Put a drop of authentic lemon essential oil on your toothbrush to freshen it. And if you're on Kissing Booth Duties any time soon, you'll find a very handy tip over here. Essential oils are potent, so please follow directions on the bottle and the usual guidelines for safe use. Thank you! Our preferred choice of [...]
Next time you walk into a store and notice your mood changing, do the Sniff Test. They might be using the power of smell to reach your right brain’s limbic system and trigger an emotional response and connection with their brand. Sneaky? Or just plain smart? How about a bit of both! According to Adweek, Coco [...]
Put 20 to 30 drops of true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) essential oil in a spray bottle of distilled water, spritz clean laundry while still damp before hanging out to dry. It makes your linen and clothes smell beautiful and also keeps your wardrobes and linen press smelling fresh and lovely when you put the clothes away. [...]
For many essential oil-loving people I know, one of the biggest revelations was the moment they discovered that when you put oils in a burner, it can not only cancel out their potential benefits but can actually create toxic compounds. “But it’s so cosy and atmospheric to burn oils,” you might be saying. I’m sorry if [...]
Think back to a recent BBQ or picnic gathering of family and friends, and cast your mind to the conversations. Was anyone talking about how they’d love the flexibility and satisfaction of a business they could run from home for whatever reason — being around more often for the kids, avoiding traffic and lengthy commutes, feeling [...]
When starting to explore essential oils, there are a couple of handfuls we call ‘everyday oils’. So much so that Young Living (our preferred source — you can discover why here and here) has an Everyday Oils Collection. Have this in your home and you’re covered for every contingency until you can build up your oils [...]
When Ekka season arrives in Brisbane every August, it coincides rather unfortunately with flu season. Huge numbers of people attend. Often in close proximity. And so many activities result in touching lots of surfaces plenty of other people have been touching, too. At any time of year, that brings increased risks of coming into contact with [...]
Today, we’re rounding up our series of posts celebrating lavender — the universal oil — by visiting Young Living’s very own lavender farm in the heart of lavender country: Provence. This region in the south-east of France, like its closely related Italian counterpart Tuscany, is the stuff dreams are made of. Find an old farmhouse just [...]
From bliss bombs for your bath to Tour de France survival tips (apply to any sporting occasion requiring you to stay up all night) to differentiating between one lavender and the next, it’s been a big month for this particular flowering herb. It’s harvest time, so there’s a good reason why. Young Living grows its own [...]
If you’re enjoying what we’re doing here at The Good Oil Daily, I suspect there’s a very good chance you’re interested in natural solutions to vitality and wellbeing. And an equally good chance you love taking care of yourself and your family, and you’re passionate about living life to the full as energetically as you can [...]
