Essential Oils Storage So That You Continue Benefiting For Years
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Essential Oils Storage: Ensuring Long-Lasting Benefits
Properly storing essential oils is crucial for maintaining their longevity and ensuring they remain pure and uncontaminated. Below are some key tips and guidelines for effectively storing your essential oils.
Why Proper Storage Matters
In the 19th century, women often had jewelers design special bottles for their perfumes and essential oils. This wasn't just for luxury; it helped preserve the therapeutic and aromatic properties of the oils. Without proper storage, essential oils can become contaminated or lose their effectiveness over time. Citrus oils, in particular, are prone to early breakdown. They can oxidize, lose their aroma, and become cloudy, indicating deterioration.
However, certain oils like frankincense, sandalwood, patchouli, and myrrh improve with time and can be stored longer. Notably, ancient Egyptians used oils like cedarwood and cinnamon for embalming, and traces of these oils were still detectable when a tomb was opened in the early 20th century.
Wouldn't you want to preserve your treasured oils just as effectively? Proper storage can extend the life of essential oils, which can range from six months to several years. Here’s how you can do it.
Best Practices for Storing Essential Oils
1. Use the Right Bottles:
- Dark amber, cobalt blue, or violet glass bottles are ideal.
- Sunlight and UV rays can weaken essential oils, so avoid clear glass bottles.
- Plastic bottles should be avoided as well; oils can dissolve the plastic, leading to contamination.
- Aluminum bottles are an option, but ensure they are lined internally.
2. Keep Away from Sunlight and Heat:
- Store oils away from sunlight and heat sources like heater vents.
- While refrigeration can increase shelf life, freezing is not recommended. If some oils cloud in the fridge, they typically return to normal at room temperature. Note, some citrus oils may remain cloudy but still retain their properties.
3. Prevent Contamination:
- Don't touch the orifice reducer or the inside of the cap.
- Use a separate pipette for each oil to avoid cross-contamination.
- Pipettes can also harbor oxygen, so be cautious. Residual oil in the pipette can become contaminated on contact with air, and using the same pipette again can contaminate the whole bottle.
- Close the bottle cap promptly as oils are volatile and can evaporate.
- Avoid rubber droppers with concentrated oils, as they can degrade.
By following these guidelines, you can significantly extend the shelf life of your essential oils. While it might require some extra effort and expense, your cherished oils deserve the best care.
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