How can we use Essential Oils in our Daily Life?
Essential oils (EO) can be used in three ways;
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2. Placing a few drops of essential oils in your hands and breathing them in is a common way people use oils.
3. Smelling directly from the bottle
4. Other ideas how you can use your oils aromatically; on a cotton ball and place it in your pillow, a diffuser necklace, or on wood, like a clothespin, are other ways to use your oils aromatically.
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1. Place a few drops directly on your body. Oils can be used on most parts of your body; wrists, temples, back, feet, and stomach, just to name a few. BUT you would NEVER put oils directly in your eyes or ears. If you do happen to get them in your eye add a carrier oil to the area to dilute the oil and the pain should subside quickly.
2. Carrier oils can vary in thickness so you may use different carrier oils based on where you are placing the oils, or on the benefits the carrier oil itself brings to you, or perhaps how quickly you want the oils into your system. For example, my mom was using coconut oil with her essential oils and placing in on her knees and that worked fine. She hear that grape seed oil would work better so she tried that but it "burned" her knee so she was unable to use any oils until that healed. So go slowly until you know how your body reacts to the essential oils and carrier oils!
Remember some oils are considered HOT and can 'burn' your skin (Peppermint, oregano, cinnamon and clove are a few).
Essential oils are very potent and can irritate your skin so we recommend starting with adding them to a carrier oil to dilute them prior to application. There are several different carrier oils available. Below find a list of the most common used carrier oils;
1. Place a few drops in a gelatin or vegetable capsule and top off with a carrier oil and swallow with water. Add a few drops of EO to your drink of water, tea or juice. Please keep in mind that if you are planning on drinking oils use only a glass or stainless steel cup (and straw) as the oils can and will break down plastic.
2. Add them to prepared foods; lime into guacamole, lavender into lemonade, peppermint into brownies are just a few examples.
Essential oils are very potent and can irritate your skin so we recommend starting with adding them to a carrier oil to dilute them prior to application. There are several different carrier oils available. Below find a list of the most common used carrier oils;
- V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex from Young Living
- Coconut oil solid or fractionated (liquid)
- Olive oil
- Grape seed oil
- Apricot Oil
- Sesame seed oil
- Avocado oil
- Jojoba oil
1. Place a few drops in a gelatin or vegetable capsule and top off with a carrier oil and swallow with water. Add a few drops of EO to your drink of water, tea or juice. Please keep in mind that if you are planning on drinking oils use only a glass or stainless steel cup (and straw) as the oils can and will break down plastic.
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2. Add them to prepared foods; lime into guacamole, lavender into lemonade, peppermint into brownies are just a few examples.
3. Add a few drops of EO to your drink of water, tea or juice. Please keep in mind that if you are planning on drinking oils use only a glass or stainless steel cup (and straw) as the oils can and will break down plastic.
Please note that Young Living recommends using "vitality" product labelled oils when taking as a dietary supplement.
Please note that Young Living recommends using "vitality" product labelled oils when taking as a dietary supplement.
Essential oils can be used in so many ways! 💕
I love using my Thieves, a Young Living blended oil, when I travel. I place it on my feet, my wrists, and my temples before leaving home. I bring thieves spray with me and use it on the plane, and in the hotel as we encounter so many germs with the thousands of people we pass in the airport, etc.
Anytime I feel like I am coming down with something I begin putting on oils every few hours. Keep in mind many people just apply them once a day or twice a day and that is most likely not often enough to really be effective. The oils you take in now will be fully metabolized in about 20 minutes, so reapplication is typically necessary.
Place a drop or two of lavender into your mascara will and that will help strengthen your lashes and minimize the bacteria that can be found in older containers of mascara.
Adding Tea Tree oil to your conditioner can help aid in hair growth and minimize dandruff. It may feel tingly at first but I enjoy the way that feels!
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Thank you!
Kathy
P.S. Update: if you are actively fighting something you will need 1 drop of essential oil per 20 lbs of body weigh in your system every 1-2 hours. Most new users of oils do not use enough oil to have it be effective.
P.S. Update: if you are actively fighting something you will need 1 drop of essential oil per 20 lbs of body weigh in your system every 1-2 hours. Most new users of oils do not use enough oil to have it be effective.
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