Nicole

I am a wife, mom, and curious mind with an extensive background in research and analysis, especially pertaining to functional nutrition, herbalism, aromatherapy, and alternative health. I currently live in Virginia and enjoy creating things, cooking, mentoring, personal development, business strategy, gardening, hiking, playing music, and homeschooling. I'm a huge information nerd and love to share my findings with others.

bergamot oil user guide: uses, benefits, safety info, and FAQ

Bergamot Oil User Guide: Uses, Benefits, Recipes, & FAQs

Bergamot oil is a popular essential oil with its uplifting and calming aroma and cleansing and purifying properties. It has several intriguing uses and benefits, backed by quite a few scientific studies. In this user guide, you’ll read all about bergamot oil, including scientific studies, health benefits, suggestions on how to use it, diffuser blend …

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Elemi essential oil user guide: benefits, uses, faqs, scientific studies, blending recomendations, elemi essential oil diffuser blends, safety info, and more

Elemi Essential Oil User Guide: Benefits, Uses, DIY, FAQs

People have been turning to elemi essential oil for many reasons for centuries. Elemi has a spicy, incense-like fragrance, ideal for relaxing your mind and body. It comes from the Canarium Iuzonicum tree, belonging to the same botanical family as frankincense and myrrh.  This unique oil has remarkable anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties that may help …

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ningxia red: benefits, ingredients, scientific studies, recipes, faqs and more

NingXia Red: The ONE Supplement Drink You Need

NingXia Red is arguably Young Living’s most popular wellness supplement. It’s a nutrient-rich drink containing juice from antioxidant-providing superfruits, including wolfberries, aronia, blueberries, cherries, pomegranates, and plums mixed with Orange, Yuzu, Lemon, and Tangerine Vitality Essential Oils. NingXia Red contains several vital nutrients that modern Western diets are often missing or lacking that may enhance …

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Ningxia Electrolyte Drink Recipe

NingXia Red Electrolyte Drink Recipe

Electrolytes play a crucial role in maintaining our body’s overall health and well-being. These electrically charged minerals regulate essential bodily functions, from controlling muscle contractions to balancing fluid levels. Many associate electrolytes with sports drinks, but their benefits extend beyond athletic performance. Unfortunately, most electrolyte drinks on the market contain harmful additives that aren’t actually …

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Ningxia Berry Syrup User Guide (Info, Uses, Etc.)

This premium, all-purpose Ningxia Berry Syrup combines smooth, warm, yet tangy flavors for a delightful, kid-approved, fruity syrup with various uses. Ningxia berry syrup is my family’s favorite syrup to use on our homemade pancakes and waffles. Its flavor is much lighter and brighter than just using maple syrup or sugar-based options commonly found in grocery …

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7 Essential Oils That Support Your Body Through Chlorine Exposure

Did you know that your body absorbs chlorine while you’re swimming? Did you know that you can naturally support your body to help protect yourself from it? Yes!! There are essential oils to help support your body through chlorine exposure 7 Essential Oils That Support Your Body Through Chlorine Exposure There are many cleansing oils …

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myrrh essential oil user guide: uses, benefits, scientific studies, and FAQs

Myrrh Essential Oil User Guide: Benefits, Uses, & DIY Ideas

Myrrh essential oil is a naturally derived botanical essence, extracted from the resin of the Commiphora myrrha tree. It has a warm, earthy aroma and is often used in aromatherapy to reduce stress and anxiety levels. The oil has been historically used for thousands of years in Christian traditions, Greek mythology, and ayurvedic and traditional …

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What is copaiba essential oil? Here are some of our favorite uses and recipes

Copaiba Essential Oil User Guide with 30+ Uses, Benefits & FAQ

Copaiba essential oil helps support your cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems and your skin. It’s also known for enhancing the effects of other oils, calming properties, and ability to soothe the digestive system. How Copaiba Essential Oil Is Made Copaiba essential oil is steam distilled from the copaiba resin tapped from Copal trees (copaifera reticulata, copaifera langsdorfii, …

