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Beginner’s Guide to Essential Oils

You may have read about some of the benefits of essential oils or have friends who swear by their powers but have never tried them for yourself? If you are curious about how to begin incorporating essential oils into your life, here is a brief overview of what essential oils are good for and how you can use them.

Essential oils and uses

Natural essential oils have a variety of uses depending on the type of oil. There are a wide range of benefits of essential oils from supporting your physical health, improving your mood, and practical uses around your home. Some of our favorite essential oil uses include:

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is using essential oils as an inhalant, typically via a diffuser. Depending on which oil you choose you can improve breathing and circulation or boost your mood.

Body care

Many essential oils have antioxidant and antimicrobial properties which can help support healthy, youthful skin. This is why all of our beauty products contain natural essential oils.

Cleaning

Essential oils are a great natural alternative to chemical cleaners. With DIY essential oil recipes for cleaners you can get the same results without exposing your family to toxins.

Meditative practices

From yoga or deep breathing exercises to just sitting quietly, essential oils can enhance the experience by creating a meditative space and delivering calming benefits.

Popular essential oils

If you are looking for a good starting point to essential oils and their uses, these are the basic oils we recommend everyone has on hand due to their variety of uses:

Lavender Essential Oil: Great for fighting anxiety, depression, and stress. It also helps with a number of illness by supporting healthy breathing, circulation, and digestion. Can also be used to sterilize minor cuts and burns.

Tea Tree Essential Oil: A powerful anti-microbial, can be used diluted as an all purpose household cleaner.

Lemongrass Essential Oil: An incredibly versatile oil. Great essential oil for relaxation, and supporting your overall health. Also makes effective household cleaners. Can be used in a spray to deodorize rooms and ward off pests.

At Utama Spice, we also carry a variety of rare essential oils from Indonesia. If you are looking for something truly different, check out our clove, cananga, and cajeput oils.

Why you should choose Utama Spice essential oils

Not all essential oils are the same. Many essential oil manufacturers are simply selling perfume oils or oils diluted with a carrier oil. Unless your essential oil is 100% pure, you are paying for less. Another way some vendors are able to offer cheap oils is to use rapid distillation methods using heat or solvents which often yield less potent oils because they are potentially “damaged” by the process. Utama Spice oils are distilled via methods such as  cold pressing to ensure maximum quality.

Do you have any questions about essential oils? Post them in the comments below and we will answer them.

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98 Comments

  1. Thank you so much for this article! My daughter and I are just discovering the wonderful world of essential oils, and we are trying to read and research as much as possible about them.

    1. Thanks much for this article! I didn’t have a clue about essential oils prior. I am going to try some out now.

    2. Wow! So much information about essential oils..I didn’t know..I’ve had massages with essential oil and absolutely loved them…I’ll use essential oils more often after having received all this information. Thank you!

    1. Very interesting! I have several friends who use essential oils with great benefits.

  2. I’m not a beginner user of essential oils, but this article has been interesting to me too.

  3. I started essential oils with lavender and tea tree oil, and still use them almost daily. They are some of the more economical ones to try too.

  4. I’ve been interested in using oils, sounds like there are so many uses for them!

  5. I have been looking to start using essential oils lately and this article was great. Thank you!

  6. I’m slowly trying to build an essential oil collection because they can be expensive.

  7. I love essential oils but not sure which oils are for what ailments. I am learning!

  8. I just started using essiential oils and I love them Thanks for this info I really enjoyed reading it.

  9. super helpful introductory, I have been trying to learn more about getting into essential oils 🙂

  10. I’m fairly new to adding essential oils to my everyday routine and I’m really enjoying them. There’s so much more to learn so thank you for this blog to help educate myself.

  11. I love reading about what these can do! Definitely need to apply them to my life!

  12. Good beginner article on essential oils. I have a diffuser in 3 different rooms and use them to keep my house smelling good.

  13. Just really started using essential oils so this was a helpful article.

  14. Thank you for such an informative artiicle. I am only just beginning to learn about essential oils and their many uses and this was really helpful!

  15. I love essential oils for aromatherapy. By reading this article I learnt I can use them for cleaning. Great!

  16. I have been using essential oils for years at spas. Have to pay extra money to the spa for essential oils. Went swimming on the island of Samui in Thailand. Sunshine so intense, got a sunburn in about an hour. Now my skin is peeling, so do not look great, having to keep my shirt on.

  17. Thank you so much for the overview. This will help me in the Holistic Nursing class i am taking this summer.

  18. This was very informative for me. I can’t wait to try essential oils

  19. How do you guarantee that the essential oil isn’t diluted or a perfumed oil?

    1. We work closely with all our suppliers to maintain quality. We have been in this business for almost 20 years, we would never risk our brand and reputation with inferior products.

  20. I have been using essential oils for body care and it leaves your skin soft without feeling too greasy.

  21. How would I know if the product is safe for body care? Ionly use essential oils for aromatherapy before, and now im intreseted to use it for body care.

  22. Thank you so much for this information. I just started using essential oils and love them. 🙂

  23. I really enjoyed this article. I’ve just started learning about using essential oils and this was helpful.

  24. Nice article. I would like to try the some of these essential oils for the benefits listed here.

  25. I love learning about the oils. We are starting to use them in the hospital too!

  26. Thanks for the info! I need to start using lavender! I’ve also found that peppermint essential oil helps my headaches.

  27. I have used oils for a while now but still learnt so much after reading this. Your oils are amazing as I buy when I’m in Bali. You even drop off my order to my hotel. So great full x

  28. Ive just got into using essential oils so this article was a real help. thank you

  29. This is really helpful me, currently in the process of making my own skincare!

  30. Just started getting into essential oils and this article was very helpful! Excited to try some out!

  31. thanks. i am really interested in using oils and this article helped me understand the basics

  32. This was a very helpful article! I’ve been wanting to try essential oils but don’t know much about them or where to start. Lots of great tips here.

  33. Essential oils are important to both health and well being – so glad you stress that in your blog.

  34. Good article. Gives the basics to someone such as myself who has no experience in utilizing essential oils.

  35. This beginners guide is a great way to get tips and ideas I had not thought about doing!

  36. I haven’t used essential oils yet, but am very interested and thank you very much for the great information. I will probably be back to order the oils later. Thanks again!!

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