Please Note: This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Dawn. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.
It always amazes me how quickly a scent can transport me. With one breath, I am in another place, living in a memory.
Sometimes, those whiffs of the past are unpredictable — a random smell that triggered a memory. But I don’t want to wait for random. So, I seek out scents that bring me to peaceful, wonderful places — that add some zen to my busy life.
I use a shampoo with such a thick coconut smell that, when I pour it into my hand and close my eyes, I am seven years old again, stepping onto the hot sand in Honolulu.
I make Apple Crisp with extra cinnamon and my kitchen becomes my childhood kitchen, with me waiting for my mom to spoon ice cream onto my steaming plate of Apple Rhubarb Crisp.
And so when I opened the new bottle of Dawn Destinations – New Zealand Springs and squeezed it into my dish-filled sink, I closed my eyes to see where it would take me. With one breath, I was in a spa, next to a fresh waterfall, and I was calm for a moment.
A busy parent knows, that sometimes standing at a sink full of dishes can be the most “alone time” we get all day. Plunging our hands into the hot, soapy water, while we wash up the day’s dishes, can actually be the easiest of our tasks. And if we close our eyes and breathe deeply, dish duty can almost become a blessing.
Doing my dishes with Dawn Destinations may not really take me on a wild escape to an exotic locale, but it is an easy way to bring me some extra zen. And I was pleased to see that Dawn Destinations not only treated me to a quick “trip away,” but did all the dirty work fighting grease in the sink that I expect from Dawn.
DIY Aromatherapy Neck Pillow with Lavender Oil
In celebration of the power of scents, Dawn sent us a fun kit to make our own DIY Aromatherapy Neck Pillow.
I love to soothe sore muscles with a warm neck pillow or calm down a headache with a cold pack, and so I was happy to quickly throw together this DIY Aromatherapy Pillow. It was super easy — it took me about two minutes.
Step 1 — Fill one tube or knee sock with uncooked rice
Step 2 — Add 10-15 drops of essential oil
Step 3 — Tie a tight knot and stitch secure if desired
With this fast project, you can use any of your favorite essential oils to bring some aromatherapy zen into your life, while soothing your sore muscles at the same time.
Thanks again to Dawn and Double Duty Divas for making this fun craft post possible. And no worries — opinions are always our own!
Written and photographed by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom and owner of Janice Croze Photography
Aromatherapy is method for skin massage .It uses in volatile plant materials, known as essential oils. Aromatic compounds for the purpose of altering a person’s judgment, mood, cognitive function or health. Thanks for sharing this article.
I love the scent of apples!
The fresh cut smell of Key Lime
I love everything pine scented.
Vanilla and lavender help me to escape.
vanilla and lavendar
I love the friut and wood scents i feel so relaxed in them
Thanks for the giveaway… love the scent of balsam, pine, evergreen, etc.
I like Lavender scents.
The smell of vanilla. I find that scent very relazing.
I love vanilla and lavender scents…When I want to get away from everything I just throw my homemade bath bombs in the tub and I am gone….
I like the scents of vanilla and citrus.
I think the vanilla or lavender smells help me escape and relax.
I like floral scents.
Scents that let me escape are clean cotton, linen, eucalyptus, and lavender.
Lavender scent helps me in my big great escape.
Coconut, orange, lemon, lime, and vanilla are the scents that help me escape.
The scent of lavender makes me escape.
I love to escape with lavender.
I love the scent of lemons, they remind me of summer.
Lavender for me.
Honeysuckle symbolizes escape to me!
Lavender and Vanilla scents let me escape.
Vanilla. It always helps me calm down and feel happy.
the fresh linen scent helps me to escape.
I like sandalwood.
I love melon scents
I like the tropics so I love the smell of the tropics and suntan oil
aloe & lavender scents.
Lavender is my go to choice when I visit day spas. It just relaxes me SO much.
i love eucalyptus scented things, they are very relaxing
I like cinnamon scent.
Pine scent and lavendar!
