Essential Oils

7 Ways to Use Australian Blue Cypress Essential Oil

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.  We’re obsessed with our Australian Blue Cypress Oil, it’s a must have for your EO collection.

Blue Cypress essential oil, with it’s sweet, fruity, and outdoorsy aroma, would be the ever-ready neighbour with a hammer and wood when your fence breaks and a carton of eggs when you have a baking crisis.

Here are some other reasons that this oil should be added to your collection.

1. Chipper evergreen

The blue cypress tree—Callitris intratropica—has a fresh scent similar to other evergreens you love but with a touch of lemony sweetness. Fresh fact about the blue cypress tree and maybe why it has such a crisp scent: the trees can live as long as 200 years!

2. Australian darling

Always wanted a neighbour from the land down under? Well, now’s your chance! One of Young Living’s Australian oils, our trusty Blue Cypress comes from the Outback Botanical Reserve and Distillery in Darwin, Australia. It’s also featured in Australian Kuranya essential oil blends.

Watch our Seed to Seal video to find out the origins of Australian Blue Cypress, From Seed to Seal in the Outback.

3. Top-notch collaborator

This oil, as the dutiful neighbour, collaborates well with many of our Young Living favourites and makes an appearance in some of our popular essential oil blends, including:

4. Protective pal

Blue Cypress essential oil adds more than just a zing of sweet piney aroma to your moisturiser—its constituents promote the appearance of healthy-looking skin!

  • Add it to your daily skin care routine along with Frankincense or Helichrysum.

  • Enjoy the added hydration it brings during cold or dry weather.

  • Put a drop or two in shaving cream or soap to help soothe skin while shaving.

5. Diffuser blend all-star

Release the purity and freshness of the Australian bush with our Australian Adventure Diffuser Blend.  The ideal diffuser blend for Australia Day.

6. Soothing massage companion

After a long day in the office or bustling around town, take the time to relax all those tired muscles with this essential oil.

YL Tip: Did you know that this essential oil is one of the ingredients in the Cool Azul™ essential oil blend, alongside such prominent friends as Peppermint, Oregano, and Dorado Azul? If your muscles need some extra TLC, reach for Cool Azul™ Sports Gel.

7. Cleaning assistant

Cleaning never ends, and that’s why it’s important to switch it up! Cypress essential oil is ready to step in by adding a fresh, invigorating scent to your DIY cleaners. Add it to all your Thieves Household Cleaner to bring a little something extra to your weekend chores.

Now that Blue Cypress is your friendly neighbour-turned-BFF, how are you going to use it?

Tell us in the comments!

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