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A Day in the Life of an Oily Family

How I wish I’d been taught to be an oily family when I was making my home from the start!

Now that I’ve got it, I love to share it with others.

In this article, I’m going to share with you what it’s really like to live this lifestyle.

Come on in!

Welcome to our home!

Wake Up!

Good morning!

To flush our bodies of toxins we’ll encounter out in the world, we use Lemon oil.

Lemon essential oil from Young Living doesn’t have the acidic wear and tear on your teeth that the flesh of a lemon would.

I don’t know about you, but we just don’t drink enough water if we aren’t super intentional about it.

So, we fill up our water bottles first thing (we’ve been loving these bottles!) and put a drop or two of Lemon oil in there to help boost our immune system and help us drink more water.

In the Kitchen

We start our morning in the kitchen cleaning up after breakfast.

What I love about Thieves Dish Soap is how concentrated it is. We get lots of bottles from one!

It also knocks out grease like an old pro.

With two boys and a dog, killing germs and cleaning dirty hands is important.

Being able to split this one soap into four is even better.

I just grabbed these foaming hand soap bottles from Amazon, poured a fourth of the concentrate in, and filled the rest with water.

Want to guess how many cleaners we had in our house before Young Living?

After clearing out the old and replacing the new I later found 14 bottles in the basement, so…

No telling what we were doing with all those cleaners!

Thieves Household Cleaner one does it all.

*NOTE: This is highly concentrated. There are 29 bottles of cleaner in one.

You can read more about it in 50 Top Ways to Use Thieves Household Cleaner.

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Diffusers

We need the house to smell nice, these homeschooled little nuggets need to focus, and mama needs some chill.

So, we diffuse…all day long!

We had lots to choose from, but Desert Mist is my fave because it’ll diffuse 12 hours.

I’ll put Purification blend in the boys rooms because boys stink and Purification fixes that.

I’ll add something cozy in my room like Orange and Idaho Grand Fir to boost immunity and purify the air, and then some GeneYus from the KidScents line in the homeschool room for the boys.

Isn’t the Desert Mist so pretty?!

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Shower/Get Ready

Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve got going on in the bathrooms fully transferred over to Young Living.

Zero synthetics. No pesticides. Absolutely no filler or fragrance!

How’s that for hormonal strength?!

This is for Mama, Daddy, and boys:

  • Deodorant
  • Bath/Shower Gel
  • Oral Care
  • Makeup & Remover
  • Shaving Oil
  • Haircare
  • Beard oil
  • Perfume
  • Hormone support
  • Skincare
  • Anti-aging
  • Maximum Strength Acne Treatment

It’s crazy to think about all of these in the toxic form that looked so harmless before going into our bloodstream.

It’s such a relief to know everything we’re using is truly safe.

Supplements

The drug mindset is to use a specific medicine or whatever it is forever (i.e. if I take a vitamin C tablet today, I’m locked in for life).

We’ve adopted the supplement mindset with Young Living.

We take what we need when our bodies need it, and don’t stress when we don’t.

That’s why we use our Subscribe and Save orders to add to our arsenal of health; now it’s there when we need it.

How do I know when to take them?

It tells me on the side of the bottle.

As I’m writing this it’s during the pandemic and it’s winter.

So we’re using Super Vitamin D and other immune boosters from Young Living right now!

Laundry

I’ve long given up on being on top of laundry, but I do feel great about what I use on our clothes!

First of all, Thieves Laundry Detergent dilutes out like crazy, which you can read about here.

That saves us lots each month!

Then, we use this laundry freshener or these safe fabric softeners to make life easy.

It’s crazy how our air quality changed when we got rid of old detergents and softeners!

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Heading Out with the Family

I’ll pack Young Living Einkhorn granola, water bottles, Young Living sunscreen, Young Living bug spray, and Young Living after sun to make sure we’re ready to go.

Of course we’ve always got those must-haves with kids, like this first aid spray, Owie blend, and lots of bandaids because…kids.

This is just a small sampling of the over-the-counters Young Living provides to make our life easier.

We also really rely on the Full Spectrum CBD!

Dinner, Unwinding, and Bedtime

We’ve got our lineup of Vitality oils (those we can ingest) for cooking.

To unwind, the boys’ rooms will get their diffusers refilled with their nighttime oils.

What’s really cool is that since their rooms were diffusing immune boosting and air purifying oils all day, they’re settling down into a an amazing space for optimal sleep.

Of course I keep my standbys in the hall for anything night time can bring:

  • PanAway for when we’ve got growing pains
  • SleepyIze when it’s tough to fall asleep
  • Seedlings Linen Spray to prep pillows for easy rest
  • Thieves Chest Rub in case I hear the start of a cough in the night
  • Peace & Calming for night time wind down in their diffusers and backs of their necks.
Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

Easy as Pie

Remember getting your first place?

Running out to grab all of your basics?

This time you get to do it right and save tons of money in the process.

We took advantage of the Subscribe and Save option to save a ton and budget best, and boy does it work! You can read all about it here.

If you’re ready to get rolling and can see this lifestyle fitting right into your very own, this is your next step!

If you need a one-on-one conversation, I’d absolutely love to hear from you! Let’s connect by emailing me at andrea@graceblossoms.com.

Ever wonder what using Young Living really looks like? What an oily family really does with all those oils? Here's your chance!

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How to Get Young Living Essential Oils + FREEBIES!

How to get Young Living Essential Oils and the amazing freebies is simple!

