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Perfect for cold and flu season, use these Homemade Vicks Soother Tablets to clear your stuffy nose and relieve sinus pressure naturally. This is the original Vicks Soother Tablets recipe online and uses natural essential oils to help relieve head colds without chemicals.
Do you remember the commercials for the Vicks Vapor shower tablets thingies? You’d put one of the disks in your shower, and voila thanks to the vapors in it, you’re magically healed, your cold is gone, and your face is shockingly free of snot.
I always used to watch the “Noxema girl” splashing water on her face in those commercials and wondered how she was able to wash her face without being completely overrun with boogers.
I’m the only one? Yes? I’m stuck in the ’90s? Ok, moving along then…
What Ingredients Are In Homemade Vicks Soother Tablets?
- Baking soda
- Arrowroot powder
- Water
- Rosemary essential oil
- Lavender essential oil
- Eucalyptus essential oil
Please note, you will NOT see cornstarch in this recipe for a very specific reason. Cornstarch is horrible for clogging drains and is a plumbing nightmare!
The oils I buy from Plant Therapy have worked well for me, are affordable, and available on Amazon. I do not sell essential oils and am not part of any MLM organization. If you have an oil brand that you prefer, please feel free to use those!
Is There a Kidsafe Version?
Yes! The main essential oils in these Vicks Soother Tablets are not safe for kids under 12. If you have younger kiddos, Plant Therapy makes a Kid Safe Sniffle Stopper. Use 30 drops of that in place of the lavender, rosemary, and eucalyptus oils.
Can I Just Use Vicks?
My preference is always for a natural version of anything I am using for my health, which is why I use the essential oils. If oils are not in the cards for you, sub in 4 tbsp of Vicks Vapor Rub for the essential oils.
If you have kids under two, please make sure you use Baby Vicks Vapor Rub.
Can I Use Herbs Instead of Oils?
Yes, but you will need a large amount to replace the potency of the essential oils. You would want to use 2 tbsp (chopped) of each herb.
Can I Use Fragrance Oils?
I would not use them. Essential oils have medicinal properties, whereas fragrance oils are just there to give you the scent.
How Do I Use Shower Soothers?
You will want to place one on the floor of your shower. If you put it in the direct spray of the shower it will likely dissolve more quickly but give you a more intense hit of the oils.
Alternatively, you can put it in the direct spray while your shower is heating up, and then scoot it over to the side when you jump in. Or walk in, because jumping into a slippery shower seems kind of beetle-headed. I mean, you’re already stuffed up, why risk a concussion?
How To Store Shower Soothers
If you’re using them for yourself, throw them in an air-tight container and toss them in a cupboard or bathroom closet. If you’re gifting them for friends or family, an 8 oz jam jar with a ribbon tied around it would be cute!
How Long Do Homemade Vicks Soother Tablets Last?
Without herbs added to the mix, the shower soothers will last indefinitely. However, the strength of the essential oils will fade in a month or so. To store longterm, you can make them without the oils and add 2-3 drops of each oil just prior to using.
How to Make Soother Tablets
*Detailed and printable recipe card is available at the bottom of the post
In a mixing bowl, combine baking soda, arrowroot powder, water, and 15 drops of each of the lavender, eucalyptus, and rosemary essential oils to the mixture. Stir until the mixture forms a thick paste. Pro tip: it should be thick and viscous and with some water remaining on the top.
Scoop the paste into a muffin tin lined with muffin cups or a silicone muffin tin.
Bake at 250 degrees until hardened – about 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can set them out overnight for 12-18 hours.
Pro Tips/Recipe Notes
- Your soothers may still be a bit squishy after baking. They should harden as they cool. If you use silicone muffin tins, the bottom of the tablets may be sponge-like. That’s totally normal.
- If you leave your shower tablets out overnight to harden, please keep them in a safe place away from pets.
