How To Use Essential Oil Reeds
If you have a super small jar don t add a full 30 drops.
How to use essential oil reeds. For these diy essential oil reed diffuser recipes i used organic 100 pure fractionated coconut oil. Place the bowl on a table and add a few drops of essential oil. Place the sticks that came with your reed diffuser into the bottle to absorb the diffuser oil. It is clear non fragrant very light and non greasy. Fill your vessel with your desired carrier oil and then add a few drops of your preferred fragrance or essential oil.
Close your eyes and deeply inhale the steam for several minutes. This is basically melted or liquid coconut oil not cooking oil. For those of you who are new to reed diffusers here are some instructions helpful hints. Flip the reeds occasionally for more fragrance. Stir well until the essential oils and carrier oil are somewhat well dispersed in the alcohol.
5 pour the oil and alcohol mixture into the vase. If you want to mix two different oils put fifteen drops of each type of oil into the jar. 4 use one of the reeds to stir the oil and alcohol mixture. Flip sticks so that the dry side of the sticks is now closest to the bottle and the saturated end is in the air. 6 bundle the reeds and insert them into the neck of the vase.
For an effective combination add at least thirty drops of essential oils into your 1 2 cup of carrier oil. Place your diffuser in a high traffic area where the fragrance will spread throughout the room with air circulation. Repeat a few times. Place a towel over your head and the bowl. Put 30 drops of essential oils.
7 fan the reeds out. You want to use something like this.