Common Sense Essential Oil Blend

The Common Sense essential oil blend is a proprietary blend of Young Living essential oils that was formulated to be used when making important decisions, to reduce stress during those decision-making moments, and to help foster an environment conductive to focusing.

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Common Sense Essential Oil Blend Ingredients:

Frankincense (boswellia carterii) – spiritually uplifting and helps calm your body's tense stress response
Ylang ylang – restores confidence
Ocotea – helps your body's response to irritation
Goldenrod – mentally and physically calming
Rue – emotionally relaxing and helps release tension
Dorado azul – helps with focus
Lime – helps with mental clarity and eases your body's tense stress response

Common Sense Essential Oil Blend Uses and Benefits

Use Common Sense when making a big purchase
Diffuse or wear to help reduce stress so you're not making rash decisions
Creates an environment that promotes mindfulness
Opens the solar plexus and heart chakras in your body while calming your nervous functioning
Diffuse or apply (diluted) for animals in training that often rush or get overly excited in their work
Diffuse Common Sense to help you focus and pay deeper attention to detail
Dilute and apply Common Sense on your wrists or the back of your neck to relax, calm down, and focus on your to-do list
Diffuse or use Common Sense as a perfume (diluted) to help you make tough decisions
Wear in diffusing jewelry or diluted as perfume when voting

I personally LOVE wearing diffuser necklaces and occasionally wear diffusing bracelets. You can find my favorite beautiful diffusing jewelry at Drops of Joy. Or check out our guide to diffusing jewelry.

Common Sense Essential Oil Blend Safety Information

**** This is a photosensitive oil **** If you decide to wear Common Sense Essential Oil blend topically, please be sure to apply it somewhere on your body that will not be exposed to direct sunlight within 12 hours.

Please be sure to dilute this oil when wearing it topically. I recommend diluting it 1 drop of essential oil blend to 1 ml carrier oil. At the very minimum, it should be diluted 50% (drop for drop).

A carrier oil can be any cold-pressed, seed-based oil (ideally organic and unrefined). This includes most cooking oil, like coconut oil, avocado oil, and olive oil. Personally, we LOVE using sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, and the V6 Carrier oil (made by Young Living). This is the best way to dilute your essential oils for topical use.

Frequently Asked Questions about Common Sense Essential Oil Blend

Should you dilute Common Sense Essential Oil Blend?

Absolutely yes. I recommend diluting one drop of essential oil per 1 ml of your favorite carrier oil.

Is Common Sense Essential Oil Blend safe to use while pregnant?

This blend is not ideal for pregnancy, though the oils listed are not found on the “unsafe for pregnancy” list. If you choose to use Common Sense Essential Oil Blend while pregnant, please use it cautiously. It would be best to consult with a licensed Naturopath or local licensed Aromatherapist before using.

If you're using oils while pregnant, I highly recommend this reference guide. It contains some great advice for using essential oils while pregnant, plus some DIY Recipes you'll love too.

Is Common Sense Essential Oil Blend safe for kids and babies?

Generally, yes for kids over 6.

While essential oils may be safe for kids to use, please do not have your child use an essential oil internally without being under the direct guidance of a naturopathic doctor.

I highly recommend this reference guide for families using oils around their kids.

Can you be allergic to Common Sense Essential Oil Blend essential oil?

There are a few reasons why you would experience an allergy-like reaction to essential oils. Usually, this is caused by not diluting the oil you're applying (or not diluting it enough). Please refer to our essential oils and allergies article for more in-depth information.

Is Common Sense Essential Oil Blend safe for dogs and cats?

Common Sense Essential Oil Blend is safe to use with your dogs. It is NOT safe to use around cats.

If you're using essential oils around your family pets, be sure to allow them access out of the room and into a room where you're not diffusing. This way they're able to escape when they feel they've had enough. Please also consider picking up a reference guide specific to using essential oils with animals. Our favorite resources are available below the FAQ section.

Should you use Common Sense Essential Oil Blend if you're taking medication?

This is a very personal question, and really depend on which medications you're taking. I have an entire article dedicated to known medication contraindications that I highly recommend you check out… in addition to having a lengthy conversation with your local aromatherapist or pharmacist.

How often should you use Common Sense Essential Oil Blend?

This is also a personal question. This depends on what you're using it for and how experienced you are using it. For beginners, I recommend only diffusing for 30 minutes at a time, then giving your body an hour break. If you diffuse too much, you could end up light headed. Personally, I have a diffuser running most of the day intermittently (using the intermittent setting on our diffuser). Or I'll wear a piece of diffusing jewelry with 3 drops of oil on it throughout the day (those 3 drops usually last a few days). Check out our article about diffusing essential oils safely for more info.

Is Common Sense Essential Oil Blend a photosensitive blend?

Yes. Because of the lime in Common Sense, it is a photosensitive oil. Please be sure to not apply it topically to anywhere on your body that will be exposed to direct sunlight within the following 12 hours.

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References if you decide to use lemon essential oil with or around animals:

If you're using essential oils around your family pets, be sure to allow them access out of the room and into a room where you're not diffusing. This way they're able to escape when they feel they've had enough. Please also consider picking up a reference guide specific to using essential oils with animals.

Where to Buy Common Sense Essential Oil Blend

Warning: DO NOT purchase your oils through Amazon or similar websites!

Any website that allows anyone to sell on, such as Amazon, eBay, Walmart… etc… (or any other 3rd party sales platform) are terrible places to purchase essential oils. While you may get a “good deal,” knowing who you're purchasing from is difficult. There are many counterfeit essential oils being sold that are causing health ailments, major skin reactions, and a lot of misery. These are NOT high quality essential oils. They are fakes being sold purely for profit.

Word of warning: Young Living DOES NOT ALLOW their oils to be sold online through 3rd party sales pages. Every single oil you find on there from Young Living is guaranteed to being sold against Young Living's policies and procedures, and will not qualify for their guarantee. The oils we've personally seen sold on there are NOT actually Young Living oils, but bottled to look like it (even with wrong labels and completely wrong aroma).

I also do NOT recommend purchasing from grocery stores, Walmart, Target, department stores, or drug stores. Many of the brands found at those stores have been proven to not actually contain any essential oil (which is perfectly legal to do).

I STRONGLY suggest you know the company that makes your oils, how the plants are cared for, what they do for distilling, how and how many times each batch is tested (and when), and their bottling processes. Many companies throw out fancy language for marketing purposes, but actually have no clue how their oils are made because the oils come from a broker (which are almost always diluted in solvents). Transparency is key.

I highly encourage you to check out our How To Find Quality Essential Oils post for in-depth information about why quality matters, and what to look for.

Where we purchase our essential oils, and why

We purchase our oils through Young Living because they set a higher standard for essential oils than what the rest of the industry expects. Their Seed to Seal guarantee is unmatched, and shows their dedication to a farm-to-table type of approach. This company has proven to me time and time again to be the closest thing out there to buying from your local farmer. They are totally transparent in their processes, and even open their farms so you can see for yourself (or involve yourself in the process).

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