- A silicone muffin tin (always available at thrift stores!) makes it super easy to remove the shower tabs once cooled. If you want to use a traditional muffin tin, definitely use a cupcake liner. However, you may still have a hard time removing the tab from the liner. I love these compostable cupcake liners because nothing sticks to them!
Variations
- Feel free to add a little food coloring if you want to jazz up the appearance of these shower soothers.
- If you want to use the essential oils and also use some herbs to make them look cute, add the herbs to the top of the mixture after you have filled the muffin tin. I found out the hard way that pouring the mixture over the herbs results in them turning brown after baking. Your shower soothers may end up looking muddy or moldy. Gross!
- If you have an oil combination that you love, feel free to adapt the recipe to fit your preferences. Peppermint and eucalyptus combined are both great for clearing sinuses and perking you up! If you shower at night and want a calming soother, lavender is great for bedtime. I love Plant Therapy’s Sleep Aid blend.
These homemade Vicks Soother Tablets are wonderful to have around for cold and flu season, and I use them during the four months a year when my allergies are on full display.
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Homemade Vicks Soother Tablets {Shower Soothers)
Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/4 cup arrowroot powder
- 1/3 cup water
- 15 drops lavender essential oil
- 15 drops rosemary essential oil
- 15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine baking soda, arrowroot powder, water, and 15 drops of each of the lavender, eucalyptus, and rosemary essential oil to the mixture. Stir until the mixture forms a thick paste.
- Add 15 drops of each of the lavender, eucalyptus, and rosemary essential oil to the mixture. Scoop the paste into a muffin tin lined with muffin cups or a silicone muffin tin.
- Bake at 250 degrees until hardened – about 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can set them out overnight for 12-18 hours. Store in an air-tight container until needed.
- Remove from the paper liner prior to using, and place on the floor of your shower. Breathe deeply, and enjoy.
This post on homemade was originally published in March 2012. I’ve updated it in December 2018 with new photos, details, and instructions. For reference, this is one of the photos from the original post:
Excellent! We’d love to share these on our spa site, which has quite a lot of home tips and remedies for a spa and wellness experience. May we post and link to you?
Link away! I’d love for you to email me the link so that I can check out your site.
This is BRILLIANT! Thank you so much! My first thought was…oh, I hope she’s not using bees wax or oil because that will eventually coat and clog the pipes…and I wasn’t sure what the base was…baking soda! Of course! I don’t use chemical cleaners in my house so I buy baking soda by the case. I usually plop my kids when they’re sick, in the tub with those same essential oils, but this is fabulous! Thank you!!!
Just call me snotty. Noxzema and Vicks opens me up and I definitely want to make some of these thanks.
Loving this idea!! Can’t wait to try it!
May be a dumb question, but where in the shower is this cupcake to be placed?
Anywhere on the floor of the shower will work!
I have a ton of vicks that I got for free. Any thoughts on using that instead of the oils?
I’d say give it a shot!!!!
Ok! I will give it a shot and let you know how it turns out. Fifteen tubs of vicks mean becoming creative!
doesn’t vicks have petroleum jelly or something like that in it? if so, i would think it would clog up your drain.
Yes! How thick is your paste? Does it thicken with time? And how would you recommend baking…I need some of these pronto for my kiddo!
I’m not what you call “someone who measures”. It depends on how many you want to make. Start with a few cups of baking soda and then slowly add water until you’ve made yourself a nice thick putty.
Mine didn’t thicken with time. I would bake at a low heat – probably 275ish and check on them every half hour. I’ve never baked mine, but I’m guessing it would probably take at least 1 hour.
Put into a 350 degree oven. Bake for 20 minutes and then turn the oven off. Leave in the oven until the oven cools and pull out. Remove from molds and put on a cooling rack.
Great idea! Also wondering about how much baking soda and water to use …
I’m not what you call “someone who measures”. It depends on how many you want to make. Start with a few cups of baking soda and then slowly add water until you’ve made yourself a nice thick putty.
how long do these last once there made? as my kids dont get sick often but would love to have these on stand by 🙂
The beauty of essential oils and baking soda is that they don’t have a pull date!
