Making lip balm at home is super simple! Pick a few quality ingredients, and follow this easy recipe. Your homemade chapstick will be all natural, moisturizing, and healthy for your lips. Best of all, it’ll save you quite a bit of money compared to buying commercial organic products. Once I started making a batch of…
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DIY After Sun Lotion Recipe
How do you take care of your skin after a full day of fun in the sun? Easy: use this fabulous DIY after sun lotion. Since I’ve been learning about essential oils, I have become inspired to use my oils everywhere… including helping with sunburn or heavily sun-exposed skin. Let me tell you, this recipe…
How to Treat Bug Bites with Essential Oils
So a nasty mosquito has bitten you… Ouch! What do you do now? If you want my advice: run to your home apothecary and grab your essential oils! 😉 There are a few ways to soothe the itchiness of mosquito bites. I’ll show you the essential oils you’ll want to use, plus how to quickly…
Plant Therapy Essential Oils Brand Review
When I first heard about essential oils, I was being introduced to Young Living. But quite quickly, I questioned the price tag and started looking around. Since then, I’ve been researching and comparing the quality of many essential oil brands. If you looked in my desk drawers right now, you’d find oil bottles from many…
How to Get Rid of Bloating with an Essential Oils Massage
Nobody likes to wake up and feel bloated. It can literally make or break your day. And, you’ll likely want a home remedy FAST so you can get on with your day. If you have essential oils in your home apothecary, use them to help get rid of gas and bloating naturally. As a first…
11 Natural Oils to Treat Scars
Do you have an unsightly scar that won’t go away? Do you wish your scar to heal naturally? Are you wondering how essential oils fit into the picture? Essential oils are natural oils prepared from plants. The practice of using medicinal plants for healing is ancient. More and more, essential oils surface in our home…
Essential Oils for the Solar Plexus Chakra
The solar plexus chakra is the 3rd chakra in a system of 7 chakras that influence the health and well-being of humans. Essential oils as an alternative holistic practice ties into the energy work related to chakra balancing. Your solar plexus chakra activates your personal power and the light you radiate. It is where you…
7 Ways to Safely Inhale Essential Oils
I don’t know about you… but when I open a bottle of oil for whatever use or recipe, I always take a little smell. I put the bottle under my nose, and for a quick second, I do nothing else but to enjoy that particular essential oils’ scent. It helps me focus on what I’m…
Top 7 Essential Oils for PMS Symptoms & How to Use Them
Each woman experiences PMS in her own, unique way. The following essential oils and oil blends are supportive of relieving PMS symptoms. I recommend you try blending them, and work towards creating your own unique PMS blend. As every woman is beautifully unique, so is her experience of PMS symptoms and pains. Before a woman’s…
How to Make an Essential Oil Spray
Essential oil sprays are used in aromatherapy to support various issues of health and well-being. While a body mist may be all you’re after, these sprays easily double as room sprays, linen sprays, or car freshener sprays. The basic recipe is the same. Yay for multi-talent! In this article, I’ll show you how you can…
Best Essential Oils for Strong Nails and Soft Cuticles
Nails are essential parts of the body, safeguarding the tips of our fingers. Brittle nails are quite common. Even just regular daily life can cause weakness of the nails or irritate the nail beds. Exposure to chemicals such as dishwashing without gloves, or using nail polish removers, can make things worse. This can lead to several…
How to Manage Panic Attacks with Essential Oils
Have you ever encountered a panic attack? That uncomfortable and unpredictable feeling of being completely out of control? Panic attacks occur within seconds. They cause extreme anxiety leading to paralyzing fear and an immobilizing condition. Panic attacks can trigger palpitations, dizziness, and breathlessness. Do not be alarmed. You can manage panic attacks with essential oils…
DIY Essential Oil Hand Sanitizer
Antibacterial hand sanitizers are usually easy to obtain at your local health food store or online. Most of these sanitizers contain antibacterial ingredients like a sort of alcohol. If you are trying to find a good alternative to store-bought hand sanitizers, here’s how to make an essential oils hand purifier at home. These DIY hand…
6 Fresh & Inspiring Spring Diffuser Blends
Spring is here, and I’m loving it! My spirits are lifted without any effort. I’m enjoying the gift of more natural sunlight and warmer temperatures from mother nature. We sit in the back yard again and enjoy outside time after dinner. I am de-cluttering and getting ready to spring clean my home. Aaaaaaaah! In my…
How to Use Essential Oils for Wool Dryer Balls – Top 8 Oils & Useful Tips
Ever since I started using wool dryer balls in my laundry, I’ve been telling everyone I know about them. Dryer balls reduce the amount of time spent on drying clothes. They make your home more efficient. And adding a few essential oils to dryer balls can improve the fragrance on your fabrics. In this article,…
5 Recipes for Calming Nerves with Essential Oils
Do you want to calm your nerves and emotions using safe and effective homemade remedies? Essential oils are nontoxic extracts from plants. They are suitable for soothing emotional tension and promote calmness. Essential oils have been used for thousands of years for various health issues: physical symptoms (such as headaches or sore muscles), mental wellness,…
Get To Know These 3 Fun & Exotic Sounding Essential Oils
As you journey forwards with your aromatherapy knowledge, we’re bound to come across new and exotic sounding essential oils, such as Davana, Manuka, and Palo Santo. I feel that these essential oils are a little less self-explanatory compared to classics such as Lavender, Tea Tree or Geranium. What plants does Davana essential oil come from? How…