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DIY Florida Water

Florida water is a combination of essential oils mixed with a solvent (in this case, alcohol). It originally was made in Florida, inspired by the Fountain of Youth, which according to folklore is located in St Augustine, FL. Originally, Florida Water was sold as a unisex cologne or perfume, providing a lighter than normal spicy-citrus-floral …

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Reviewing Super-B Supplement: Benefits & FAQ

Super B™ is a B-vitamin complex created by Young Living that contains all eight B vitamins and bioavailable chelated minerals to help your body maintain healthy energy levels, support your cardiovascular system and cognitive functioning, and reduce negative feelings caused by everyday stress. Vitamin B is an essential nutrient helping to support healthy neurotransmitter functions, …

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Multigreens Chlorophyll Supplement: Uses, Nutrition, & FAQs

MultiGreens is an exclusive Young Living Essential Oils herbal supplement that combines bee pollen with a variety of healthy greens and essential oils to boost your body’s vitality by supporting your glandular, nervous, and circulatory systems. In this post, you’ll see: Multigreen’s ingredients Multigreen’s benefits How to use Multigreens Medical Warnings FAQs about Multigreens Where …

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DIY Blue Tansy Oil Cleansing Face Cream Your Skin Will Love

Oil cleansing has many therapeutic benefits for your skin. It helps moisturize, protect, reduce free-radical damage, and reduce acne. Women worldwide are replacing their facial cleansers and soaps with the more gentle alternative: oil cleansing face cream. This DIY blue tansy cleansing face cream features the antioxidant benefits of blue tansy and frankincense essential oils. Your homemade blue tansy …

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DIY Lavender Bedtime Linen Spray

DIY Calming Lavender Bedtime Linen Spray

Use this DIY lavender bedtime linen spray to help you relax and fall asleep faster, achieve a night of more restful sleep, and wake up refreshed

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75 Simple Energizing DIY Essential Oil Diffuser Recipes

Essential oils are excellent tools for increasing your energy, without dealing with the dreaded afternoon slump or caffeine crash. Here are 75 DIY energizing essential oil blends (plus our favorite non-DIY pre-made blends).

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DIY Thieves Household Cleaner

Thieves Cleaner is one of my family’s absolute favorite non-toxic cleaning products. It works for cleaning everything in our home, garage, yard, and even grill. My favorite part: DIY Thieves Household Cleaner is extremely easy to make, and also very effective at cleaning nearly everything you task it (though on tougher jobs, you may require …

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Taking Medication? Avoid These Young Living Oils And Products!

If you’re taking medication and want to embrace essential oils, please understand that sometimes there are essential oils and medication contraindications. If you are taking medication and would like to incorporate essential oils into your lifestyle, please consult with a doctor and/or pharmacist well versed in essential oil use and do plenty of your own …

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Ultimate Guide To Rosemary Essential Oil & 20+ Uses

Rosemary essential oil comes from the Rosmarinus Officinalis plant, which is a small, easy-to-grow herbaceous evergreen shrub that is part of the mint family. A quality rosemary essential oil is created through steam distilling the leaves. and flower tops of the rosemary plant. Rosemary Essential Oil ORAC Value: Rosemary has an ORAC value of 11,070 µTE/100g, …

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Is Your Toothpaste Toxic??

In all reality, bad oral health is known to contribute to heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions (not to mention physical and financial pain involved in dental work). So obviously we want to cleanse, clean, and protect our oral wellbeing as much as possible. There are several chemicals lurking in your home that aren’t …

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Vitality Essential Oils Conversion Chart (& FAQs)

Vitality essential oils are an exclusive line of essential oils, provided by Young Living. What are Vitality Essential Oils Vitality Essential Oils are essential oils created by Young Living, and labeled for internal use. These oils were created to comply with the FDA’s rules and regulations pertaining to supplements that states a supplement cannot be …

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9 Best Essential Oils for Loneliness & Isolation

It’s no secret… essential oils are great for more than just making your home smell nice. Essential oils have been proven in numerous studies to help support your mind and body through inspiring healthier emotions, which is especially important when you’re feeling overwhelmingly isolated and lonely. 9 Best Essential Oils for Feeling Lonely & Isolated: …

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8 Uses for Gratitude Essential Oil Blend + Benefits & FAQs