I’ll walk you through how in this post!

High Value, Lower Cost

By now you’ve read about our journey with essential oils and why it absolutely had to be Young Living.

Maybe you could picture yourself making the switch to this new lifestyle after following our family through a day in our oily life.

However you landed here, know you’re in the right place for a healthy change and to save tons of money compared to your old, toxic lifestyle.

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

First Decision: Wholesale or Retail

We were so sick of putting bandaids on everything and were ready for a real change.

Because we didn’t want to be roped into anything where we were forced to sell or spend any certain amount, we made Young Living fit our lifestyle.

Retail means to buy at full price.

Wholesale gives you discounts and the ability to choose the monthly program to budget (which you can read about here).

Becoming a Wholesale Member

Wholesale makes the most sense if you’re looking for more than just an oil or a bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner.

You’ve got a few different kit options here:

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

Diffuser Choice with Kit

If you choose the oils kit, you can pick a diffuser.

Here’s a quick break down of each, so you know which you’d like to choose. You get the diffuser FREE in the Premium Starter Kit!

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

Key Words You Need to Know

When learning how to get Young Living oils, there are a few words to know.

Wholesale: Save 24 – 44% off retail pricing on Young Living products.

You can save even more with exclusive specials every month.

There are no monthly minimum purchases with the wholesale discount, and you never have to sell anything to anyone.

Essential Rewards: If you choose wholesale, you’re eligible to enroll in the Essential Rewards program and earn as much as 25 percent back from each order in the form of points.

These points can be used like cash to get free products!

Farm Visits: No other oil company gives you the opportunity to experience our Seed to Seal process with a visit to their farms like Young Living does.

You’re welcome to show up at any Young Living farm anywhere in the world, anytime!  I love being on a YL farm. It’s an amazing experience I highly recommend!

Strong Community: At Young Living, you’ll have a close-knit community of support.

In addition to me, our Young Living family is ready to hear your questions.

When you use this link to get started, you’ll get a welcome text and an invite to join our private, members only groups on Facebook.

It’s a great way to learn at your own pace alongside likeminded people.

You can ask questions, get recipes and tips, and snag exclusive education found nowhere else!

Education: Young Living provides ongoing educational opportunities through events, newsletters online, and in person to keep you informed and assist you in your wellness progress.

I also provide private classes.

Ask me how you can attend anywhere in the world, for absolutely free!

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

If You’re Ready to Purchase, Here’s How:

1.  Head over to the Young Living page here and fill out your information.

2.  Make sure “Wholesale Member” is checked so you don’t end up paying retail prices.

3. Be sure the â€œsponsor ID” and “enroller id”say 3929342  so we can stay connected, and I can get you hooked up with all the freebies! You’ll see my name, Andrea Dawn Marshall there, too.

4. Select which starter kit you want to get. My recommendation would be the Premium Starter Kit. I use these oils routinely!

5. Go through the checkout process.

BONUS Step 6 (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL!)

Start getting YL freebies now!

Here’s an example of what our monthly freebies look like, but the point amounts are always the same for being eligible for the free products each month:

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

Frequently Asked Questions

DOES SIGNING UP MAKE ME A “DISTRIBUTOR”?

Nope! You aren’t ever required to sell.

When you become a wholesale member, you get a special link you can share with friends and get credit from their purchases, but there are no minimum sales amounts if you choose to use it.

In fact, 90% of the wholesale members in Young Living don’t do the business side at all. They’re buying from Young Living because of the quality.

WHAT ABOUT MINIMUM PURCHASES?

There are NO minimum monthly purchase requirements.

To remain a wholesale member, you have to make $50 worth of purchases per year to keep your membership.

But if there’s a year that you don’t make a $50 purchase, you can reinstate your wholesale membership discount by just placing a $50 order.

If you do find yourself making regular purchases each month, then Young Living has a rewards program (called Essential Rewards) where you can make a nice percentage back in product credit each month on all of your purchases.

So that’s a great program to join if you find that you *want* to purchase regularly (but it’s not a requirement for being a wholesale member).

WHY SHOULD I BUY FROM YOUNG LIVING INSTEAD OF OTHER ESSENTIAL OILS COMPANIES?

It does seem like a new essential oils company pops up every day, doesn’t it? 

I can’t speak to the quality of other companies, but I can say that Young Living was the only company in my research of essential oil companies that could answer all of my questions about purity in a way that was satisfactory to me.

Young Living was the only company that:

  • Has their own farms (in the regions where the plants should be grown)
  • Could guarantee that no pesticides or herbicides were used in the growing of any of their oils (they use essential oils for pest control and they do all of the weeding by hand). Organic is not pesticide or herbicide free. It’s a step down.
  • Has their own testing equipment (they do both in-house and 3rd party testing, and use many different testing methods not just GC/MS which only tests for certain chemicals, not whether those chemicals are synthetic or not)
  • Only uses the first distillation of oils instead of adding chemicals to get more out of the plant.

Young Living also was the only company that was directly in charge of essential oil farming operations.

Every other company I researched goes through some kind of an “oil broker” to buy their oils. Even if they’re “sustainably sourced,” that’s not something you want.

They have to trust that the oil broker is telling the truth, who has to trust that the essential oil distilleries are telling the truth, who have to trust that the farmers are telling the truth about what they say they are doing.

With Young Living, you just have to trust one company instead of several.

I felt the most comfortable trusting Young Living since they’re a full-disclosure company.

