Tuesday 28 May 2013

25 Ways To Use Lemon Essential Oil

Don’t you just love the smell of lemon?  Lemon essential oil is so fresh, bright and the perfect perk-up our homes and even our moods. Lemon oil has a wide variety of uses from household jobs, body and mind health, and many things in between.  I pulled together 25 ways to use lemon essential oil, so that you could have fun trying this long-time citrus oil.
25 ways to use lemon essential oil

25 Ways To Use Lemon Essential Oil

1. Spot free dishes: Add a couple drops of lemon essential oil to your dishwasher for spot free dishes.
2. Body cleanser: Add one drop of lemon oil to a glass of ice water for a gentle natural body cleansing in the morning.
3. Furniture polish: Combine lemon oil with olive oil for a natural furniture polish.
4. Kill aphids: Just like peppermint oil, you can Add some drops of lemon oil to water in a spray bottle to kill aphids.
5. Remove scuff marks: Rub some lemon oil on floors to remove scuff marks.
6. Homemade all-purpose vinegar cleaner: Add lemon essential oil to this citrus vinegar cleaning solution for a fresh and very effective cleaner.
7. Removes sap and sticky tar: Lemon essential oil will remove tar from your skin, carpet, or clothes.
8. Lemon iced tea: Add some lemon oil to fresh cold iced tea.
9. Sooth a sore throat: Add lemon essential oil to hot water and honey to soothe a sore and scratchy throat.
10. Freshens up stinky laundry: Ever have your towels and washcloths get stinky or mildew smelling. Add a few drops of lemon essential oil to the laundry detergent, let them soak for a while, and run through the washing machine.
11. Removes hard water spots: Use lemon oil to remove hard water spots in your shower.
12. Sanitize your kitchen cutting boards: Lemon oil is known to kill the bacteria that can hide in your wood cutting boards.
13. De-greaser: Remove engine and bicycle grease from hands. Add lemon oil to some hand soap and it will cut the grease.
14. Keep cut apples fresh: Use lemon oil in water to keep sliced apples from turning brown.
15. Lemon butter: Add a couple drops of lemon essential oil to softened butter and use on fish, and steamed vegetables.
16. Hair highlights: Add some drops of lemon oil to a spray bottle of water and spritz hair and go out in the sun for natural highlights.
17. Mood uplifter: Combine lemon and lavender and use topically or diffuse in your room to uplift your mood, and chase away the blues.
18. Add lemon oil to sweet treats: Lemon frosting, lemon meringue, lemon cakes, lemon squares, lemon cookies, and of course lemonade!
19. Softens calluses, corns, and bunions: Apply lemon essential oil consistently to your hardened skin conditions, and the lemon oil will soften those areas.
20. Gum, label and crayon remover: Lemon oil is great for removing gum from hair, or carpet. Remove sticky residue from labels on bottles and jars. Lemon oil will also remove crayon marks from walls.
21. Mind clarity: Add lemon oil to a room diffuser to clear your mind and bring clarity. You can also rub the lemon oil on your hands and inhale for a quick pick-me-up!
22. Skin brightener: Add lemon oil to your facial cleanser to help slough off dead skin cells and create a fresh clear complexion.
23. Carpet Freshener: Add lemon essential oil to baking soda for a carpet freshener. Place it in a mason jar and seal up. Let the lemon oil infuse the baking soda for a day or two, then sprinkle on carpet. let sit for 15-30 minutes and vacuum up. You will love the fresh light scent through your house!
24. Soften up and preserve leather: Rub lemon oil on your leathers to preserve them, and keep them from splitting and cracking. Great for leather jackets, furniture, and anywhere you need to soften leather.
25. Stainless steel polish: Rub lemon oil on stainless steel appliances to freshen up the surface and create a nice shine. ( You could also combine lemon oil and olive oil for a nice sheen.)



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