The gratitude essential oil blend was specifically formulated to elevate, soothe, and appease the mind while bringing relief and relaxation to the body. While our bodies relax, our hearts and minds are more open to receiving blessings, big and small, throughout our lives. This essential oil blend is my personal powerhouse for shifting my mindset …

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Kidscents GeneYus Essential Oil Blend Uses & FAQ

The Kidscents GeneYus Essential Oil Blend was specifically designed for helping support children’s minds. This is an excellent oil blend to use while concentrating on projects or schoolwork by creating an atmosphere promotes mental clarity, creativity, critical thinking, and mental alertness. Kidscents GeneYus Essential Oil Blend Ingredients: This is predicated in caprylic/capric triglycerides (derived from …

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34 DIY Essential Oils Blends For Improving Focus

Essential oils have many uses that may enhance your quality of life. Using essential oils for improving your clarity and focus are among hundreds of ways you can improve your quality of life without totally disrupting your overall lifestyle. Essential oils that improve your clarity and focus Blue Cypress Eucalyptus Lavender Lemon Lemongrass Frankincense Peppermint …

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Crystals and Essential Oils

I will be sharing a series of posts with information on how essential oils can be used along with crystals to enhance and improve your overall wellness.  *A Quick Disclaimer* these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration nor Health Canada. This event is for informational purposes only and is not …

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Kunzea Essential Oil

Kunzea essential oil is steam distilled from the leaves and green branches of the Kunzea Ambigua plant, and it has a scent that is refreshing, spicy, and woodsy. Kunzea is often compared to Tea Tree essential oil because of the similar uses and properties, but it has a much more pleasant and mild (intensity 2) …

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Longevity Essential Oil Blend

Longevity essential oil blend is a powerful blend that was specifically formulated to promote youthful-looking skin. Longevity Essential Oil Blend Ingredients Longevity essential oil blend contains Thyme Essential Oil Orange Oil Clove Essential Oil Frankincense Essential Oil Uses and benefits for Longevity Essential Oil Blend This oil blend promotes youthful-looking skin and is great to …

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Orange Blossom Face Wash

Have you ever experienced a face wash that is actually enjoyable to use? A splash of soft citrusy botanicals gently rushing over your face and trickling down after a long day or as you wake up in the morning. It’s a lovely experience that helps you show your body that you care while also appealing …

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13 Benefits and Uses for JuvaFlex Essential Oil Blend

JuvaFlex Essential Oil Blend has a herby-floral aroma and flavor that is specifically designed to help support your liver. JuvaFlex Essential Oil Blend Ingredients: Both JuvaFlex Essential Oil Blend and JuvaFlex Vitality Essential Oil Blend contain: Fennel essential oil Geranium essential oil Rosemary essential oil Roman chamomile essential oil Blue tansy essential oil Helichrysum essential …

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19 Uses for Gentle Baby Essential Oil Blend (Benefits & FAQ)

Gentle Baby Essential Oil Blend that evokes tranquil, nurtured feelings that can be a wonderful companion for times of inner reflection. It is a blend of essential oils containing: Coriander (oriandrum sativum) seed essential oil,  Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) flower essential oil,  Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini) essential oil,  Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) essential oil,  Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata) …

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17 Safe Uses For Raven Essential Oil Blend + Benefits

Raven essential oil blend is a cool, refreshing essential oil blend with lightly sweet undertones that provides a cooling sensation specifically comforting to your throat and lungs. that is proprietary to the Young Living essential oil brand. We love how Raven provides an invigorating and empowering experience when applied topically, particularly before or after a …

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Young Living Essential Oils PSK & 100 Uses

Young Living’s Premium Starter Kit features 11 of the most used essential oils and oil blends. It is the fastest and most efficient way to dive into the world of essential oils. Essential oils include: Lemon, Lavender, Frankincense, and Peppermint Essential oil blends include: Raven, Citrus Fresh, Pan Away, Thieves, DiGize, Valor, Peace and Calming, and Stress Away ​ The oils in the …

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Top 25 Essential Oils for Military Spouses & Families

The military lifestyle. It’s not really understood until you’re knee-deep in all it entails. Stress. Abandonment. Stress. Consistent inconsistencies. Dreaming of a glimmer of stability. Stress. Love. Joy. Heartbreak. Loneliness. Did I mention stress? As a Navy Wife, I’ve personally been incredibly thankful for the little things that have helped us navigate life much more …

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DIY Summer Pedicure

Summertime wouldn’t be the same without those barefoot moments, sandals, beach time, pool time, or making memories at the lake. None of which you’ll want regular shoes for. Treat your feet to some self-care using these gorgeous-smelling DIY Pedicure recipes featuring lavender essential oil, peppermint essential oil, tea tree essential oil, and eucalyptus essential oil. …

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Need More Energy??

