Grace Blossoms

Handle Stress for Good

Learn a few simple, cost-effective ways to handle your stress naturally and how to equip yourself with your own just right tools.

Learn how to handle stress for good with these super simple additions to your wellness routine.

1. Safe Essential Oils

Because of pesticides, fragrance, and/or synthetics used in every other oil company, I can only in good conscience recommend Young Living.

You can learn more here.

*Note: Each 15mL bottle has around 300 drops; each 5mL, 100.

  1. Diffuse: Use your diffuser and choose from Lemon, Lavender, Stress Away or Peace & Calming. Diffuse 2-3 drops. My favorites are Lavender and Stress away.
  2. Breathe Deep: Put a drop of Trauma Life or Release in your hand. Rub your hands together. Cup over your nose, and breathe deeply.
  3. Roller Bottle: Repurpose an old 15mL oil bottle or get multiple new rollers here. Add 20-30 drops of your favorite stress relieving oil. Then fill the rest with carrier oil like our V-6 oil. Roll on the bottoms of your feet or on the back of your neck.

2. Nutritionals

  • SleepEssence: Combines lavender, vetiver, valerian, and Ruta graveolens essential oils with the melatonin (youngliving.com).

3. Sleep

Sleep is hugely important to your overall health as well as how you handle emotional and situational stresses.

Try for sleep around the same time each night. Turn off your WiFi and set your phone to airplane mode to get a better night’s sleep.

4. Massage Oils

Young Living has 7 different massage oils. I recommend the Relaxation Massage Oil or making a quick DIY with one of the stress-relieving blends mentioned above.

For a quick guide, dilute 1 drop essential oil to 4 drops carrier like the V-6 from Young Living.

Final Thoughts

I encourage you to dig into preventing stress rather than waiting until you’re overwhelmed to grab what you need.

This is why it’s so important to have Young Living essential oils wellness arsenal with Subscribe and Save.

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, right?

Let’s be proactive to keep our minds sharp, emotions in balance, and stress levels low.

Learn a few simple, cost-effective ways to handle your stress naturally and how to equip yourself with your own just right tools.
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Top 10 Natural Living Must Haves

We've gathered up our most useful top ten natural living must haves so you can make your switch to safer living safe and simple.

What are the top 10 natural living must haves?

It seems like everyone is going toward safer ingredients, but which can you trust?

These ten definitely hit the mark.

1. Premium Starter Kit + Essential Rewards: Young Living

This is an obvious one. It’s how our family got started.

No one else offers both synthetic and pesticide-free living.

With over 600 lifestyle products, you’re getting way more than just essential oils.

Plus, Young Living is concentrated. It’s basically buying in bulk, but in small bottles.

Finally, Subscribe and Save makes this lifestyle even more financially freeing!

2. Lead-Free Glassware

Ditch those plastic storage bins faster than you ditched candles, y’all!

Petrochemicals leech into your food and harm your body.

It’s easier to find lead-free glassware than you think.

Find our favorite food storage here.

Get our favorite glasses here.

See our favorite dishes here.

Discover our favorite straws here.

Fall in love with our favorite mixing bowls here.

3. Toaster Oven

Kick the microwave to the curb and fast!

The toaster oven (like this one) takes a bit longer, but seems like it’s done in no time once it’s a part of your routine.

Who wants to destroy all the good nutrients in your food and harm your body with extra radiation when you could have leftovers that taste just like dinner last night?

Toaster oven bonus?

Cook, warm, toast…all in one!

4. Outlet Timer for WiFi Router

Adults and children alike are overexposed to radiation from phones, tablets, computers, and WiFi.

This simple timer will allow your family to have the WiFi shut off at a certain time before bed and will turn back on when you need it in the morning or afternoon.

We noticed a huge difference in how the entire family slept without WiFi on all night.

Home all day?

You can still turn it off and on as needed!

5. Blue Light Blockers

With all the time we spend looking at blue light, research is finding our eyes are deteriorating faster than any other generation before us.

Blue light blocking glasses like these for adults and these for kids are super helpful as well as Young Living’s IlluminEyes supplement and NingXia Red!

6. Glass Kettle

I love coffee and tea.

A glass kettle like this one keeps me from ever needing a harmful microwave to warm my water.

Even better, you can avoid drinking petrochemicals from heated plastic coffee makers with a Chemex coffee maker instead.

You can also have richer coffee with a Bur grinder, and avoid bleached coffee filters with this reusable filter.

