My favourite way of diffusing essential oils at home

I believe everyone have their way to diffuse their favourite EO. I want to share with you my favourite way of diffusing EO at my home. Different EO and mist option I choose depends on the occasions or purposes as well as room size.

What are my favourite essential oil to diffuse? 

For refreshing purpose: 

Lemon Essential Oil (Singles)

Citrus Fresh Essential Oil (Singles)

Peppermint Essential Oil (Singles)

For sleep purpose: 

Lavender Essential Oil(Singles)

RC Essential Oil (Blends)

For breathing purpose:

Eucalyptus Radiata Essential Oil (Singles)

RC Essential Oil (Blends)

Which Diffuser I use?

I am using Young Living Dewdrop Diffuser. 

How many drop of essential oil I put?

6 drops of the essential oil (water level: max)

Which mode of Mist option I choose?

It depends on the room size. I choose5-hour mode (high) in the living room, 8-hour mode (medium) in master bedroom, and 10-hour mode (intermittent 1 min on/1 min off) in smaller bedroom. 

Diffuser blends for beginner

When I first got my diffuser, the very first eo that I added is lavender essential oil.

After a few nights, I decided to play around with the essential oils based on the recipe I found online. So far, I have yet to come across any combination that I love very much, and sometimes, I created some blends that my kids dislike, haha! 

And then I start to google, and found out that I make a few mistakes. 

#1 I did not test the aroma before I diffuse them.
#2 I did not synergize the essential oils together first when creating the blends. 

So, please remember, if you are using the diffuser blends u get from reliable source, first thing to do is, remove the cap of the essential oils, hold them near to your nose and waft them back and fourth. This is to test whether you like the aroma. 

After that, you may put the drops of essential oil into the 1ml sampling bottle (which comes together in your Premium Starter Kit). Shake well, and again, waft it under your nose, if the aroma is exactly what you like, you may drop it in your diffuser. Otherwise, you might want to test the aroma with other essential oil or just simply add 1 or 2 drops of the essential oil to meet your preference.

I referred to Young Living Blog post about five perfect pairs diffuser blends. I think this is a good start.

Thieves ➕ Lemon

💧💧 Peppermint ➕ 💧💧 Lavender

Cinnamon Bark ➕ Orange

Frankincense ➕ Cedarwood

Eucalyptus Radiata ➕ Rosemary

If you have purchased the Young Living Premium Starter Kits (PSK), you can try to play around with the first 2 pairings:
Thieves + Lemon 
Peppermint + Lavender

Try it out and find out the exact drops of each essential oils that you love in your diffuser blend. 

How to use Essential Oils?

My first impression on essential oils is that the aroma when it is diffused, it does not attract me much, because I am sensitive to smell. Normally I will walk away from stalls or shop selling this.

So, essential oils can be used aromatically through a diffuser. 

I am using dewdrop diffuser which function as a humidifier, atomizer, and aroma diffuser. It is easy to use, just add 5-8 drops of essential oil in the water, and press the power button to turn it on.

Alternately, if you do not have a diffuser, just take a drop of the essential oil and rub it in your palms, then cup your hands around your nose and mouth and inhale slowly.

I also put it on cotton wool ball and keep inside wardrobe and drawers.

But after I get to know more about essential oils, only I realize that essential oils can be used topically too.

Yes, I dilute the essential oils in dropper bottles / roller bottles and apply it on my face. Just like applying face serum, you may refer to my DIY face serum post.

Besides, I also get my kids to rub eo on the bottoms of their little feet.

In fact, essential oil can be used internally too.

Young Living’s Vitality™  are safe for ingestion. However, I have yet to try it so not much to share here.


If you are a beginner like me, do remember LESS IS MORE! 😉

Dilution recommendation for KIDS and BABIES

I last posted about diluting lavender and peppermint essential oils for my kids. I thought it will be good to share with you the dilution recommendation I read up from Young Living Blog on Guide to diluting essential oils for kids and babies

Based on the dilution recommendation, the ratios are:
Age 0 - 1: 8 drops carrier oil to 1 drop essential oil; 
Age 2 - 6: 3 drops carrier oil to 1 drop essential oil;
Age 7 - 11: 1 drop carrier oil to 1 drop essential oil; and
Age 12+: Full labeled concentration

To further read-up, you may visit Essential Oils in the Nursery

My dilution for my kids is heavier compare to the ratio above because I always keep in mind that less is more especially when my family and I have just started to use the essential oils, so all of them are new to us, it is better to be on the safe side to begin with less. 

I also take the advice to test the diluted essential oil on inner wrist before using it. This is to see if the individual is allergic to it.