When you start using essential oils, it's vital that you make using them into a daily habit straight away. Open the box, open the bottles, set up your diffuser and just by diffusing every day, your life will be transformed dramatically, I guarantee it. When you also start applying them topically and adding them to food [...]
Gone are the days of having to use plain old lemon essence – usually made from artificial or so-called “nature identical” (seriously?) ingredients at worst, or at best, from non-premium ingredients distilled hastily for maximum yield. Instead, can you imagine infusing your cooking and baking with genuine essential oils, made to the highest possible standards of [...]
I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t love spending at least a little time at the beach. Maybe if you’ve ever been stranded on a desert island, that would get it out of your system (and here are our tips for oils that would be perfect companions in that unfortunate case). But aside from that? Not [...]
Lemon. Wolfberry. Truffle. What’s not to love about the sound of that. Even better, they are raw. They'll help you get the kids into the kitchen for some family fun. And they are healthier blackmail than store-bought lollies. Awesome. We’ve enhanced their flavour and given them extra zing by adding genuine lemon essential oil. Please note [...]
When you get dressed for the day and discover someone switched your usual garments for cranky pants, it can be hard to shake them off. Sometimes it’s tempting to not even try. Do you ever find that? It’s kind of like eating a chunk of chocolate cake for breakfast then proceeding to make it the base [...]
When you’re on a ski vacation and feeling weary after a long day of plummeting down the piste, you’ll regret not setting aside a small corner of your luggage for essential oils if you opted to leave them at home. In the battle of one suitcase versus a mound of bulky ski gear, it’s easy to [...]
Essential oil of frankincense is so legendary, we’ve already written about it at length. But can you really have too much of a good thing? I hope not, because we're writing about it some more. Bible studies or lack thereof aside, you’ll know frankincense is a 'religious oil' thanks to the three wise men, and maybe [...]
Apply authentic lavender essential oil or Young Living Peace & Calming™ to yourself before a vet visit to calm you and your pet. Smooth a couple of drops into your wrists, neck and shoulders. When you are patting your pet and comforting them with hugs before you put them into the car, they will inhale the [...]
When it’s so hot, you can’t think straight to save yourself, try this peppermint cooler for some instant relief. Add 1-2 drops authentic peppermint essential oil to a bowl of water Dunk cotton bandanas (or any light fabric of a similar size) in the bowl, agitating lightly to help disperse the oil evenly Lightly wring out [...]
Fun essential oil fact: It takes 3000 lemons to produce 1 kg of essential oil, which is obtained by cold-pressing the rind. Lemon essential oil is amazingly versatile and handy. It’s one of those ‘must-have’ oils, which is why it’s included in the Young Living Everyday Oils Collection. You probably associate it with cleaning power, and [...]
