Cleaning our homes is a necessary task, but it often involves the use of harsh chemicals that can negatively impact indoor air quality. An easy way to purify the air while you clean is by diffusing essential oils. Not only do essential oils fill your home with lovely scents, but they can also provide powerful cleansing and purifying properties.
Why Diffuse Essential Oils While Cleaning?
Diffusing essential oils while cleaning offers several benefits:
1. Counteract Chemicals
Many cleaning products contain toxic chemicals like ammonia, chlorine, and formaldehyde that pollute indoor air. Diffusing pure essential oils helps counteract these chemicals and purify the air. Certain oils like lemon, tea tree, and lavender have natural antimicrobial and air purifying properties.
2. Create a Fresh Scent
Essential oils provide a fresh, natural scent far superior to artificial fragrances in cleaning products. I love coming home to a house that smells like fresh lemons instead of harsh chemicals.
3. Boost Your Mood
Inhaling diffused essential oils has been shown to reduce stress and elevate mood. Cleaning can be tedious, but working in an environment scented with uplifting oils like grapefruit, wild orange, or peppermint makes the task more pleasant.
4. Enhance Concentration
Essential oils like rosemary, peppermint, and basil help stimulate the mind and enhance focus. Diffusing these invigorating scents as you clean can boost concentration so you work more efficiently.
Best Essential Oils to Diffuse While Cleaning
Here are some top essential oils to try diffusing during your home cleaning routine:
* Lemon – Purifying, upholds energy, boosts mood
* Tea tree – Powerful cleansing, antimicrobial
* Lavender – Relaxing, antimicrobial, air purifying
* Grapefruit – Energizing, mood enhancing, purifying
* Peppermint – Stimulating, enhances focus and alertness
* Eucalyptus – Cleansing, antimicrobial, brightening
I like to create custom blends using combinations of the oils above for the perfect cleaning diffusion. For example, mixing invigorating citrus oils like lemon and grapefruit with freshening eucalyptus is an ideal blend for kitchen cleaning.
Diffuser Uses While Cleaning
Here are some recommended ways to use your essential oil diffuser effectively while cleaning different rooms:
Kitchen
Diffuse stimulating citrus oils like lemon, grapefruit, and wild orange while washing dishes, countertops, appliances etc. These bright scents help counter kitchen odors.
Bathroom
Eucalyptus, tea tree, and peppermint oils help sanitize bathroom air while you scrub surfaces. Their fresh aromas also mask unpleasant odors.
Bedroom
Lavender and frankincense are calming oils perfect for diffusing as you change bedding and tidy up. This soothing blend promotes relaxation.
Living Room
Diffuse a cheerful blend of lemon, bergamot, and clary sage as you dust, vacuum, and rearrange furniture in the living space.
Whole House
For overall air purification as you sweep, mop, and vacuum the entire home, diffuse a combination of lemon, lavender, and tea tree.
No matter what room I’m cleaning, having my diffuser going with cleansing essential oils makes the task more pleasant and effectively purifies the air in my home. Next time you tidy up, give it a try!
