3 life-changing tips from an aromatherapy guru
For more than a decade, aromatherapy Queen Pat Princi-Jones has been a leading educator in the self-care benefits of essential oils, in particular how to incorporate them easily into everyday life.
Earlier this year, the Melburnian released a visually stunning, hardcover manual “A Scented Life, Aromatherapy Reimagined’, an easy-access guide for not only beginners but dedicated lovers of the aromatic world,
Pat shared insight, and a few clever household tips via zoom, using her favourite Byron Bay-born essential oil brand, Oil Garden (a long time favourite of mine, too):
Kitchen: At the end of a dishwasher cycle, open the door, add one drop of lemon [essential oil] and shut the door [quickly]. The heat explodes the molecule and there’ll be an incredible surge of clean, fresh lemon scent with antimicrobial properties.
Laundry: When using the dryer - particularly for sheets, towels, dishcloths and tea towels - add one drop of lavender and one drop of lemon onto a thick tissue and place it in the dryer with the items. It’ll give you a really uplifting, clean-scented result.
Bathroom: If you have a cold, put one drop of eucalyptus oil on your chest before you step into the shower and slowly breathe in to clear your head.
Quick Blends:
Lemon + peppermint. Good for: sinus, hay fever, mental fatigue
Eucalyptus + Australian sandalwood. Good for: colds and flu
Clove Bud + cardamon (or cinnamon). Good for: cleaning
Tea tree + lavender. Good for: 1st Aid treatment
A wealth of information lies within the pages of Pat’s most beautiful and highly-recommended book. My favourite chapters include ‘Embracing midlife’ and ‘Ageing Well’:
www.inessence.com.au/products/a-scented-life-book/
www.booktopia.com.au/a-scented-life-pat-princi-jones/book/9781743795958.html
www.kmart.com.au/product/a-scented-life:-aromatherapy-reimagined-by-pat-princi-jones---book/2988806
NOTE: “I’m not paid to endorse these products (or treatments), I only recommend what I believe in and know works. If any of my content is in partnership with a beauty client I’ll tell you - full transparency is important to me. And I will only work with sponsors to promote products that I have personally tried and loved. If I don’t love it and believe it works for women 45+ I just won’t recommend it.”
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