ANYONE can visit the farms, participate in the harvesting and distillation, view the Young Living labs, and see the entire process. That’s not an option with any other company!

HOW WILL I KNOW WHICH OILS TO USE FOR WHAT?

One of the benefits of getting a starter kit is that you also get to join our private Facebook group that’s specifically for questions about essential oils!

My weekly usage tips and recipes will text straight to you making life even simpler!

DOES YOUNG LIVING ONLY SELL ESSENTIAL OILS?

The answer to this one was surprising to me when I first got my starter kit!

Young Living uses their pesticide-free, synthetic-free, fragrance free, people over profit model to create over 600 lifestyle products.

Most all of these are concentrated, so it’s like buying bulk in small bottles saving you lots in the process.

Thanks so much for reading and please email me at andrea@graceblossoms.com for any other questions!

This post walks you through how to get Young Living oils, what their toxin-free lifestyle really looks like, and what your options are.

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Easy Natural Laundry Freshener

This super simple and healthy natural laundry freshener will be the best thing you'll do for your laundry and your family's health!

Easy, natural laundry freshener will make your family healthier.

This article will share three of my favorites.

1. Laundry Freshener Quick DIY

There is nothing new about the idea of scented laundry.

Our ancestors used to dry their clothes on rosemary or lavender bushes to scent them.

It was also popular to lay sprigs of lavender between the clean linens in cupboards to keep them smelling fresh.

Unfortunately companies have turned this beautiful practice into a toxin-laden dryer sheet we think we can’t live without.

Gratefully, we can!

Enjoy this simple DIY from The Essential Oils Reference Guide:

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 drops Lavender or Lemon essential oil
  • 2 drops Tea Tree essential oil

DIRECTIONS

  1. Add ingredients to a dryer ball or wash cloth and toss into the dryer with your clothes.

2. Laundry Detergent Recipe

Want to make laundry detergent for super cheap each month and keep your family safe?

Try this recipe!

We love it!

3. Other Oily Favorites for Laundry

Some of our favorites to add to the laundry also include the Purification blend, Lemon, Christmas Spirit, the Thieves blend, and the Joy blend.

With 300 drops in each 15mL bottle, you can see how great this stretches.

It’s so easy to avoid the use of toxic and body-harming dryer sheets when you’ve got Young Living in your life!

Why Young Living?

  1. The only pesticide-free essential oils (yes, this includes organic pesticides!)
  2. Zero synthetics added
  3. Zero fragrance added
  4. You can see all of this for yourself when you visit their farms all over the world.

No one else can offer this to you.

Read here to see your options for how to get this goodness in your life!

This super simple and healthy natural laundry freshener will be the best thing you'll do for your laundry and your family's health!

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Most Effective Natural First-Aid Spray

This simple and most effective natural first-aid spray is easy to make, stores well, travels great, and has helped our boys a ton!

As a mom to two ornery little boys, it’s important to have an effective first-aid spray on hand.

It needs it to be cost-effective, easy to keep on hand, and it must travel well.

I also want it to be as safe as possible. What’s on the store shelves is full of sketchy synthetics that can harm my boys.

So instead, I toss this together in just a few, quick steps.

Read here about the only choice our family makes for safe lifestyle needs.

Quick DIY

I love this simple DIY from The Essential Oils Reference Guide:

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 drops Lavender
  • 3 drops Tea Tree
  • 2 drops Cypress
  • 8 oz. distilled or otherwise clean water
  • 1 spray bottle
  • Sterile gauze pads with 3 drops of Lavender oil

DIRECTIONS:

  • This first-aid spray is for minor cuts and abrasions. If you have a serious cut or wound, consult your physician.
  • Pour distilled water into spray bottle. Add the drops of essential oils, and shake to mix.
  • Clean all cuts and abrasions thoroughly and then spray the area with the first-aid spray.
  • You may want to cover the area with the sterile gauze to which you have applied 3 drops of Lavender.
  • This application should be repeated 2 times daily as necessary.
  • After 3 days, you should allow the cut or abrasion to be exposed to the air, if possible.

Must Know Info:

I can only suggest Young Living essential oils because:

  1. They’re the only pesticide-free grown essential oil (no, not even organic pesticides)
  2. There are zero synthetics added.
  3. There are no fragrances added.
  4. I can see all this with my own two eyes (and have) by going to the farms all over the world myself.

If you don’t have access to these superior oils from the company that pioneered oils in our country, click here.

Your Support will Look Like…

I’ll reach out to add you into my private group and weekly education texts so you’ll never have to do this alone.

You’ll also be able to message me directly to ask any questions.

Our family hasn’t been the same since we started Young Living.

We’ve completely detoxed our home, and this has lead to wellness beyond what I even knew possible!

This simple and most effective natural first-aid spray is easy to make, stores well, travels great, and has helped our boys a ton!

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Traveling During Cold + Flu Season

Traveling tips during cold and flu season and walking away unscathed is much easier than you may think. Here we share our best wellness tips.

Traveling During Cold and Flu Season

This family of ours loves travel, and my husband has to do it often for work, so traveling during cold and flu season happens to be our specialty.

It can be simple and super low-cost.

This works for us every time.

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Preemptively Strike and then Keep Attacking

Boost your immune system before, during, and after you travel.

Here are our top body boosters we never leave home without:

  • Thieves Essential Oil Blend
  • Inner Defense capsules
  • Lemon Essential Oil
  • DiGize Essential Oil Blend
Plow & Hearth

The Trip There

Will you be around a lot of other people who don’t live in your home on the way there?

