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Essential Oil Blends – What Works for What?

February 17, 2015 by Aliesha

essential oil blendsAnother thing I love about Rocky Mountain Oils/Native American Nutritionals (same company; different websites) is how they have created a large amount of essential oil blends that are useful in many different ways!  Looking at all the blends can be a little overwhelming, so I’ve found it’s best to hear from people I know about what blends work for which things!

A little tip… all of the blends are available in 15ml OR 5ml bottles.  The 15ml bottles are the best deal, but the 5ml bottles are a great option when getting the larger bottle isn’t affordable for you at the moment.  I have some of both sizes!

Here is my stash of essential oil blends from Rocky Mountain Oils (read why I chose this company here).

Note: Always check each essential oil blend’s ingredients to make sure that the oils in it are safe for the person you’re using them with (kids, pregnant moms, etc.). Also, please test any oils on a small part of your skin first before using them on larger areas of the body or in a bath.  

Aligning

I got this blend to use for back massages.  It eases tension, relaxes the muscles, and calms stress.

Attention Assist

This blend helps with concentration and focus.  I have diffused it for Tad in his home office on days when he’s tired or needs a little boost.  I know other moms who diffuse it while homeschooling to help keep their kids focused! One study showed that vetiver (one of the oils in this blend) improved the performance of ADD/ADHD children (source).

Baby Skin

This is a very healing skin oil.  If you oil cleanse, you could easily add Baby Skin into your nightly oil cleanse, or you could apply it after your face has been washed.  The oils in this blend help rejuvenate skin, tone and tighten, treat acne, reduce oiliness, treat wrinkles, and soothe rashes and psoriasis.

Blend of Jasmine

This is more affordable way to reap the benefits of jasmine (antidepressant, aphrodisiac, sedative, etc.). I bought it primarily to use in homemade soaps, but I also used it in a linen spray recently as well.  I also hope to use this in the fall when I’m in labor as it can help stimulate uterine contractions.

Breathe Ease

This is a must-have oil blend for adults.  It’s not safe for young kids (due to the eucalyptus), but it is awesome for taking care of congestion in adults!  You can put a drop in the shower while you take a hot shower, or you can fill the sink with a bowl of steaming hot water, add a drop of Breathe Ease, drape a towel over your head over the sink, and breathe deeply.  Perfect for cold season!  It’s also helpful for laryngitis, sore throats, and asthma. Note: A good kid-friendly alternative to this blend is Respiratory Ease/Deep Breathe!

Calming

I just got this blend recently, but I already love it.  It was highly recommended to me, and I’m glad I purchased it.  It smells so peaceful, while at the same time happy and uplifting.  I love inhaling it when I need to chill out.  It’s a great one for the diffuser too!

First Aid

I think this is another must-have, especially if you’re constantly bandaging up cuts and scrapes.  When I’ve used it on injuries, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how it actually numbs the pain as well as works to heal it quickly.  The oils in this blend help prevent infection as well.

Gentle Healer

For more serious cuts or wounds, Gentle Healer (now called Mother’s Touch) is the blend to have. This one is pricey, but you don’t need much (I diluted it in coconut oil, which is also healing).  I’ve seen awesome picture testimonials of people using this oil to heal large cuts.  I’ve used it on my kids and seen their scratches/cuts go away quicker!

Pain Ease

If you like wintergreen, you’ll enjoy how this blend smells!  This blend is designed to reduce pain of muscles, joints, ligaments, and skin (bruising, etc.).

Peace and Quiet

This blend smells so good to me.  (I love blends that contain vanilla!)  My girls like it too and often ask to smell it!  I sometimes rub it on my heart or use it as a light perfume (dilute and rub on wrists).  It’s very uplifting!

Purify

Because I have kids, I don’t know what I’d do without this blend.  Let’s just say… it’s great for all kinds of odors and for the cleaning up of all bodily emissions.  Sometimes there’s a stink in our house that just won’t leave, and this oil always comes to the rescue!  I have sprayed it on various surfaces to help clean and purify them, and I have also diffused it in stinky rooms to purify the air! It’s antibacterial, antiseptic, and antiviral.

Relieve Me

This oil is helpful for cramps, muscle spasms, Charlie horses, and restless leg syndrome.  It reduces inflammation and it’s great for massage, especially for sports-related injuries.  It can relieve headaches too.

Sonata (now discontinued)

This is a romantic oil blend.  It can be diffused in the bedroom, used in a linen spray, or applied as a personal fragrance (dilute and dab on pulse points).  This blend also eases anxiety and stress!