We’ve all been there… feeling great one moment… and then you crash hard, ready for a mid-afternoon nap that your job (and kids) frown upon. Most of us aren’t able to hide away for the coveted afternoon siesta, but still find that we need more energy. If you’re still using toxic energy drinks to get through the …

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Lime Essential Oil

Lime essential oil has historically been used in skin care, supports normal breathing, and strengthening the immune system. With a bright and refreshing citrus scent, Lime essential oil smells just like freshly sliced limes. When diffused this bright aroma can uplift your space. It is delicious to smell in the diffuser! Lime essential oil is …

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DIY Patchouli Hair Mask

This recipe for our DIY patchouli hair mask features apple cider vinegar and Patchouli essential oil is the ultimate hair conditioner. Not only is it incredibly nourishing to your hair and scalp, it may also help restore and maintain your hair’s natural pH levels. The pH balance of hair is between 4.5 and 5.5. Many …

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Lets Talk Emotions!

Emotions. Everyone has them (even when we pretend not to). Everyone responds to them differently. Sometimes they can be joyful. Other times they can be overwhelming. One thing they all have in common… they can effect our bodies physically and mentally, even when we aren’t aware of them. Emotions on your brain Do you remember …

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What if you could feel better…

I’ll never forget… those 8 excruciatingly long years living in my own version of Hell. I’ve shared my wellness journey over at our But You Don’t Look Sick post… but I hadn’t taken the time to actually spill my heart on video… until now… Seizures Mobility difficulty Cognitive difficulty Chronic weakness Chronic fatigue Chronic pain Severe, …

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Cypress Essential Oil

Cypress essential oil has a fresh, woody aroma that is energizing and refreshing. It is created by steam distilling the branches of the cupressus sempervirens tree, typically found in France and Spain. Benefits of using Cypress Essential Oil: Helps support healthy breathing Soothes tight muscles Supports circulation Helps support your skin… especially if you have …

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40+ Favorite Uses for Clove Essential Oil & FAQs

Clove essential oil has a spicy, warm, almost woody aroma, perfect for everything fall and wellness. Clove essential oil is created by steam distilling the flower bud and stems from the syzygium aromaticum shrub and tree plants. It’s key constituents are eugenol (75-85%), eugenol acetate (8-15%), and beta-carophyllene (2-7%). Clove oil is the most concentrated …

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Palo Santo Essential Oil

Palo Santo, also known as “Holy Wood,” has a woody aroma that sets an inspiring mood, and can be diffused to help cleanse and refresh your home or office. Benefits of Palo Santo Essential Oil Supports your body’s natural immune defenses Supports your body’s natural detoxification abilities Helps you ground and center your body so …

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Forgiveness is a powerful tool used towards healing your mind, body, and soul. This article has a few excellent tips to walk you through the process

Healing Through Forgiveness

Holding on to negative experiences (or suppressing them) can lead to health problems later on. Forgiveness is a powerful tool for reducing anxiety, depression, and stress levels… just like forgiveness can enhance heart health, immune systems, as well as physical and mental capabilities. We found a great routine for forgiving others through ho’oponopono and augmenting …

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iTovi Review

If you’ve been around the essential oil community long enough, I’m sure you’ve heard of the Zyto or iTovi scans that scan for bioimpedances to help you know which oils your body could use the most based on your individual markers. It seems like these scans have almost a cult-like following. Could a little device …

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Is Wellness a Luxury?

