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Grace Blossoms

Natural, Effective Seasonal Relief!

Seasonal relief shouldn't mean reaching for expensive and harmful over-the-counters. This is a much simpler and healthier solution!

Seasonal relief is so simple!

After 6 years of research and digging into every company I possibly can, I will only in good conscience recommend this pesticide-free, synthetic-free, fragrance-free, and hand-weeded company. Here’s why.

Recipe

1 drop of each:

Lemon essential oil

Peppermint essential oil

Lavender essential oil

Seasonal relief shouldn't mean reaching for expensive and harmful over-the-counters. This is a much simpler and healthier solution!

How to Get Relief

There are two ways to use this blend.

I suggest you do both.

Method 1: Inhale

Put the oils in the palm of your hand. Rub them together. Cup your hands and cover your nose and mouth to breath the blend in deeply.

Do this a few times until you feel relief and repeat as necessary.

We like to carry a rollerbottle with us because it travels so well.

For that, add 10 drops of each oil and fill the rest of the bottle with your choice of carrier oil.

Carrier oil is just a fatty oil you have in the kitchen like olive, sweet almond, grapeseed, jojoba, or coconut oils.

*For rollerbottle recipes, you’ll need liquid coconut oil like I linked above.

OR

You can also diffuse. My forever favorite diffuser is the 12 hour Desert Mist by Young Living.

Method 2: Ingest

Put one drop each in a vegetable capsule (you can get these here) and take with a glass of water as needed.

OR

Put one drop of each in raw, local honey (said to have its own allergy-busting benefits) and take as needed.

OR

Put one drop of each of the three oils in raw milk and take as needed.

Consistency is Key!

You’ll need to continue using this for relief as often as needed.

It’s amazing that with how often your allergies kick up, you can be free from scary ingredients.

In fact, you’ll be supporting your entire body while doing so!

There is a belief that allergies, while common, are not normal.

Until you sort all of that out, keep consistent and carry your oils with you, so you don’t have to reach for the dangerous over-the-counter junk.

I’m so grateful with what we can do with a truly clean, toxin-free routine!

You're not alone. Let me help you create the safest,healthiest home possible for the least expense.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF GOING TOXIN FREE?

Let’s face it.

We all know pretty much everything is toxic on the shelves today.

But how do you overcome this when everywhere you turn, Greenwashing is so…allowed?

Young Living is the only company in the last 6 years of searching that has checked all my boxes.

  • Zero pesticides on plant material
  • Zero synthetics or fragrance added to final oil product
  • Dilutes to save our family money

That’s right.

I know, I know. It’s hard to believe when you go to the website.

Save money?

Yes!

Think about it: 100 drops in the six dollar bottle means I’m getting 100 doses.

What on the store shelves gives you 100 doses of pesticide-free, synthetic and fragrance-free (unscented is still fragranced) for six bucks?!

Click here to learn more about why we choose Young Living only for makeup, personal care, home cleaning, “scents,” supplements, kid/baby/pet, hormone care, and more!

Seasonal relief shouldn't mean reaching for expensive and harmful over-the-counters. This is a much simpler and healthier solution!

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12 Easy + Powerful Ways to Use Lemon Oil

What is Lemon Oil?

(I can only safely and in good conscience recommend Lemon oil from this pesticide-free/synthetic-free oil company).

  • $6. 50 for 100 “doses/drops” or $11 for 300 “doses/drops” from the link below for “lemon.”
  • You can Subscribe and Save for every 1, 2, or 3 months. Whatever you need!

Lemon oil is cold-pressed from the rind of lemons.

It has a neutral pH, something you don’t get when squeezing the acidic insides into drinks.

It supports your circulatory, respiratory, renal, and digestive systems.

Lemon also supports a healthy memory, vibrant skin, and balanced emotional health.

12 easy and powerful ways to use Lemon oil in your home that will make life, health, and keeping a home simple!

12 Easy Ways to Use Lemon Essential Oil

  1. Seasonal Relief
  2. Happiness/mood support
  3. Nighttime Lip Serum
  4. Clean home and uplifting home smell
  5. Immune support
  6. Large intestine support
  7. Liver support (had a lot of Acetaminophen in your life?)
  8. Spleen support
  9. Nail bed support
  10. Respiratory support
  11. Sinus support
  12. Healthy weight support
12 easy and powerful ways to use Lemon oil in your home that will make life, health, and keeping a home simple!

How to Use Lemon Oil

There are three ways to use Lemon essential oil.

1. Topical

Mix one drop Lemon oil with 1 drop carrier.

Rub into skin where needed, avoiding places that will see the sun.

Some good places to apply are the spine, brain stem, and bottoms of your feet.

Carrier is just a fatty oil you have around the house like coconut, jojoba, almond, olive, etc. They help dilute, stretch, and absorb the lemon oil better.

2. Aromatic

Put a few drops in a diffuser.

My favorite will forever be the Desert Mist 12 hour diffuser from Young Living.

You can also put a drop of Lemon into the palm of your hand, rub them together, cup and inhale deeply.

Internal

Because Young Living is hand-weeded, synthetic-free, additive-free, and pesticide-free, we’ve had tremendous success ingesting Lemon essential oil.

Put 3 drops in a vegetable capsule (available on the Young Living website) and take 3 times daily.

We put lemon in our water (no plastic bottles!) all day to help detox any pollutants or toxins we take in from the world or food we encounter.

One simple step toward toxin free.

Have You Ever Thought of Going Toxin Free?

Let’s face it.

We all know pretty much everything is toxic on the shelves today.

But how do you overcome this when everywhere you turn, Greenwashing is so…allowed?

Young Living is the only company in the last 6 years of searching that has checked all my boxes.

  • Zero pesticides on plant material
  • Zero synthetics or fragrance added to final oil product
  • Dilutes to save our family money

That’s right.

I know, I know. It’s hard to believe when you go to the website.

Save money?

Yes!

Think about it: 100 drops in the six dollar bottle means I’m getting 100 doses.

What on the store shelves gives you 100 doses of pesticide-free, synthetic and fragrance-free (unscented is still fragranced) for six bucks?!

Click here to learn more about why we choose Young Living only for makeup, personal care, home cleaning, “scents,” supplements, kid/baby/pet, hormone care, and more!

12 easy and powerful ways to use Lemon oil in your home that will make life, health, and keeping a home simple!

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SO Handy! Australian Ericifolia

Have you ever heard of Australian Ericifolia?

It’s like a Lavender Tea Tree!

A combo of the amazing benefits of Tea Tree and the soothing nature of Lavender.

How cool is that?!

Australian Ericifolia is one of the most handy tools you'll use in your natural remedies arsenal; these 10 simple ways put it to good use!

Let’s Use It!

It’s sweet, woodsy, a little floral, and a whole lotta handy!

Try any of these ten ways to use it and enjoy the benefits to your health!

