Our best kept secret for instant energy? Yup you guessed it , or did you? Peppermint essential Oil! This essential oil is ESSENTIAL and can cure everything! It’s the best quick fix to give you more energy , boost your mood, cure your headache, relieves stress and more! Here’s why we LOVE Peppermint essential oil and CAN’T go a day without it!
First off, lets share our favorite peppermint oil!
We love the Organic Peppermint oil by Aura Cacia! You can find here!
Now on to our best kept secrets...
ANXIETY AND STRESS RELIEVER
Oh how this is something we all struggle with right? You would never think just a quick sniff of peppermint oil can cure it all. Before a big day, important meeting or just to unwind quickly we love to carry our peppermint essential oil with us and open that baby up and sniff away to help melt our stress and anxiety! Studies (and us) show that breathing in peppermint essential oil for just a few seconds will calm your senses by sending signals to the brain of relaxation. The smell of peppermint reverts us back to childhood , as well as creating peaceful endorphins in the brain creating a state of calm. This oil has worked more than any other remedy for anxiety for us!
RELIEVE YOUR HEADACHES FOR GOOD
There are two ways that you can reap the benefits of peppermint oil for a headache. The first one is just by inhaling it! Inhaling peppermint relieves the sinus pressure and drains your sinuses, clears your respiratory track and sends your headache away almost instantly. The second way you can use this oil for a headache is by mixing it with a carrier oil such as coconut oil. Using a few drops of essential oil and your choice of a carrier oil rub this mixture on your temples and feel your headache gone!
BOOST YOUR MOOD
Peppermint oil is a one of the best ways to boost your mood and create confidence! If you are feeling in a slump and don’t know how to get out of it, take a whiff of peppermint essential oil and feel instantly happier. Peppermint oil Soothes feelings of irritability and sends signals to your brain to boost happy endorphins! It’s proven to enhance cognitive behavior and your abilities to stay happy! Sniff and smile!
INSTANT ENERGY
This is our best kept secret for instant energy! Instead of reaching for that coffee or that energy drink that you need to get you through the rest of your day, reach for your peppermint essential oil! That’s right you heard us! Peppermint essential oil has been used for years as a tool to create an instant energy boost! There are cells that live inside our nose that detect our environment, then sending information to the brain. Breathing in peppermint creates alertness and awareness, powerfully improves and affects your mental clarity and boosts your energy levels! It also improves your performance with exercise by giving you more energy! So think again before you grab that double shot expresso!
Our favorite ways to use Peppermint essential oil are to use a diffuser! You can find one of our favorites here!
Use as a topical with a carrier oil! Our favorites are here!
And in case you missed it , you can find our all time favorite peppermint essential oil here!
We are so excited for you to try this essential oil and get all of the benefits from it! Let us know in the comments below what you think of it! You’re going to LOVE IT!
xoxo
Allie and Ashley