If so, this little trick is amazing.

Mix a bit of Rose Ointment (a very small amount goes a really long way!) and 1 drop Thieves essential oil.

Rub around the outside of your nostrils to help block airborne germs.

Sanitize

Store-bought sanitizers actually lower your immune system function and destroy your hormones.

Skip it.

Instead, stock up on Thieves Hand Sanitizer.

It kills 99.99% of germs, supports your immune and respiratory system, and leaves those beautiful hormones alone.

Bonus?

The little ones here fit into all those cute little travel holders like this one (who even knew they had something like this?!).

The New Digs

Wherever you stay, set up like you’re ready to do battle.

  • Diffuser with Thieves ready to go
  • Hand Soap, shampoo, body wash, etc. from Young Living (everything else is synthetic and lowers immune function) or invest in the Bon Voyage Travel Pack here–we love ours!
  • Raven roller next to your night stand
  • Inner Defense next to your night stand
  • Plenty of water for your glass water bottle
  • Lemon essential oil

Coming Home

Changing clothes and showering as soon as you get home will help reduce the germs that linger on clothes and hair.

Get your diffuser going, take an Inner Defense, drink some lemon water or add some of the Vitality Drops to your water, and turn in early so you can let your body recover from your time away from home.

The next day or two, follow up with continued diffusing and taking Thieves in a capsule, honey, or in Thieves tea.

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Final Thoughts

Traveling with Young Living means you can enjoy your trip and your time settling back in at home after your time away.

It’s such a relief to know that we don’t have to feel panicky or nervous about travel during the sickest times of the year.

We have the only pesticide and synthetic free way of life boosting our bodies!

And that is something for which our family is forever grateful.

Don’t have the Young Living lifestyle in your home yet?

With over 600 lifestyle products, you’ll be completely covered and your wallet will thank you, too since the concentrated products provide a much more frugal and safer lifestyle than shopping in store.

Follow this link to get your fresh start.

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How to Switch to Safe Products

With everyone trying to switch to safe products, who can you trust, who should you stay away from, and how much should you be spending?

How to Switch to Safe Products

It can be daunting when you decide to switch to safe products.

With all but one company out there greenwashing, it can be very confusing with such tricky marketing.

This was us.

We bought every clean, fresh, free, organic, toxin-free product on the shelves when our boys were born.

Years later, I learned how to find out what was really in our products, and whose products were worth our money.

Who Can You Trust?

It was a painful journey learning who we could trust and who we couldn’t.

Long and uncomfortable story short: Young Living is who we can trust.

Yep. That’s it.

How do I know for sure this is the only one?

Because no one else is refusing to spray their plants with pesticides.

26 seconds.

That’s all it takes to have anything you put on your skin to penetrate down into your cells.

When I’m putting something on or in my family’s bodies, you couldn’t pay me to use anything but Young Living.

Our lives are too precious.

How Much Should This Cost?

This switch should cost less than buying at the store.

Most of the over 600 lifestyle products are highly concentrated.

For example, I use one drop of Peppermint every fifteen minutes to bring down a fever.

Within the hour, it’s down.

That was four drops out of my 300 drops in a 15mL bottle.

You aren’t finding value like that at the store!

Another quick example, our Thieves Household Cleaner is one container costing around $22, but you get 29 spray bottles out of it, and it cleans quite literally every single thing in your home.

Whatever isn’t concentrated I’ll buy using my Essential Rewards points.

Essential Rewards is Young Living’s loyalty program that helps you keep your shopping quick, simple, and less expensive.

For example, I get makeup and supplements with “ER” points I earned from getting oils, personal care products, pet care, kid care, baby care, etc. from my Essential Rewards order.

They even have a shipping program that you can take advantage of like Amazon Prime, so you save a ton on shipping, too!

It’s super helpful!

Get Started

I’m nearly four years in, and I’ve never looked back.

Our family has a wellness arsenal we now pull from to proactively take care of our health.

It is an empowered lifestyle where we know what we need through the use of our Essential Oils Reference Guide, we’re never alone in our education group online, and we’re always able to life to its fullest!

With everyone trying to switch to safe products, who can you trust, who should you stay away from, and how much should you be spending?

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How We Got Rid of Strep Without Antibiotics

How we rid of strep without antibiotics was a surprise to me and was unexpected, but it has changed our family's life forever.

How we got rid of strep without antibiotics was an interesting and unexpected turn of events.

I’d been a Young Living member for a year or so at the time, but I’d also been trained that when your kid was sick, you ran them to the doctor fast.

The strep test was positive.

The antibiotics were administered, but my son had a horrible case of hives with his last antibiotic.

A different one was given to us assuring us this one should be fine.

*I’m not claiming to heal, treat, or cure anything. I’m not a doctor. I’m one mom who’s used this technique successfully for over five years, and I want to share it with other parents, grandparents, and caregivers.

Timing

The timing was rough because we were heading out of town the next day.

After the first dose, we saw the hives.

We were on the road, and he was miserable.

More and more popped up left and right.

I made the decision to stop the antibiotics right then and there. We could not go through the same horrible time we had the last time.

What Could I Do?

We were already so far from home, and I wouldn’t be able to get meds until we got out of the hills and found a pharmacy.

Until then, I had this sick little guy who was supposed to be half-way better by then, and I had to do something.

Thieves.

I’d heard so many stories of what people had used Thieves Essential Oil for, and I always traveled with my oils.