  1. Fresh storage: Drop on a cotton ball and place in drawers.
  2. DIY After-Sun: Add 15 drops to a 2oz spray bottle and fill the rest with water. Spray on burns. Add 5 drops Peppermint if you’d also like a cooling effect.
  3. Foot Scrub: Put 1/4 C epsom salt (choose a safe one like this!) in a glass bowl. Add 15 drops Australian Ericifolia and drop your choice carrier oil until you get a texture you prefer. Massage on feet and any rough spots then rinse and dry well.
  4. Scalp Refresher: 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon hair oil, 1 drop Australian Ericifolia, and 1 drop Rosemary. Massage onto your scalp then wash and dry like normal.
  5. Stress Relief: Put 15 drops into a 10mL rollerbottle and fill the rest with carrier of choice. Keep in your bag for stressful situations. Roll on wrists or chest for calm.
  6. Refreshing Spray: Add 4oz. water to 2oz. witch hazel , 15 drops Australian Ericifolia, 10 drops Cedarwood, and 10 drops of Purification in a 8oz. glass spray bottle. Use in shoes, bathrooms, and anywhere that needs a refresh!
  7. Bright Lotion: Make this simple lotion DIY and use Australian Ericifolia instead of the oils suggested. Take your lotion with you on the go with this handy travel jar.
  8. Skin Care: Add one drop to your favorite toxin-free skincare. Here’s my very favorite!
  9. Relax Before Bed: Add 2 drops Australian Ericifolia and 1 drop Roman Chamomile to carrier for a quick and easy wind-down tool. Massage on your feet, neck, or back to help you drift off naturally.
  10. Crisp Diffuser Blend: Add two drops of each: of Eucalyptus Globulus, Northern Lights Black Spruce, Australian Ericifolia and Lime.
Australian Ericifolia is one of the most handy tools you'll use in your natural remedies arsenal; these 10 simple ways put it to good use!

What Happens When I Buy from Young Living

If you use this link, you’ll be connected to me personally.

My goals are all about taking care of you. I hope to achieve the following:

  1. Help you feel comfortable and confident in using Young Living in your home
  2. Consistently give you lots of ways to use the oils
  3. Make sure you understand how to get the most from Young Living
  4. Help to make Young Living a staple in your home saving you tons of $$!
  5. Be there for you whenever you need support

What your connection to me includes:

  • Weekly texts. These short texts come with a picture of a way to either improve your health or use your products. These save nicely in a photo album or can be printed off easily. This is my YL number, so you can also text back questions!
  • Monthly laminated recipe cards for ordering customers. Some members punch a hole in one side and make a little booklet as these come in. Some of my customers like to put them alphabetically into a photo album.
  • Monthly newsletters. Rather than telling you about sales or promos, I dig into research and write about ways to invest in your health each month. I also write down exact uses and dilution to each of our promotional items in case your order qualifies for these. If not, you still1 get great info. that you can add to your photo album/booklet.
  • Facebook groups. I can grant you access to 6. You may join one, six, or anything in between. One of these includes tens of thousands of testimonials for pretty much anything you can think of. The rest are educational/question/updates.
  • Instagram. I teach Young Living and share my writing and some recipes on here. I’ll add you to my personal Instagram, so we can really get to know each other instead of just staying that weird girl in your life who’s all about oils. 
  • My oily friends/connections. We’re such a team here! When you jump into those Facebook groups, everyone is so happy to help answer your questions. You’ll be a healthy home pro in no time!
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Natural Liquid Toilet Bowl Cleaner

This natural liquid toilet bowl cleaner is such a simple solution to the poisonous options on the market.

Recipe

1/4 C Castile

1 cap full of Thieves Household Cleaner (29 cleaners in one. See all of its uses here!)

15 drops Purification

Add all ingredients together in a squeeze bottle. Fill the rest with water. I use a Thieves Dish Soap bottle (6 dish soaps in one!) or you can grab a simple squeeze bottle like this.

Shake a little, and get to scrubbing!

But…How Do I Know it Cleans As Well as My Toxic Stuff?

First, castile soap is…well…soap. It gets…uh…soapy. So, it’s nice to get the bubbles going to scrub off the ickiness.

But does it kill the germs?

From what I found here, no. That comes from the Thieves Household Cleaner.

According to the Essential Oils Reference Guide, “Thieves Household Cleaner offers a nontoxic, biodegradable, all-purpose cleaning solution using therapeutic-grade essential oils as emulsifiers and germ and fungus killers. Containing Thieves essential oil blend, proven in a 1997 Weber State University study to kill over 99.96% of bacteria, this cleaner is fully biodegradable and complies with EPA standards.”

I mean…how clean is a toilet after the first use beyond the scrub anyway?

However, if you’re looking for a clean for less money, no harm to the environment or you, this is your best solution.

This super easy natural liquid toilet bowl cleaner is proven to be effective against this mama's three man house. You'll love it!
natural toilet bowl cleaner

Added Benefits to Health

Did you ever think you’d be told that a cleaner would actually make you healthier as you clean?

Well, friend today’s that day!

Thieves essential oil blend (found in the Thieves Household Cleaner) is amazing for boosting your immune and respiratory systems as well as your overall health.

The Thieves Legend

According to the Life Science Publishing, “It was created from research based on legends about a group of 15th-century thieves who rubbed botanicals on themselves to avoid contracting the plague while they robbed the bodies of the dead and dying. When apprehended, the thieves were forced to tell what their secret was and disclosed the formula of the herbs, spices, and oils they used to protect themselves in exchange for a more lenient punishment.”

Why We Love Thieves Up in Here (up in here)

  • Along with a toxin-free lifestyle through Young Living, we haven’t needed antibiotics in years and years!
  • It gets rid of our headaches when a drop of the essential oil is pressed onto the roof of our mouths
  • We’ve never been healthier
  • It doesn’t smell like death when we clean
  • Our children can be a part of cleaning
  • Our dog (who weirdly licks the floor and windows) is safe (heard about the safety of animals and oils? Yeah, those articles are not about Young Living pesticide, fragrance, and synthetic-free oils. Our Hattie girl is healthy, strong, and kinda sassy- but I don’t think the oils had anything to do with that. There are a couple of oils we don’t apply directly to her, but when you use this link, you’ll have access to all the tips and tricks like that!)
  • It cleans REALLY WELL
  • It removes mold when we accidentally let the shower get a little too damp…yikes.
  • We can prevent illness…if one person in the family gets sick, we no longer all get it!
  • It’s gotten rid of strep, flu, and every cold or icky germ we’ve had in this house for years
  • Saves us a ton of money each year (For example, we ditched all 14 cleaners in this house for Thieves Household Cleaner).
  • We have access to tons of recipes and helpful tips when we get our products through this link.
This super easy natural liquid toilet bowl cleaner is proven to be effective against this mama's three man house. You'll love it!

Filed in: DIY Recipes, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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Best Remedies for Sleep Issues

Oils for sleep is one of my favorite natural remedies.

Why are they so effective?

They address root causes instead of being bandaids.

In this article, I’ll share some of the common root causes of sleep issues.

I’ll also dig into what we can do to support healthy sleep and bodies for both adults and children.

*NOTE: Each 15mL bottle is 300 “doses” and each 5mL is 100. Try to find sleep support, especially one that won’t harm your body in the process for this kind of pricing!

Anxious and Depressed Feelings

Oils like Lavender, Frankincense, Lemon, and Valor support anxious feelings, a common root cause of sleep issues.

Frankincense, Lavender, Lemon, Valor, Citrus Fresh supports depressed feelings, as it’s another reason we find ourselves struggling to sleep.

If you’re thinking you’ll just run to the store and pick up some oils, here’s why that’s a super dangerous decision.

The best ways to tackle sleep issues at its root and some of the practices that can also improve your overall health.

Stress

I don’t know about you, but if I’m stressed, my mind is racing.

That leads to my eyes wide open for hours.

So, I like to add oils to my Subscribe and Save orders that can help with stress for many reasons, including sleep.

Some of my go-to essential oils for stress are Stress Away, Tranquil, Release, and RutaVaLa.

