(gentle jazz guitar music)
- I love oranges.
I visited a citrus oil production
facility in South Africa,
and that's the video
you're watching right now.
They pick and transport
the oranges to the facility
and then they wash them.
Once they're clean, they are sent
up a conveyor belt and into production.
I actually have an orange
tree growing in my backyard,
and I just have to smile every time I see
those sparkling orange fruits
just waiting to be picked.
I love the fruit, I love the
aroma of the essential oil,
I love the happy color and the
beautiful aromatic flowers.
Did you know that orange essential oil
is actually profoundly healing?
It can be used for pain
relief, to reduce swelling,
to ease depression, and even to sooth
stomach cramps and nausea.
Hi, I'm Andrea Butje, the
founder of Aromahead Institute.
And I wanna show you how to make
four different essential oil blends,
all with orange in them.
So, I'm gonna actually speed up this video
because watching me drop all these drops
into every single blend
could take a while.
So I'll tell you about the blends
and you'll see me making them
in a faster version, okay?
This'll be fun.
So, the first blend is orange
and peppermint's pain relief.
Now this blend has 12 drops of orange
and six drops of peppermint,
and it is so wonderful for pain.
Peppermint is just
extraordinary to reduce pain.
It's menthol content
is going to be cooling,
reduce inflammation, so pain relieving.
And the orange, surprisingly,
is going to add to that pain relief.
I think you'll really love this blend.
The second blend is
called, Move it, Move it.
(laughs) And this is
one to reduce swelling.
It's got eight drops of
rosemary, the chemotype camphor,
and it's got 10 drops of orange.
One ounce of aloe vera gel for 30 mls.
And three mls of Solubol.
Solubol really helps to
make the essential oils
blend with the aloe,
so that it becomes all
unified and it won't separate.
So it's important to use that.
Then, the third blend, is
calling Feeling Uplifted.
Okay, so it's a happy uplifted blend.
It's got eight drops of bergamot in it,
five drops of orange,
and two drops of neroli.
Now all three of those oils, oh my gosh,
bergamot, orange, neroli,
uplifting, bright,
very good if you're feeling depressed
or you're feeling anxious or sad,
it will really lift your spirits.
Plus, it's kind of great
that they all come from
different orange trees.
The bergamot is made from
the bergamot orange tree,
the rind of the fruit,
and the sweet orange
and blood orange, either one that you use,
are both made from orange
tree, citrus fruit, the rind.
And the neroli is made
from the orange blossoms
of the bitter orange tree.
So that's fun.
The last one is called
Blissfully Relaxed Belly,
and that has one ounce
of cream, or 30 mls.
It has five drops of Roman chamomile,
five drops of orange, and
five drops of peppermint.
All three oils fantastic
for stomach cramps,
for nausea, for digesting well.
It's a brilliant digestive blend.
If you eat too much
or you just don't feel well in your belly,
you can just rub a little on your belly
and your low back, and you
will feel such nice relief.
So I hope you enjoyed learning
how to make all four of these blends
and I would love to know if you make them,
and you love them, definitely
come back and comment
below the video.
I love seeing your comments.
It's very inspiring for me.
And I'll answer any
questions you might have.
And also, if you want to learn more
about essential oils and how
to make blends like this,
how to figure out your own blending,
I actually have a free class at Aromahead
called Introduction to Essential Oils.
I'll put the link in
the description below,
and you can go ahead and
click it and sign right up.
Okay, take care, bye for now.