Tummy Rub

I love how this blend smells and I find it so soothing/relieving for tummy troubles!  I can’t use it now that I’m pregnant, so I use something else for morning sickness.  Tummy Rub is great for indigestion, gas, bloating, motion sickness, and many other stomach issues.

I’ve made a few of my own blends too, but I may chat about those in another post!

View all blends from Rocky Mountain Oils here!


Feel free to pin this post for later (and scroll to the bottom of this post for an exciting giveaway!)Essential Oil Blends: What works for what and how do I use them?

If you’ve now decided what blends you want, you’ll also want to read this post with some frequently-used single oils and research for how to use them.

*Giveaway Now Over* And now… for a fun giveaway!  Rocky Mountain Oils would like to give away one blend to three different readers! You can pick any blend featured in this post! To enter, use the Rafflecopter widget below (you don’t need a Facebook account to enter): a Rafflecopter giveaway

Terms: Three winners may each select one (1) bottle of any essential oil blend featured in this post (aligning, attention assist, baby skin, blend of jasmine, breathe ease, calming, first aid, gentle healer, pain ease, peace and quiet, purify, relieve me, sonata, or tummy rub). Giveaway is open internationally, but winner will be responsible for any custom fees or taxes that are incurred.

You may also enjoy reading other posts I’ve written on essential oils, particularly THIS ONE on essential oils for kids!

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, so if you are looking for medical advice, please contact your physician.  Also, in this post I link to the essential oil company I use and love. If you choose to make a purchase through my links, it will help support my family and this blog. Thank you!

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Comments

  1. Ruth C says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:28 am

    I would love to win Gentle Healer–I’ve heard so many great things about it!

  2. Sarah Lampe says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:32 am

    I would love to win Relieve Me…I teach group fitness classes 4 days a week, so this would get a ton of use to relieve sore muscles!

  3. Kelli d says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:38 am

    love breathe ease and would like to try gentle healer.

  4. Kristin Dunker says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:40 am

    Calming is one of my very favorites to help calm my anxiety. Love it!

  5. Michelle says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:42 am

    I have been so impressed with all the NAN oils I have used lately. I would love to try Purify – I have a house full of children and dogs, so I deal with all sorts of odors and messes!

  6. Mandi B says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:52 am

    I would love to try Gentle Healer! I’ve read so many great things about it and would love to see it for myself! Thanks for the fun giveaway 🙂

  7. Ellen says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:03 am

    Gentle healer sounds like a great oil. Would love to win it!

  8. Sheila says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:16 am

    I love gentle healer! Would also like to try Pain Ease. RMO and NAN oils are the best!

  9. Michelle says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:23 am

    I would love to try the gentle healer or the tummy rub as my son was in a car accident last year and would benefit from either one.

  10. Morgan says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Gentle healer!! My kids are hot messes and I see needing this in my future. 😉

  11. Tabitha Isaacson says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:33 am

    I would love to win Baby Skin. Thanks so much for the giveaway! 🙂

  12. Cheri H. says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:36 am

    I have had Attention Assist on my wishlist for some time now. It’d be great to win it!

  13. Ruby Ernst says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:47 am

    I am new to the world of essential oils. I would love to try Peace and Quiet. There are so many that I want to get someday! Thanks for the chance at winning one.

  14. Katie says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:50 am

    My favorite is immune strength!

  15. Jenni says

    February 17, 2015 at 10:20 am

    Aligning, calming and pain ease have all been on my wish list!

  16. Megan says

    February 17, 2015 at 11:40 am

    The first aid blend looks awesome!

  17. Kelley says

    February 17, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    I have tried many brands over the past years of using EOs but have yet to try this one. I would be very interested in the gentle healer blend. Thanks for the opportunity!

  18. amber wagner says

    February 17, 2015 at 1:21 pm

    I would love to try any of the blends but I would love to try the Gentle Healer. Thank you for the opportunity to win. 🙂

  19. Sarah S. says

    February 17, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    I would like to try Baby Skin.

  20. Heidi Jo says

    February 17, 2015 at 2:34 pm

    I’d love to try Gentle Healer or Tummy Rub. I recently found NAN and am hooked. My wish list is a mile long!!

  21. Jan says

    February 17, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    All of the blends you mentioned sound great, would have a had time picking only three.

  22. Karen G says

    February 17, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    Gentle Healer…love that one. It heals cuts so quickly among many other things.

  23. Jan H says

    February 17, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    I would love to win a blend, thanks for posting this!!!