Hormones

Balancing hormones is so much more important than I realized.

Until I was in my 30s and feeling the insomnia that can come along with being an unbalanced mess.

Thank goodness for the ability to add in Progessence Plus, Dragon Time, a toxin-free life, and more (found here) that all have lead to my relief!

The best ways to tackle sleep issues at its root and some of the practices that can also improve your overall health.

What Oil for Which Person

I’m so thankful we have so many options. Each person’s body responds best to a different oil or combo, so take your time to find what works best for each of you.

For Children

Our kids have been so blessed with the best essential oils for sleep.

It’s become such a part of our routine, they know exactly where to grab what they need and how to apply it.

Here are some of our favorite sleep tips for children:

  1. A toxin-free home, good nutrition, and a routine bedtime are all key to good sleep. 
  2. SleepyIze from the KidScents Line is great to do a light nighttime massage. 
  3. A couple drops of Peace & Calming on a favorite stuffed animal they snuggle with at night, so they can breathe in the goodness as they unwind during storytime. 
  4. A drop or two of Lavender and Stress Away in a warm bath before bed is a great way to start calming down before bedtime.
  5. Massaging your oil of choice like Tranquil on the soles of their feet will help them fall asleep as well. 
  6. Dream Catcher Blend: Helps to open the mind, enhancing dreams. Helps children sleep more soundly.
  7. Unwind supplement: Created to help support a restful night’s sleep and focus the next day.

For Adults

  1. A toxin-free home: Have you noticed a pattern? Your food and product choices change everything. Don’t be fooled by Greenwashing! It’s all you’ll find in the stores, unfortunately.
  2. SleepEssence : contains melatonin and four powerful essential oils to help promote restful sleep and support the body’s natural sleep rhythm.
  3. Stress Away: Put in a diffuser next to your bed.
  4. RutaVala, Lavender: Rub on the bottoms of your feet right before bed, especially if you grind your teeth!

How to Get This Goodness in Your Life!

To avoid the “Bandaid Effect” where we throw an oil on just to get us down one time, I highly suggest reading this.

When you’re ready to see your options, you can walk through everything, step-by-step here.

If you have any questions, I’d love to hear from you!

Email me at andrea@gospalchapter.com and we’ll connect.

I have such fun meeting you all and helping you through this new lifestyle!

The best ways to tackle sleep issues at its root and some of the practices that can also improve your overall health.

Filed in: Babies + Kids + Pets, Dental + Body Care, DIY Recipes, Emotions + Mental Health, Fresh+Clean, Men's + Women's Care, Natural Remedies + Immune Function, Oily Education, Safe Home, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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A Day in the Life of an Oily Family

How I wish I’d been taught to be an oily family when I was making my home from the start!

Now that I’ve got it, I love to share it with others.

In this article, I’m going to share with you what it’s really like to live this lifestyle.

Come on in!

Welcome to our home!

Wake Up!

Good morning!

To flush our bodies of toxins we’ll encounter out in the world, we use Lemon oil.

Lemon essential oil from Young Living doesn’t have the acidic wear and tear on your teeth that the flesh of a lemon would.

I don’t know about you, but we just don’t drink enough water if we aren’t super intentional about it.

So, we fill up our water bottles first thing (we’ve been loving these bottles!) and put a drop or two of Lemon oil in there to help boost our immune system and help us drink more water.

In the Kitchen

We start our morning in the kitchen cleaning up after breakfast.

What I love about Thieves Dish Soap is how concentrated it is. We get lots of bottles from one!

It also knocks out grease like an old pro.

With two boys and a dog, killing germs and cleaning dirty hands is important.

Being able to split this one soap into four is even better.

I just grabbed these foaming hand soap bottles from Amazon, poured a fourth of the concentrate in, and filled the rest with water.

Want to guess how many cleaners we had in our house before Young Living?

After clearing out the old and replacing the new I later found 14 bottles in the basement, so…

No telling what we were doing with all those cleaners!

Thieves Household Cleaner one does it all.

*NOTE: This is highly concentrated. There are 29 bottles of cleaner in one.

You can read more about it in 50 Top Ways to Use Thieves Household Cleaner.

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Diffusers

We need the house to smell nice, these homeschooled little nuggets need to focus, and mama needs some chill.

So, we diffuse…all day long!

We had lots to choose from, but Desert Mist is my fave because it’ll diffuse 12 hours.

I’ll put Purification blend in the boys rooms because boys stink and Purification fixes that.

I’ll add something cozy in my room like Orange and Idaho Grand Fir to boost immunity and purify the air, and then some GeneYus from the KidScents line in the homeschool room for the boys.

Isn’t the Desert Mist so pretty?!

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Shower/Get Ready

Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve got going on in the bathrooms fully transferred over to Young Living.

Zero synthetics. No pesticides. Absolutely no filler or fragrance!

How’s that for hormonal strength?!

This is for Mama, Daddy, and boys:

  • Deodorant
  • Bath/Shower Gel
  • Oral Care
  • Makeup & Remover
  • Shaving Oil
  • Haircare
  • Beard oil
  • Perfume
  • Hormone support
  • Skincare
  • Anti-aging
  • Maximum Strength Acne Treatment

It’s crazy to think about all of these in the toxic form that looked so harmless before going into our bloodstream.

It’s such a relief to know everything we’re using is truly safe.

Supplements

The drug mindset is to use a specific medicine or whatever it is forever (i.e. if I take a vitamin C tablet today, I’m locked in for life).

We’ve adopted the supplement mindset with Young Living.

We take what we need when our bodies need it, and don’t stress when we don’t.

That’s why we use our Subscribe and Save orders to add to our arsenal of health; now it’s there when we need it.

How do I know when to take them?

It tells me on the side of the bottle.

As I’m writing this it’s during the pandemic and it’s winter.

So we’re using Super Vitamin D and other immune boosters from Young Living right now!

Laundry

I’ve long given up on being on top of laundry, but I do feel great about what I use on our clothes!

First of all, Thieves Laundry Detergent dilutes out like crazy, which you can read about here.

That saves us lots each month!

Then, we use this laundry freshener or these safe fabric softeners to make life easy.

It’s crazy how our air quality changed when we got rid of old detergents and softeners!

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Heading Out with the Family

I’ll pack Young Living Einkhorn granola, water bottles, Young Living sunscreen, Young Living bug spray, and Young Living after sun to make sure we’re ready to go.

Of course we’ve always got those must-haves with kids, like this first aid spray, Owie blend, and lots of bandaids because…kids.

This is just a small sampling of the over-the-counters Young Living provides to make our life easier.

We also really rely on the Full Spectrum CBD!

Dinner, Unwinding, and Bedtime

We’ve got our lineup of Vitality oils (those we can ingest) for cooking.

To unwind, the boys’ rooms will get their diffusers refilled with their nighttime oils.

What’s really cool is that since their rooms were diffusing immune boosting and air purifying oils all day, they’re settling down into a an amazing space for optimal sleep.

Of course I keep my standbys in the hall for anything night time can bring:

  • PanAway for when we’ve got growing pains
  • SleepyIze when it’s tough to fall asleep
  • Seedlings Linen Spray to prep pillows for easy rest
  • Thieves Chest Rub in case I hear the start of a cough in the night
  • Peace & Calming for night time wind down in their diffusers and backs of their necks.
Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Easy as Pie

Remember getting your first place?

Running out to grab all of your basics?

This time you get to do it right and save tons of money in the process.