7. Ceramic Neti Pot

I have a love-hate relationship with my Neti Pot, but I cannot deny the power in it!

I’m sure you’ve heard of some of the dangers of Neti Potting because of our water nowadays.

The glass kettle in number six is a sure way to make sure you have good, boiled water, but suggestion number eight will be even more important.

Just make sure you let it cool down for a long time before you use it!

8. Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration

Have you ever tested your water?

Like, really tested it?

I was shocked when we did our testing.

Our super high filtration system was not that helpful.

Drinking from filtered refrigerators was like drinking tap.

Drinking from the tap…well…not good, friends. Not good at all.

Ideally, a whole home reverse osmosis is best because of how much exposure we have with showering and hand washing.

If that’s out of your price range, a much more doable option is an under-the-sink reverse osmosis with these shower head attachments.

9. Clean Up Your Cleaners

It’s no surprise to learn that household cleaners are seriously dangerous.

Like, reports of holes burned in the esophagus, asthma, and lowered immune system bad.

Why not save yourself a ton of money and health issues?

The best way to do this is to get a refillable mop and the Thieves line.

The Thieves Household Cleaner on its own makes 29 spray bottles just from the one concentrated bottle.

This is the only cleaner in our home.

It kills 99.96% of germs.

Yes, you can use it on all surfaces.

And oh, yes. It smells like Christmas.

10. Clean Your Air

Diffusers are everywhere, but why is using them alongside the only safe essential oils so important?

  • Every hour a candle burned = one cigarette smoked to your lungs
  • Essential oils are only required to have 5% oil in the bottle
  • Young Living is the ONLY company not spraying their plants with pesticides (think Round-Up in your veins within 26 seconds of touching your skin)

If you choose Young Living to make your house smell like home, you’re not only ditching seriously harmful fragrances.

With Young Living in your diffuser of choice, you’re also building your immune system, supporting your mood, memory, bones, cardiovascular health, and more!

Final Thoughts

A safe lifestyle takes a little time to step into, but it’s the best thing you can do for both you and for four generations beyond your own.

You have to protect your family, and thanks to this list, you’ve got a great start.

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We've gathered up our most useful top ten natural living must haves so you can make your switch to safer living safe and simple.
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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. Graceblossoms.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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February 2020 Free Items

What’s New this February?


Here’s your quick February overview, but please message with any questions at andrea@graceblossoms.com!

Have a joyful month and a happy Valentine’s Day!

Don’t Have a Young Living Wholesale Discount?

For as low at $35 you can get your first oils and forever discount with no pressure to spend ever.

Click HERE to learn about our Premium Starter Kit, HERE to learn about the Basic Starter Kit, and HERE to learn all about Essential Rewards that makes your life far less expensive and much safer than shopping in store.

Video of Promos

If you’d rather watch to learn about the February promos, here’s the overview!

Cedarwood

I love Cedarwood for sleep and skin!

It’s so calming and can be used in so many DIYs for skincare.

Ylang Ylang + Patchouli

Ylang Ylang has that light floral smell that makes your home smell like spring has sprung.

Patchouli + Joy blend are amazing in the diffuser, so if you got the free Joy a couple of months ago, that will be a wonderful combo.

Geranium

If you want an oil that makes your hair luminous and skin glow, Geranium is your friend!

Ylang Ylang and Geranium are also in our oil blend “Sensation,” which means you could totally make your own Lucy Libido roller with your freebies!

Rutavala

Need help dropping off to sleep?

Rutavala is your new best friend!

Its calming effect makes for a great addition to your bedtime routine, and the roller bottle gives it a convenience aspect you’ll love.

Seed-to-Seal Story Collection

This is a fantastic gift because it embodies what Young Living is all about.

Never sprayed plants. Nothing ever added. The safest oils on the planet.

Best of all, Tea Tree, Lavender, and Peppermint are the oils you’ll receive in this collection.

Tea Tree is amazing for all things skin.

Lavender is fantastic for skin as well, but in our home, my very fair skin is grateful for Lavender and Tea Tree essential oils every single summer.

Peppermint is one of the most complete oils and one we were told in training to always keep on your person along with Lemon.

Peppermint has calmed me in times of panic, cooled me off, and kept me focused and energized.

Enjoy the Lifestyle

The Young Living lifestyle is the way our family has turned our health over from desperate to well.

