Why Use Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon essential oil is a completely natural ingredient that also serves as a home health remedy. It's extracted from the peel of fresh lemons through steam extraction, or less often, through a “cold-pressing” process that pricks and rotates the peel as oil is released. 

• Help Relax: Add a few drops of lemon essential oil to the diffuser. The fragrance calms the mind and inspires positive thoughts.
• Does Wonders to Oily Skin: In a spray bottle add approximately 4 to 5 drops of lemon oil and 3 drops of lavender essential oil. Shake well before on a cotton ball. Use this cotton to wipe the oily areas around the eyes, nose and forehead. Use only at night before retiring to bed or ensure that you are not exposed to direct sunlight.
• Cleaning Spray: To a spray bottle add distilled water and lemon oil drops, say around 40 drops. Shake well and use this mixture on your glass table tops, and kitchen counter.
• Keeps Laundry Smelling Fresh: Add a few drops of lemon oil during the last rinse of your clothes. The natural aroma will linger on for a long time.
• A Natural Disinfectant: Add a few drops of lemon oil to the mild floor clearing lotion while scouring the floors. It disinfects the floor and allows the fragrance to linger in the air for a long time. 

   

• Benefits of Using Therapeutic Grade Lemon Oil

  The healing and therapeutic benefits of lemon oil is attributed to the following properties of the oil.

  • Uplifts Mood and Promotes Positive Environment: Add a few drops of essential oil in a diffuser, to your bath water or even apply the diluted lemon oil on your body. It helps relieve anxiety, stress or tiredness and energizes the mind to create positive thoughts.
  • Natural Skin Care Oil
  • Lemon oil has anti-wrinkle and skin tightening properties that is known to help in slowing the progression of aging.
  • When you apply diluted lemon oil on your skin, it aids in removing excess oil that clogs the pores.
  • Lemon oil is also a natural astringent. Regularly applying diluted lemon oil is known to remove dead skin cells, brighten the skin complexion and also aid in reversing any sun damages.
  • Regularly applying lotions and creams with a few drops of diluted lemon oil is known to soften the skin.
  • A Natural Insect Repellent: During the monsoon months when the mosquitoes breed, diffusing or spraying lemon oil will prevent mosquitoes or similar insects from biting you. If you are planning to anywhere there is bound to be insects such as ants or mosquitos, apply diluted lemon oil on your body, specifically your arms and legs. The fragrance of lemon oil repels the mosquitos.
  • Feet Care: Soak your feet in warm water with a few drops of lemon oil and Epsom salt. It is known to help relax your feet, relieve pain as well as reduce callouses, corns and bunions.