To start blending with labroma select new blend on the dashboard or create blend in the navigation
panel both options will bring you to the blending page before you begin to blend name your blend
you can allocate your blend to a blend category if you select the download arrow
your existing blend categories will appear and you can select the appropriate one
you will need to have created your categories previously in the blend category section
please see blank category tutorial on how to create a new category
applying tags to your blend is an efficient way to help locate your blends at a later date
simply type the tag or the word that is relevant and hit return
when you have named allocated and tagged your blend you're ready to start
the database on the left hand side contains over 500 ingredients which you can blend with
you can search the ingredients via the ingredient type along the top the search bar or the alphabet
at the bottom of the database window before you start to blend you may wish to set the rules for
your blend within the blend lab firstly choose the most essential oil or extract
and base you want in your blend as well as the overall size of your finished product
you can change the metric of your finished product at any stage
you can also change your mind and change the amount of essential oil
you want in your finished product by moving this bar
to begin blending, drag an ingredient from the database window over to your blending beaker
once you have dragged your ingredient over you simply select the volume of
that ingredient you want to have included within your blend again
choose the metric you want to work with and select add
your ingredient will populate within your blending bigger
select as many ingredients as you want
and your metric will stay as the default metric you began to work with
to add carrier oils or other ingredients select via the top and change your search
continue to add ingredients until you're completely happy with your blend
if at any stage you change your mind and you want to remove an ingredient from your blend
you simply drag that ingredient from your baker to the database on the left
as you blend your blend details will appear below the beaker
you can change the blend's overall volume metric by selecting the downward arrow here or you can
change the currency of the predicted cost of your blend by selecting this downward arrow
you will note that as you add ingredients to your beaker analytical results will appear
just above the blending beaker this will give you real time indications as to the
chemical family representation of your blend as well as how to blend
how it may affect the body and mind and the likely overall scent of your blend
these real-time results will change as you add and remove ingredients from your blend
the complete chemical results for your blend will appear below
this pie chart gives you a visual indication as too much
how much of each chemical is represented within your final blend you can hover over or click on
any of the colors in the pie chart to get more information on each chemical family
for more chemistry detail you can select complete
breakdown which will give you your chemical components within the blend
if you're a labrum a pro member you can see your compliance regulation warnings in red on the right
you can see which components are breaching compliance alongside the actual restriction
within whichever country you may wish to adhere to for your regulatory standpoint
below you can see software analytical details of your blend scent note lets you know the overall
note of your blend and how the essential oils will interact to give you a scent the
physical results will give you an indication as to how your blend may affect the body physically
a colored box means that your blend will influence this part of the body you can select the downward
arrow beside each bodily system to see which essential oil influences that part of the body
the psychological effects work with the same principle
this ranking system serves to indicate the effectiveness of your blend on the body and mind
each oil has received a ranking between one to three for its effect on the relevant
bodily system or mood one being the strongest three being the weakest
you can use the blend notes section to add a note for your blend
if at any point you want to delete the note you simply select the red trash can
if you have documents labels or additional information you would like to upload to be
stored alongside this blend you can do so by selecting the upload arrow
when you're happy with your blend please select save blend