I’m showing my vintage with today’s post title. (If you’re lost, help is at hand thanks to Fred and Ginger.) Whether cacao or cacao, it tastes just as good to most of us once processed and melded with other ingredients to create one of our favourite foods: chocolate. If you’re with me among the 70% of [...]
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 [...]
Authentic essential oils are potent and they work. That’s part of their charm — and also a healthy reason to respect the cautions for using them safely. In general terms, if you’re following safe guidelines with a genuine essential oil that’s 100% pure in the truest sense of the word — it has been grown, harvested [...]
During the month of July in lavender growing regions, you could almost close your eyes and imagine the sky is tinted purple by the drift of aromatic clouds hanging over the harvests. From Provence to Idaho, July to early August is when the flowering tops are ready for harvesting, processing, preparation and steam distillation to produce [...]
Parts 1 and 2 in our series on fast-tracking spring will have you diffusing floral essential oils and tackling mould from the inside out by making sure you’re including some valuable foods and supplements in your diet — simple things like garlic and ginger — and topping up your Vitamin D the free way (hello, sunshine! [...]
If winter is starting to wear thin, help is at hand. Yesterday we talked about diffusing floral essential oils to bring visions of spring to mind: drifts of jasmine, geranium, lavender, and Young Living essential oil blends composed of a mixed bouquet of floral notes and feel-good constituents. So now that you’re feeling chirpy, let’s get [...]
Here it is — the third video in our series of simple and safe essential oil application techniques for beginners and non-professionals. If you haven’t yet watched the first and second videos in our series — the Valor® Balance and Essential Touch ‘How to’ demos — they provide important foundation techniques and you’ll feel more comfortable [...]
School holidays might be over for now here in Australia but this recipe could come in handy next time you're looking for a fun thing you and the kids can do together. And today is also Bastille Day, so as lavender is such a beautiful part of French life, it’s another way to celebrate the occasion. [...]
The menfolk might not thank me for today’s post. If you have any women in your household, you likely know the pain of having insufficient bathrooms to ensure one at your disposal when you need it — no matter how many bathrooms you might have. So you probably don’t want me encouraging anyone to cocoon themselves [...]
Once you’ve dipped a toe into the essential oil waters, I’m pretty certain you’re going to want to show at least one of your family and friends how amazing they feel. So, welcome to the second video in our series of simple and safe essential oil application techniques for beginners and non-professionals. If you haven’t yet [...]
