What
you need to know when making homemade aromatherapy
products
If you are one of those that are looking forward to
aromatherapy either as a regular healing treatment or a
lucrative business it is best if you familiarize yourself with
everything about the process before you finally jump on the
aromatherapy bandwagon. You can do this by educating yourself
through reading aromatherapy references such as online
aromatherapy sites, magazines, and books. For further knowledge
about the practice, aromatherapy classes are now being offered
in various online sites and in various well being centers that
can give you hands-on experience and first-hand
information.
When making aromatherapy products at home, consider the
following:
1. Keep everything simple. This is ideal
for starter because it will veer them away from creating grave
mistakes. If you are just starting with your aromatherapy
experiments, make sure that you stick first with products that
have simple instructions. Start with the basics such as
blending, measuring, and combining essential oils. Once you
have mastered this process, you can now proceed to more
advanced experiments using several varieties of essential
oils.
2. Record you experimentations. Before you
start with any experiment, make sure that you have a pen and
notebook on hand so you can easily record everything about the
experiment. What you need is to jot down important details such
as ingredients, measurements, proportions, procedure, and
processing. Take note of your observations and make sure that
your jot down exact details so you can use it as a reference
for your next experiment.
3. Be observant about the properties of the
ingredients that you are using. This is very important because
you will discover which ones go well with the others. Through
intent observation, you can also you discover which are the
ingredients that complement each other and those that do
not.
4. Before breaking any rules, make sure
that you have mastered them. This is very important especially
in formulas. Before altering a specific formula for an
aromatherapy product, make sure that you know everything about
it first. This is to ensure that you know what will happen once
you reduce or add a specific amount.
5. Never ask somebody to try on your
aromatherapy product without getting his or her medical
history. This is very important to ensure that there will be no
complications or allergies in the person who will try the
product. It is always best to try it first on yourself so
nobody will blame you if the product is not successful.
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