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Yes, of course. Never store essential oils in light or where the temperature is high. Always store in dark, cool place to keep it safe, undamaged. It will increase shelf life.

Essential oil is liquid which is pressed from herbs and other plants. The best way to use an essential oil is in water or air home diffuser, but it's also easy to put a few drops out in a bowl on the kitchen counter or fill a spray bottle with water and about twenty drops of oil to mist orange...

Essential oils and carrier oils should be stored at cool or room temperatures to help increase their shelf life. The optimum storage temperature is five degrees centigrade; some aromatherapists keep a separate mini-fridge to store their essential oils, although this is not really necessary...

A simple sniff test will tell you if your essential oils, carrier oils or blends are contaminated or past their shelf life. If any of your oils smell slightly odd, it is best to discontinue use and discard them. Contaminated oils will carry bacteria onto your skin and will not be beneficial for use.

A common repellent for ants is peppermint essential oil. Follow the trail to the point of entrance. Ants usually enter from the wall around outlets or windows. Place a few drops of essential peppermint oil at the place of entrance to deter the ants from entering.

Pine essential oil is perfect for homemade dusting sprays and wood or floor cleaners. It also has antiseptic properties. Many people enjoy the woody, pine scent.

Tea Tree essential oil is antibacterial and antiviral. The oil is perfect for fighting growth of fungus and mold in the bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, or in humidifiers. The smell of tea tree oil is not particularly enjoyable, but it is a great addition to household soaps and cleaners.

In aromatherapy, lavender oil is used to treat insomnia, depression, stress, headaches, burns, acne, sore muscles, sprains, bruises, bites, stiff joints, nervous tension, and hair loss.

The phototoxic/photosensitive essential oil helps in increasing risk to ultra-violet light, most commonly associated with sunlight.

Diuretic essential oil helps in increasing the need to urinate more frequently.

Hot essential oils include Clove, Cinnamon, Lemongrass, Oregano, Thyme etc. These gives hot or warming sensation.

If the essential oils contain monoterpenes or oxides in good volume, it will last for about one or two years. If it contains phenols, the shelf life is up to three years.

Yes essential oils are effective. There have been several studies separately on different types of essential oils like dabbing a peppermint oil with ethanol mixture on the forehead gives relief from headache.

No pure essential oils need to be refrigerated. Rather keep it in cool and dark place. However, some cooking oils can be refrigerated like olive oil, fish oil, and walnut oil.

No, never. It reacts with plastics. It can only be safely stored in glass bottles.

No, it has not yet been proved. Experiments had been carried out but without any result. However, essential oils can be used during cold to ease feelings of stuffiness.

If it is pure, it cannot be frozen. So this can also be a test to know whether the essential oil that you bought is pure or not.

After expiry, the essential oil will not smell as it used to be. So whenever you buy the oil, familiar yourself with its smell.

Always buy essential oils from reputed brands. They always sell purest essential oils or as claimed on the wrapper. They never make false claims.

Take a sheet of white paper and pour one drop of essential oil on it. Let it dry. It is not pure if you see an oily ring on paper after it gets dried.