16 DIY Beauty Gift Ideas with Essential Oils
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Looking for amazing and easy DIY recipes you can make for gifts using essential oils? These recipes are simple but really work. These are not your basic ‘through some coconut oil in and call it a day’ recipes.
These are recipes your recipients will use and then ask you for the recipe because its THAT good.
The best thing about all of these homemade recipes is how easy they are to turn into DIY gift ideas.
You can customize them with your favorite essential oils, make multiple recipes to create a great homemade gift set, or batch create a bunch at once and knock off everyone on your list if one swoop.

What are the Best Essential Oils for DIY Beauty Products?
I stick to 2 brands of essential oils and use them for all of my homemade beauty concoctions.

My favorite essential oil brands are NYR Organic and Plant Therapy.
I trust and recommend both of these brands for several reasons:
Both recommend responsible usage of essential oils, which does NOT include ingesting essential oils (ever).
Both offer a large assortment of organic essential oils.
Both have an assortment of blends and individual oils.
Both are high quality oils with third party testing and affordable pricing.
NYR Organic also boasts the most sustainable frankincense essential oil on the market. You can read more about the Frankincense Project here.

Homemade Natural Beauty Gifts with Essential Oils
These easy beauty recipes are perfect for DIY-ing your own gifts with essential oils.
This is my go-to lip balm recipe that I know you will love! I used to sell these little puppies and had repeat customers for years.
This lip balm is different than lots of other DIY recipes you might find on the great big web....it's made without coconut oil (shocking, I know!) and uses a combination of several luscious natural oils and butters.
It's easy to customize this with your favorite essential oils too.
Scroll to the bottom for cute packaging ideas too!
These solid lotion bars make a great homemade gift idea, and are so easy to customize using your favorite essential oils!
These little handheld lotions are super concentrated and nourishing, so a little goes a long way.
Lotion bars make a great DIY natural gift when paired with a reusable metal tin (and they're zero waste too!).
Speaking of lotion bars, this chocolate version is delectable and smells so good you might be tempted to eat it. The addition of cocoa powder and essential oils gives this a sweet, chocolatey scent perfect for the choc-o-holic in your life.
One of my favorite beauty DIY recipes, homemade cuticle oil is so easy to make YET works so wonderfully.
It's crazy how quickly this comes together, and it is so nourishing.
This cuticle oil strengthens nails and softens cuticles, packing a double duty punch of natural goodness for your fingers.
Lemon, rosemary and lavender essential oils all help strengthen and soften (and smell ahhh-mazing).
Slap one of these adorable labels on these babies and you've got yourself one amazing homemade gift!
OMG, this white chocolate mint lip balm is the BEST lip balm ever. It's creamy, nourishing and did I mention smells like minty, white chocolatey goodness?! Simply divine.
You can make this recipe in traditional lip balm tubes or metal tins - it works either way!
Sugar scrubs make a super quick and easy homemade gift idea, and they're SO easy to customize!
My version is gentle and mild, with 4 different scent options all using essential oils.
Or feel free to use your favorite essential oils to make it your own!
This lip scrub is so simple - it's literally just 2 ingredients but works so well!
My original recipe doesn't include essential oils, but I've added cinnamon and mint on various occasions and love it this way.
This one is so simple, yet your gift recipients will love it!
More body scrubs, because they really do make great DIY gifts! This Himalayan salt scrub is probably my favorite body scrub. It is a combination of pink Himalayan and dead sea salt, with nourishing oils and essential oils to boot.
5 different scent choices are included in this recipe as well (margarita is my FAV).
I especially love to pair a salt scrub with something like a lotion bar for a great homemade nourishing combo. Use the same scents in both recipes and you've got a great homemade gift set.
OK, one more scrub option, this one for the coffee lovers. Coffee scrub is great for skin and has that wake-you-up coffee smell most of us love.
There are 3 versions here - for body, face and lips, so pick your favorite and whip it up for the coffee addict in your life.
Or make all 3 for a super fun coffee lovers gift - pair with a great organic coffee and a cute mug and you're done.
This Epsom salt bath soak is perfect for winter months to help relieve congestion and detox the body.
How perfect would this be paired with a bottle of your favorite germ busting essential oil and a great diffuser?
What a great gift to keep those winter sniffles at bay.
Bath salts make a great gift and are so, so simple to make. You can through these together in minutes and easily customize them with your favorite essential oils.
Pick another recipe from this list and match the scents and you have a great homemade gift set your recipient will love!
This vanilla latte whipped body butter is so luxurious and smells completely amazing.
It is made with concentrated butters and oils, so a little goes a long way.
I love to pair this with a homemade sugar scrub or coffee scrub for a great glowing skin gift set!
Now for a few DIY recipes for the men in your life.
First up, for the bearded guy in your life, try this woodsy beard oil. It's for men that like to smell like a tree (like my husband).
It's bearded man tested and approved, and SO easy to make.
Pair this with the next recipe for a duo every bearded man will love.
You might wondering why a bearded guy would need BOTH a beard balm and a beard oil. According to my very bearded husband, they both serve very different purposes and are necessary.
The beard balm acts as more of a styling product, while the beard oil is to soften and moisturize.
This beard balm has a slightly firmer texture than other balms to give more hold for unruly beard hair.
And, of course, its loaded with woodsy essential oils and makes your guy smell like a tree.
For the guys without facial hair, try this homemade aftershave recipe. It's made with soothing aloe vera and great for giving post-shave skin that baby-soft feel.
Create an entire spa day gift set using these ideas and recipes. You can easily make tons of amazing DIY spa day recipes that will make an amazing and thoughtful homemade gift.
Essential oils add that spa-like feeling to your products and really make your spa-day gift stand out!
How to Package your DIY Beauty Gifts
You can go simple or fancy when it comes to packaging your homemade beauty gifts.
I prefer a natural, and mostly simple look, but do what feels good to you!
A simple ribbon with a hang tag is great for body scrubs, or a ‘handmade with love‘ sticker can be used on lots of different DIY recipes.
Bakers twine is a cute addition to homemade gifts, and I love these holiday inspired tags that make DIY Christmas gifts really shine.
I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite homemade beauty gift packaging ideas on Amazon. I love the chalkboard labels and already printed labels that can be used for lip balms or oils in glass tubes.

Looking for more Gift Giving Inspiration?
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