The smell of vanilla reminds me of a lot of escappes
I am drawn to the scent of flowers.. Mostly lilacs and honeysuckle.
Lavender scents definitely help me escape
Coconut always relaxes me. It makes me think of the beach.
A vanilla and lavender combo scent helps me relax and escape.
I love apple scents!
Vanilla helps me escape.
One of my favorite scents is Eucalyptus.
Tropical beachy scents
I like lavender.
Lavender is my go to scent. Or anything that reminds me of the ocean
Fresh scents I love
i love evergreen for relaxation
I like christmassy scents to make me feel like I’m on holiday! my favorite is one called “christmas wish”, it smells sort of like cookies and a fresh tree in my house haha.
I love anything with vanilla.
I love anything tropical!
I love Lemongrass. The smell is clean and relaxing.
My fave escape was an asian fig scent.
cocanut and plumeria helps me escape
Vanilla is my favorite scent.
I love the scent of vanilla
Lavender, orange, cinnamon, and fresh baked cookies…. well, I am not sure fresh baked cookies are relaxing, but they make me happy!
Lavendar, eucalyptus, honeysuckle, and cotton are my go to scents for relaxation.
The smell of gardenias or jasmine is very relaxing for me.
The scent that helps me relax is coconut.
Lavender, lemon grass, and mint are my favorite scents.
Cinnamon has always let me daydream and escape !
Vanilla is a scent that helps me escape.
I love lilac and lemon.
lavender takes me back to my childhood
I love the scent of lavender to help me relax and “escape”.
Summer scents such as coconut , vanilla and pineapple help me to escape.
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Lavender always relaxes me.
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The scent of coconut or lemon makes me escape.
Lavender scent lets me escape into relaxation.
Pine makes me think of my home state. Maine 🙂
Rose and jasmine scents are my favorites.
I like coconut and honeysuckle scents.
mine would have to be coconut
My scent is french vanilla
Lilac, Lavendar & Coconut works for me!
Lavender and eucalyptus let me escape.
I like fresh or rain scents
I love Lavender scent
I think citrus relaxes me, also I feel like eucalyptus for relaxing and stress
The scent of lavender makes me escape!
Chamomile does it for me.
I like lavendar
The ocean and lavender are my 2 favorite scents.
I love the scent of rosemary and lemon verbena!
For me, it’s food-related scents, especially vanilla or cinnamon.
The minute I get a whiff of coconut I am immediately transported to a tropical island
I like lilac and rose scents.
I like lemon or orange
I love anything lavender or cotton scents, so relaxing!
I like the scent of lavender. It makes me feel relaxed.
i love clean smells!
My favorite is the smell of my Snickerdoodle coffee (a splurge my MIL gets me). But, in essential oils, vanilla and lavendar are definitely my favorites. During the holiday season, I love peppermint smells.
Cinnamon or citrus are favorite smells for me. thank you!
I love lavender, peppermint, and citrus blends
The smells of the Ocean remind me of my younger days!!
I prefer herbal scents, like lavender, rosemary and sage.
Lavender or Lilac for me!
Lavender is so relaxing.
Vanilla jasmine is my escape scent
My go-to escape scents would probably be sandlewood and lemon.
lavender, its my all time favorite
Love the smell of pumpkin.
The smell of rain
Coconut scent always “takes me away”. I can’t smell coconut without envisioning a calming beach scene.
I love the smell of lavender. It lets me just drift away.
The smell of the ocean beach lets me escape
I love the scent of lemon.
Lavender scent or chamomile
Coconut and Cinnamon
I like cucumber melon to help me escape.
The smell of the ocean
The relaxing scents of Lavender and Chamomile let me escape.
I love the scent of magnolia.
I love tropical scents like pineapple and coconut
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I like floral scents and lilac scents.
I enjoy beaches from thunderstorm at night
Fresh scents like linen or ocean breezes help me to escape.
Lavender and coconut helps me escape
I love melon scents
Love lavender and it helps me relax.
I like mango scents
Lavender scent lets you escape.
I like cotton linen
I love citrus scents.