11 Easy Ideas to Reuse Empty Essential Oil Bottles

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Are you wondering what to do with empty essential oil bottles and how to reuse them?

Essential oils are great natural tools to keep on hand, but as they’re used up, it’s hard to know what to do with the empty bottles except throw them away.

Luckily there are so many great ideas, and today I’m sharing 11 easy ideas to reuse empty essential oil bottles!

How do you get the last drops out of an essential oil bottle?

When using essential oils sometimes it can be difficult getting the last couple of drops out of the bottle.

Here are some tips on how to get them out easily so you can get the most bang for your buck!

• Remove the lid and dropper to place the bottle in a container of epsom salt. You can add multiple bottles to the epsom salt. This makes the perfect addition to any bath!
• After you remove the lid and dropper, you can add the remaining drops to a diffuser (depending on how much is still in there). I also like to fill up the bottle once with water and to use in the diffuser as well.
• When the essential oil is getting low, you can add an organic carrier oil to it then add a roller top to create an easy roller bottle!

How to clean essential oil bottles

Before we can begin reusing the empty essential oil bottles it’s important to know how to clean them.

Simply take a glass bowl and add in some dish soap and a drop or two of lemon oil (this will help remove the labels). Fill this bowl with warm water. Then take apart the empty essential oil bottle and place the pieces in the bowl to soak.

Let it sit for about 1-2 hours, then take out the bottle to remove the label. It should come off easily. If any residue is still left on the bottles, then try using 1 drop of Lemon essential oil with a cotton ball to get rid of the rest.

Then rinse off the bottle and other parts very well, and let it air dry.

That’s it! Once they are dried, you can start reusing your bottles!

11 Easy Ideas to Reuse Empty Essential Oil Bottles

Now that the bottles are all prepped and ready to go, here are 15 easy ideas on how to reuse those empty essential oil bottles!

1. Create custom blends by adding a dropper

A great way to reuse empty essential oil bottles is by creating custom DIY blends with them. Not only do you get some great blends to use, but if you add a dropper top to the bottle, then you can easily add it to your diffuser!

2. Carrier oil dropper

Another great way is by adding an organic carrier oil of your choice to the bottle. Then, add a dropper top. This creates a perfect solution for when you need to dilute essential oils or use essential oils on the go!

3. Use as a spray bottle by adding a spray top

Essential oil sprays are great to keep on hand. By using empty essential oil bottles and adding a spray top, you can make creating them that much easier!

4. Create a roller bottle by adding a roller top

You can easily create roller bottles by adding essential oils, an organic carrier oil, and a roller top to the empty essential oil bottle. This is perfect for when you’re using essential oils with young kids or babies.

5. Keep the custom blends close to diffusers

Another great idea after you’ve created a custom blend with the empty essential oil blends is to store them next to a diffuser in the room you use that blend in most often.

This saves a lot of time and energy each time as you go to use that diffuser.

6. Use as a small vase

Empty essential oil bottles make for a great small vase to put any small flower into! You can use them throughout your home for some added color.

7. Essential oil samples

Why spend money on essential oil sample bottles when you can just reuse your empty bottles? You can add the desired essential oils or blends to share with others!

You can also create great gifts this way too!

8. Create diffuser bombs for gifts

A great gift idea that you can use empty essential oil bottles for is creating diffuser bombs for people. These are simply custom blends (whichever ones you want) that are in an easy to use essential oil dropper bottle.

You can put a cute label on it. Then gift these blends to people to easily add to their diffusers when needed! It’s a perfect way to create a custom gift idea for the people you love!

9. Beautiful lights

This is an especially fun idea to reuse empty essential oil bottles! You simply place the bottle over each light in your string lights to create a unique and festive lighting arrangement!

10. Epsom salt bottles

These also can be a great gift idea or a solution for when you’re traveling. Simply fill up the bottle with epsom salt, add a couple drops of essential oils, and put the lid back on.

You can take these with you on road trips to easily create a relaxing bath!

11. Stock photography

Lastly, if you love taking photographs, then a lot of people are always looking for essential oil stock photography for their businesses. Keep some empty essential oil bottles, so you can easily add them into your stock photography to share with others!

As you can see there are so many unique and fun ideas to reuse empty essential oil bottles!

Which one of these ideas to reuse empty essential oil bottles is your favorite? Let me know by leaving a comment below or sharing a comment or picture on my Facebook Page or tagging me on Instagram (@simply_reeni) because I love hearing your feedback!

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All the best,

Reeni

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