Handmade Home Diffuser

The season welcomes for captivating and enchanting scents making winter all the more bearable and summer more tantalising. Sadly, not all candles found in convenience stores are beneficial to our bodies or our surrounding. Synthetic fragrances can lead to headaches or disperse unhealthy by-products. This need not be the case. One can enjoy positive-feeling fragrances by creating a handmade diffuser - free from harmful by-products or artificial substances.

Exquisite and Elegant

A prerequisite for beauty is elegance and elegance is an outcome of simplicity. A simple diffuser can exude its fair share of charm. We’ll share our tricks to making your own diffuser that requires only a few materials and can be built in a matter of minutes, to add a touch of sophistication to your interior. An additional benefit is that the handmade diffuser does not require any electricity or a flame, which in turn means that you can leave it unattended, and still enjoy its effects.

DIY Reed Diffuser

The most challenging part of making your own diffuser is the fragrance selection. The fragrance blend is made from a light carrier oil that is mixed with one or more essential oils to lend your space with a unique, natural scent. Once the fragrance have been selected, only a few materials are required to create a reed diffuser. You will need

The season welcomes for captivating and enchanting scents making winter all the more bearable and summer more tantalising. Sadly, not all candles found in convenience stores are beneficial to our bodies or our surrounding. Synthetic fragrances can lead to headaches or disperse unhealthy by-products. This need not be the case. One can enjoy positive-feeling fragrances by creating a handmade diffuser - free from harmful by-products or artificial substances.

• A glass container
• Reed, rattan or bamboo sticks
• A light carrier oil (almond or jojoba oil is a good choice)
• Essential oils

1. First, pour the essential oil into the glass container.
2. Add 20 drops of essential oil for every ¼ cup of carrier oil.
3. Dip the sticks in the oil to carefully mix the oils.
4. Leave the sticks in the oil blend for about 2 hours before turning them upside down to release the oils absorbed by the ends of the sticks that were dipped into the oil blend.
5. Whenever the ends of the sticks that are exposed to the air seem dry or you notice the scent dwindling, simply turn them once more. This way the fragrance of the freshly absorbed oils will disperse into the interior of the space.