How Could Habitual’s Essential Oils Benefit You?

People have been using essential oils to benefit their health and wellbeing for a very long time, centuries in fact! Each oil contains different properties which could help enhance your mood, have a better night sleep, focus more, reduce tiredness and more.

If you are new to using essential oils or wish to add more to your collection, you’re in the right place! Superdrug’s Habitual Pure Essential Oil range features a variety of options, and we’re here with a little help from Jess (@fromtheheartwithjess) to explain their potential benefits.

What are Essential Oils?

Essential Oils are compounds extracted from flowers, fruits, bark, leaves, seeds, or the root of a plant or tree. The extracted oil contains the natural aroma of the plant, and each could offer you a unique health or wellbeing benefit.

To experience the effects of essential oils, they can be inhaled or applied directly to the skin. However, pure essential oils, such as those in the Superdrug’s Habitual range, are very potent and should always be diluted with a carrier oil (popular choices include coconut, olive, or jojoba oil) before use.

Superdrug Habitual Essential Oils

The choice is abundant out there when it comes to essential oils, but the Superdrug Habitual range keeps things super-simple by offering a small collection of the most popular options available.

Here are your choices and their potential benefits:

Lavender:

Lavender, with its fresh and floral aroma, is a common choice and one of the most used essential oils. It is considered calming and relaxing, making it a popular choice for those having trouble sleeping or experiencing feelings of stress or anxiety.

To use, add a few drops to a warm bath to help bring on a sense of calm or add 2-3 drops to 10ml of carrier oil and massage into the skin.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus, which comes from the eucalyptus tree native to Australia, carries a fresh, piney smell and it could help relax your mind, while also clearing your sinuses if you have a cold.

To use eucalyptus oil to attempt to banish your cold, try a steam inhalation. Place 1-2 drops in a small bowl of hot water, drape a towel over your head to focus the steam and with your head over the bowl (not too close, stand around an arm’s length away) breath the vapour in deeply. Repeat for about 10 minutes to allow the oil to work on your congestion.

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Habitual Superdrug Habitual Pure Lavender Essential Oil 10ml £4.99 3 for 2 on selected Superdrug Vitamins

Habitual Superdrug Habitual Pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil 10ml £4.99 3 for 2 on selected Superdrug Vitamins

Rosemary Oil

Rosemary comes from the mint family and has an earthy, woody aroma to it, and it is a useful essential oil to have in your home. It could offer a wide range of uses which include relieving pain and inflammation, as well as lowering levels of stress.

If you have any aches and pains, you can try using rosemary oil to alleviate them by mixing one teaspoon of carrier oil with 4-5 drops of rosemary oil. Apply the diluted oil to the affected area, such as your temples for a headache or on muscle soreness.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass is often associated with food, especially in South-East Asian cooking. It is very aromatic and distilled from the partially dried grassy leaves. It has a very uplifting scent and could work well to release your stresses from the day when added to a warm bath or diluted and massaged into the skin. It is also commonly used by massage therapists when treating sports injuries as it may help with relieving muscular aches and pains.

Habitual Superdrug Habitual Pure Rosemary Essential Oil 10ml £4.99 3 for 2 on selected Superdrug Vitamins

Habitual Superdrug Habitual Pure Lemongrass Essential Oil 10ml £4.99 3 for 2 on selected Superdrug Vitamins

Citronella

Citronella essential oil has a pleasantly sweet, yet slightly fruity aroma to it and one of its most common uses is as an insect repellent! Keep mozzies at bay by diluting a few drops of citronella with a carrier oil and massaging into the skin or adding a few drops to a wax burner in your home.

Peppermint

Peppermint has a very distinctive aroma and flavour and is well-known for its potential benefits supporting both your health and wellbeing. Peppermint is a popular choice for those looking to soothe digestive problems, relieving tension headaches, and alleviating colds.

As well as supporting physical ailments, it is also traditionally used to help improve focus and keep the mind alert.

Habitual Superdrug Habitual Pure Citronella Essential Oil 10ml £4.99 3 for 2 on selected Superdrug Vitamins

Habitual Superdrug Habitual Pure Peppermint Essential Oil 10ml £4.99 3 for 2 on selected Superdrug Vitamins

To show you how peppermint oil can be used as part of a self-care routine, watch below as Jess (@fromtheheartwithjess) uses the oil to calm, energise and stimulate her solar plexus chakra.

Here, Jess explains what she is doing in her video and why she uses peppermint oil.

Inhale the oil from your hands to fully experience the scent in your mind & body
Take a pose that opens the front body and upper abdomen. I chose pontoon, which is a yin posture using support underneath the sacrum.
RELAX! Allow yourself time to surrender after the pose and feel the sensations the oil and pose combined give you. Sensations from peppermint oil may be TINGLY!

“Peppermint oil is very uplifting and can lift energy if feeling sluggish or fatigued; it can help ease nasal pathways and also aid digestion (if I ever get anxious it tends to be my gut that’s affected!)”

Use with Care

Essential oils can be fun to use and beneficial for you but remember to take caution when using them. They are for external use only, so never swallow them or add to anything you will eat or drink. Do not use undiluted on the skin, always add to carrier oil. Avoid contact with the eyes, seek advice before use if you are pregnant, and do not use on children under the age of 5.