My guess is that you could make a batch and they’d last for at least 6 months. They’d likely be a bit thinner by then (evaporation), but would still be useable.
Between my daughter’s first yr of school and her bringing home every single sickness that someone gets to her little brother to horrible seasonal allergies I want to scream. When its not one its the other. Is the lavender necessary if so can it be replaced with something else? So far everything lavender I have come in contact with I have an allergic reaction. Honestly at this point I would be willing to suffer the rashes and migraines as long as it gets them to feel better. Momma up all night dealing with kiddos up all night does not make a happy house the following day.
The lavender is just part of what is in Vicks, but if you have sensitivity to it, I’d definitely avoid it! My sister used lavender in a bath for her son and he had “yeasty balls” for months. Yikes! Some people are definitely sensitive to it.
If they made an Ambien or Tylenol PM essential oil I’d totally put a few drops of that in this for when my little guy is sick. 😀
You might want to google a famous essential oil blend called “Thieves Blend”. (with a fascinating history connected with grave robbers who survived the black plague way back when…turned out they were the perfumers who worked with EO’s…the other two groups who had higher statistics of survival were the leather workers who worked with EO’s to tan leather, and those who lived in the lavender fields…lavender is very antibiotic/viral). It has 5 different EO’s (not lavender) in a base oil, or water, that are extremely antibiotic / antiviral. I make it all the time in a small bottle with water to spray in the car (Everyone take a deep breath and get that into your lungs!) or in a bottle with a dropper to use as hand sanitizer. You can buy it online, but it’s really expensive. I just make my own.
You could replace the lavender EO with peppermint EO – it works great for relieving congestion! I use it in my homemade vapor rub along with the lavender, eucalyptus and rosemary EOs.
Thanks for the shower tab recipe! I can’t wait to try it!
I want to respond to Melissa above who says she has a sensitivity to Lavender. I have never heard of anyone having a bad reaction from a lavender that is really and truly 100% pure oil from the flower of the plant. The problem is that most lavender on the market is 100% synthetic! Lavender is great for burns, but if you put a chemical based lavender on the burn it will make it much worse! The vast majority of the world’s lavender oils come from France, but they are exporting much more of the oil then they are able to grow, which means that much of what is being exported is synthetic or altered in some way. I’m not trying to pick on France or lavender EO, the same goes for most of the other EOs on the market that come from different parts of the world. I’m picking on the industry in general. Often distillers will use the whole plant to get a higher yield, when only the flower (or some other part) is supposed to be used, and weeds are often harvested along with the plant and thrown in the mix. This completely changes the chemical makeup of the resulting oil, and any chemical pesticides, weeds, or other contaminants will become highly concentrated along with the EO during distillation so the resulting oil can actually be very harmful to people.
Even higher quality brands on the market that say they are 100% pure, have a musty, sticky, almost pungent smell. A truly 100% pure essential oil should smell clean, almost crisp, with no lingering chemical undertones.
Check out doTERRA’s certified pure therapeutic grade essential oils (www.thrivewithdoterra.com) and you’ll wonder why you never tried them before.
They are better than organic because not only are they guaranteed to be free from any chemicals synthetics or dilutants, but the right part of the plant is used, along with correct distillation methods, and the plants are sustainably harvested to ensure their health for the long-term. Plus, doTERRA has 10 year exclusive contracts with the growers around the world, so we can be sure that we won’t experience fluctuations in price which so often happens in the industry. doTERRA’s oils are the most pure and potent essential oils on the market today.
They are so pure they are safe to ingest!
Plus, they have a blend called OnGuard which has the same ingredients as the aforementioned ‘thieves oil’ (lemon swapped out for wild orange). It’s a powerful immune booster, is very affordable, and you can make anti-bacterial hand spray with it that you can then spray in your mouth 🙂
Check out http://www.thrivewithdoterra.com for more information
Thanks and have a great day!
