Base Products

Some pharmacies sell unscented shampoo and conditioner bases, and other craft stores sell hard soap sets, but you’re more likely to find other options for soap and lotions online.

If you’ve got the oils and you can find the appropriate recipes or bases, then you can make any kind of bathroom product:

• Creams and lotions
• Shampoos
• Conditioners
• Body wash
• Liquid soap

Homemade shampoo: How to add essential oils to base products

• For creams and lotions, use 10ml (2%) of essential oil for every 500ml of base product.
• For shampoos and conditioners: use 10ml (2%) of essential oil for every 500ml of base product.
• For soaps, use 15ml (3%) of essential oil per 500ml of base soap.

There are various naturally occurring chemical components found in essential oils, and these can be harnessed to affect the mind and body in specific ways. Put simply, aromatherapy strengthens the body both physically and spiritually, allowing you to more effectively heal, relax and progress.

Different oils target different aspects of our nature, including anxiety, mood, relaxation and fatigue, aiding us in improving or overcoming these facets of our lives.

Using base products to incorporate essential oils into your hygiene routine is an excellent way of ensuring your needs are being effectively addressed, and is as easy as adding the oil of your choosing to one of our many base products listed above.

Aromatherapy and essential oils are broad disciplines that can be used to treat a variety of afflictions, or to improve our day to day life. It can improve mental wellbeing by relieving feelings of stress and anxiety, promoting relaxation and spreading calmness.

Aromatherapy is also employed as an aid in the healing of physical conditions such as high blood pressure and protection against infection.