We took advantage of the Subscribe and Save option to save a ton and budget best, and boy does it work! You can read all about it here.

If you’re ready to get rolling and can see this lifestyle fitting right into your very own, this is your next step!

If you need a one-on-one conversation, I’d absolutely love to hear from you! Let’s connect by emailing me at andrea@gospalchapter.com.

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

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How to Get Young Living Essential Oils + FREEBIES!

How to get Young Living Essential Oils and the amazing freebies is simple!

I’ll walk you through how in this post!

High Value, Lower Cost

By now you’ve read about our journey with essential oils and why it absolutely had to be Young Living.

Maybe you could picture yourself making the switch to this new lifestyle after following our family through a day in our oily life.

However you landed here, know you’re in the right place for a healthy change and to save tons of money compared to your old, toxic lifestyle.

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

First Decision: Wholesale or Retail

We were so sick of putting bandaids on everything and were ready for a real change.

Because we didn’t want to be roped into anything where we were forced to sell or spend any certain amount, we made Young Living fit our lifestyle.

Retail means to buy at full price.

Wholesale gives you discounts and the ability to choose the monthly program to budget (which you can read about here).

Becoming a Wholesale Member

Wholesale makes the most sense if you’re looking for more than just an oil or a bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner.

You’ve got a few different kit options here:

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

Diffuser Choice with Kit

If you choose the oils kit, you can pick a diffuser.

Here’s a quick break down of each, so you know which you’d like to choose. You get the diffuser FREE in the Premium Starter Kit!

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

Key Words You Need to Know

When learning how to get Young Living oils, there are a few words to know.

Wholesale: Save 24 – 44% off retail pricing on Young Living products.

You can save even more with exclusive specials every month.

There are no monthly minimum purchases with the wholesale discount, and you never have to sell anything to anyone.

Essential Rewards: If you choose wholesale, you’re eligible to enroll in the Essential Rewards program and earn as much as 25 percent back from each order in the form of points.

These points can be used like cash to get free products!

Farm Visits: No other oil company gives you the opportunity to experience our Seed to Seal process with a visit to their farms like Young Living does.

You’re welcome to show up at any Young Living farm anywhere in the world, anytime!  I love being on a YL farm. It’s an amazing experience I highly recommend!

Strong Community: At Young Living, you’ll have a close-knit community of support.

In addition to me, our Young Living family is ready to hear your questions.

When you use this link to get started, you’ll get a welcome text and an invite to join our private, members only groups on Facebook.

It’s a great way to learn at your own pace alongside likeminded people.

You can ask questions, get recipes and tips, and snag exclusive education found nowhere else!

Education: Young Living provides ongoing educational opportunities through events, newsletters online, and in person to keep you informed and assist you in your wellness progress.

I also provide private classes.

Ask me how you can attend anywhere in the world, for absolutely free!

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

If You’re Ready to Purchase, Here’s How:

1.  Head over to the Young Living page here and fill out your information.

2.  Make sure “Wholesale Member” is checked so you don’t end up paying retail prices.

3. Be sure the â€œsponsor ID” and “enroller id”say 3929342  so we can stay connected, and I can get you hooked up with all the freebies! You’ll see my name, Andrea Dawn Marshall there, too.

4. Select which starter kit you want to get. My recommendation would be the Premium Starter Kit. I use these oils routinely!

5. Go through the checkout process.

BONUS Step 6 (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL!)

Start getting YL freebies now!

Here’s an example of what our monthly freebies look like, but the point amounts are always the same for being eligible for the free products each month:

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

Frequently Asked Questions

DOES SIGNING UP MAKE ME A “DISTRIBUTOR”?

Nope! You aren’t ever required to sell.

When you become a wholesale member, you get a special link you can share with friends and get credit from their purchases, but there are no minimum sales amounts if you choose to use it.

In fact, 90% of the wholesale members in Young Living don’t do the business side at all. They’re buying from Young Living because of the quality.

WHAT ABOUT MINIMUM PURCHASES?

There are NO minimum monthly purchase requirements.

To remain a wholesale member, you have to make $50 worth of purchases per year to keep your membership.

But if there’s a year that you don’t make a $50 purchase, you can reinstate your wholesale membership discount by just placing a $50 order.

If you do find yourself making regular purchases each month, then Young Living has a rewards program (called Essential Rewards) where you can make a nice percentage back in product credit each month on all of your purchases.

So that’s a great program to join if you find that you *want* to purchase regularly (but it’s not a requirement for being a wholesale member).

WHY SHOULD I BUY FROM YOUNG LIVING INSTEAD OF OTHER ESSENTIAL OILS COMPANIES?

It does seem like a new essential oils company pops up every day, doesn’t it? 

I can’t speak to the quality of other companies, but I can say that Young Living was the only company in my research of essential oil companies that could answer all of my questions about purity in a way that was satisfactory to me.

Young Living was the only company that:

  • Has their own farms (in the regions where the plants should be grown)
  • Could guarantee that no pesticides or herbicides were used in the growing of any of their oils (they use essential oils for pest control and they do all of the weeding by hand). Organic is not pesticide or herbicide free. It’s a step down.
  • Has their own testing equipment (they do both in-house and 3rd party testing, and use many different testing methods not just GC/MS which only tests for certain chemicals, not whether those chemicals are synthetic or not)
  • Only uses the first distillation of oils instead of adding chemicals to get more out of the plant.

Young Living also was the only company that was directly in charge of essential oil farming operations.

Every other company I researched goes through some kind of an “oil broker” to buy their oils. Even if they’re “sustainably sourced,” that’s not something you want.

They have to trust that the oil broker is telling the truth, who has to trust that the essential oil distilleries are telling the truth, who have to trust that the farmers are telling the truth about what they say they are doing.

With Young Living, you just have to trust one company instead of several.

I felt the most comfortable trusting Young Living since they’re a full-disclosure company.

ANYONE can visit the farms, participate in the harvesting and distillation, view the Young Living labs, and see the entire process. That’s not an option with any other company!

HOW WILL I KNOW WHICH OILS TO USE FOR WHAT?

One of the benefits of getting a starter kit is that you also get to join our private Facebook group that’s specifically for questions about essential oils!

My weekly usage tips and recipes will text straight to you making life even simpler!

DOES YOUNG LIVING ONLY SELL ESSENTIAL OILS?

The answer to this one was surprising to me when I first got my starter kit!

Young Living uses their pesticide-free, synthetic-free, fragrance free, people over profit model to create over 600 lifestyle products.

Most all of these are concentrated, so it’s like buying bulk in small bottles saving you lots in the process.

Thanks so much for reading and please email me at andrea@gospalchapter.com for any other questions!

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

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Young Living March 2020 Promotions!

Learn all of the Young Living March 2020 Promotions, what each oil will support, and how you can get the most for your money.

Young Living March 2020 Promotions are amazing.

You’re going to love them!

Learn all of the Young Living March 2020 Promotions, what each oil will support, and how you can get the most for your money.

Bag

Can we just pause for a moment and look at how cute that bag is?!

How perfect for spring!

Valor

Valor is commonly referred to as a chiropractor in a bottle.

While I’d never trade it out for an actual chiropractor all together, it has gotten me through some rough times for sure.

This is also an amazing oil to help your emotions and bring courage.

Clarity

Clarity is one of my favorites!

It helps me stay focused and gives me a little energy boost.

I also like to rub it on my temples if I feel the start of a headache coming on.

