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DIY Smudge Sprays? A list of must have ingredients to get creating! 🦋

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Everything you need to create your own beautiful, aromatic smudge sprays at home. 🌿✨ From essential oils and botanical ingredients to the little tools that make DIYing easy, choose your favourite scents and create a spray that feels uniquely yours. ...
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Solubilizer & Preservative

A solubilizer is crucial in your creation, as an emulsifier between your essential oils and distilled water. Not using one means your essential oils will simply sit on top of the water. A preservative is most definitely a non-negotiable, as it keeps ...
 
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A wonderful botanical base for DIY sprays. It adds astringency and helps create that light, refreshing feel that makes smudge sprays so lovely to mist around your space.
Earthwise Pure Witch Hazel Distillate 250ml
 
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This is a solubilizer! It will help to blend essential oils & distilled water together in your Smudge Spray..so your oil isn't just floating on top. This is a non-negotiable ingredient for sprays! 🌸
Polysorbate 20 - Tween 20 (8 fl OZ) | Amriel Co.
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A reliable broad-spectrum preservative for water-based DIY products like smudge sprays. It helps protect your finished spray from bacteria, yeast, and mold so it stays fresh and safe to use. Also, a non-negotiable ingredient to create safely!
Germall Plus
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Essential Oils

This is the FUN part!! The part where you create the very vibe YOU want! Set intentions for your blend, and let your intuition guide the scent profile! There are so many combinations! Grounding • Uplifting • Comforting • Cleansing • Balancing • Prot...
 
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I love many brands of oils, but when it comes to Lavender, I always choose Aura Cacia 💜
Aura Cacia, Pure Essential Oil, Lavender, 4 fl oz (118 ml)
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Frankincense — Earthy • resinous • serene
Frankincense Oil
 
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Lemon — Fresh • bright • uplifting
Lemon Oil (Citrus limon)30mL
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Eucalyptus — Crisp • fresh • invigorating
NOW FOODS Eucalyptus Essential Oil, 30 ML
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Peppermint - Cool • crisp • refreshing
Peppermint Oil
 
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Rosemary - Herbaceous • fresh • energizing
Rosemary Essential Oil
 
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Cedarwood — Grounding • warm • woodsy
Cedarwood Oil (Juniperus virginiana)30mL
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Lemongrass - Balancing • brighten • fresh
Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogon flexuosus)30mL
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Cinnamon - Warm • spicy • cozy
Cinnamon Cassia Oil (Cinnamomum cassia)30mL
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Orange - Citrus • bright • invigorating
Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis)30mL
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Clove - Comfort • warm • cozy
NOW Clove Oil, Undiluted, Steam Distilled, 1oz
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Pumpkin Spice - Autumn • cozy • 🎃
NOW Pumpkin Spice Essential Oil Blend 30mL
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Balsam Fir - Woodsy • grounding • fresh
Balsam Fir Needle Oil (Abies balsamea)30mL
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Clary Sage - Herbal • soft • earthy • calming
Clary Sage Oil
 
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Another Aura Cacia favorite 🫚
Aura Cacia, Pure Essential Oil, Ginger, 0.5 fl oz (15 ml)
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Patchouli - Earthy • grounding • natural
Aura Cacia, Pure Essential Oil, Patchouli, 0.5 fl oz (15 ml)
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If I had to choose an all-time favorite essential oil, Bergamot would be the one. It's ability to soothe emotional chaos is unmatched!
NOW Foods, Essential Oils, Bergamot, 1 fl oz (30 ml)
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A soft and calming oil. Always in stock, in my world 🫶🏻
Aura Cacia, 100% Pure Essential Oil, Roman Chamomile, 0.125 fl oz (3.7 ml)
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Packaging

A few things you'll definitely need in your smudge sprays creating adventure! 💙🦋
 
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A beautiful, practical way to package your finished spray. I personally use cobalt blue, but the amber and/or clear are also lovely! Please use UV-protective glass - especially for essential-oil-containing products.
CycleMore 25 Pack 4oz Blue Glass Spray Bottles
 
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One of those little tools you never knew you needed! Perfect for creating quick, tidy labels for all your DIY sprays, salves, jars, bottles, ingredients and shipping.
Rongta Bluetooth 4x6 Thermal Label Printer