I am also allergic to lavendar. When someone brings fresh lavendar into work I break out and get a migraine. Pure oil would not help given the plant is also a problem for me. So I just avoid it and am fine. Great recipe for the discs…I will be trying this!
I’m allergic to lavender, as well. I am allergic to the plant itself, and anything with lavender scent. I definitely second the idea of using peppermint instead.
I’m also allergic to lavender and most other scented flowers. Gives me a terrible headache, almost migraine-like. I will definitely be trying this with peppermint instead!
Wow…I thought I was the only one allergic to lavender. Sorry that the rest of you are as well, but nice to hear I’m not alone in this. It gives me migraines! I also have a strong sensitivity to patchouli…makes me very irritable and eventually moves over into severe headaches. I avoid both like the plague!
Love this recipe for the disks, though. I might try it w/ peppermint like someone suggested. thanks!
Haha, Im fine with lavender, but like you, MustHaveCoffee… Im stongly allergic to patchouli. I thought I was the only one and therefor, a weirdo! Even the smell of it makes me itch horribly and get headaches.
hey, reading about all this lavender loving I suddenly remembered reading an article about how lavender stimulates estrogen production in males… Am I making this up? or was it sensationalism in a crappy magazine I read on the potty?… google… Wikipedia to the rescue, under lavender oil:
“Contraindications
Lavender oil has recently been implicated in gynecomastia, the abnormal development of breasts in young boys. Denver endocrinologist Clifford Bloch hypothesized the link after three boys presented with enlarged breasts. Subsequently, Derek Henley and Kenneth Korach of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C., discovered in lavender and tea tree oil the presence of compounds which both suppress male hormones and mimic female hormones.
Because sex hormone levels normally are low prior to puberty, young boys and girls particularly are sensitive to estrogenic and androgenic compounds. The discovery of the gynecomastia link in boys has led some researchers to suspect lavender and tea tree oils, which are present in various personal care products including shampoos and lotions, may also contribute to the increased incidence of early breast development in girls.
Discontinuation of use of these products resulted in rapid reversal of gynecomastia in Bloch’s young patients.[14][15]
However, the conclusion that the gynecomastia actually was caused by the essential oils in the products used by the three boys are currently being disputed by the Natural Artisan Perfumers Guild and Cropwatch on the claimed basis of insufficient evidence.[citation needed]”
ok, so the jury is still out… but might want to take it easy on the little lads with the lavender oil… Or go training bra shopping soon.
And to me lavender always smelled so Cologne-y… go figure.
I never used lavender with Jack’s homemade baby wipe wash for that particular reason. Also why I don’t give him a lot of soy.
I’m allergic to lavender too. Doesn’t matter if its synthetic or the actual plant. I get a bad migraine, sinus infections, rash, etc. It doesn’t matter if there is contact or scent alone. 100% oils don’t solve an allergy unless its oil of benadryl.
wow.. we should start a lavender migraine club…lol… when I was reading the ingredients for these I was thinking..lavender…no..that will never do… i was kind of hoping to see some sort of menthol in this so it would smell like vaporub which i’m kind of addicted to…
My daughter is highly allergic to Lavender and even being in the same room as a plant will make her break out in huge hives, get a migraine and generally become severely ill! She was riding on the bus home from her friends one day a few weeks ago and someone on the bus had a small lavender plant with them and my poor daughter had to get off the bus. She was sick for hours. We have found no other plant that she is allergic to as yet, so I’m sure we could come up with other oils to put in them. 🙂
I was about to ask about the lavender as well! I guess there are many of us who are sensitive to it! My mother LOVES pure Lavender Oil in her baths, but when I go to visit she has to skip it, as it gives me a pounding headache. Actually she puts lavender in almost everything, plants and/or oil, both make me quite ill. I love the peppermint idea though! I will have to give these a try!
Thank you for asking this question. My daughter is allergic to lavender as well, so happy to know I can replace with peppermint EO. Thanks!