JuvaFlex

JuvaFlex provides liver support.

It is said that the liver is where we store anger and hate.

Whether you believe that or not, we can all agree it’s a super important part of our health, and we must take great care of it.

JuvaFlex in a veggie capsule will be so kind to your liver and therefore your overall health!

Gentle Baby

Gentle Baby is great for your skin, calming your emotions, and will be something I use on my “mama marks” for sure when my free bottle arrives in a few days!

Plow & Hearth

Get Your Oils Here!

Click here to get started.

Don’t forget to check out Subscribe and Save to get 24% discount!

You’re able to change the products in your S&S cart and even set it to order every 1, 2, or 3 months!

So helpful!

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Learn all of the Young Living March 2020 Promotions, what each oil will support, and how you can get the most for your money.

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Traveling During Cold + Flu Season

Traveling tips during cold and flu season and walking away unscathed is much easier than you may think. Here we share our best wellness tips.

Traveling During Cold and Flu Season

This family of ours loves travel, and my husband has to do it often for work, so traveling during cold and flu season happens to be our specialty.

It can be simple and super low-cost.

This works for us every time.

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Preemptively Strike and then Keep Attacking

Boost your immune system before, during, and after you travel.

Here are our top body boosters we never leave home without:

  • Thieves Essential Oil Blend
  • Inner Defense capsules
  • Lemon Essential Oil
  • DiGize Essential Oil Blend
Plow & Hearth

The Trip There

Will you be around a lot of other people who don’t live in your home on the way there?

If so, this little trick is amazing.

Mix a bit of Rose Ointment (a very small amount goes a really long way!) and 1 drop Thieves essential oil.

Rub around the outside of your nostrils to help block airborne germs.

Sanitize

Store-bought sanitizers actually lower your immune system function and destroy your hormones.

Skip it.

Instead, stock up on Thieves Hand Sanitizer.

It kills 99.99% of germs, supports your immune and respiratory system, and leaves those beautiful hormones alone.

Bonus?

The little ones here fit into all those cute little travel holders like this one (who even knew they had something like this?!).

The New Digs

Wherever you stay, set up like you’re ready to do battle.

  • Diffuser with Thieves ready to go
  • Hand Soap, shampoo, body wash, etc. from Young Living (everything else is synthetic and lowers immune function) or invest in the Bon Voyage Travel Pack here–we love ours!
  • Raven roller next to your night stand
  • Inner Defense next to your night stand
  • Plenty of water for your glass water bottle
  • Lemon essential oil

Coming Home

Changing clothes and showering as soon as you get home will help reduce the germs that linger on clothes and hair.

Get your diffuser going, take an Inner Defense, drink some lemon water or add some of the Vitality Drops to your water, and turn in early so you can let your body recover from your time away from home.

The next day or two, follow up with continued diffusing and taking Thieves in a capsule, honey, or in Thieves tea.

Gaiam Wholesale Program

Final Thoughts

Traveling with Young Living means you can enjoy your trip and your time settling back in at home after your time away.

It’s such a relief to know that we don’t have to feel panicky or nervous about travel during the sickest times of the year.

We have the only pesticide and synthetic free way of life boosting our bodies!

And that is something for which our family is forever grateful.

Don’t have the Young Living lifestyle in your home yet?

With over 600 lifestyle products, you’ll be completely covered and your wallet will thank you, too since the concentrated products provide a much more frugal and safer lifestyle than shopping in store.

Follow this link to get your fresh start.

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Canker Sore GONE Naturally

Wish you could have a canker sore gone naturally without breaking the bank and all while making your immune system much stronger?

Canker sores are so annoying, aren’t they?

My youngest gets them every time he fights off any sickness, so we have to rely on this when that happens.

In this article, I want to go over three things.

  1. I will let you in on our amazing life hack.
  2. Help you get your own.
  3. Teach you how to use this canker sore hack to prevent and fight other illness, too!

Canker Sore GONE Naturally

We’ve had the best relief from a canker sore naturally with this quick and simple remedy.

It’s saving us a ton with each healing only costing around fifty cents!

The best part is that this remedy is also the exact same bottle we use a drop of every day to prevent viruses and bacterial junk from coming into our home.

Please know this is one of the most important staples for our health.

I believe this should be in every single home–it’s been that good to us these last five + years!

Wish you could have a canker sore gone naturally without breaking the bank and all while making your immune system much stronger?

Simplest Option

We grab a little organic coconut oil (in a glass jar like this one) and put one drop of Thieves in it.

(Note: 300 drops in a 15mL bottle)

This is what we call a “hot” oil, so it needs to be diluted.

The standard rule is around 4 drops carrier (what we’ll call the coconut oil) to one drop essential oil.

Be Consistent!

The same way we don’t exercise once and assume we’re at our goal weight, we don’t put one drop on the sore and expect a miracle.

You may, however, notice it shrinks noticeably.

Don’t stop applying!

We find we need to apply it around four times to get rid of it, but we have also been pesticide and synthetic-free for over five years.

Toxin-free living should be easy. gospalchapter.com has natural remedies, healthy replacement options, and tips for your new lifestyle!

Nutritional Options that ROCK

We get canker sores for a reason, right?

Since we’re all about digging to the root and attacking that rather than just putting a bandaid on the symptom, we add Inner Defense to our wellness arsenal.

This is a capsule with Clove, Thyme, Lemongrass, Eucalyptus Radiata, Rosemary, and Cinnamon Bark oils in it.

These oils are all measured out in such a way that packs the best punch.

We are always successful knocking out the root cause of a canker sore with Inner Defense !

Oral Care

Two other amazing ways we fight back against the canker sores that pop up from time to time is by creating a healthy environment in our mouths.

Thieves Spray and Thieves Mouthwash are two unbelievable strong defenses against canker sores in our home.

Even better?

On my Facebook page we have a fantastic hack to dilute the super concentrated mouthwash and the spray to get them to stretch and work just as well!

Other Uses for Oils Above

I’m super grateful for the only hand-weeded, pesticide-free, synthetic-free, and fragrance-free oils.

Once I learned what that really meant for our family, I’ve been blown away with what a blessing this is.

However, I don’t want to buy Thieves just for canker sores, right?

300 drops goes far.

So, we put one drop in a little honey often.

We’ve used this to fight off any sort of icky germ we feel coming on.

It’s been amazing for scratchy throats.

Even better for cough and prevention.

I cannot tell you what a gift it is to know I can lean so heavily on Thieves when my friend calls to say her kid puked just after my children were playing with hers.

Before Young Living I had no way to prevent, fight, or support a healthy lifestyle!

Final Thoughts

Skip the over-the-counter $18 tiny tube of side effects!

Why waste your money on something like that?

You can only use it for one specific use before it expires.

Even worse, those products only tear down your body with synthetic ingredients.

When on the Young Living site, you can make it work for you.

Choose Subscribe and Save to get 24% off all products.

You’ll never be locked in to anything and can cancel any time!

If you’d like to order monthly, you can get free products and points to spend like cash, too.

This is how our family has become toxin-free and healthier than ever!

Wish you could have a canker sore gone naturally without breaking the bank and all while making your immune system much stronger?

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Get Essential Oils + a Toxin-Free Lifestyle Here

Click HERE for a simple walk through on how to buy the safest essential oils and start a toxin-free lifestyle with Young Living.

Why Young Living Only?

