A good night’s sleep is essential for wellbeing. It kind of restores your body and relieves you off stress. It is important to get at least 7 hours of healthy and sound sleep to refresh and distress yourself. Body also metabolises the food during nighttime so it is important to sleep undisturbed to avoid physical distractions.
Essential oils work great by providing you with much needed sleep and by soothing your senses. If you have an essential oil diffuser, you can use essential oils individually or blends to spread the aroma in the surrounding. Here are some bedtime essential oil blends you could probable try:
CITRUSY BLEND
This blend creates a citrusy sweet fragrance in the room that slows down blood circulation and puts you to sleep in no time.
Blend: 12 drops orange essential oil+ 8 drops lemon essential oil+ 10 drops geranium essential oil
LAVENDER BLEND
Lavender is well known for its anti-insomnia properties. It soothes the senses and gives you the much needed sound sleep.
Blend: 15 drops lavender essential oil+ 5 drops vetiver essential oil+ 5 drops roman chamomile essential oil.
RELAXING BLEND
This blend will help you relax and give you an un-disturbed sleep.
Blend: 5 drops lavender essential oil+ 3 drops vetiver essential oil+ 3 drops orange essential oil.
WOODY BLEND
The earthy and woody scent eases your tension and makes you stress-free; resulting in deep sleep.
Blend: 5 drops sandalwood essential oil+ 5 drops cedarwood essential oil+ 3-4 drops marjoram essential oil.
MILD SWEET BLEND
A mild sweet smell in the surrounding can make you sleepy. But, the fragrance has to mild and not strong or it can disrupt your sleep.
Blend: 5 drops vanilla essential oil+ 3-4 drops sweet orange essential oil+ 2 drops tangerine essential oil.
FLORAL BLEND
A mild floral fragrance in the room, just like sweet smell can put you to sleep soon.
Blend: 5 drops chamomile essential oil+ 10 drops lavender essential oil+ 5 drops sweet marjoram essential oil.
SOOTHING BLEND
This blend will sooth your senses and make you feel relaxed.
Blend: 5 drops roman chamomile essential oil+ 5 drops orange essential oil+ 5 drops cedarwood essential oil.
COOLING BLEND
This blend will keep the air cool and smelling fresh due to mild mint fragrance.
Blend: 7-8 drops peppermint essential oil+ 1 drop vanilla essential oil
ANTI-STRESS BLEND
This essential oil blend will de-stress you so that you could sleep with a relaxed mind.
Blend: 5 drops chamomile essential oil+ 5 drops frankincense essential oil+ 3-4 drops geranium essential oil.
WARM BLEND (for winters)
This blend will keep the surrounding smelling warm and woody which will soothe your senses in cold winters.
Blend: 5 drops cedarwood essential oil+ 2 drops cinnamon essential oil+ 5 drops sandalwood essential oil.