Have you seen the headlines? “Wellness is the new luxury.” What do you think? Is it true? Or did you just have a massive eye-roll? My experience losing my health… and my income Looking back at my 20s… I was fit. I was healthy. I was physically unstoppable. Then my health fell out… and it …

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Remove Toxins From Your Makeup and Skin Care

Makeup… Face wash… Soap… Lotion… Exfoliators… Makeup remover… Acne treatments… Sunscreen… Moisturizer… Serums… What do they all have in common? Extremely loose regulations with little government oversight allow companies to use many toxic ingredients and ingredients without safety data while manufacturing your makeup and skincare. A few years ago, I had no idea of the …

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Cleaning Without Chemicals

You clean your home intending it to be clean. But what relatively few people understand is how harmful most cleaners are to your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Even the cleaners claiming to be “green” or “all natural” (which is 100% legal according to the FDA and FTC). The gut-wrenching fact that we are all …

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Is Your Home Toxic?

If you purchase your cleaning and personal care products from the local or chain department or drug store and don’t pay attention to the ingredients label and what each item is and what those individual and mixed items can do to your body, chances are, you have a toxic home. Although your body is incredible …

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CBD Safety & Alternatives

Being an active advocate within the essential oil world, I’ve had numerous questions recently from my readers and friends asking for my thoughts on CBD, whether or not it is an essential oil, what my thoughts are about how it is made, what my thoughts are over the legal controversy polarizing the US, and if …

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Is CBD Oil Legal?

First off… hemp, cannabis, marijuana… whatever you want to call it… it’s all from the same plant species: Cannabis sativa. Putting the debate to rest, the US DEA specifically states: CBD oil is not ‘legal in all states’ In the past couple years there has been an explosion of companies promoting what “hemp-derived CBD oil” and claim is …

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20+ Wintergreen Essential Oil Uses + Safety & FAQ

Wintergreen has a very strong, fresh, minty aroma. My favorite use is for sore muscles after a workout, and also reducing post-workout soreness by applying it diluted on my legs prior to working out. Wintergreen essential oil benefits: supporting the musculoskeletal system soothing sore muscles cleansing to your lymphatic system increasing your awareness boosting your sensory …

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DIY Geranium Face Mask

Self-care… its one of those things we do to show our bodies how much we care. Our bodies do a lot for us, and taking the time to periodically do little things to make us feel good and cared for is the key to living happier and healthier. And just like Grandma’s homemade cookies always …

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Control Bathroom Smells

Bathroom adventures can be quite embarrassing, especially when you’re not the only one home. Knock out the embarrassment by controlling toilet smells. I previously wrote about surviving your in-laws, where I mentioned needing to diffuse some Purification essential oil blend to keep from routinely walking through a brick wall of stench brought to us by …

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Feeling Lost and Stuck?

Everyday we wake up to a new day, even though sometimes our days are so similar they seem to melt together in our memories, making us feel stuck in monotony to the point where you’re stuck thinking “Now what?” I know this feeling all to well. After separating from the Navy in 2008, I spent …

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Migraines and headaches are no fun. Bust through the tension dragging you down, naturally.

Head Ready To Explode?

I think we’ve all been there… cringing as you can feel the tension well up in your head… that dense, disruptive cloud that overtakes you until you can’t think or function, feeling the need to dive under your bed with your favorite blanket, with all drapes and doors shut. No sound. No light. Just nothing …

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Essential oils require special care. Learn more about what is required to store your essential oils, and check out our ideas on how to store them with boxes, cases, shelves, wall hangings, and counter top displays.

How To Care For And Store Essential Oils

Essential oils, like most volatile liquids, need to be stored appropriately to ensure they maintain their therapeutic qualities. Preserving your precious essential oils requires a few simple steps. First lets talk a bit about the four basic categories your oils fall into. Each oil category has slightly different requirements for storage. Pure steam distilled single oils …

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Are You Truly Living?

I just read an article on LinkedIn that has me thinking. One of my 2nd level connections, Oleg Vishnepolsky, wrote: A group of students was asked to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes: Egypt’s Great Pyramids Taj Mahal …

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Need Control?