  • Zero pesticides
  • Single distillation
  • Soil hasn’t been touched by pesticides in 50+ years
  • You can go to any farm in the world to see for yourself
  • Zero synthetics
  • Zero fragrance
  • ONLY essential oil
  • BECAUSE YOU ARE READY TO TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH!

5% Rule

There’s a rule that says companies only have to make sure 5% of the oil in their bottles is actual essential oil to be considered “pure and therapeutic.”

Organic oils can even have synthetics and fragrance added to them under this rule, and do.

Young Living oils are the ONLY oils who never adulterate* their oils and have 100% never changed essential oil.

*I consider spraying plants with any pesticide as adulterating the oil.

Why Care About Pesticides?

Anything you put on your skin is in your bloodstream in 26 seconds.

Choosing an essential oil company outside of Young Living ensures you’ll have those pesticides coursing through your veins as well.

Why spend your money on a temporary fix that makes a long-term problem?

What About Organic Pesticides?

When I say ZERO pesticides, I mean ZERO.

Not even organic pesticides.

Young Living is hand-weeded (or sheep-weeded in some cases like the France Lavender farm!) and this is their above-and-beyond calling they call Seed-to-Seal.

Are They Expensive?

The amazing part about Young Living is the concentration of the oils and over 600+ lifestyle products.

For example, the household cleaner makes 29 spray bottles.

One 15mL bottle of oil has around 300 drops in it.

When you buy a Young Living lifestyle item, you’re adding immense value to your home and saving a ton!

How Do I Know Which Oils I Need?

Most people start with the Premium Starter Kit. It comes with 12 oils, a diffuser, and some samples of other lifestyle products at around half the cost as a bundle/kit.

These 12 oils are called our “Everyday Oils,” and the kit itself comes with a 24% discount on all products for life.

From there, the iTovi scanner {click HERE} and Essential Oils Reference Guide {click HERE) are two must-haves for taking on your new life of proactive living.

How Often Do I Have to Order?

That’s up to you.

Our family can’t possibly pass up the thousands of dollars we save every year with the loyalty program called Essential Rewards (read about it HERE).

You can order once in your whole life and never again, you can order with Essential Rewards, or anywhere in-between.

Do I Have to Sell this Stuff?

Nope.

I personally tell everyone I know (including you!) because it feels like a deep down serious moral obligation to let people know there’s a safe way to live with all the disease in this world. You can be a part of one of the greatest changes in someone’s life, and that’s big.

You decide how and when you share, AND if you do, Young Living will send you a thank you check. No strings. No immediate business you’re roped into. Simply a, “Hey, you helped save a family. Thanks!” bonus check!

You can learn how to utilize the Young Living referral program HERE.

Learn fast truths and how to get the safest oils on the planet.  Add value to your home and budget. Feel better. Live well.

What if I Need to Talk This Out?

Email me at andrea@gospalchapter.com, and I’ll answer any questions you have.

This is about YOU.

It’s your decision. Your lifestyle change.

We will go at YOUR pace, within YOUR budget, and with ZERO weird pressure.

I’m Totally Ready. What’s the BEST Way to Start with Young Living?

Premium Starter Kit and Essential Rewards. (Get started HERE).

I will get an email confirming you’ve gotten started.

You’ll have immediate access to our education group online. This is our tribe. We lift each other up. Learn together. Ask questions. And most importantly have FUN!

You will never be alone in this new lifestyle!

Hope to meet you soon!

Learn fast truths and how to get the safest oils on the planet.  Add value to your home and budget. Feel better. Live well.

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How to Take Care of Your Diffusers

This quick tips guide will help you take care of one of the most precious items in your home and for your health--your diffusers.

What Kind of Diffusers?

Did you know there are two different kinds of diffusers?

1. Ultrasonic

This is your Aria, Rainstone, Feather the Owl, Desert Mist, Lantern, and other diffusers with an ultrasonic plate.

These use ultrasonic vibrations to put oil into the air.

They also have a great humidifying effect, which is especially wonderful in dry weather.

Many people say to watch adding citrus oils into diffusers because they’ll erode.

This is why I choose Young Living medical grade plastic and only Young Living oils. The purity and diffusers matter.

I’ve tried getting cheap diffusers off Amazon, and they eventually fail me every time.

Now, I just save my money and get the real deal through YL to avoid having to constantly replace the others.

2.Atomizing

This is for the AromaLux and any other diffuser with an atomizer.

An atomizer gives you the scent for your home that we have come to love, but it also has therapeutic and healing capabilities.

It breaks down the oil put into it and puts out small particles that are easier for your lungs and body to absorb.

Which Kind of Water?

The instructions always suggest distilled, but what if you’re a diffusing queen like yours truly and don’t want to lug huge distilled water jugs home from the store each week?

Our family chose another route that affects the quality of our water both in our diffuser and that we drink each day: reverse osmosis.

You can get a whole home reverse osmosis (see an example here) or one to place under your kitchen sink (see an example here).

This ensures we are breathing in and drinking in only the best water available sans prescription meds, heavy metals, and other chemicals.

Cleaning Your Ultrasonic Diffuser

Best practice is rinsing and wiping your diffuser after each use. The type of deep clean that follows is suggested 1-2 times per month.

  1. Turn off and unplug diffuser.
  2. Wipe out the reservoir with a wet cotton cloth.
  3. Dip a cotton swab in rubbing alcohol and clean the ultrasonic plate to remove any extra buildup.
  4. Rinse the reservoir with water, wipe it clean, and dry up the excess water with a soft cloth.

Cleaning Your Atomizing Diffuser

  1. Turn off and unplug diffuser.
  2. Dip a cotton swab in rubbing alcohol and swab to clean ALL areas of the diffuser.

Troubleshooting

  1. Check for power: if the light turns on, the power is working.
  2. Listen for fan: fan should be audible when diffuser is working.
  3. Make sure air vent isn’t obstructed or damaged.
  4. Check ultrasonic plate: if no bubbling is seen after water is added, the ultrasonic plate may need to be replaced.
  5. Check lid: if it’s not flush with the body, it won’t work properly.

Need the Only Pesticide-Free Oils in Your Life?

Click here to see how to get started.

Once you’ve followed the instructions here, I’ll send you your very own Essential Oils Reference Guide to make life as a new oiler simple.

You’ll also be added to our exclusive community called Life+Oils where you get private coaching, online teaching, and support from like-minded people with lots of testimonials to pull from every day!

Choosing the right person to walk you through this is important to your success. I’d love to be that for you!

Always feel free to write to me at andrea@gospalchapter.com.

This quick tips guide will help you take care of one of the most precious items in your home and for your health--your diffusers.

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Energy Boosting Breakfast Shake

Simple!

What you’ll need for your breakfast shake:

  • NutriBullet (get yours here)
  • 1 Young Living NingXia Nitro (Get 24% discount on this and all YL products mentioned here)
  • 1 drop Favorite Young Living Vitality Oil (I like Peppermint)
  • 8oz. Organic Almond Milk
  • 1 TBS Elderberry Syrup (I use this one)
    1 TBS Young Living MindWise
  • 2 Scoops Young Living Balance Complete
  • 2 TBS Cacao Powder (I use this one)
  • 1 banana

Put in liquids then powders. Blend.

Energy

The Nitro, Peppermint, and protein from the Balance Complete not only helps you stay fuller longer, but these are a great combination for giving you a boost first thing in the morning.

Take your Young Living oil-infused Super B vitamin and OmegaGize alongside this for even better results with more bioavailability because they’re oil-infused!

