As romantic as the season is, the monsoon comes with its own share of problems. The musty smell in the rooms, the rise in the number of mosquitoes and bugs, and flies that hover over food and cause infections are a few. In this article,...
You'll mostly be spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing pure essential oils online or in-store. And there are so many brands available, that it is quite difficult to know which ones are poor imitations and fakes. Quality, however, is of the utmost importance when...
The popularity of tea tree oil is a testament to its near-magical properties. Which shelf of skin-care products doesn’t boast of some product or the other with this miraculous ingredient? This gift from nature comes from the leaves of the Australian Melaleuca alternifolia tree (which is not to be confused with the tea plants that give...
Making your own essential oil blends can be extremely fun and rewarding. But first, read on to understand a little about fragrances and the impact they have on us. Do you know how big a postage stamp is? Well, around the same size is your olfactory lobe,...
In our first post in the Aromatherapy 101 series, we walked you through how the aromas of essential oils travel through our olfactory system to our sensory systems. Now the most popular method of absorbing these aromas for the longest time used to be to...
The first thing you need to know about essential oils is they always come from plants. They are extracted from different parts of the plant - lowers, leaves, twigs and branches, seeds, fruit, cones, bark, wood, root, resin. They are highly volatile compounds that easily...
Winter is the season where two things are in plenty - holiday spirits and winter bugs. While we are delighted to see people in high spirits this time of the year, in this post we will focus on the other. It is not uncommon that...
A lot of people find pipettes very useful. And a lot of essential oil brands do offer bottles with pipettes. However, this is something we consciously avoid. All our essential oil bottles have integral droppers instead of pipettes. Before we get to why lets first...