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There are so many ways to use essential oils in our daily life! I love to make my own rooms sprays, rollers, pillow sprays, and perfumes. Click through to watch on Youtube for timestamps. Step by step room spray directions  Want your own Young Living Essential Oils?   

Hair is sort of a big deal to me. I have always had thick hair for a blonde. But I started losing hair in my mid-forties and it freaked me out!  I immediately started researching reasons for my sudden shedding.  The main reason women around my age start losing hair is hormones. I know... Finding supplements to help me balance my body was my new mission. Well, it was super easy.  The first thing I tried was right on target, Progessence Plus. I added Endoflex a few months later to support my endocrine system and I have been a happy camper ever since in the hormone department.  After I that I began looking for good hair products that were natural, safe and nourished my dry straw-like mane. The first thing I added to my routine was Cedarwood essential oil. A few drops on my scalp after I wash my hair and a quick scalp massage and that's it! It smells amazing! Look up all the benefits for hair. I add one drop to my mascara tube along with one dro...

When I was a kid, my mom (or was it my big sis?) would take the bar soap ends and melt them into liquid soap or combine them to make a bigger bar.  I love the Young Living bar soap and got the great idea while in the shower to try turning it into a liquid soap for my foaming dispensers. Foaming soap dispensers use so little soap and are a great way to stretch your dollar and pricey castile soap.  I shaved off .5 oz off of my peppermint cedarwood bar soap. Yes, I weighed it. I chopped it into small pieces and put it in my pyrex 2 cup measure. Then I poured 3 oz. water over the soap and microwaved it. Please, not hate over the microwave. We still use ours, especially for things like this.  I did 30 seconds and stirred. It took many short re-heatings to get it all dissolved but it was soft and lovely and smelled amazing. Next time I think I will do the double boiler method because I can control the heat and not have to transfer it in and out over a...