So, I gave him a drop of Thieves in some honey we picked up.

The next hour, I gave him another drop. And then again and again.

I kept giving him water (and pulling over for lots of potty breaks) with a drop of Lemon essential oil in it.

The Switch

By the time we made it to the hotel and got settled in, I noticed he was feeling much better.

He said his throat didn’t hurt as much, and I noticed less white spots in his throat.

I thought what I saw couldn’t be true, but I decided I’d hold off on calling the doc. and keep giving him Thieves until the next day (Monday morning).

All the Help

I diffused Thieves and Eucalyptus in the hotel all night.

Continued to give him Thieves oil in honey hourly except for when he slept.

Put Frankincense and Lemon in carrier oil on his spine.

Kept him hydrated with water and lemon oil in his glass water bottle.

The Next Morning

What I saw the next morning blew my mind.

We only saw a couple of spots, but no one could miss my very energetic little boy!

I backed off on the Thieves to only every three hours in honey.

I continued to do Frankincense and Lemon 4 drops carrier oil to 1 drop essential oil (one Frank and one Lemon) on his spine.

Continued to make sure he drank lots of water with lemon essential oil in it.

Why You Should be SUPER Picky About Your Essential Oil

This is a must-read if you’re looking into starting to add in safe products into your home.

No other oils even come close to matching Young Living’s quality for one big reason: pesticides.

We hand-weed and never spray our plants.

That’s a big deal when it comes to your body’s health, and this article explains exactly why.

Need Oils?

This is the place to go when you’re looking for the simplest way to get the best oils on the planet.

And let me get the awkward questions out of the way right up front:

  • No minimum purchases
  • You never have to sell this
  • Can use the referral link to share with others
  • Yes, we’re an MLM.
  • No, that’s not a pyramid scheme…cause those are super illegal.
  • We’ve just celebrated 25 years as a company.
  • No, even the other oil companies “like ours” are NOT the same for the simple fact that they buy pesticide-sprayed plants from brokers.
  • We own our own farms and hand-weed everything (oils are in your bloodstream within 26 seconds of touching your skin–choose wisely).
  • Those prices look high because this is buying in bulk like Costco or Sams. One 15mL bottle of Thieves is 300 drops. One bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner is 29 bottles in one. You get the idea. 🙂

Other questions?

I’d love love love to chat with you and answer any question you have (even other awkward ones!).

Email me at andrea@graceblossoms.com any time!

How we rid of strep without antibiotics was a surprise to me and was unexpected, but it has changed our family's life forever.

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Introducing the New Basic Starter Kit!

Nothing Basic About It!

For those setting out to begin their chemical-free lifestyle wanting to customize their first order, the Basic Kit is just what you need.

Young Living has revamped their Basic Starter Kit, lowered the price point by ten dollars, and reduced waste in its packaging!

Young Living's Basic Kit is the answer you have been looking for with its super low price point and access to the world's safest products.

Reward Yourself

The greatest option for shopping of this generation is Young Living’s Essential Rewards program.

This program makes sure you get the most bang for your buck.

With it, you’re able to invest in your health while saving more money than you ever could on the scary-ingredients in the store.

Young Living's Basic Kit is the answer you have been looking for with its super low price point and access to the world's safest products.

Customization Options

You might like to use my favorite Essential Rewards orders post to help, which you can read here.

I’ve also included some ways to make the most of your Kit month one below.

Option 1: Immune Strength

For Essential Rewards, you only have to hit the $50 mark each month.

However, always striving for $100PV (point value) is best because you get a free oil (monthly promos), still save more than you would’ve bought in store, and when you share, you’ll get a thank you check.

  • Basic Kit
  • Thieves Household Cleaner
  • Thieves Blend- 15mL
  • Lemon -15mL

Option 2: Ditch Synthetic Fragrance

  • Basic Kit
  • Thieves Laundry Detergent
  • Thieves Household Cleaner
  • Orb Diffuser
  • Lemon-15mL

Option 3: Personal Care

  • Basic Kit
  • Thieves Aromabright Toothpaste
  • Dental Floss (Thieves)
  • Thieves Fresh Essence Mouthwash
  • Bath & Shower Gel (you can add some Stress Away from your kit!)
  • Lavender-15mL

Option 4: Oily Arsenal

  • Basic Kit
  • Peppermint Vitality
  • Lemon Vitality
  • Lavender Vitality
  • DiGize Vitality
  • R.C.
  • Thieves Vitality

Option 5: Kids

  • BK
  • KidScents Bath Gel
  • Lotion (KidScents)
  • KidScents Shampoo
  • TummyGize

Perks!

During this month of October, you’ll get free shipping with your kit as long as the order hits 100PV!

Also, when you use my referral code 3929342 or go directly through my link here, you’ll also get an Essential Oils Reference Guide!

Finally, you’ll love our online community, resources, education, and freebies found in our private Facebook group.

This makes starting your chemical-free lifestyle much simpler!

Young Living's Basic Starter Kit is the answer you have been looking for with its super low price point and access to the world's safest products.

Filed in: EO Hacks, Essential Oils, Essential Rewards, Get Your Oils!, Oiling, Oily Education, Oily Tips, Safe Home, Toxin-Free Home, Young Living Business • by Andrea •

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Top 3 Pitfalls of Going Toxin-Free

Top 3 Pitfalls of Going Toxin-Free #graceblossomcom #youngliving #toxinfree.png

Lately, every marketing ploy under the sun has been trying to sell us toxin-free/chemical-free/natural products because they know we’re wising up.

