It's possible to benefit from the virtues of essential and vegetable oils wherever you go! Going far from home sometimes requires you to adapt to certain changes that your body doesn't always keep up with. Sunburn, mosquitoes, digestive problems, bruises, bumps... In this article, we'll share our essential, 100% natural remedies to pack in your first aid kit to deal with the inconveniences that traveling can bring.

6 essential oils in my first aid kit:

1. Spike lavender: Intensely soothes bites and burns.

Spike lavender is the ultimate healing and pain-relieving essential oil. It is typically used for wasp stings or bites from small venomous animals. Its cleansing and pain-relieving properties also make it very valuable for burns and fungal infections. This oil is therefore ideal for sunburn, for example.

Cutaneous use : After cooling the burned area to prevent the burn from spreading and the pain from intensifying, apply pure lavender essential oil to the burn. To do this, simply apply 3 to 4 drops every 10 minutes until the pain subsides, for the first hour, and then repeat as soon as the pain resurfaces.

2. Peppermint: Against motion sickness, headaches and digestive disorders

Peppermint is a staple in the world of essential oils. This great pain-relieving oil is excellent for relieving digestive problems (nausea, vomiting, indigestion), decreased concentration, and headaches. It's also useful for alertness while driving to provide a boost. For energy, nothing could be simpler: simply apply a drop of oil to your forehead. It also provides a very pleasant cooling effect. However, it should be avoided by children under six years old and pregnant women.

Olfactory route: smell directly from the bottle, place on a support such as a tissue or place on the car floor mat.

Sublingual route: 1 to 2 drops of peppermint 3 times a day.

DIY Tip: To create your own after-sun moisturizing synergy, simply mix 50 ml of hemp vegetable oil with 10 drops of peppermint essential oil. Apply this synergy in the evening after your shower. This combination will leave your skin lightly scented and deeply nourished.

3. Tea tree: Disinfect and sanitize

Tea tree essential oil is a great anti-infective and anti-parasitic agent. It can be used for any bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infection. A truly multifunctional essential oil, it will be of great help whether it's for small acne pimples, canker sores, colds, or even a sore throat, for example. As a bonus, you can also add a drop of this oil to your toothpaste to disinfect your mouth and whiten your teeth.

Cutaneous route: In case of wound or other discomfort: after cleaning the wound, 3 to 4 drops of pure tea tree essential oil, maximum 3 to 4 times per day.

4. Ylang-Ylang: Helps you let go!

Ylang-Ylang essential oil, which means "flower of flowers" or "scent of all scents," has significant antidepressant and nerve-relaxing properties. On vacation, it will help you completely let go and regain your nervous and sexual tone.

DIY Tip: Ylang-ylang essential oil is not generally applied neat, but rather in synergy with a carrier oil. This summer, we recommend a perfect combination to tone and enhance your complexion. Simply mix 50 ml of carrot carrier oil with 5 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil. Apply the mixture every evening, rubbing it in properly for a guaranteed healthy glow.

5. Java citronella: SOS mosquitoes and aches and pains.

Java citronella is an essential oil with anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. This little bottle will therefore be useful to you for three main reasons:

• Protect yourself from mosquitoes;
• Soothe the itching of bites (for mosquitoes that might have managed to get through);
• Relieve aches and pains.

Atmospheric diffusion: 10 drops of Java citronella essential oil in a diffuser.

Cutaneous use: 3 to 4 drops of Java citronella essential oil diluted in a vegetable oil or body lotion on exposed limbs as soon as night falls after showering for excellent protection against mosquitoes. It is important to always dilute this essential oil in a carrier such as vegetable oil if applying it to the skin.

6. Immortelle : The ultimate anti-hematoma

Immortelle, also known as " Italian Helichrysum ," is a very powerful anti-trauma, anti-hematoma, and anti-inflammatory essential oil. It is useful for blows, bruises, bumps, wounds, etc. It is also used to reduce skin scarring and promote proper healing once the wound has closed.

Cutaneous route: 1 to 2 drops of pure immortelle essential oil after a blow to reduce pain and bruising and/or absorb it quickly, on a sprain or strain.

DIY tip: To reduce a bruise, mix 10 drops of immortelle essential oil in 50 ml of arnica vegetable oil.

4 vegetable oils in my first aid kit

1. Calendula : anti-inflammatory

Calendula oil macerate regenerates damaged or irritated skin. It is specifically used to care for damaged, chapped, and sunburned skin. This oil has anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and anti-pruritic properties.

Synergy tip: Calendula blended with lavender essential oil will soothe and repair skin in cases of sunburn and bites. You can create your synergy by mixing 50 ml of calendula vegetable oil with 35 drops of lavender essential oil.

2. Hemp : the gentle oil for sensitive skin

Hemp oil is the ultimate soothing oil, even for dry and sensitive skin. Its essential fatty acids provide direct moisture to the skin. Naturally nourishing, it's ideal for mature and dry skin. Additionally, its various moisturizing and revitalizing properties make it a popular ingredient in hair care products. Its highly penetrating properties also make it an ideal oil for massages.

3. Carrot : the natural self-tanner

Carrot oil macerate is an important source of provitamin A (or beta-carotene), as such it gives a healthy glow and brightens the complexion. Carrot is essential in the composition of any good tanning preparation product but also after-sun care. Be careful, however, essential and vegetable oils do not provide protection from UV rays. Homemade recipe for a natural self-tanner: Carrot vegetable oil 20 ml + apricot kernel vegetable oil 10 ml. Massage onto cleansed face and neck morning and evening.

4. Coco : The precious multifunctional

This oil, with its nourishing and softening properties, is a must-have vegetable oil for vacations. It can be used as a body care product to nourish dry or sun-exposed skin and as a hair care product to create a protective mask. It can also be used as a makeup remover and mouthwash if desired.

Don't hesitate to visit the article: Coconut Virgin plant oil: one product, 4 possibilities, and a smell to die for to learn everything about this oil.