(peaceful music)
- Hi, I'm Andrea from Aromahead Institute,
and I wanna show you how to make
this wonderful diffuser blend
that will help you stay very focused
and very clear in your mind.
So, this is a blend I use a lot
when I'm working and I'll put it into
the diffuser in my office.
So, I have a little 5 mL
orifice-reducer glass bottle.
Orifice-reducer in the sense that
the cap has an orifice reducer in it,
and that will go onto the bottle
once we're done making the blend.
And I'm gonna make a blend
with four essential oils,
we're gonna use 50 drops.
That's only gonna fill
kind of a little bit
of this bottle, you could
fit more oil in here.
I just want you to try it,
see if you love it, and
then you could always double
it or even triple it.
Alright, so we're gonna use laurel leaf,
we're gonna use rosemary,
white spruce, and lime.
It's a gorgeous combination,
very energizing.
I mean, laurel is just
so wonderful, sweet,
and opens up your head
and even a touch of spice,
and I'm gonna add 10 drops
into this little bottle.
Okay, there's 10, good.
Alright, and
then, I'm gonna add the rosemary.
Now, the rosemary and the laurel together,
they're both so beautiful, herbaceous, and
awakening, and even can help
clear your sinuses really well.
Let's say you're working, focused,
and you have a headache, this
is a really nice blend to use.
I'm gonna put 10 drops of the rosemary
in here as well.
And when you do the
drops, they often come off
the side of the bottle,
so you kinda have to
play with it a little bit
to get it going.
Okay, that was definitely one
or two more drops than 10,
but that's okay 'cause,
you know, this isn't an exact recipe,
it's not going on your skin,
so an extra few drops, no big deal.
Okay, white spruce, I'm
actually gonna add 20 drops
of white spruce.
I love that aroma, I feel like I'm right
in the middle of the forest,
and my whole head clears
and it just wakes me right up immediately,
and it adds this beautiful earthiness
to the rosemary and laurel,
so we'll do 20 drops.
And let's get it going,
there we go, alright.
I have to play with the bottle sometimes,
you know, to get the drops out.
I'm sure you've experienced this.
There we go, there's one.
Okay.
There's 10.
And 20, now that was
coming out nicely, right?
I could manage the drops really easily.
Okay, perfect.
Lastly, lime.
We're gonna have the sweetest little dose
of citrus in this blend.
It smells like candy, it
smells like lime candy.
So sweet, so bright and
emotionally uplifting.
It's just a happy oil.
Alright, so we're gonna
put 10 drops of lime in.
Lime comes out fast, all the citruses do.
Six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
Okay, great.
That's 'cause they're very light,
the citruses, so they
just come out quickly.
Alright, so now, we have our blend.
So beautiful, I'm gonna
put the cap on tight,
and then, once I open it,
the orifice reducer is just right there,
and that means that, hopefully,
we can get it out drop by drop.
Now,
I have this diffuser and
I'm gonna take the top off.
This is nice, this clay top.
This part in the middle just comes off
and I've already added
the water right in here,
just water, and I do use
filtered water, or you
can use distilled water,
I just prefer it.
And then, I'm gonna
take my beautiful blend.
So great, these four aromas together,
and I'm gonna go ahead and put anywhere
between five and 10 drops,
depends on how big the space
is you're diffusing in.
For a little office, I
might start with five,
and then see if you want more.
So, right now, I'll just go ahead and
put in a few drops.
There we go.
There's five.
Alright, we'll go with five.
Then, I simply put this back on.
There we go.
And put the top on,
and this diffuser's fun
'cause it has a couple different speeds,
so when I put it on, press the button.
Oh, helps to plug it in, doesn't it?
Alright, I'm gonna plug it in.
There we go.
And I press the button,
and it's got three lights
and
that means that it's just gonna run
until the water runs out,
but I can also adjust it to run
for one hour, two hours, or three hours,
which is really a nice feature.
And once it gets going,
there we go, maybe you can
see the steam coming out
of the diffuser, and I
can smell it right away.
It smells incredible and
it really is so awakening,
and uplifting, and the whole house
is just gonna smell amazing.
So, I hope you enjoy the blend.
(laughs) Bye, for now.