The only problem is that 95% of those have admitted to lying about how clean their products really are.

We don’t even know how many didn’t come clean about their efforts to sell us on fake safety.

The following three pitfalls are meant to encourage finding truly healthy products.

#1: Don’t Fall for Labels

Every label has been carefully designed to grab our attention, tap into our hurt/need, and sell us.

Step one is to ignore the front of the label and head for the ingredients list instead.

All that’s needed is a search engine.

Type in {___product name or ingredient___} + EWG.

See the hazards and start making a list of what you need to ditch for a safer product as you make your way through your cabinets.

#2: Don’t Fall for a “1” or “A” Rating

This is where you take a closer look.

If it’s marked “safe,” but you zoom in on the concerns and see a line for hazards (cancer or reproductive toxicity for example), all of a sudden it’s not so safe anymore.

Switching every one of our products over to Young Living solved this problem quickly and for less than I was spending at the stores on harmful products.

I could look up YL’s products all day long ingredient by single ingredient and be okay.

Unfortunately, I have never found anything on a store shelf that would be truly toxin-free for our family.

#3: Don’t Fall for Sticker Shock

When you see Young Living’s prices, it might be hard to imagine ever paying those kinds of prices. Be careful. There’s something you can’t see.

Concentration.

It changes everything.

When I can dilute one bottle of YL shampoo into 9…that’s making life simpler, less expensive, and with the ingredients list, so much safer!

Other dilution possibilities (by no means anywhere near an exhaustive list but instead a small example):

  • Thieves Household Cleaner=27 multipurpose sprays
  • Foaming Hand soap=3 foaming hand soaps
  • Laundry Detergent=3 bottles of laundry detergent
  • One bottle of any 15mL essential oil is between 250 and 300 drops (i.e. I may use only a couple of drops of immune and respiratory strengthening Lemon and Peppermint to reduce fever. This saves us much more money than a couple of doses of liver-harming liquid from the store).

It’s easy to fall for the hype we see on tv and in ads all over social media, but with this, you’ll be all the wiser and ready to make some real health changes for your home.

Ready for a Change?

This lifestyle is amazing and easier than you think.

Learn more here!

Filed in: Safe Home • by Andrea •

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Why is Everyone Talking About Young Living?

Why is everyone talking about Young Living?

Is it just hype? A fad?

Everyone and their brother offers “essential oils,” so why should we even care about Young Living?

Aren’t they one of those MLM things?

Read more

Filed in: Safe Home • by Andrea •

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Essential Oil Hacks You Need NOW!

Whether researching the life blood of plants, sitting with a new Premium Starter Kit , or at old pro status, these essential oil hacks can make life much easier!

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Essential Oil Hacks: Getting Started

These essential oil hacks help with the basics of the toxin-free transition.

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Essential Oil Hacks: Resources

DIY is totally achievable…if you have the right resources.

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Essential Oil Hacks: Rollerbottles

Get more bang for your buck making rollerballs with the use of rollerbottles!

Let’s dig into some of my favorite recipes!

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How to Stretch Young Living Products

How to Stretch Young Living Products

In addition to the amazing value in the Premium Starter Kit, there’s a way you can get the most out of your wholesale membership–here’s how to stretch Young Living product!

But First…

(If you haven’t gotten your 24% discount and toxin-free box yet, click here: Young Living Starter Kit)

My Favorite Ways to Stretch Product:

1. Foam Pumps

Two tablespoons of products like Orange Blossom Face Wash and any of our bath gels can be put into rust-proof foam pumps like this one, and they will last much longer!

2. DIY

DIY projects mean you get more bang for your buck! 250 drops in a 15mL bottle, and you only need ten for a product that will last you three months? That’s a win!

3. Rollerballs

Rather than putting a drop on the soles of my feet each night, I use a roller I’ve made,and it lasts much longer!

4. Don’t Go Overboard in the Diffuser

You really only need about six drops total in our DewDrop diffuser. Any more and you’re wasting precious oils!

DO, however feel free to diffuse Young Living oils all day long!

5. Inhalers

A great way to get all the cell-reaching benefits of the life blood of plants is through direct inhalation.

Not only are these inhalers amazing for on-the-go and sharing, they are also wonderful if you have to work in small spaces with others.

One thing I love about stretching product is that it means enjoying our oils for even longer! The best part-it makes sharing a non-toxic, healthy lifestyle that much easier.

>>NEXT: Hacks You Need NOW! Part 6>>

These are such simple solutions for how to stretch Young Living product to get the most both financially and for your health!
Check out Grace Blossoms for essential oil hacks + tried + true DIY recipes!

 
These are such simple solutions for how to stretch Young Living product to get the most both financially and for your health!

Filed in: Oily Tips, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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Young Living: Save a Ton!

Young Living: Save a Ton!

I wondered if I would ever take advantage of the Essential Rewards program until I realized with Young Living I could save a ton!

First Thing’s First

(If you haven’t gotten your start to a toxin-free lifestyle yet, click here: Young Living Starter Kit )

After the second month using oils and learning there’s literally an oil to support everything, my husband and I took a look at my ever-growing list of products, oils, and oil blends and knew we needed Essential Rewards.

Why?

1. Give Me ALL the Oils

My budget-watching husband disagreed. No, Andrea. You cannot trade food and shelter for oils.

$50 per month. Now, THAT we can do!

