How are natural oils extracted?

The most common ways of extracting essential oils are: - Steam distillation CO2 extraction Solvent extraction Maceration

How do I make my own essential oils?

The easiest way to make essential oils at home is to follow the maceration method. Choose the essential oil that you like. Get the plant parts that are used in making the oil. Choose a carrier oil. Follow the maceration technique for that particular essential oil Filter the oil Store in a dark and cool place.

What are the 3 ways essential oils can be used?

The 3 ways essential oils can be used are: - Diffusing the aroma of the essential oil through an aroma diffuser. Diluting the essential oil with carrier oil and massaging the body. Adding essential oils to bath water and taking a relaxing bath.

What essential oils should you use daily?

Experts recommend not using essential oils daily. However, if you still need to use essential oils daily then choose the oils with mild effects and aroma. These oils are: - Lavender essential oil Chamomile essential oil Spearmint essential oil Geranium essential oil Blue tansy essential oil

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Overview of Essential Oils

Ever wondered what essential oils are? Read on about these plant-powered extracts, how they’re made, how to use them, and how to find the right fit for yourself!

What Are Essential Oils?

Miracle oil or a mambo jambo juice? Neither! Essential oils are simply and basically plant extracts that are distilled for their full, nutritious, nature-given properties.

These concentrated oils deliver wonderful scents and a plethora of health benefits that can transform moods, nourish the body and provide healing relief. Bottled relaxation at your fingertips!

How Are Essential Oils Extracted

We cold-press or steam-distill various parts of plants (flowers, barks, leaves or fruit) to get a concentrated batch of extracts, which we then bottle for you. Not all plants are created equal however, and some plants yield more extracts.

Did you know?
It takes up to 242,000 rose petals to distill a 5ml bottle of lovely rose oil! While a 5ml of zesty lemon oil takes just 25 lemons!

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Whether you’re looking for peace of mind, a place of focus, or newfound energy, our curated collection of essential oils has something for everyone.

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Our organic essential oils are sourced from certified-organic farms that maintain strict rules against pesticide use and synthetic fertilizers. 100% Mother Nature-approved!

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Essential Oil Blends

Beautiful things happen when 2 or more scents come together. Our essential oils are curated and blended to bring you complex and multifunctional benefits to cover your everyday needs.

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How To Use Essential Oils?

Breathe them. Mist them. DIY them. One or two drops of these versatile elixirs can add new dimensions to your everyday life. Their uses are endless!

Diffuse And Transform A Room

Add a few drops into diffusers or candles to give the room a relaxing or health-boosting effect.

Use With Skin-Friendly Carrier Oils

Carrier oils are skin-nourishing and gentle oils used to carry the super properties of Essential Oils into your skin, hair and person, for a lovely everyday experience.

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Blend Them Into DIY Products

Our essential oils can transform an experience, and can be used to elevate skincare and self-care products, home cleansers, bug repellants, candles and so on. Unleash your creativity.

On Pillows And Linens

Essential oils work wonders on your bed cloths, clothes and other fabrics. They allow you to fall right into relaxation, or carry energy along wherever you go.

Top Health Benefits Of Essential Oils

Energy Boosting Essential Oils

What are some of the essential oils that boost energy levels? Some of the energy boosting essential oils are: -

Lime essential oil
Lemon essential oil
Bergamot essential oil
Pine essential oil
Grapefruit essential oil
Lemongrass essential oil
Eucalyptus essential oil
Rosemary essential oil

If you look at the list above, you will see that most energy boosting essential oils are from the citrus family. Essential oils with this ability also improve performance. These oils increase the availability of oxygen to the brain, which makes a person feel energized.

Extraction Of Essential Oils

Essential oils are concentrated herbal oils that contain plant compounds and aromatic compounds that give it its properties that resolve health conditions. It is also used in cosmetics such as in making perfume. If you need to know about essential oils from plants then you should start with the essential oil extraction process. Essential oils are extracted from plant material. Regardless of the extraction process, the amount of essential oil obtained from many pounds or kilos of plant matter is very less. The extraction method includes the following:

Steam Distillation

This is the most popular method of essential oil extraction as the final product has high-quality botanical constituents. Here the steam vapor from boiling water vaporizes the plant and the steam is later condensed into a condenser to get the oil.

Solvent Extraction

Here the active compounds including hexane and ethanol are used to isolate the liquid oil from the plant. This method is used on plants that yield very low amounts of oils. This process also extracts the non-volatile content of the plants, which are filtered.

CO2 Extraction

The supercritical CO2 extraction yields good quality products. Here, carbon dioxide is used as the solvent and it operates at a lower temperature than the steam distillation process.

Maceration

This process of extraction is also referred as infusion. In this process the carrier oils are used to extract the goodness from the raw plant source. It is considered an environmentally friendly way to get the herbal extracts.

Things To Know About All-Natural Extract Oils Before Using

Do not apply essential oils directly to the skin, it may cause skin irritation.
Do not ingest the oil.
In case of any skin disease, consult a dermatologist before using essential oils
Pregnant or breastfeeding women must talk to their doctors before using any essential oil.
Inhaling the aroma may cause nausea in pregnant women.

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Essential Oil 101: Everything To Know About Our All-Natural Extract Oils

Overview of Essential Oils

Table Of Contents

What Are Essential Oils?

How Are Essential Oils Extracted

Gya Labs Essential Oils

Single Essential Oils

Organic Essential Oils

Essential Oil Blends

How To Use Essential Oils?

Diffuse And Transform A Room

Use With Skin-Friendly Carrier Oils

Blend Them Into DIY Products

On Pillows And Linens

Top Health Benefits Of Essential Oils

Energy Boosting Essential Oils

Extraction Of Essential Oils

Steam Distillation

Solvent Extraction

CO2 Extraction

Maceration

Things To Know About All-Natural Extract Oils Before Using

Browse Essential Oils By Scent Profiles

Gya Labs Recommendations

Essential Oils in Diffusers

English Lavender Essential Oil

Bergamot Essential Oil

Vanilla Essential Oil

Essential Oils for Skin

Tea Tree Essential Oil

Rose Geranium Essential Oil

Neroli Essential Oil

Essential Oils for Hair

Peppermint Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil

Cedarwood Essential Oil

Essential Oils with Carrier Oils

Rose Otto Essential Oil

Sandalwood Essential Oil

Myrrh Essential Oil

How are natural oils extracted?

How do I make my own essential oils?

What are the 3 ways essential oils can be used?

What essential oils should you use daily?

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