If you’re looking into the Young Living lifestyle, remember that most everything is concentrated, diluting out to make most of the 600+ products far less than your in-store cost.

The even better part is that on top of saving money, you’re also getting the safest oils and products available.

Click HERE to get started with your Premium Starter Kit and HERE to learn all about the Essential Rewards that saves our family thousands every year!

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Shower Gel Base

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The Problem

The sketchy chemicals in shower gels disrupting our endocrine system (hello, crazy hormones!), harming our organs and even our brain is disturbing on so many levels.Read more

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Gatekeepers

You are your home’s shield and gatekeeper.Read more

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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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Lavender Mint Conditioner

Lavender Mint Conditioner: A Customer's Review 1

Lavender Mint Shampoo

Lavender Mint Daily Conditioner is an invigorating daily moisture blend created to be suitable for all hair types.

(If you still need to get your 24% discount, click here: Young Living Starter Kit)

Here’s what we really think about it.

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Usage

Using this conditioner, you need to be careful not to use too much.

I have so much hair that is very thick and tangles easily, so I was used to pouring tons into my hand so my old, toxin-filled junk would eventually do the trick.

Not with this conditioner!

After washing with my diluted version of Lavender Mint Shampoo, I only needed a pea-sized amount.

PEA. SIZED.

The first time I used it was a bit hilarious since I just figured it was like every other conditioner. I could’ve conditioned six heads of hair that day!

The reason why: concentration!

Just like so many Young Living products, you’re buying in bulk without the heavy containers.

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Results

I work it only through the bottom of my hair, staying away from my scalp (that will make my hair too oily), and I absolutely love the outcome!

My highlights look great. My hair feels soft. I can run a comb through it, which is miraculous with this mop!

The best part was that I used this super small bottle over the course of 7 months. That was unheard of with my 32 oz. bottle I used to buy in the store!

I have been so pleased with the results that I know I’ll never use another conditioner!

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What Do Other People Think?

I help admin. a group on Facebook of now over 19,000 people {both members and non}, who weigh in on Young Living’s products every day, so I thought I’d include some of the thoughts I read there to help round out your view on this product.

  • “…my conditioner lasted 6 months.”
  • “When the conditioner gets low I add a little hot water from the shower so I get every last drop!!”
  • “I let the conditioner sit for a min or 2. My hair feels thicker and my high lights look like i just had them done!”
  • “Dilute the conditioner like a third to make it less thick and add like 15 drops of a oil you like like Ylang or lime or lavender.”
  • “Cut down on the amount! I only use like a dime size amount. I rub the conditioner only on the ends.”
  • “Get a shower brush and brush your hair while finishing.”
  • “I used 1/3. Rest filled with water. I’m so in love with YL shampoo and conditioner and I’ll never go back.”
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Final Thoughts

You get a lot of bang for your buck with this one, but be sure to only use a little bit!

I love this conditioner and will never go back to anything else!

To make it even better, I utilize a program called Essential Rewards where I get 25% of my purchases back in points to use on my next time shopping.

And if that wasn’t enough, I get 24% off products because I’m a wholesale member. 

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Get These Products in Your Life

If you’re curious about how to get the products you see featured in Young Living Product Reviews in your life, you’ll want to read this guide to the best way to get started. 

I hope you found this useful in your search for a great conditioner!

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Essential Oil Basics

The essential oil basics are simpler than you may think.

Essential oils are more than nice scents; these powerful plant extracts are your path to lifelong wellness.

This post is your guide to the basics of essential oils.

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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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Natural Bug Remedies

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Bugs are obnoxious.

From fruit flies in your home to mosquito bites and everything in between, I’ve got you covered.

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Toxin-Free Travel


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Oh, how I love travel, but even more when its toxin-free travel.

The excitement of our bags packed, onto the next adventure.

After our third year of traveling toxin-free, I finally feel we have mastered the art of it.

To simplify, let’s break it into three categories: Packing + Storage Needs, Getting there…and Back, and Must Have Products.

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Toxin-Free Travel: Must Haves


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Must Have Toxin-Free Products For Traveling

After three years of trial and error, these are toxin-free travel must haves.

This makes our time that much more enjoyable, and we find much less stressful as well.

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Why Oils?

This Will Impact Your Life Forever

A proactive lifestyle just will. 

Our family will never be the same–praise God!

We had no idea what we were doing to our bodies in this generation or the next, and I’m willing to bet that neither do you. 

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