2. Free Product Thank Yous

I’m budgeting oils into our life AND you’re giving me some of the money back to use like cash on other oils on my list? UM…OKAY!

And you’re going to send me a free oil at 3,6,9, and 12 months? Alrighty!

And you’ll offer me more free product up to over $200 retail value each month on promotional items? Yesss….

And you’ll discount certain products, like our beloved Ningxia Red, in exclusive ER bundles? Ah!

Love like this should not be passed on, friends!

Our family has been given thousands and thousands of dollars worth of free product!

We’ve got one squeaky, toxin-free homestead over here, y’all, and we didn’t even have to pay for all of it!

I love free things just as much as the next momma bear. But I love this even more. Our boys, including one spunky cancer survivor, are only breathing in and wearing goodness!

Loyalty

You can choose Essential Rewards.

The Wholesale Discount Premium Starter Kit with 12 oils, a diffuser, and a 24% discount will pop up, and you simply click the loyalty box.

Add in the Essential Rewards, and you’re looking at 49% back in your pocket just for making your home full of the most trusted non-toxic products on the planet, and save tons!

With Young Living, you can save a ton when you utilize the most amazing programs on the planet to get you a toxin-free lifestyle for less.
With Young Living, you can save a ton when you utilize the most amazing programs on the planet to get you a toxin-free lifestyle for less.
With Young Living, you can save a ton when you utilize the most amazing programs on the planet to get you a toxin-free lifestyle for less.
With Young Living, you can save a ton when you utilize the most amazing programs on the planet to get you a toxin-free lifestyle for less.

>>NEXT: Hacks You Need NOW! Part 7>>

With Young Living, you can save a ton when you utilize the most amazing programs on the planet to get you a toxin-free lifestyle for less.
Check out Grace Blossoms for essential oil hacks + tried + true DIY recipes!

With Young Living, you can save a ton when you utilize the most amazing programs on the planet to get you a toxin-free lifestyle for less.

Filed in: Oily Tips, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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Young Living Referral Program


Young Living Referral Program

Use the Young Living referral program… the right way.

What Makes it So Great?

Did you know that once you get your 24% wholesale discount, Young Living loves when you share the life-blood of plants so much that they will send you a $50 “Thank You” check each time someone uses your link to order a Premium Starter Kit?

(If you haven’t started your toxin-free journey with the only nonGMO trusted oils, click here: Young Living Starter Kit )

It’s true, but beware!

This is SO not about the $50!

This is someone’s life you’re invested in, so let’s make sure you do it right!

Here are the 3 easy {yet crucial} steps to welcoming someone you care about into our oily family:

STEP 1:

Get your link. If you don’t know how to do this, ask your sponsor!

STEP 2:

Add your friend or family member to an educational group like this one.

STEP 3:

Introduce your friend or family member to the person in your upline closest to you who has their own Young Living business. You can find who these people are in your “My Account” section of your Virtual Office.

If you were not introduced to this person, reach out and then add your friend or family member in the conversation. Let them know you’re ready to learn more and exactly what you need from your oils.

If each person takes these three important steps, we should never have someone who is lost on the learning curve that comes along with a new lifestyle.

Our heart is to serve, not make a quick buck, so keep ya’ heart right, friends!

>>NEXT: Hacks You Need NOW! Part 8>>

Using the Young Living referral program is a way to serve others in your life while getting a thank you from Young Living.
Check out Grace Blossoms for essential oil hacks + tried + true DIY recipes!

 
Using the Young Living referral program is a way to serve others in your life while getting a thank you from Young Living.

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Essential Oils Education

Essential Oils Education

Essential oils education is key for this new, simpler and safer lifestyle.

The right education, that is.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m quite the Pinterest queen.

I mean, our boys wouldn’t eat a lot of nights if it weren’t for this handy little invention, but when it comes to putting something into the bodies of my precious babies down to the cellular level, I’m going to need a higher source.

Once you’ve got your Premium Starter Kit/Wholesale 24% Discount, how do you know if you are being educated the right way?

(If you haven’t started your toxin-free journey yet at a 24% discount, click here: Young Living Starter Kit )

There are a few clues that can help.

1.) You’re learning through a Young Living site or blog.

Young Living writes all of the content on their website/PDFs you find there as well as the blog. You can even ask questions on the blog and get an answer from someone at Young Living!

2.) You’re reaching out to Young Living directly.

You can always do the following:

-Email productsupport@youngliving.com

-Call 1-800-371-3515

-Join a live chat via the link at the Contact Us section at the bottom of your Virtual Office

3.) You’re learning from an educational group on Facebook of a ranked member.

What is “ranked?”

Ranked means this person is working hard on growing their Young Living business by continuing their education and teaching others about the oils and products.

They are constantly a student learning from reputable sources as well as consistently trying new product. They are essentially a “product of the product.”

You will know you’re in a group with viable information when they post regularly, have a decent amount of members in the group, and if, when you match their facts with either of the first two sources, they check out.

This educational group is where I share what I have learned from Young Living and my upline leaders.

The same way we want news from worthy sources, we want to learn about our oils with a high standard for who is teaching us.

>>NEXT: Hacks You Need NOW! Part 9>>

Essential oils ducation is key to your success when switching over to this toxin free lifestyle, and this will give you some great options!
Check out Grace Blossoms for essential oil hacks + tried + true DIY recipes!

Filed in: Oily Tips, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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Essential Oil Basics

Essential Oil Basics

Learn some essential oil basics to make your life easier.