I thought I was the only one that had a severe reaction to the “stress relieving” scent. HAHA! I too am allergic to ANYTHING Lavender scented. I cannot tell you what it smells like but I can tell you if some around me is using it. I get an instant Migraine headache even around a lavender plant. I love the idea but with an alternate for the lavender. I am not fond of peppermint either, I love the sandalwood EO but I am afraid to use that with the menthol EOs. Is there any other scent I could use that would not clash with the menthol?
I thought I was the only one that had a severe reaction to the “stress relieving” scent. HAHA! I too am allergic to ANYTHING Lavender scented. I cannot tell you what it smells like but I can tell you if some around me is using it. I get an instant Migraine headache even around a lavender plant. I love the idea but with an alternate for the lavender. I am not fond of peppermint either, I love the sandalwood EO but I am afraid to use that with the menthol EOs. Is there any other scent I could use that would not clash with the menthol?
Patchouli is an enemy of mine! It gives me horrible headaches and makes me angry too. When I was looking for the eucalyptus there was a bar of patchouli soap right above it. I couldn’t wait to get home and wash it off and out of my nose. I didn’t know it at the time but I dated a guy that would wear it sometimes. Didn’t figure I was moody around him because of the patchouli.
Would the peppermint overpower the eucalyptus?
WOW- Im now, all but certain, Im allergic to lavender as well. I Never heard of anyone else who felt like I did at the smell of it!! It gives me the worst headache and just the slightest scent makes me nauseous, although that part may be psychological due to me knowing the terrible headache to come. Its in almost everything meant to lull and soothe…and I feel stuck LOL. Now when I get the nasty looks, gasps from others when I say “No- I dont like lavender” (like ive suggested assassinating the pope) I can just muse back with “Im allergic, and after all, its hard to love something that makes you feel bad(^_^) “
Thanks for the ‘freeing’ info that im not crazy…ok, not for disliking lavender….peace out peebles!!
You are a genius. I find that a neti pot works great too, but definately not so smell-pretty as your homemade vapor therapy. Of course, it does feel a bit like drowning until you get accustomed to filling your sinuses with saline. Now I just snort it like cocaine so the pressure really breaks up the clogs, then I suck it like a loogy to the back of the throat and hack it all back up out of my mouth and into the sink. Then I reverse the process, in through my mouth, up through the throat and out the nose. Don’t it sound FUN??!! Then I brush my teeth and tongue and even try to scrub my tonsils and throat a little. Finally, a rinse with mouthwash and somewhere in all of that a floss. It is a very sexy process. Definately going to add your remedy to the routine. Region Ten (Oklahoma/Texas) allergens, come at me, bro!
Here I am eating breakfast and totally finding myself turned on by your comment. LOL, I should have waited to open this post until a bit later!
I’ve never used a neti pot, but my aunt, sis, and friend swear by them.
Our allergies are super early this year. Blame a mild winter. Wishing you a low-snot season!
You two are funny! I’m super duper excited for your disks!
Brandi, where EXACTLY do you live? I’m moving in next door, you are hilarious and we need to be friends.
TMI of your procedure, but thanks for sharing…I know I should be doing healthier stuff like this.
BRILLIANT! With 2 little boys…I am totally going to try this! : )
Hope @https://hopefuloneblog.blogspot.com/
If your 2 little boys are anything like my 1, keep these out of nibbling reach. ;-D
Found you through Pinterest! This is pure genius. Loving your blog so far!
Thanks!!
How do I find you in pinterest!!!??? 😉
I don’t currently have a Pintrest account. I fear it will suck me in and I’ll never get anything accomplished!
It will………
What she probably found on Pinterest was from someone like me who pinned her page so we would be able to find it quickly! If you join Pinterest, come follow me “Veterkins”. I have a board called “The Natural Spot” where I have lots of great things like this pinned!
Sarah, when you have an account, you learn to be on it for a while and then leave it for a while so you actually can find new stuff.
