Our Favorite Blends to Diffuse & How to Clean Your Diffuser
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Diffusing essential oils can help with focus, sleep, mood, and so much more. Learn our favorite diffuser blends and how to clean your diffuser.
Diffusers disperse essential oil molecules into the air providing many benefits for you and your home.
Certain essential oils like wild orange, lemon, and clove help keep the house smelling fresh and clean.
Other oils like eucalyptus, peppermint, and lime can help open up airways and promote healthy breathing.
FAVORITE BLENDS TO DIFFUSE VIDEO
Depending on the weather, time of year, physical health, or emotional health will determine what we have going in our diffuser.
Essential oils can clear sinuses, boost the mood, and freshen the air.
After moving away from candles a few years back, We have since replaced all the candles in our home with essential oil diffusers. Not only does our house smell nice, but our family is also reaping the benefits of the oils. We love having a nice smelling home.
MY FAVORITE BLENDS TO DIFFUSE
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Winter blend
- 2 drops DoTERRA’s on guard blend
- 2 drops frankincense
- 2 drops copaiba
This blend often diffuses in our home throughout the winter, especially when someone in our family isn’t feeling well. These oils are great for immune support. We also like using these winter diffuser blends when we have been exposed to environmental threats.
Get our immune-boosting roller bottle recipe here.
Breathe Easy
- 2 drops DoTERRA’s breathe blend
- 2 drops frankincense
- 2 dropslime
These essential oils can help open up the airways, promote clear breathing, and help break up clogged passages. Whenever we have any type of nasal obstruction, we like to diffuse this blend in the bedroom overnight. This blend is good for all things nasal-related.
Uplifting
- 2 drops bergamot
- 2 drops wild orange
- 2 dropslemon
This is our go-to when it’s raining and gloomy outside; these oils really brighten the mood! We love diffusing any blend of citrus essential oils! Not only do they smell amazing, but they can also do a lot to assist the mood. These oils are very uplifting and can give a natural boost of energy.
Focus Time
- 2 drops peppermint
- 2 drops rosemary
- 2 drops frankincense
We especially like diffusing this one in the afternoons when we am working. This is the blend you want to use when you are studying, working, or trying to concentrate! These oils are very stimulating, promote brain function, and aid memory.
Get our focus and concentration roller bottle recipe HERE.
Sleepy Time
- 2 drops lavender
- 2 drops frankincense
- 1 drop vetiver
- 1 drop cedarwood
These oils are calming, relaxing, soothing, and promote a healthy night’s sleep. This is the blend you will find in our diffuser most nights. If you are a restless sleeper, have a hard time falling asleep, or just want a sound sleep, this blend is for you!
Read more about natural remedies for sleep HERE.
Can you tell which essential oil is our favorite?!
Frankincense is powerful and has so many benefits for the body, and is GREAT for cellular health. We like getting this one in the air, on our body, and in our body as often as possible. We add frankincense to all our diffusing and roller bottle blends because this oil is good for EVERYTHING!
Diffusing oils is such fun. Get creative, make up your own blends, and then share them with me. We love trying new blends! We have diffusers in every room in our home.
Learn more about frankincense essential oil HERE.
HOW TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN YOUR DIFFUSER 
It is very important that you clean your diffuser regularly because oils get stuck inside the diffuser and can cause it not to work properly. It is an easy process and won’t take much of your time!
To clean your diffuser:
- Fill the diffuser halfway up with water and add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar.
- Turn the diffuser on and let it run for 15 minutes or until the mixture runs out. Fifteen minutes is plenty of time, but we usually forgot and just let it run through.
- Drain the diffuser completely.
- You can use a q-tip with vinegar on the tip to clean around the edges and any tight nooks of the diffuser.
- Rinse the diffuser with clean water and let it air dry.
How often should you clean your diffuser?
Most research says to clean your diffuser after each use, but we'll be the first to tell you that we don’t do that!
If you don’t use your diffuser often, then we would suggest cleaning it after each use. We run our diffusers constantly in our home, so they aren’t sitting long without oils and freshwater going in and out.
We TRY to clean them once a week, however being a busy mom, cleaning our diffuser isn’t at the top of the list. If we are going on vacation or our diffuser has sat for a few days without being used, we will clean it.
We don’t have a set time frame; we just clean them when we feel it is time. Cleaning the diffuser can give it a longer life and help it to work more efficiently. As a rule, you should clean your diffuser once a week.
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