Lavender Diffuser Blend Recipes {free printable}

I share lots and lots of DIY recipes using essential oils from magic shower cleaner to face serum for customized by skin type to headache balm, but the essential oil recipes that I use most often are diffuser blends.

In fact, the very first ever essential oil that I used was lavender in my diffuser to help with my sleep.  Like a lot of women, I used to wake up 2-3 times a night.  I’d hear the dog walking around, or my husband would turn over, or my mind would race with all the things I had to do the next day.  I just couldn’t seem to get the sleep I needed.  I was always tired and in a bit of a brain fog.  Then I starting diffusing avender, and all the sudden I started sleeping through the night.  In my opinion this was nothing short of a miracle, and that started my love of essential oils!  (read more about that and get my favorite sleep diffuser blend recipes here)

That was more than five years ago.  Since then I’ve learned that lavender essential oil not only helps improve sleep, but it can help relieve anxious feelings, keep mosquitoes and flies away, alleviate my headaches, and much more.

Diffuser Recipes Organized by Use

Since lavender essential oil is useful for so many different uses, I’ve organized the diffuser blends by therapeutic benefits.  Have a cold? Check out the blends in the “congestion, colds & coughs” section below.  Mosquitoes eating you alive? Try the “bug repellent” diffuser blends.  Trouble getting asleep or waking up during the night? See the “sleep” section for lavender diffuser blends to help you sleep soundly all night long.

Here are the 10 types of recipes you’ll find below.  There are several diffuser blends in each section.  Want more?  Be sure to grab the free printable.  It has all the recipes shown below PLUS another 2-3 diffuser blends for each therapeutic need.

1. sleep
2. stress relief
3. anxiety
4. uplifting
5. congestion, colds & coughs
6. allergies
7. headaches
8. nausea
9. deodorize
10. bug repellent

How to use diffuser recipes?

1. find the diffuser blend you want to try – There are 40+ lavender essential oil diffuser blends to pick from below and on the free printable.  Find the one that suits your mood, find a new one to try, or find one that has the emotional/physical essential oil benefits you need.  If you don’t have a specific essential oil, don’t worry.  You can either substitute a similar oil. or try one of the other 40+ recipes.  There are sure to be a few for which you have all the needed oils.
2. add water to your diffuser (tip:  be sure to stop filling below the little line inside your diffuser.  Ultrasonic diffusers need to have space at the top so that the water can move back and forth rapidly enough to turn into the cold mist that comes out of the top of the diffuser.  If you fill the water level too high, then you won’t get as much mist out of the diffuser.  Less water (more space at the top) equals more mist.  Too much water (little to no space at the top) equals little to no mist.)
3. add the essential oils to the water (tip:  the diffuser blend recipes are written for 300ml diffusers, but you can easily adjust the recipes to work for any size of diffuser.  See the next section below for tips on how to adjust the recipes)
4. put the cover on your diffuser
5. plug in your diffuser and turn it on

Don’t have a diffuser?  Don’t worry you can still diffuse essential oils.   25 ways to diffuse without a diffuser

How many drops of essential oil should I use in my diffuser?

These diffuser blends were created for a 300ml diffuser, but you can easily adjust the recipes to work for every size of diffuser.

150ml and smaller diffusers:  cut the recipes in half so that you use 3-4 drops of essential oil

200ml-400ml diffusers:  use the diffuser blends as is (5-8 drops of essential oil)

500ml and larger diffuser:  double the diffuser recipes so that you use 10-15 drops of essential oil

lavender essential oil diffuser blend recipes for SLEEP

find more diffuser blends for a great night’s sleep here, DIY sleep spray here, calming lavender vanilla bubble bath recipe here, and calming magnesium body butter (the secret to the best sleep I’ve ever had) here

Sweet Dreams

2 drops lavender

2 drops cedarwood

2 drops lemon

1 drop sweet orange

1 drops ylang ylang

Mellow Mama

2 drops clary sage

2 drops lavender

2 drops vetiver

Bedtime Stories

3 drops lavender

2 drops sweet orange

1 drop lemon

1 drops cedarwood

1 drop fennel

essential oil diffuser blends for STRESS RELIEF

find more calming diffuser recipes for stress relief here, DIY aromatherapy playdough recipe here, DIY relaxation rub,  and homemade stress balls here