Depending on how early you wake, this can help you hold off on coffee until the better time of 8 a.m. or after when your adrenal glands are able to “wake up.”

Sweet vs Bitter

I liked the taste of this, but my husband wanted a little more sweetness to it.

Put a little honey or maple syrup in to take the edge off if you’d like.

Immune Strength

The ingredients in this breakfast shake are amazing for strengthening your immune system.

It’s a much better start for your body than something like cereal yet takes about the same amount of time to put it together!

Need these Powerful Oils?

Click here to learn more about our over 600 safe and amazing products.

You’ll also want to get on the Essential Rewards program to save money and get the most from your Young Living account! Learn more about Essential Rewards here.

Filed in: DIY Recipes, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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Safest Dog Shampoo

Safest Dog Shampoo

  • 2 tablespoons baking soda
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 1 teaspoon pure vegetable glycerin
  • 1 tablespoon pure liquid castile soap
  • 5 drops of BOTH Lavender and Lemon Young Living Essential Oils

Mix all ingredients. Wash dog.

It’s THAT simple!

Hattie’s Experience

Toxins, additives, and synthetics in dog food, treats, and care products like dog shampoo are lessening our pets’ lifespans.

When we’re striving to live a toxin-free life, it’s important to remember our K9 friends as well.

Thankfully this doesn’t have to break the bank in order to get great pet care.

Dog Shampoos

While we live by the Furminator with our Siberian Husky, Hattie, we also have to give her a good scrub every now and again.

Thankfully, Young Living gives us an amazing, concentrated option where we can get three safe bottles in one with the AnimalScents Shampoo!

Simply get a foam pump bottle like this one, put a third of the bottle of shampoo in, filling the rest with water.

You can even add a little T-Away in there from our AnimalScents line if you’d like.

This blend will help calm your pup, which is great for dogs like ours, who tend to get stressed during a bath.

Our Husky, Hattie (and I) loved this easy DIY because it was thick enough to lather up in her thick fur, yet there was enough of it to wash her really well twice!

Hattie is a big dog.

She also likes to play in the dirt and mud with our boys and prefers to live outside in most weather, so she was extra filthy.

If you have a smaller dog, mainly inside you could get four or five washes out of this. Maybe more!

Best Part

The best part is knowing there weren’t any synthetic fragrances in either of our dog shampoos that could really harm our sweet pup.

The oils are only from Young Living, so we know they’re 100% safe for her.

Why buy oils anywhere else when Young Living is the only one that meets all of the following criteria: never sprays their plants, never adds synthetic fragrance, only 100% oils.

Get Oils Here

Not getting a 24% discount yet?

Not utilizing the 25% back on top of that with Essential Rewards?

Click here for help. 

This link will also be extremely useful in starting the journey.

Need step-by-step directions? Click here.

Take the very best care of your dog with the only synthetic and pesticide free shampoo with the safest ingredients available.
Take the very best care of your dog with the only synthetic and pesticide free shampoo with the safest ingredients available.

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50 Uses for Thieves Household Cleaner

New School Clean

Thieves Household Cleaner is the best and most cost-effective way to clean your home.

Long gone are the days of my mama sending me outside to play while she cleaned the house all rubber-gloved up to her elbows.

Now, I joyfully hand the Thieves Household Cleaner to my kids and say, “Let’s clean!”

Strong…in a Good Way

This cleaner literally strengthens the immune system and lungs while you clean.

Where else in this world can you find a safe, strong, yet immune-boosting cleaner for your house? Nowhere!

Thieves Household Cleaner Uses

  1. Fruit flies/gnats
  2. Bleach Alternative DIY
  3. Stainless steel scrub
  4. Safe Clorox-type wipes
  5. Vents
  6. Outlets
  7. Toys
  8. Exercise equipment
  9. Clean your washing machine
  10. Clean blinds
  11. Add to Rainbow Vacuum
  12. Add to power washer
  13. Clean whirlpool tub
  14. Clean your car inside
  15. Removes smells from bathrooms
  16. Jewelry cleaner
  17. Scrubbing paste
  18. Stain remover
  19. All purpose Cleaner
  20. Heavy degreasing
  21. Fruit + Veggie wash
  22. Dishwasher pod DIY
  23. Dishwasher detergent
  24. Laundry detergent
  25. Pots and pans soak
  26. Windows + glass cleaner
  27. Walls
  28. Hardwood floors
  29. Carpet cleaner
  30. Fabric cleaner
  31. Wrinkle release
  32. Mattress cleaner
  33. Laundry pre-treat
  34. Wood furniture cleaner
  35. Granite
  36. Stove
  37. Shower
  38. Sinks
  39. Tub
  40. Toilet
  41. DIY foaming hand soap
  42. Mirrors
  43. Dish soap
  44. Tile and grout scrub
  45. Fridge/freezer deep clean
  46. Disinfect garbage can
  47. Glass sliding door tracks
  48. Mold removal
  49. Pet stains
  50. Furniture polish

Final Thoughts

The amount of money we save every year from this plant-powered cleaner is unbelievable.

Love that we can always clean without ever having to worry about dangerous chemicals.

If you’re needing Thieves Household Cleaner, the best place to start is the Premium Starter Kit and the Essential Rewards program.

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Toxin-Free Mascara

Toxin-Free Mascara DIY

Ingredients

4tsp aloe vera gel

2tsp coconut oil

1 tsp cosmetic grade beeswax 

1-2 capsules of activated charcoal or cocoa (1/2 tsp)

2 drops Cedarwood, 2 drops Lavender, and 1 drop Ylang Ylang essential oils

Clean and empty mascara tubes

1.) Melt coconut oil and beeswax in a double boiler (or in a glass over a saucepan).

2.) Add aloe vera gel and activated charcoal or cocoa (charcoal for black/cocoa for brown).

3.) Add essential oils. These will keep your lashes healthy, promote growth, and best of all, keep your mascara fresh!

4.) Pour into empty mascara tubes.

That’s it!

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Toxin-Free Sink Scrub

Toxin-Free Sink Scrub

A good, toxin-free sink scrub can be such a helpful tool in the kitchen!

It is unsettling how toxic they are!

Thankfully, there’s a simple answer. 

Ingredients:

2 C Baking Soda

2 caps of Thieves Household Cleaner

10 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil (we only trust Young Living)

Directions:

Mix together in a jar like this one.

Rinse the sink to make sure it’s wet.

Sprinkle in the sink and scrub with a toxin-free sponge. This one is my favorite.

Formulated with the power of Young Living’s Thieves oil blend, you can get a deep clean without dangerous or synthetic ingredients.

Thieves Cleaner also includes the scent of Lemon essential oil for an even more uplifting aroma.

Big Problem

The only “A” rated sink scrub still has so many disturbing synthetic fragrances and fake oils.

Long story short, this is very dangerous for your family.

This is not enough. We demand 100% toxin free.

The Answer

With the Premium Starter Kit, jump start your toxin-free journey with 11 oils, a diffuser, and a packet of Thieves Household Cleaner .

(Need to get a toxin-free starter kit? Click here: Young Living Starter Kit)

Half of that packet (or two caps if you’ve gotten the actual bottle) of liquid gold will do the trick.

The Recipe

Ingredients:

2 C Baking Soda

2 caps of Thieves Household Cleaner

10 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil (we only trust Young Living)

Directions:

Mix together in a jar like this one.

Rinse the sink to make sure it’s wet.

Sprinkle in the sink and scrub with a toxin-free sponge. This one is my favorite.