If you’re scrambling to grasp at proverbial straws to regain some sort of sense of control in your life, then you need this one simple tip! Are you’re too much of a control freak? Do these statements sound familiar? If your coworker or significant other would just change one or two things about him/herself, then …

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Ravintsara Essentail Oil

Ravintsara essential oil has a spicy clove-nutmeg-cinnamon-eucalyptus type aroma that is high in the 1,8 cineol constituent. It is an immune-boosting powerhouse that may be soothing to your lungs, digestive tract, nerves, and skin. Ways to use Ravintsara Essential Oil Add a few drops to 1/2 cup of Epsom salts and add to a bath …

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Is Your Anger Out of Control? Overcome It With This Tip!

Do you sometimes feel so enraged with anger you literally can’t see straight? You know… that moment when you feel that vibrational change resonating throughout your body that tingles up from your core, out each of your extremities simultaneously. That radiating energy rapidly, yet slowly, radiates up the inside of your head through your spine, turning …

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AgilEase Tumeric and Frankincense Supplement

AgilEase is a capsule supplement especially beneficial for athletes, military members, military veterans, and those who are middle aged or elderly who are seeking greater flexibility and mobility. Ingredients in Agilease Agilease is an amazingly helpful joint supplement, containing: Frankincense resin, Calcium, Tumeric, Piperine from black pepper (both anti inflammatory), collagen, glucosamine, hyaluronic acid, wintergreen oil, copaiba …

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Overcome Overwhelm

Feeling overwhelmed is not an easy state of mind to be in. Thankfully, with the right mindset and determination, you can overcome overwhelm.Your heart rate increases. Your stress never seems to dwindle. You feel paralyzed without any choice or ability to drag yourself out. I’ve definitely had my share of life lived in complete overwhelm. …

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Overcome Fear

​Fear. It holds you back from more than it should. Why? That is a great question! Personally, I feel as though we are more fearful than we need to be, largely because of societal expectations put on us at a young age. Perhaps it is because as children we often hear “no” from our parents …

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Satin Mint Facial Scrub

Satin Facial Scrub™, Mint is a water-based exfoliant. It contains jojoba oil, mango butter, MSM, aloe, and Peppermint essential oil to minimize the appearance of pores and invigorate dull skin. What We Love: This gentle exfoliator helps smooth and wake up your skin. ​We love using this first thing in the morning after you wake …

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Essential Oil DIY Supplies

Essential oils are great for DIY projects. We love hosting Make-N-Take parties at the house where we gather our friends to make fun oily goodies together. Some of the things we have made are: Sleepytime Spray Foaming Hand Soap Chapsticks Body Butter Sugar Scrubs Homemade Outdoor Spray Linen Spray Muscle Cream Belly Balm (great for …

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12 Uses for Purification Essential Oil Blend & FAQ

Purification essential oil blend is our go-to oil for anything smelly and buggy. Its fresh scent is so pleasant and has such versatile abilities that it belongs in any essential oil lover’s oil collection. What is in Purification Essential Oil Blend? It contains citronella, lemongrass, rosemary, tea tree, lavandin, and myrtle essential oils. Citronella– a key essential …

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All about DiGize essential oil blend, using it safely, and how to use it to help sooth digestive upset or bowl irregularities

10 Ways To Use DiGize Essential Oil Blend + Safety Info & FAQs

DiGize essential oils blend is a unique blend consisting of peppermint, lemongrass, juniper, patchouli, fennel, tarragon, and anise essential oils. It was designed to support to your entire digestive system. What essential oils are in DiGize essential oil blend? DiGize is an essential oil blend containing 8 essential oils with specific digestive system support benefits: …

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PanAway Essential Oil Blend

PanAway is an essential oil blend formulated by Young Living. It was blended to provide support your nervous and musculoskeletal systems. It boosts energy, promotes healing, soothes the skin, and is the perfect companion for post-workouts or after a long day working while standing. What is in PanAway PanAway is a blend comprised of wintergreen, helichrysum, clove, and …

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why should you use essential oils?

10+ Important Reasons To Use Essential Oils

Other than smelling amazing, essential oils have many properties that help you feel better without any nasty or toxic chemical additives that potentially could produce annoying or dangerous side effects. There are plenty of reasons to use essential oils. Essential oils can help you to: overcome occasional nausea, reduce occasional tension headaches reduce muscle soreness, regain control over your stress …

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