HAPPY PINNING!
I have a pinterest rule…for every 25 things i pin…i must stop and accomplish at least one of them before i am allowed back on pinterest.
How much of baking soda and water do you use? thanks can’t wait to try these they did stop making the others. Thanks for sharing this
I’m not what you call “someone who measures”. It depends on how many you want to make. Start with a few cups of baking soda and then slowly add water until you’ve made yourself a nice thick putty.
Thanks I thought probably that is what I would do. Can’t wait to try these thanks for sharing this great idea.
If baking them in the oven and adding the oils afterwards, how many drops of each oil would you put on each disk?
This is great!! I used to use the Menthol baby wash stuff on my daughter when she was little….now that we are tween age, these will be perfect. Thank you for sharing!!
where do you find menthol baby wash?!!
Thanks for sharing! I will be trying this idea. Maybe with some oils for energizing for the morning and oils for relaxation for the evening. And of course, your recipes for now with all the pollen we have going on now!!!
What oils would be good for energizing? I am new to using these. Thanks
What oils are good for energy? Im new to this
What oils would be good for energizing? I am new to using these. Thanks
Parker and I thank you!
Wow, what a great idea! I could really use that right now as I am on the tail end of a nasty sinus infection (and when I wash my face the thing I do right after I dry it is blow my nose because you aren’t the only one to be snotty afterwards!).
I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only one!!!
I have to blow my nose too after I wash my face in the morning. 🙂
Great idea! Saw it on Pinterest!
Geez … I have to blow mine not only after my shower and after washing my face but also after brushing my teeth AND putting drops in my eyes (contacts)!!! I must be really snotty (but not in a personality way ;)!!!
This is genius! Especially because they took away the lavender disks. I got to buy one box and then I could never find them again. Another reason to make my own!! Thank you
My pleasure!
I use to buy them all when I could find them, this is so exciting, I can’t wait to make my own
Thank you for creating and for sharing such a great idea ~ we all need help during the ‘season’.. I wanted to let folks know you can get your essential oils at most grocery stores now in their Health Food Sections – also most Natural Food Stores have them too –
PS – Please don’t waste money with high priced oils such as Young Living – (read up on them is is a scam) – buy local and retail not multi level to save $…
GENIUS! Except, now I need to go buy Rosemary EO 🙂
Amazon is my best friend!
Good to know I was just going to ask where to get the oils :)) does the brand matter?
If you have a GNC local they carry these essential oils, or at least they did a year ago.
I work at GNC and they still do carry the Essential oils.
What is the price range at GNC? I live about 45 miles from one and would like to know what I am able to afford. Thanks.
The last time I bought eo from gnc they were between $5 and $10 depending on the oil.
Walmart has them by the candle section, much cheaper!
I would only use Young Living essential oils. They are therapeutic grade and not distilled using chemicals. If you’d like more information on this company,
ask me 🙂 There are lots of cheap oils that don’t even compare! email me at [email protected]
There are other companies that are 1/2 the cost and are natural and therapeutic grade like do terra and Edens garden. And neither are distilled using chemicals. And Edens Garden is not a MLM!
I agree, I much prefer Edens Garden. And I would suggest adding Breathe Easy to this mix. When mixing EO’s try not to use more than 4 different oils or “Blends” together in your project.
@Sunshine
I get my oils from auracacia.com. They’re fantastic. If you have a local heath-food store, they usually carry them.
Puritian Pride also sells this brand
actually, my upline has checked with New Aromatics and with therapeudic oils u can ingest them and you cannot ingest New Aromatics. Have used several oils and Young Living just is the best. No Comparison, U get what u pay for.
Could you use this in the bath tub too?
