Rose Geranium Air Freshener DIY

I've been falling in love with making homemade products such as making own handmade soap, mosquito repellent spray, and natural soap. Lately, I've found out this incredibly easy homemade air freshener DIY. I would love to share it to all of you.

Most of the people made this air freshener using mason jar. However, I personally think that it will be much prettier if we make a natural air freshener using a vase and flower instead. So here's how I made my own Rose Germanium Air Freshener.

Ingredient:

Essential Oil, Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda), Flower, Vase

Sodium bicarbonate also known as baking soda is very well known as cleaning agent. It is neutralizing agent which can absorb odour. Please be note that we are using baking soda instead of baking powder. Both of them might sound similar but baking powder is a combination of baking soda and starch powder.
  

Some people might wonder: "How does it differ with air freshener selling on the market? Why would I waste so much time when it only costs few dollars."

Most air fresheners that are selling on the market uses fragrance oil.  However, we use the scent from essential oil, instead of fragrance oil.

I'm using Rose Geranium Essential Oil. I got 100ml of Rose Geranium Essential Oil at less than RM100.

Fragrance Oil vs Essential Oil

Fragrance oil is artificially created fragrance that does not carry all the good benefits like essential oil. Fragrance oil only mimics the scent. It is widely used on the market cause it is very inexpensive.

Essential oil can positively affect physical and mental health. It can be used to relieve moods, sooth, calming, relieve inflammation or even kill bacteria.

Essential oil is  pricier than fragrance oil but it contains much more health benefits than fragrance oil.

 Since we'll be using this for ourselves, why don't we should something that could benefit us instead of fake artificial fragrance. 

Steps:

1. Firstly, pour a quarter full of sodium bicarbonate into the vase. I prefer transparent glass vase so that I could see better.

2. Add 10 drops of Rose Geranium essential oil into the sodium bicarbonate.

(You can substitute with any of your preference essential oil such as lemongrass, lavender essential oil.)

3. Mix the essential oil and sodium bicarbonate.

And our very own air freshener is ready for use!

When the scent is gone, you can add few more drops of essential oil and it will start working again :)

Hopefully some of you might find this useful and thank you for reading!

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It's been almost three years since I last posted. I thought that I was going to give up on blogging, but somehow I decided not to. This blog works like my diary now, and sometimes when I read back the previous old posts, I noticed that how naive was I and started to regret why did I post it on the first hand. 

Short Updates on My Current Life

1. I am no longer a university student (in fact started working for about 2 years now).
2. I met the love of my life while studying in Adelaide and we're getting married in few months time.
3. Fell in love with handmade products such as soaps and sprays :)

Here's a photo of my pre-wedding photo that was taken in Korea.

That's all for today. I do not want to scare you all off with a lengthy post.

And yes, you can follow my instagram @iamlizzieleong