Festive Room Spray

Essential oil room sprays are one of the simplest luxuries you can make at home, and they can easily be sprayed in areas prone to odors, such as kitchens, bathrooms, and laundry rooms. Homemade room sprays are an affordable alternative to purchasing a diffuser and also a great way to enjoy the aroma therapeutic benefits of essential oils.

Making such a spray is simple and only requires three ingredients: Vodka, distilled water, and your favorite essential oils. you will also need a dark-colored glass spray bottle for dispensing. The dark color of the glass will prevent light and UV rays from breaking down the essential oils. This recipe is customizable, and we include a variety of lovely scent blends, such as mulled cider, sugar cookie, peppermint hot cocoa, pumpkin spice, and cedar spice. It doesn't matter how clean your house is --- sometimes odors happen. Essential oils are a great ways to lightly fragrance your home without dangerous chemicals.

Mulled Orange Cider

• 15 drops cinnamon bark essential oil
• 10 drops orange / sweet orange essential oil
• 5 drops clove essential oil

Sugar Cookie

• 10 drops bitter almond essential oil
• 2-3 drops cinnamon bark essential oil
• 2-3 drops sweet orange essential oil

Peppermint Hot Cocoa

• 15 drop cacao absolute
• 7 drops peppermint essential oil

Pumpkin Spice

• 15 drops copaiba resin
• 15 drops vanilla oleoresin
• 5 drops  cardamom essential oil
• 2 drops cinnamon bark essential oil
• 2 drop ginger essential oil
• 2 drop nutmeg essential oil
• 2 drops clovebud essential oil

YOU WILL NEED

Mason jar

2 oz. vodka

30-40 drops essential oil blend

1/8 tsp. solubilizer: Mulse D9 (Poly Suga) (optional)

2 oz. distilled water

Glass spray bottle: 4-oz.

Funnel: small

HOW TO MAKE

Start with clean, sterilized supplies. In a mason jar, combine the vodka, essential oil blend, and solubilizer, if desired. Secure the lid on the jar, and shake well to combine. Add the distilled water, and shake again to combine. Transfer the mixture to a glass spray bottle using a small funnel. Shake the room spray again prior to spraying to the essential oils remain distributed in the product.

NOTES

• Essential oils don't mix into water on their own, but they will combine more easily when diluted with vodka first. If you aren't using a solubilizer, be sure to add the distilled water after shaking the essential oils into the vodka.
  
  
• Vodka helps the holiday scents linger longer and will act as a preservative for the room spray.
  
  
• Don't substitute witch hazel for vodka; it doesn't contain enough alcohol to be effective.
  
  
• Dark-colored essential oils, such as vanilla oleoresin, are more likely to stain fabrics, rugs and carpets. Take care not to spray this recipe on or near wood furniture. 

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