Using essential oils as the active ingredients in your cleaning products will leave your whole house sparkling clean, without the many downsides of chemical cleaners. Essential oils make it incredibly simple to bring the fresh, balancing scents of nature into your home and eliminate unnecessary products and packaging. Specific oils will eliminate odour, disinfect surfaces, fight mold, freshen the air, etc.—the list goes on!

Bring nature into your home this spring with these quick, easy and versatile DIY recipes.

Multipurpose Surface Spray

Packed full of strong antimicrobials, this spray can be used on kitchen counters, door handles, banisters—you name it! Wipe down surfaces with it to make them sparkly clean or leave it on surfaces to kill and protect against germs.

Ingredients:

• 30 drops The Aromatherapist Comfort Blend
• 1 squirt natural, unscented dish soap
• 60 ml distilled water
• 60 ml spray bottle 

Directions:

1. Place a small squirt of natural, unscented dish soap at the bottom of your empty spray bottle. This will help oil and water mix together.
2. Add your Comfort Blend drops to the bottle and shake or stir the essential oil into the soap.
3. Fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water and give a small shake.

Clearing Room Spray

This room spray will kill lingering odours, disinfect the environment, and support respiratory health for you and your family. Spray it into the air, onto your couch cushions, around pet areas, in towel cupboards, and anywhere else that needs freshening up! 

Ingredients:

• 45 drops The Aromatherapist Breathe Free Blend
• 1 squirt natural, unscented dish soap
• 60 ml distilled water
• 60 ml spray bottle

Directions:

1. Place a small squirt of natural, unscented dish soap at the bottom of your empty spray bottle. The soap will help oil and water mix together.
2. Add your Breathe Free drops to the bottle and shake or stir the essential oil into the soap.
3. Fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water and give a small shake.

Disinfecting Bathroom Spray

This fresh and strongly antimicrobial blend is ideal for your bathroom surfaces, and to use as a bathroom air freshener. Wipe down surfaces with it to make them sparkly clean or leave it on surfaces to kill and protect against germs. 

Ingredients:

• 20 drops The Aromatherapist Thieves Blend
• 10 drops The Aromatherapist Organic Lemon Essential Oil
• 60 ml distilled water
• 1 squirt natural, unscented dish soap
• 60 ml spray bottle

Directions:

1. Place a small squirt of natural, unscented dish soap at the bottom of your empty spray bottle. The soap will help oil and water mix together.
2. Add your essential oil drops to the bottle and shake or stir the essential oil into the soap.
3. Fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water and give a small shake.

These recipes are so simple you can get the whole family involved!

Odour Eliminating Carpet Powder

With this combination of strong antifungal, cleansing, and odour eliminating essential oils, we’ve got all the musty areas of your home covered. This powder is perfect for carpets, moist corners of the basement, shoes, sport’s bags, cupboards, even your car! 

Ingredients:

• 45 drops The Aromatherapist Thieves Blend
• 1 cup baking soda

Directions:

1. In a mortar & pestle (or bowl with a spoon), combine your Thieves Blend and baking soda, mixing until everything is thoroughly combined.
2. Sprinkle your powder evenly over the desired surfaces, allow to sit for 20-25 minutes before vacuuming.
3. Leftover powder can be stored in a tightly sealed jar for future use.

Other Options

Add a few drops of these essential oils to your…

• Bed Linen Laundry Load- The Aromatherapist Sleep Well Blend
• Kid’s Bedding Laundry Load – The Aromatherapist Lavender Highland Essential Oil
• Window Cleaning Water – The Aromatherapist Organic Lemon Essential Oil
• Mop Water – The Aromatherapist Comfort Blend
• Dish Water – The Aromatherapist Organic Lemon Essential Oil
• Car Air Freshener – The Aromatherapist Breathe Free Blend