10 Uses for Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon essential oil is a must-have for every home. It’s an all-natural cleaner, deodorizer and degreaser, and it can also be used for cooking and baking. Learn how to use lemon essential oil in this tutorial.

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If you haven’t tried lemon essential oil in your home yet, you are missing out. It’s great for cleaning nearly every surface of the home, purifying the air and has a fantastic refreshing scent. I often just uncap the bottle and smell the invigorating aroma. It literally feels like a fresh-cut lemon right under your nose.

So did you know that Lemon essential oil is derived from the rind of lemons – not the juice or the pulp? And it takes 3,000 lemons to produce 1 kilo of essential oil. Pretty amazing, right? That’s a whole lot of lemons in just one bottle of Lemon essential oil.

For this blog post, I’m going to talk about topical and aromatic uses for Lemon essential oil. Remember with all citrus essential oils, if you use them topically (on the skin) they can make your skin photo-sensitive in the sun. I personally would avoid direct sunlight on any area of my skin where I applied any citrus essential oil. If you’re looking to use it for dietary purposes, check out Lemon Vitality essential oil from Young Living. It’s the exact same oil but the bottle has been labeled for dietary use.

Ready to learn how to use Lemon essential oil for your home? Let’s get started…

10 Uses for Lemon Essential Oil

1. Natural Goo Gone

Get goo and gunk off virtually any surface with Lemon essential oil. Just add a few drops and work out the gunk with a paper towel. Works great for pesky sticker labels on bottles or that layer of dust that’s tough to get out on surfaces.

2. Stain Remover

Stained clothes? Rub Lemon essential oil all over the stain, then immediately put the item in the washing machine. Works like no other stain remover – even on dried-out stains!

3. DIY Body Scrub

Make your own DIY sugar scrub with Lemon essential oils. It’s just a few ingredients and the scent is refreshing.

4. Air Freshener

Add a few drops of Lemon essential oil to a spray bottle and fill with water. Spritz the air for a natural air freshener without all the chemicals in store-bought aerosol air fresheners. Check out these 30 essential oil diffuser recipes for more air freshener ideas.

5. Household Cleaner

You can make your own DIY household cleaner with Lemon essential oil to clean virtually every surface of your home. It smells great too.

7. Lemonade

Make your own lemonade with Lemon Vitality essential oil. Juice 6-8 lemons and add to a pitcher with 10 cups of water. Add 1/2 cup of honey and 5-10 drops Lemon essential oil. You can even add 1 drop of Lavender Vitality essential oil to make a Lavender Lemonade. Add ice to chill, and serve.

Closeup of lemon and lavender essential oils next to a pitcher of lemonade

7. Soft Scrub

Ditch those store-bought scrubs and make this DIY soft scrub instead. It’s so easy to make – just use a few drops of Lemon essential oil, Thieves Household Cleaner, and baking soda to make a paste that will clean tubs, tile, sinks, and so much more.

8. Oven Cleaner

Add a few drops of Lemon essential oil to 2 tbsp of baking soda and a little water to make a paste. This homemade cleaner works great for ovens.

9. Window Cleaner

Add a few drops of Lemon essential oil and 1 capful of Thieves Household Cleaner to a 16 oz. spray bottle and fill with water. Spray windows and mirrors and clean without streaks.

10. Bleach Alternative

Make your own DIY natural bleach alternative with a few drops of Lemon essential oil and Thieves essential oil and hydrogen peroxide.

11. Focus and Concentration

Add 3 drops of Lemon essential oil and 3 drops of Peppermint essential oil to a diffuser to help with focus and concentration – great for homework time, deadlines, and more.

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2 Comments

  1. I LOVE the smell of lemon. Besides smelling like summer, it smells clean to me, so it’s no surprise it has so many uses! I’ve really been wanting to get into EO’s, but they’re SO expensive so I want to buy them one at a time. Lemon may be my first one! Thanks for sharing <3

    1. Thanks for visiting, Savannah. Love your name BTW. Lemon EO is one of my favorites. And I can totally relate to wanting to buy one at a time, but it’s actually more expensive that way. It’s cheaper to get a starter kit. The one I got I saved about 50% off retail prices. I’ve got more info at https://dontmesswithmama.com/oils about the starter kit and the freebies you’ll get too. Plus, I can show you how to get the starter kit for free. Email me at tracey@dontmesswithmama.com to learn more.