You’ll want to know some of these basics to be able to get the most out of your Premium Starter Kit/ Wholesale 24% Discount.

(If you haven’t gotten your 24% discount on toxin-free living yet, click here: Young Living Starter Kit )

Hopefully you’ll have been invited by your sponsor to a 101 Basics Oils Class for your Premium Starter Kit, but if you haven’t, here are the top five basics to get you started.

1. Oil Safety

There is a mini-lesson video that goes into more of this in the Files section of my educational group, but here’s the skinny:

-Only ingest Young Living Oils {www.seedtoseal.com}.

-Don’t stick oils in your eyes, ears, or mucous membranes.

-If you do accidentally do the last one, use a carrier oil to flush it out–not water.

-Don’t put citrus oils on in places where the sun will hit it {i.e. your face} before exposing yourself to the sun. They will make you burn easier.

-Dilute hot oils with a carrier oil

2. Carrier Oils

A carrier oil is a fatty oil that basically lessens the heat of “hot” oils or dilutes them for babies, small children, and the elderly.

Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!

3. Dilution Ratios

Boy is this a confusing topic! Pinterest, personal preference, and sharing between friends has lead to some big misunderstanding when it comes to dilution ratios, so let’s go to a source we trust no matter what: Young Living.

Dilute for babies and young children. Follow these guidelines:

Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!

Dilute when using a “hot oil.” You will also want to patch-test a small amount if you are new to oils. We will be using the directions of Young Living’s own carrier oils as a reference:

Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!

1-8 teaspoons is a big difference, isn’t it? Here are the questions you need to ask yourself:

  • How far do you want this oil to go?
  • Will it be a massage oil, or are you just trying to apply to one smaller area of your body?
  • Is this for a child or the elderly?

Once you know the answer to those questions, adjust accordingly.

For our family, it took some trial/error until we got down exactly how much carrier we needed for which occasion. It may be handy for you to jot down any winning amounts for further reference.

4. How to Apply Oils

Topically:

-The soles of your feet have the largest pores. You may also be interested in Vita Flex points for this application.

-Along the spine where nerves are connected.

-Along the furthest outer layer of your ear. There are other Vita Flex points there.

-Directly on the area where you need the most support.

Aromatically: 

-Diffuse 6 drops total as needed

-Directly inhale from the bottle, from your cupped hands with one drop them, or a DIY inhaler. You may also drop oils into hot water and breathe in the steam with a towel over your head or by adding a drop to the shower wall for added respiratory support or a spa-like experience.

Internally: 

I cannot stress this enough: Do NOT ingest oils unless they are from the Young Living Vitality line!

Don’t worry about 15mL or 5mL-it’s the same oil, but do please only use from the vitality line!

Rather have them grouped in graphics? Here you go!

Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!
Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!
Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!
Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!

5. Knowing Which Oil to Use

You’ll want to be in direct contact with your sponsor, but there comes a point where we teach you to fish, so to speak.

Here’s a way to make it super easy: get a great reference guide book! I love sharing this one  with my new 24% discount/Wholesale members. It is thorough and gives you the option of either learning a ton about the oils or getting down to the brass tax of it all.

However, I must proclaim and shout it from the rooftops: this guide is just that-a guide. It is never in any way meant to replace the trusted advice and direction of a medical doctor! We focus on wellness with oils, but we ourselves are not doctors!

>>NEXT: Hacks You Need NOW! Part 10>>

Essential oil basics are helpful when getting started, and these tips and tricks are great to have as you venture into this lifestyle!
Check out Grace Blossoms for essential oil hacks + tried + true DIY recipes!

Filed in: Oily Tips, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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Best Essential Oil Storage


Best Essential Oil Storage

Take your oils EVERYWHERE with the best essential oil storage!

Now that you’ve got your Premium Starter Kit/ Wholesale 24% Discount, make sure you take this very important step!

Get those oils OUT of the box!

A great place to start is finding a nice way to display them.

(Haven’t gotten your 24% discount and toxin-free toolbox? Click here: Young Living Starter Kit

Here are a few of my favorites:

1.) Tree Silhouette

2.) Magnetic Storage Holder Rack

3.) 24 Bottle Tiered Holder

4.) Two-Tiered Shelf

Getting your oils out means you’ll be more likely to use them! Don’t forget to keep your Reference Guide for Essential Oils nearby!

While you’re at home, this is helpful, but what about when you’re out and about?

I have learned the hard way to always keep oils with me wherever I go!

You never know when your family will need some oily support. Plus, you’re always able to serve someone at a moment’s notice that may need them, and THAT is a great feeling!

I like to carry the Everyday Oils in sample bottles on my keychain like this one to help hand out samples when I see someone in need of a little oily friendship.

For my momma bag, I take entire bottles, so I can always have enough on hand. You can never have enough oils when out and about with the family!

I love this hard case because it allows me enough room to store our most-used oils, yet is protective of the glass in case a little foot steps on it or tosses it like a football from one end of the car to the next.

Having our oils while we’re out is so comforting, and knowing that I can help someone else in a moment of need is always a blessing!

I hope these Young Living hacks have served you well as you tackle the learning curve that comes with this new life change.

With these helpful tips, you’ll be well on your way to creating an overall wellness in  safer, and all-around healthier future generations.

Finding the best essential oil storage is a little tricky, but these options help you make sure your oils are accessible in your home!
Check out Grace Blossoms for essential oil hacks + tried + true DIY recipes!

 

Filed in: Essential Oils, Oily Tips, Toxin-Free Home • by Andrea •

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