your spirits. Here's how the clean, uplifting scents of citrus oils can help brighten your winter.

Tips to lighten your mood with citrus essential oils:

Sprinkle 5 to 7 drops of sweet orange on shower floor in the morning.

Use grapefruit and peppermint in a car diffuser.

Keep a bottle of tangerine on your desk and inhale whenever you need to be uplifted.

Diffuse a combination of lime, eucalyptus and tea tree to purify the air.

Add lemon to household cleaning products.

Use mandarin orange as a fresh, sexy personal essence.

Diffuse bergamot and rosemary to inspire creativity.

Grapefruit Tea Tree Foot Bath

Turn any down time in front of the TV or reading a book into a rejuvenating spa experience with this easy foot bath. A great purifying treatment, this will revitalize the whole body while softening calloused heals and toes. Follow up with a foot scrub.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup sea salt

12 drops grapefruit oil

6 drops tea tree oil

Basin of very warm water

Directions:

Sprinkle sea salt with oils and mix. Dissolve into basin of water and soak feet for 15 to 20 minutes.

Motivating Workout & Purifying Gym Spray

4 ounces water

12 drops sweet orange oil

6 drops lemon oil

6 drops tea tree oil

Directions:

Combine oils and water in a spray mister bottle. Shake vigorously and use as a motivating air freshener during workouts, or to lightly spray and wipe down athletic equipment before using.

I have the lime, eucalyptus and tea tree in my diffuser now. What are you doing with your EOs? 

Be Well, 

--Kim