I don’t think it would work as well….you need steam and oxygen which would be created by the hot spray of the shower head. If you sink one of these in a tub of warm/hot water, there is no oxygen and thus you wouldn’t be able to get as much out of it. That’s just my opinion though.
check idearoom on facebook…they have a bath fizz…haven’t tried it yet. Shower bombs are wonderful. Again idearoom has recipe for that with other EO combinations for different things…
Whole foods (if there is one in your area) caries just about every oil you could want. So will most health food & vitamin stores
Quick question, how do you store these? I would like to make them, then keep them on hand for when needed. My youngest son gets croup ALL the time. Do you put them in a baggy in the refrig?
Storing them is simple, use a cool dry place and a paper lunch sack. I own a small handmade soap business and we make bath bombs that are similar. As for using them in the bath, I wouldn’t suggest it. That is quite the high levels of oils to use in a single bath. Essential oils are wonderful but can be harsh on your skin in high amounts, Try this recipe for the bath, it is very similar the the bath bombs I make and sell and get lots of positive feedback about. The citric acid does cause a fizzing effect in the bath but most, especially children, enjoy it. https://tlc.howstuffworks.com/style/make-bath-bombs.htm
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I just went to the site but I can’t seem to find a place to purchase them, any help??
So please be very careful about the information anyone supplies to you about ingesting essential oils. Even though they are natural they can be very toxic used incorrectly. I would investigate any multi-level marketing outfit like doterra or young living both have some very, very questionable practices and reply on a bunch of inaccurate marketing hype. New Direction Aromatics is good, Majestic Mountain Sage, or even From Nature with Love all have quality essential oils. For the best safety information google ‘Martin Watt essential oil safety” Please be safe.
Please, please if anyone talks about taking essential oils internally and how pure their are that you can do that please run very far from them. Taking any essential oil internally pure or not is not something to do lightly or informed only by a multi-level marketer. Google essential oil safety Martin Watt to get safety information on essential oils. Doterra and Young Living are both multi-level marketers that have very questionable practices.
It is NEVER a good idea to apply undiluted essential oils on the skin. Please read Essential Oil Safety by respected authors such as Kurt Schnaubelt, Robert Tisserand or Valerie Wolword to name a few.
@Anonymous – I’ll bet these would fit perfectly in an empty Pringles container… Can’t wait to try these out!
I have to try this! We’re all snotty and stuffy, but I am allergic to the Vicks shower others! Something in them caused me to break out in hives!
My local michaels arts and craft store carries different essential oils
i wonder if you can’t find the extracts/oils if you could just use “vicks vapor rub” and either melt some then add it to the mix or just add a scoop of it (without melting it)…..just as a quick easy way to do it (i’m too lazy to search for oils), but great idea!
When my children were young I just took a bowl of hot water and put a couple of teaspoons of vicks vapour rub in it under my children’s beds when they went to sleep. They didn’t like it being rubbed on them.
I was thinking if people went to the effort of making the disks they could be used in a bowl too so wouldn’t require the child having a long shower.
Plus you are rubbing a petroleum product on your kids.
I used the vicks liquid vapor that you put directly in a vaporizor
@ Samantha, a cool dry place, does a refrig qualify as a cool dry place?
Has anyone heard of Now Essential Oils? GNC has them and Although it says not for internal use (I’m almost positive they’re talking about eating it), is it an ok brand to use in the tablets? Was thinking it would be a nice gift idea for the other moms in my daughters class, especially since we are hitting flu season.
now products are prob one of the best quality and purest eo on the market… i used to use them b4 i started making my own eo. 🙂 hope this helps
You can also put these in a tart burner, it works wonderfully !!
@rainy5982 good to know
Do I need to store them without the liners?
Silly question…..? Is there vicks in it at all?
Michaels arts and crafts stores have essential oils too in their soap making sections.
These are fragrance oils that Michael’s carries. Not to be confused with Essential Oils. Fragrance oils do not have the medicinal benefits of eos.
Young Living essential oils are a rip-off and an MLM scheme. Research them. They have been dishonest since they began. Don’t buy the hype.
The change from someone else says add oils after it’s hard??? Doesn’t that make it soggy
Oregano is a great antiviral oil …