If you have simply run out of gift ideas for your mom, sister, co-workers or best friend, then good news! Look no further than great aromatherapy gifts! Even if your friends and family have never tried essential oils or aromatherapy, they can certainly appreciate a nice personalized blend of your favorite scents and smells.

Types of gifts you can give: You can give so many different types of essential oils gifts and you will never get tired of coming up with great gift ideas. Aromatherapy gifts are very popular and they are relatively easy to find …

After an exhausting day on your feet, a hectic weekend of shopping or a weekend warrior workout now saying makes you feel better or relieve stress and pain than a relaxing foot massage in the privacy and comfort of your own home.

Knowing how to do a foot massage can come in handy in a number of ways. It can be an all natural stress reliever that you can give as a gift to yourself or to a loved one. A relaxing foot massage can also help you sleep better, feel rejuvenated and be ready for …

Once upon a time, a home spa was considered a luxury, an indulgence for the rich and famous. That is no longer the case. A home spa can now be considered, along with natural supplements, good nutrition and exercise, an important strategy for maintaining good health, reducing stress and living a long and healthy life. How could a home spa contribute to your good health?

In a Newsweek article entitled “The Good Heart”, Anne Underwood writes that “mounting evidence suggests that your psychological outlook is just as important” to maintaining cardiovascular health as is diet and …

You may have done all you could to avoid the onset of a migraine headache. You exercise daily, perform Yoga exercises and practice your relaxation techniques.

When you realized that there was a good chance you were beginning to feel the onset of the migraine, you took a hot bath with lavender bath salts and even enlisted the help of your massage chair to help you relax your clenching muscles.

Unfortunately you were unsuccessful and you are now suffering from severe migraine pains that abate only slightly even with the use of medication.

Dealing with migraine pain is …

Have you heard of wintergreen oil therapy? You might have thought of it as something that is added to gum or mouth wash in an attempt to give it bite, but there is a lot more to this essential oil than meets the eye.

Practitioners of alternative medicine consider it a staple, especially if they work with massage and also aromatherapy. You may not find it easily in your supermarket, and as far as alleged cures are concerned, wintergreen oil is still somewhat of a second cousin to other herbs and essential oils that have meanwhile …

After a long, hard day, what could sound more relaxing than slipping into a warm, fragrant bath? It sounds so good to most people, that there are many that simply love all sorts of bath products. One of the most popular bath products are bath salts. Bath salts can give your bath a wonderful scent and can help you slip into a world of relaxationeven if it is only for a few minutes.

Did you know that you can make your very own personalized bath salts? It is not hard and the bath salts you make …

Here is another variation on bath salts.

* 1 cup Buttermilk Powder
* 1 cup Sea Salt
* Add up to 24 drops of essential oils.

Blend well, keep in a sealed jar. Use 1/2 cup per bath. This makes enough for 4 baths.

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Using Epsom salt and essential oils, learn how to make aromatherapy bath salts in this free video from a professional aroma therapist. Expert: Malu Lujan Bio: Malu Lujan Filmmaker: Bing Hu

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Using Epsom salt and essential oils, learn how to make aromatherapy bath salts in this free video from a professional aroma therapist. Expert: Malu Lujan Bio: Malu Lujan Filmmaker: Bing Hu

* 2-3 cups epsom salts (or salts of your choice)
* 1/3 cup peppermint
* 1/3 cup spearmint
* 40 drops peppermint eo
* 20 drops eucalyptus eo

I ground the mints in my mortar and pestle, then sifted them through a mesh kitchen strainer, and added them to the salts. Actually, I didn’t really measure the amount, it was just a good handful of each. This seems to work pretty well for my DH, and if you still need to clear out your sinuses, get a half cup of pepper/spearmint, put it in a bowl, …