Formulated with the power of Young Living’s Thieves oil blend, you can get a deep clean without dangerous or synthetic ingredients.

Thieves Cleaner also includes the scent of Lemon essential oil for an even more uplifting aroma.

About THHC

You’ll love the sweet-and-spicy scent and serious cleaning power of Thieves Household Cleaner.

This all-purpose cleaner can be used on any surface in your home for dusting, spot cleaning, scrubbing, or any other cleaning need.

Wherever you use it, you’ll feel good knowing it’s safe to use around everyone in your family, including pets.

Final Thoughts

This is just one way of many that I have found to use my Thieves Household Cleaner (one of 12, technically!).

I am so forever grateful for our Premium Starter Kit that changed our family’s health for the better.

The sink scrub DIY above is so simple, makes a lot (a little goes a long way), and it’s super-effective!

I like scrubbing it at night after the final load is loaded in the dishwasher, so we can wake to a clean and fresh-smelling kitchen.

Enjoy!

Andrea 🙂

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Facial Scrub


Facial scrub can be so beneficial-if you’re not destroying your skin with toxins.

Try this DIY to make sure you’re only sloughing off dead skin cells and not damaging your face.

1/2 C baking soda
4 TBS hempseed oil
10 drops of the following:

 Orange essential oil
Bergamot essential oil
Lavender essential oil
5 drops Young Living Cypress essential oil
5 drops Young Living Tea Tree essential oil.

Mix together and store in a glass jar. Make sure to apply gently. Let the scrub do the work!

Top 3 Reasons to Use a Facial Scrub

(If you haven’t gotten your 24% discount on your toxin-free wellness box yet, click here: Young Living Starter Kit)

1.) Removes dead skin and makeup that makeup remover and face wash alone can’t completely wipe away.

2.) With a truly clean face, your moisturizer, oils, acne treatment, etc. will be more effective.

3,) Removes any rough patches to reveal nourished, glowing skin.

Best Place to Start

As yourself the following:

1.) Is your facial scrub on this toxic list? 

2.) Do you have a facial scrub? 

While many on the market have harmful substances in them, don’t lose hope.

Thankfully you have some great options for a clean and safe toxin-free scrub!

Option 1:

Daily Scrub

If you want to scrub daily, you’ll need something extra gentle.

Try this DIY to make sure you’re only sloughing off dead skin cells and not damaging your face.

1/2 C baking soda
4 TBS hempseed oil
10 drops of the following:

 Orange essential oil
Bergamot essential oil
Lavender essential oil
5 drops Young Living Cypress essential oil
5 drops Young Living Tea Tree essential oil.

Mix together and store in a glass jar. Make sure to apply gently. Let the scrub do the work!

You can choose whichever essential oils you need for your particular skin, but I chose these because I have oily skin that is prone to breakouts.

Hempseed oil is the only carrier oil that doesn’t break out my face, and I find that this ratio of baking soda and hempseed keeps the scrub super gentle.

Option 2:

If you’re looking for a scrub 2-3 times per week, this Satin Facial Scrub is where it’s at.

Polish and prep your skin with this naturally derived face scrub.

Made with apricot seed powder,Satin Facial Scrub gently exfoliates your face to lift and remove dry, dead skin cells and reveal bright, even-looking skin.

Use it to start the day or to take the day off; whenever you reach for it, you’ll leave a clean, smooth slate for the next step in your skin care regimen.

This exfoliating scrub was formulated to bring you a natural way to cleanse and reveal glowing, radiant skin.

With a new formula and carefully selected ingredients—including mango butter and raspberry extract, you’ll feel confident adding this gentle face exfoliator to your skin care routine, along with Young Living’s other naturally derived personal care products.

Plus, it has pure Peppermint essential oil for a minty scent and tingly fresh feel.

Option 3:

In store and online options from EWG that are listed as safe can be found here.

Final Thoughts

Choosing skincare products are vital to aging properly and to your overall health.

I love that I can create products like facial scrub using common household products and my Premium Starter Kit.

How to Get Oils and Oil-Infused Products in Your Life

As you read through the blog, you’re likely learning very fast that Young Living Essential Oils have rocketed our family into toxin-free living.

You can read our family’s testimonial and learn more about how to get started with Young Living, click here.

I hope you find these toxin-free options helpful and enjoy the baby-soft face that comes with truly amazing products!

Many Blessings!

Andrea 🙂 

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DIY Recipe Quick Links


Welcome to your go-to for DIY recipes that will wipe out the toxins in your home and actually work!

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Healthiest Hand Soaps on the Planet

Healthiest Hand Soaps on the Planet

Hand soap should be simple, not full of endocrine disruptors.

Today you’ll learn about the healthiest hand soaps on the planet.

Option 1: Pre-made

The “safe” hand soaps at the store are purposefully leaving out a few key pieces of information.

First, that the plant material they’re using was sprayed heavily with pesticides.

Second, they’ve added fragrance.

Those “essential oils” they infused them with are actually just fragrance pretending to be healthy oils.

These soaps are amazing because they’re concentrated! Simply put 1/4 of the mixture into a foaming hand soap bottle. One of these covers just about every sink in the house for us!

You can also get a refill bottle so you never run out!

Option 2: DIY

INGREDIENTS:

  • Foaming Soap Dispenser for Castile Liquid Soap (there are three in this pack)
  • Dr. Bronner’s Pure-Castile Liquid Soap
  • YL pesticide-free oil of choice (I like Thieves during cold and flu season, Citrus Fresh in the kitchen, and Joy in the bathrooms)

DIRECTIONS:

1.) Fill dispenser approximately 1/3 of the way with castile soap (if you made the laundry detergent , dish soap, or makeup remover, you already have this!)

2.) Fill the rest (slowly or it gets bubbly really fast) with purified water (we use the water from our reverse osmosis system).

3.) Add 10-15 drops of your essential oil.

The Problem

One winter break, I worked for a company that sold all things smelly-good.

Lotions, candles, soaps.

Now we know better.

In the News

First, CNN reported on chemicals from antibacterial soaps that had been banned.

We pressed on and found cancer causing chemicals lurking in soaps.

The irony isn’t lost on me.

What cleans us on the outside makes us filthy on the inside.

Is Your Soap Harming You?

(If you haven’t gotten your toxin-free toolkit and 24% discount on all nonGMO products that make DIYs like the one below possible yet, click here: Young Living Starter Kit ).

The first step is to understand what toxic is.

Fragrance, synthetics, pesticide-filled.

Thankfully Young Living brings us truly safe products.

Most Trusted Source for the Healthiest Hand Soaps

Our family’s most trusted source is Young Living.

The best part is the 24% discount and 25% back on each purchase!

I absolutely love Thieves Hand Soap!

How to Buy from Young Living

You’ll notice we use Young Living in our home as you read this blog. It has completely changed our life!

If you want to learn more about how to get the best deal, click here.

Final Thoughts on the Healthiest Hand Soaps

With our skin being the biggest way toxins get into our bodies, it is such a relief to know that we can immensely limit our daily intake (and our children’s!) with such simple solutions.

Vote with your dollars!

We can stop companies from selling products that fill our bodies with junk.

Stop the rise of disease.

Make a difference.

My hope is that as more and more of us stop using the toxic products, we can collectively make a change.

We can make a place for our children and grandchildren where their only options are safe ones.

What a beautiful world that would be.

These are the healthiest hand soaps on the planet, and you'll love how cost-effective, safe, and even health boosting they are!

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