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Lavender For
your body: It reduces muscle tension and relieves pain, sprains, and aches. Treat acne, bruises, cuts, burns, and sores with it. For
your soul: Lavender oil treats insomnia, headaches, restlessness, and moodiness. |
Sandalwood For
your body: It
helps with nausea, coughs, and sore throats.
It relaxes your muscles, relieves mild pain, and helps wounds and
scars heal. It’s also great for dry
skin. For
your soul: Sandalwood oil helps calm your mind. |
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Juniper For
your body: It’s
perfect if you suffer coughs, colds, flu, or menstrual cramps. It helps regulate oily skin and hair,
evens out dull skin, and helps wounds and scars heal. For
your soul: Juniper oil is a relaxant that calms nervous tension and other stress-related problems. It can also help boost your self-esteem. |
A Room with a Mood
Having a mere bedroom seems like such a snooze when you can
create an intimate, cozy haven with aromatherapy. Start with your bed, since this is where you spend one-third of
your life (or more if you study, read, and hold phone marathons there). Add a soothing lavender-spiked scent to
your sheets. Another trick that’ll
achieve the same effect: When washing your sheets, add a drop or two of
lavender essential oil. Or treat
yourself to a Cuddle Chum–they look like regular stuffed animals, but they’re
really lavender-filled, super-relaxing eye pillows. Next, fill the air with comforting aromas. Spray an alcohol-free perfume on your
light bulb before you turn it on. The
heat will intensify and diffuse the fragrance. Or start a candle collection that reflects your favorite
memories. |
Linger at Your Locker
Imagine this: You’re on your way to a mind-bending exam, and you
throw open the door. Instead of the usual
funk, an uplifting, brain-stimulating scent wafts your way. You magically go from freaked to focus and
ace your test. To make this scenario
a reality, keep energizing scents (citrus and mint are know as brain
stimulants) in your locker. Even if
you’re not stressing about an exam, why not turn your locker into a whiff
wonder anyway? Hang up scented paper
cutouts and decorate them with photos of your best buds. |
Fragrances That’ll Rev Your Engine
After a long school day and
a killer soccer practice, you’re wiped out–and not exactly pumped for the
drive home. Since that
synthetic-smellin’ little tree you picked up at the car wash certainly won’t
get you going, try these alternatives.
Pick up a mood-boosting essential oil such as ylang-ylang, rosemary,
or clove, add it to an Earth Solutions CarScenter, and stick it where the
lighter normally goes. Voilà–instant
diffuser. Or try stringing up the
Aveda Air & Body Car Airmobile–infinitely cooler than fuzzy dice. Spray any of the three included fragrances
on the dangly cardboard leaves.
Guzzling caffeine isn’t so healthy, but smelling it is virtually
harmless and almost as stimulating.
If the monster munchies always strike when you’re on your way home,
foody scents may be your bag. |