These are a few of my favorite things!

Clearly it has been a while since my last post. With school back in full swing, I have had a hard time sitting myself down to write. I am trying to be better about this. My sister, Andrea, requested that I get back to blogging after I hosted an online Oils 101 class, so here I am.

I thought I'd start back up with sharing some of my favorite non-kit oils, products and recipes as an extension to the event. If you want a peek at the event, let me know. I will be keeping it open until September 30th. It has a TON of information about each oil in the Premium Starter Kit, including how I use each oil. If you decide you are ready to get a kit after viewing the event, send me a message and I will get your started. You will receive a free 15mL bottle of Orange oil if you order by the end of the month.

Reasons why I am offering Orange oil: 

• Orange oil is one of my absolute favorite oils outside of the kit. Not only does it taste great added to some water (I love it in sparkling water), it smells amazing combined with many of the kit oils!
• Adding a couple of drops in the diffuser with Thieves smells like Fall!!

Other ways I have personally used Orange oil:

• Adding a drop to my toothpaste helps whiten the teeth without damaging the enamel.
• I put orange oil and lavender in my homemade body wash. It smells amazing and leaves my skin SO soft.
• I diffuse or apply to my heart when I am feeling down.

I am currently diffusing Orange with Lemongrass because my college student neighbors like to smoke so that it stinks up my living room. Lovely. Thankfully, "there's an oil for that"! ;)

Another one of my favorite non-kit oils is Peace and Calming. Just the name makes me happy...

Peace and Calming is another oil that I literally WILL NOT allow myself to run out of. This oil, for me, is like having Mr. Sandman sprinkle sleep dust every night. I have always had a difficult time shutting my brain off at night and falling asleep. I diffuse P&C just before bed so that when I physically get into bed, I can ease into a more restful sleep. Here’s the thing, I thought it was a placebo effect at first. Then, I ran out of it and the original was out of stock. I tried other combos. Some of them were good, but not what I needed. Then, they came out with Peace and Calming 2 and it is just as wonderful as the original (who says the sequel is no good!?) SO now I make sure this oil is in my Essential Rewards order each month, and sleep like a husband. ;)

Side Note: Another reason I love YL: because of the heavy rainfall there was a "smaller-than-expected harvest of botanicals used in the formulas of favorite products such as Valor and Peace & Calming" and rather than outsource from crops not held to the Seed-to-Seal standard, they chose to wait it out. I love knowing that I am always getting the highest quality oil. 

Anyways, back to my favorites...

Cool Azul

Or as Adam likes to call it, “Blue Azul”. This is a great product for anyone who is active or tends to find that they get sore, achy muscles. I bought this when I was getting terrible shin splints while running. I would rub this on my legs after a terrible run and felt relief almost immediately. I love Cool Azul because the cooling sensation actually increases for quite a while, and it smells SO good (I feel like I say that all the time about my oils!). This is one of the only Young Living products that Mr. Skeptical actually grabs and uses on his own. He might even use it more than I do after a long week of work. This is one of the newest products, and something we will continue to stock up on.

This is just a smidge of the oils and products that I love and use constantly. I could write pages and pages, but I will just leave you with this, because who doesn't love a good fall scented body scrub!