  24. Chelle says

    February 17, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    I would like to give Peace and Quiet a try

  25. Lisa says

    February 17, 2015 at 6:36 pm

    I would love to try Baby Skin.

  26. Melissa says

    February 17, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    Would love to win Relieve Me or Pain Ease. I suffer with debilitating arthralgia and would love to try either of these!

  27. Julie Hicks says

    February 17, 2015 at 7:05 pm

    Oooooowwww! Would love to win breathe easy or attention essential oil! Thank you so much!

  28. Susan says

    February 17, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    I have had gentle healer on my wish list for about a month now. I would also like to try baby skin. Love Native American Nutritionals and Rocky Mountain Oils.

  29. Jeanette says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    would love attention assist

  30. Carissa says

    February 17, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    I am dying to try Calming! I’ve heard so many good things!

  31. Pat says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    Gentle healer has been on my Wishlist for awhile, so I’d love to get that one. We have a cabin that is fairly remote and this would be great to have there.

  32. Heather says

    February 17, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    I would love to win the Baby Skin to help with facial blemishes.

  33. Ilissa Dauria says

    February 17, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    Right now I’m loving the Flu Time blend! I diffuse it in my kids’ rooms every night. My daughter had a cold last week and it was better in two days and miraculously my younger one did not catch it! I would love the Gentle Healer blend! Lots of cuts and scrapes in this house. I cut my finger tonight while slicing potatoes on a mandoline.

  34. R G says

    February 18, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    Attention assist or relieve me would be tops on my list to try. Thanks for the giveaway!

  35. Tasha says

    February 18, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    I would like to try the sonata or purify blend.

  36. Stacey says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:12 pm

    I would love to try Calming. I have Attention Assist, which I haven’t really used, Immune Strength, which I love, and Gentle Healer, which is also a favourite.

  37. Tanya says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    I love Peace and Quiet and I can’t wait to try some of these other blends.

  38. Stacey Demoski says

    February 18, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    I would love to try calming and attention assist on both me and my kids 🙂

  39. Sara M says

    February 19, 2015 at 7:15 am

    I would love to try Attention Assist with my son. He has autism and we are always looking for natural ways to make his life better!

  40. Jamie says

    February 20, 2015 at 10:56 pm

    I’d love to try Gentle Healer

  41. Ruthie m says

    February 22, 2015 at 10:50 am

    I would love to try pain ease! My husband suffers from
    Pain and cramps on his muscles and joints, I’d love to give this a try!

  42. Megan says

    February 22, 2015 at 8:03 pm

    Hubs surprised me and got me three bottles for my birthday – can’t wait to try them! Would love to try the Purify out around the house. Or the Sonata sounds dreamy too. 🙂

  43. Rachel K says

    February 23, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    I would love to win First Aid.

  44. Bethany Deselms says

    February 23, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    I would love to try all of these blends, but the tummy rub sounds particularly amazing.

  45. Lindsey Little says

    February 24, 2015 at 11:25 am

    I use oils on occasion, and would love to try Peace and Quiet…with 2 littles, I’m sure I could make good use of it! 🙂

  46. Cortney Jenkins says

    February 24, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Oh Oils of the Bible sounds cool- so does Feminine Aid and Breath Ease. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  47. Beth says

    February 24, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    The first aid and relieve me blends sound great!

  48. Jamie Applewhite says

    February 25, 2015 at 12:16 am

    I would love to try pain ease

  49. Lauren says

    February 25, 2015 at 5:16 am

    I’ve never used essential oils before but they sound very interesting. The purify one sounds pretty good considering I have two kids both still in diapers 🙂 so as you can imagine the smell sometimes here at home isn’t the greatest 😉

  50. Sue Farr says

    February 25, 2015 at 9:40 am

    I would like to have Gentle Healer on hand. I’ve been wanting to try it.

  51. Cecelia Evilsizor says

    February 26, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    I’d love the Attention Assist to help out my preschooler. He needs a little help focusing during preschool.

  52. Jeanette says

    February 26, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    would love to try Attention Assist

  53. lynne says

    February 26, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    Love these oils and the company. Dont have Attention Assist and so would like to try it.

  54. Hannah Avery says

    April 24, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    This is really helpful! I have the Breathe Ease, and I need to order the one just for kids. I also really like the Purify for cleaning. I am really in love with the Jasmine too. I put it on when in labor and while trying to make myself go in labor. Now that I have regained my cycle back, I like to use it as perfume some. Makes me super happy! I also really like Ylang Ylang and lavender diffused in the bedroom at night. It is a very romantic smell! Can’t wait to read more of your essential oils posts!

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