A Newbies First Experience with Essential Oils
Before getting pregnant with my second, I honestly didn’t think much about what was in the products we used around the house, or really in general for that matter. More recently I have become a lot more aware of the chemicals and things we use around the house, inhale or put on our bodies on a regular basis. Especially since we will have a little crawler touching things on the floor and throughout the house in a few short weeks. Not to mention, I just couldn’t handle the thought of spraying chemical cleaning products everywhere and inhaling them while I was growing a little baby…no thank you!
I’d heard from some friends about essential oils and how they were great to help support so many things like sleep, easing headaches, stress, stuffiness and cuts. At first I was super skeptical and unsure about how I felt about them. To be honest, I think when I first heard about essential oils and the switch to the cleaner home products I thought it was a bit too “granola” for lack of a better word. 🙂
Enter my friend Bailey. She knows a ton about oils and let me use the YoungLiving starter kit to see if I liked them and to share my thoughts on which oils I would reccomend. After trying some of the products for about a month, I definitely found some things I wanted to keep using!! Keep in mind, I am a total newbie when it comes to essential oils (and I do not sell them), but these are just some that I really enjoyed using and believe they actually work.
My Honest Review of Essential Oils
First thing I really enjoyed was diffusing some great smelling oils to help unwind and de-stress before bed (or just to make your house smell lovely during the day!) I used the diffuser found in the starter kit, but I also found this beautiful diffuser
that’s on my wish list! I particularly love the lavender & stress away blend from YoungLiving. This came at the perfect time since I have been having trouble staying asleep. I put two drops of each in before bed and it quickly permeates the whole room. A little goes a long way!
You can also put this blend in a bath soak with epsom salt to help to relieve sore muscles and tired feet! Talk about relaxing!!
I also love the following oils: Purification, Grapefruit, and Citrus Fresh.
My other favorite essential oil to use was the “Panaway” blend. If I started to feel soreness or pain in my back during a long day on my feet, I would use the roller applicator to put this down my spine and it gave me relief similar to if I were to take tylenol but way faster. Definitely helped ease my mid back pain during this part of my pregnancy.
The last particular product I wanted to mention, is probably my favorite. At first I really didn’t know the use for it, but as soon as we mixed it up and put it in a spray bottle, we have used it for literally anything! It’s the “Thieves Household Cleanser” made with essential oils. Our tables and countertops have never been so clean and fresh smelling! Tyler is obsessed with it too and we use it on the daily! I love the fact that they have the same cleansing power but no harmful chemicals! That was a huge factor for me!
Overall, I was impressed with the quality of the oils and the many different uses for them! These were just some of the items that stood out to me. If you have any questions about them, my friend is super knowledgable and gave me tons of tips to help during this time.
To read more in depth research from Comsumers Advocate about all different brands of Essential Oils & their benefits, click here.
A note from Baily:
Hey everyone! These oils have changed the way we do daily life in our home, and I’m so thankful. Over the past two years I’ve been studying their properties to know how to use them well, as well as knowing how they interact with our body systems. That knowledge gives me confidence to use them everyday and use them safely for our entire family, including my baby girl. Something that I love about this being my “job” is that I get to share what I have learned with other people. I love getting to know new people and encourage them along this journey. When someone joins with a membership with me, he or she gets access to our online community, which is wealth of resources for us. The friends I have made in young living have been a great blessing to me.
Over these two years we have ditched and switched practically every chemical based product in our home that I can find, and buy a bulk of our home necessities from Young Living. I see and feel a difference in our overall health, and I’ve become passionate about helping others make educated decisions about their health and wellness. So much so, that I’ll even openly tell you I care more about your health than you buying from Young Living. If you do your research and find a truly good brand for products with safe ingredients, that’s what I’m after!
Why Young Living? Can I just buy essential oils off Amazon instead?
Not all essential oils are created equally. Young Living is the world wide leader in essential oils and has an unmatched seed to seal promise that the oils are actually 100% pure oils – no added dilutions, fragrances etc. Where as if you buy them on Amazon, Walmart, etc., even when they say 100%, they often aren’t! There is no accountability, safety standards, or purity standards for off brand oils. In my opinion, if you don’t plan to purchase the real deal, what’s the point? It’s also very important to know the proper dilution ratios for babies and children before using oils on them. If you’d like to know why we choose and trust young Living’s products and safety standards over everyone else, I (Baily) would love to talk with you.
Where to start and what to buy?
The Starter Kit is definitely the best way to start! Order the member starter kit give you 24% off for life plus you get a diffuser to use with your oils. The kit is also 50% off the actual retail value of everything – normally $360, but you can get it for $160 in the kit bundle! The kit comes with 11 of the most popular oils. They are definitely a great starting place.
Sign up as a Member. This does not mean you have to sell oils, it just means you are getting a starter kit & will get 24% off retail prices.
If I sign up as a member do I have to sell anything or order monthly? No! There are no crazy catches here. You can simply purchase the kit and then order whatever you want afterwards with your 24% discount. If you want to share and sell, you of course can do that too but there is zero obligation. It’s totally up to you! Contact me (Baily) if you have questions about this. I’d love to help.
Thanks so much! -Baily Hendrickson. Email: Bailymae@me.com
I’d love to know if you have ever tried essential oils? What are your favorites?
Dorothy
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