Increasingly, the world over, people are waking up to the importance of sleep. And today's fast-paced, social-media-ridden existence is adversely impacting the quality of our sleep. When sleep quality suffers, our cognitive and other bodily functions slow down. People experiment with various things to improve the quality...
A crisp, fresh towel. Fresh and clean bed linen. That sweet-smelling T-shirt. That newly laundered shirt. We all love clean, fresh laundry. And with essential oils in your laundry, we promise you'll love them even more! With growing awareness of chemicals used in commercial home-care products,...
You'll mostly be spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing pure essential oils online or in-store. And there are so many brands available, that it is quite difficult to know which ones are poor imitations and fakes. Quality, however, is of the utmost importance when...
The popularity of tea tree oil is a testament to its near-magical properties. Which shelf of skin-care products doesn’t boast of some product or the other with this miraculous ingredient? This gift from nature comes from the leaves of the Australian Melaleuca alternifolia tree (which is not to be confused with the tea plants that give...
Making your own essential oil blends can be extremely fun and rewarding. But first, read on to understand a little about fragrances and the impact they have on us. Do you know how big a postage stamp is? Well, around the same size is your olfactory lobe,...
What today is called ‘aromatherapy’ has indeed existed for centuries. The invention of the process of distilling the essence of certain potent herbs and plants, goes back to ancient India, Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Human beings have always relied on herbs and plants for various purposes ranging from nutritional,...
The floral and refreshing aroma of lavender essential oil is one of the best-loved across the world. But lavender has plenty more to offer than just its alluring fragrance. Let’s learn more about this wonderful herb and essential oils lavender benefits. With its anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-septic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-depressant qualities,...
Whether you prefer the floral notes of lavender or the more woody sandalwood, essential oils have benefits that go way beyond their amazing fragrances. Essential oil fragrances stimulate the olfactory system (which is the part of the brain connected to smell) and have a calming effect...
In our first post in the Aromatherapy 101 series, we walked you through how the aromas of essential oils travel through our olfactory system to our sensory systems. Now the most popular method of absorbing these aromas for the longest time used to be to...
The first thing you need to know about essential oils is they always come from plants. They are extracted from different parts of the plant - lowers, leaves, twigs and branches, seeds, fruit, cones, bark, wood, root, resin. They are highly volatile compounds that easily...