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Rosemary essential oil is a vital addition to any natural, sustainable home. It’s incredibly useful for everything from freshening the air to promoting hair growth. Its earthy, herbaceous aroma can be a wonderful addition to diffuser blends, roller bottles, cleaning products, and more.
In this post, we’ll be diving into the benefits of rosemary oil and its many uses!
Rosemary essential oil is steam-distilled from the leaves of the rosemary plant. It can be used for natural fragrance, aromatherapy, and hair care.
Rosemary essential oil is a powerful oil with so many great benefits for the hair and scalp, and it’s great to use around the house in a variety of ways.
Rosemary is one of those oils that is often overlooked. Dried rosemary is, of course, used as a common kitchen spice, but rosemary essential oil is less widely recognized.
After reading this post, I have a feeling rosemary may become a must-have essential oil, and one that you will want to use daily. It is definitely one that I grab out of my oil arsenal often!
How to Use Rosemary Essential Oil
Rosemary essential oil can be used aromatically or topically. It has an herbaceous smell with hints of spiciness, mint, and citrus. Let’s dig into the many ways to enjoy rosemary essential oil both aromatically and topically.
Aromatically
Rosemary is one of my favorite essential oils to diffuse to add a calming scent to the air. It works great at covering up smells and leaves a fresh aroma. On your next cleaning day, try diffusing rosemary and lemon together. It is the best blend!
There are several different ways to enjoy rosemary essential oil aromatically:
- Add 4-6 drops of rosemary essential oil to a diffuser, or use one of the rosemary diffuser blends below. This will vaporize the oil and disperse it throughout the air in your home. You can learn how to use a diffuser in my tutorial post.
- Make a homemade room spray with just rosemary, or try a rosemary blend. You can mist the room spray like an air freshener to get the fragrance in the air fast.
- Add a couple of drops of rosemary essential oil to a homemade diffuser bracelet or a homemade diffuser necklace. This creates wearable aromatherapy that offers benefits for hours!
- For a quick burst of aromatherapy without any gadgets, you can simply inhale the aroma right from the bottle. You can also add a drop of essential oil to the palm of your hand and cup your hands over your nose.
Rosemary Essential Oil Diffuser Blends
Clean Kitchen
4 drops lemon
4 drops rosemary
In the Garden
2 drops peppermint
2 drops rosemary
2 drops wild orange
Fresh Air
2 drops lemon
2 drops rosemary
2 drops lime
Topically
Rosemary essential oil should always be diluted before being used topically. Essential oils are very concentrated, and a little goes a long way.
For topical use, dilute 10 drops of rosemary essential oil in 1/4 cup of a carrier oil. This can be used as a simple homemade body oil to rub into the skin.
You can also make a roller bottle by adding 15-20 drops of rosemary essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle and topping it off with a carrier oil. Not sure which carrier oil to use? You can read all about the 10 best carrier oils before you decide.
Rosemary Essential Oil Roller Bottle Recipes
Chill
10 drops rosemary
5 drops peppermint
5 drops copaiba
Deep Breath
10 drops eucalyptus
5 drops rosemary
2 drops frankincense
2 drops lime
Happy Day
10 drops lavender
5 drops bergamot
2 drops rosemary
2 drops tangerine
Rosemary Oil for Hair
One of the most popular and well-known ways to use rosemary essential oil is for hair. It can help promote hair growth and strengthen the hair.
When used in a hair serum recipe or homemade shampoo, rosemary oil can reduce hair loss and stimulate growth. Studies have shown that when it is used on the scalp, it can improve circulation.
Using rosemary oil on the hair and scalp has been shown to improve the quality, length, weight, and appearance of hair. It’s an incredibly simple way to get more luscious, beautiful hair!
Rosemary is my favorite oil to add to my natural hair care products, such as DIY castor oil hair masks, homemade leave-in conditioner, and homemade shampoo bars.
10 Ways to Use Rosemary Essential Oil
- Diffuse rosemary essential oil to add a calming, earthy aroma to a room.
- Rosemary essential oil makes an excellent addition to diffuser and room spray blends. I share my favorites in this post!
- Add rosemary essential oil to your hair care products to encourage hair growth and add a soothing scent to your hair. A great place to start is homemade rosemary shampoo.
- Add it to a homemade hair growth spray. This spray is a very easy way to promote hair growth with just a quick daily spritz.
- Make homemade hair growth oil. This hair care product doesn’t just promote hair growth; it also nourishes and moisturizes the hair!
- Make beard growth products, such as a beard growth oil, to encourage thickness and length in facial hair. You can also add it to homemade beard shampoo for an extra hair growth boost.
- Rosemary essential oil makes a nice addition to homemade skincare products, such as homemade lotion and DIY body wash.
- Use it to add natural fragrance to a homemade rosemary mint candle. These candles smell so delightful and create a cozy atmosphere in your home.
- Rosemary essential oil can repel some types of bugs, including spider mites and ticks. Use it in a homemade bug repellent spray to keep pests away naturally.
- Add a few drops to your DIY cleaning products, such as homemade all-purpose spray or homemade bathtub cleaner. Rosemary adds a wonderfully soothing scent that makes everything feel cleaner!
Safety Notes
- Always check with your healthcare provider before using any essential oils.
- Always be sure to properly dilute essential oils before applying them topically. This can be done with a carrier oil, lotion, or another skincare product.
- Only diffuse essential oils in a well-ventilated room.
- Always store essential oils out of reach of children and pets.
- If you have pets, always leave a door open when diffusing essential oils. This allows them to leave the room if the smell bothers them (keep in mind, most animals have a very sensitive sense of smell).
Frequently Asked Questions
Rosemary essential oil is a highly concentrated extract made from rosemary leaves. Rosemary oil is less concentrated and is made by infusing rosemary leaves in another oil. Both types of oils have their benefits and uses, but they should not be used interchangeably. You can learn more in my homemade rosemary oil recipe.
I think rosemary essential oil smells exactly like a sprig of fresh rosemary! It adds a woodsy, minty, herbaceous aroma to diffuser blends.
Rosemary essential oil pairs well with citrus oils such as lemon or wild orange, herbal oils like peppermint or eucalyptus, or woodsy oils like frankincense and copaiba.
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- Bergamot Essential Oil Uses
I hope this post helped get you started using rosemary essential oil in your day-to-day routine! What’s your favorite way to use rosemary oil? Let me know in the comments!