Sea Breeze

3 drops lavender

3 drops lime

1 drop spearmint

Stress Buster

2 drops lavender

2 drops cedarwood

2 drops lemon

1 drop sweet orange

1 drop peppermint

Coastal Calm

2 drops frankincense

2 drops cedarwood

2 drops lavender

1 drop sweet orange

get the free printable of all 40 lavender essential oil diffuser blend recipes here

lavender essential oil recipes for ANXIETY

Find roller bottle blend recipes to support anxious feelings here

Peace & Ease

2 drops clary sage

2 drops cedarwood

2 drops sweet orange

2 drops lavender

Anxious Feelings

2 drops bergamot

2 drops lavender

2 drops peppermint

Serenity

4 drops lavender

2 drops vetiver

2 drops ylang ylang

essential oil diffuser recipes for UPLIFTING & HAPPINESS

For roller bottle recipes for emotions (uplifting, mood balance, grounding, confidence, and more)

Happy Vibes

3 drops tangerine

2 drops lavender

2 drops spearmint

1 drop lime

Positive Thinking

2 drops frankincense

2 drops eucalyptus

2 drops lime

2 drops lavender

Lift Me Up

2 drops clary sage

1 drop ylang ylang

1 drop geranium

1 drop sandalwood

1 drop lavender

1 drop lemon

lavender blends for CONGESTION, COLDS, & COUGHS

Find more diffuser blends for congestion here, diffuser blends for immune support here, and immune support foot rub here

Cold Buster

2 drops lavender

2 drops eucalyptus

1 drop tea tree

2 drops peppermint

Sinus Blend

1 drop oregano

2 drops peppermint

2 drops lemon

2 drops lavender

1 drop tea tree

Stuffy Nose

3 drops eucalyptus

1 drop tea tree

1 drop rosemary

2 drops lavender

diffuser blend recipes for ALLERGIES

Find roller bottle blend for allergies here and inhaler recipes for allergies here

Change in Seasons

2 drops lavender

2 drops cedarwood

2 drops peppermint

1 drop tea tree

Happy Nose

3 drops peppermint

1 drop eucalyptus

1 drop orange

1 drop lavender

Sleeping with Allergies

2 drops lavender

2 drops cedarwood

1 drop Roman chamomile

2 drops lemon

1 drop eucalyptus

lavender blends for HEADACHES

want more essential oil recipes for headache?  Try my homemade headache balm and headache helper roller bottle recipes

Headache Helper

2 drops lavender

3 drops peppermint

2 drops frankincense

1 drop lemon

1 drop basil

My Aching Head

2 drops lavender

2 drops peppermint

2 drops copaiba

2 drops frankincense

Sinus Headache

2 drops peppermint

2 drops eucalyptus

1 drop tea tree

1 drop lemon

2 drops lavender

diffuser recipes for NAUSEA

Also try my easy essential oil inhaler recipes for motion sickness and upset stomach and this DIY salve for upset stomachs

Motion Sickness

3 drops peppermint

2 drops ginger

2 drops lavender

Tummy Tamer

2 drops lavender

2 drops ginger

2 drops peppermint

1 drop Siberian fir

1 drop lemon

Upset Stomach

2 drops ginger

2 drops spearmint

2 drops lavender

2 drops cardamom

essential oil recipes to DEODORIZE

Want more deodorizing essential oil recipes?  Try these: stinky shoe spray, “Lysol” disinfecting spray, trash can deodorizer tabs, toilet cleaning fizzies, trash can deodorizer spray, and this homemade natural deodorant that actually works 

Fresh Linen

1 drop lavender

2 drops eucalyptus

2 drops lemon

1 drop tea tree

1 drop peppermint

Clean & Fresh

2 drops cedarwood

1 drop lavender

2 drops sweet orange

2 drops lemon

1 drop spearmint

Fresh Air

2 drops lavender

2 drops spruce

2 drops sweet orange

2 drops grapefruit

lavender essential oil diffuser blend recipes for BUG REPELLENT

find more information about which essential oils repel mosquitos, ticks, gnats, flies, and more along with bug spray recipes here 

Bug Off

1 drop thyme

2 drops peppermint

2 drops lavender

3 drops lemon eucalyptus

Wildflower Wanderlust

3 drops citronella

2 drops lavender

1 drop patchouli

1 drop geranium

Goodbye Mosquitos

3 drops lemon eucalyptus

1 drop lavender

1 drop peppermint

1 drop lemongrass

1 drop geranium

click here for a free printable of these lavender diffuser blends + 25 more recipes

other diffuser blend recipes (with free printables) that you might be interested in:

40+ lemon essential oil diffuser blends

sleep diffuser blends

diffuser recipes for colds and congestion

calming essential oil blends

energy diffuser blends for fatigue

spring diffuser recipes

summer diffuser recipes

fall diffuser blends

winter diffuser recipes

Christmas diffuser blends

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