#10 Must-have Essential Oils for Beginners

The first 3 basics

These are the best three oils to start with as a beginner to essential oils. They are so versatile and can be used in a lot of common everyday situations.

Lavender. Diffuse a few drops to ease into sleep (goes well with marjoram), add a drop to your moisturizer/cream for a soothing boost, inhale directly form the bottle or add a couple of drops to your pillow to ease tense feelings. Can be used as a perfume aroma if you like!
 

Peppermint. Energise your day by adding it to a diffuser, soothe mild nausea by taking the beadlets (or duo with ginger for travel sickness) and rub into areas of tension on your neck, shoulders, and head (good for headaches, sinus congestion and as a breath freshener). Great to refresh smelly rooms and garments (think sweaty socks and shoes). If you want a quick boost, inhale a few drops from your hands, add some wild orange for an extra zing.
 

Lemon. Inhale or use a few drops in the shower to aromatically cleanse your body and give your respiratory system support. Add to water in a spray bottle to clean household surfaces. You can use neat on hard surfaces (not polished!!) to get off those stuborn sticky residues such as stickers off glass. Add to cakes and treats for a lemony zing.

the next seven oils for wellness

The changing seasons bring challenges to our immune systems, to the health of our skin, and a properly functioning digestive system. Who doesn’t need some natural help maintaining a healthy life? Each of the rest of the remaining seven oils on this list helps us do exactly that.
 

doTERRA On Guard®. A blend exclusive to doTERRA to support and strengthen the immune and respiratory systems from seasonal or environmental threats*, diffuse to purify the air, and to give off an uplifting aroma. It’s ginger and clove aroma is very seasonal for autumn and winter as a room re-freshener.
 

Wild Orange. Diffuse in the room to uplift your mood when you’re having a bad day and purify the air, support your immune system. This is a great one I like to place a couple of drops into my necklace diffuser to take around my day with me. A couple of drops in your morning shower can give you some zest to start your day.
 

Frankincense. Apply to skin to help with razor bumps and other skin imperfections, and diffuse to add peace, relaxation, and satisfaction to your day. Soothing and anti-inflammatory if you apply to skin with a cream or base oil to keep your skin calm, soft and supple. Can support your cells if you put two drops in a veggie capsule*.
 

doTERRA Breathe®. A doTERRA exclusive blend to help maintain feelings of clear breathing by applying to your chest or diffusing into the air. You can also rub into the base of your feet or put into your palms and cup them around your nose to minimize the effects of seasonal threats. Can help with refreshing rooms if diffused or to simply refresh the senses and mind.
 

Melaleuca (Tea Tree). Add to face wash for skin cleansing benefits, use it in your diffuser to cleanse and freshen the air, and apply to fingernails and toes to keep them looking healthy. Can dab on spots and blemishes.
 

DigestZen®. Another of doTERRA’s exclusive blends. Take internally for indigestion and bloating and to ease feelings of queasiness,* or rub on your stomach before a long flight for its calming aroma.
 

doTERRA Serenity®. Helps support calming your emotions, mind and soothing your senses by diffusing or applying to your temples or wrists. Alternatively add a few drops to your pillow.

There are a variety of uses that each essential oil have, from the daily routines to the more occasional health concerns. If you explore using essential oils more, you’ll probably find that these oils are what you’ll reach for again and again. There are many more uses and alternatives for doTERRA oils. Every person’s preferences are different, as you keep learning more about essential oils, you will find that different essential oils can be just as or even more helpful to an individual personally. If you want to learn about essential oils more, you can follow the links to each individual oil to find out more about these must-have oils.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.