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30 Day Oil Challenge

Day 1: Favorite Roller Recipe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2: Product you use every night

Day 3: Morning diffuser blend

 

Day 4: Favorite essential oil and why

Day 5: What made you a believer?

Day 6: First DIY recipe

   

Day 7: Oil on your wishlist

CortiStop, more like Corti-regulate

CortiStop, a supplement for women

I’ve been taking CortiStop for a month now, you take 2 capsules in the morning before breakfast. Use daily for 8 weeks. Discontinue use for 2-4 weeks before once more resuming.

I’ve had high stress due to life and moderate stress at work, and felt like my body needed help. Since starting this supplement again, I’ve been less wigged out, take things in stride better, and can remain calm easier when stress arises.

What does it do?

CortiStop is a proprietary dietary supplement designed to help the body maintain its natural balance and harmony. When under stress, the body produces cortisol. When cortisol is produced too frequently, it can have negative health consequences such as feelings of fatigue, difficulty maintaining a healthy weight, and difficulty maintaining optimal health of cardiovascular systems. It supports the glandular systems of women, containing powerful precursor hormones pregnenolone, and DHEA derived from wild yams. It supports emotional fluctuations and helps improve memory and cognitive function. Designed to help control and regulate healthy cortisol production during times of additional stress.

Here are a few key ingredients in Cortistop that may help balance the stress response naturally:

• Pregnenolone has been shown to reduce corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in experimental models. CRH is the first step in the production of the stress hormone cortisol.

• DHEA provides the body with DHEA, which may be reduced as a consequence of stress.

• Phosphatidylcholine may protect the brain, liver, and stomach during times of stress.

• Phosphatidylserine helps balance the HPA axis and may stunt cortisol production. The effects may be more pronounced in people under chronic stress.

• Black cohosh helps stop stress responses and may elevate mood.

• Clary sage and frankincense both have uplifting energy.

• Fennel and peppermint can help soothe the stomach.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Young Living products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Want to learn more about oils, and what Young Living offers? Visit the Essential Hope Wellness section of my website HERE!

Healthy Skin and Hair Spray for Horses

Dante came from a herd, and has remnants of scrapes from being at the bottom of the pecking order. He also has very short hair at the top of his tail, from what looks like itching. So I made a spray to support healthy hair and skin! I eyeballed all the ingredients so exact measurements aren’t included.

Ingredients:

16 oz glass spray bottle

Apple Cider Vinegar – I added about 1/4 of the bottle

Jojoba oil – 1 squeeze

Castor oil – 1 squeeze

Distilled water – Filled the rest of the bottle

Rosemary essential oil – 10 drops

Cedarwood essential oil – 10 drops

Lavender essential oil – 10 drops

(*note, I only use Young Living essential oils, around me and my pets*)

 

Oily Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day!
Love is in the air and I want you to be prepared for all the love, now and any day!
Keep scrolling ton of tips for romance, along with essential oil recipes for sweets, diffuser blends, physical intimacy, lube and some lessons on how to take care of your most special area!
Get ready for red hot Oily Valentine’s Day info coming your way!
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Diffuser Recipes

Alright, let’s start things off with filling the air with yummy smells and all the feels!

Nothing sets the tone of the room more quickly than scent, so go ahead and set the mood for love by throwing some drops in the diffuser! Here are a couple of our favorite recipes.
Sexy Time
3 drops Ylang Ylang
2 drops Cinnamon Bark
1 drop Orange
A Happy Calm
3 drops Cardamom
2 drops Cedarwood
2 drops Bergamot
A Night on The Town
4 drops Sensation
2 drops Grapefruit
I have never actually celebrated Galentine’s with my ladies, but it sure sounds like a good time!
Here’s a simple diffuser recipe for fun!
Galentine’s Day Blend
All The Single Ladies
3 drops Frank
3 drops Lemon
A Treat For Me
3 drops Joy
3 drops Lavender
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Safe (oily) Sex

Okay, now that we’ve filled the room with relaxation and love, let’s get down to some real adult bedroom talk.

Nothing will ruin a good time like too much peppermint on your privates. EEK. The key here is to start slow and have a carrier oil like coconut oil or sweet almond oil in case things quickly escalate (in the wrong direction). Oils are not water soluble, so you’ll want to douse yourself in a carrier oil if you have a sensitivity or need to quickly de-escalate the intensity. Repeat after me: “the burn will stop. I will be okay.”
Lastly, oils and condoms simply don’t mix. Think about a drop of peppermint on a balloon – unless you want that thing to pop, I’d find a different method!
Other than that, have fun! Lots of recipes WILL include things like Peppermint, Black Pepper, etc. and you might shudder at the thought. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it, just know how to extinguish the fire in your drawers if needed. LOL
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Sensation

Sensation Essential Oil Blend

Woah BABY, if this is not part of your regular “bed time” routine 😉 you’re missing out. Ylang Ylang, Jasmine and other essential oils make it smell fantastic and truly help to get you in the mood. Diffuse it or apply it topically anywhere you please.

And by “anywhere you please”, we absolutely mean “down there”!
Commercial lubricants have all sorts of nasty stuff in them and to that we say “THANK YOU, BUT NO”.
Grab some coconut oil, drop a few drops of Sensation EO and apply!
OR better yet, grab the next item for the same use!
Sensation™ Massage Oil:
The massage oil is long-lasting, just the right smoothness, doesn’t leave your skin feeling oily but soaks up nicely over time… I’ll stop there.
This is a must have in the bedroom. You’ll love it. 👐🏼
Sensation™ Bath & Shower Gel:
Shower yourself in confidence as you get ready for a special time. Or better yet, shower each other! 🚿
Sensation™ Hand & Body Lotion
Moisturize and apply before your night out! Pretty much doubles as perfume.
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Gentlemen

Next up, a little somethin’ somethin’ for the men!

Goldenrod Essential Oil:
Bow-chicka-bow-wow. Add to a carrier and get to massaging! 🌟 Help things stand to attention!

Mister™ Essential Oil Blend:
Have your man diffuse this or wear it like cologne while he gets ready for your special night! 💪🏽
Idaho Blue Spruce Essential Oil:
Create relaxing and fresh vibes for a night out. Enjoyed by men and women! Apply on his chest, arms, inner thighs…. 🌲
Shutran® Essential Oil blend:
Formulated especially for men to boost men’s feelings of masculinity and confidence (the best kind of masculine feelings ). This blend will empower, balance emotions and make for some happy male hormones. Wear just like cologne! YUM YUM YUM 😋
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Okay, okay now let’s get to the important stuff, TREATS!

Here are our favorite quick & easy recipes that will get any party started!

Citrus Fruit Dip:
  • 4 oz Cream Cheese
  • 5-6 oz Vanilla Greek Yogurt
  • 1 heaping spoonful of Honey
  • 1-3 drops Lemon Vitality or Citrus Fresh Vitality
  • Mix it all up, grab some strawberries and get to dippin’!
Orange Brownies:
  • Add 6 drops of Orange Vitality oil to your favorite Brownie recipe or box of Brownie mix (dark chocolate is our preference!!)
  • Boom done. Yum.
NingXia-mosa:
  • Pour you and your sweetheart a couple glasses of champagne
  • Instead of OJ, pour in about 2 oz of NingXia Red
  • If you don’t drink alcohol, NingXia is great in your sparkling beverage of choice!

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Rollers

Sexy Roller:
– 7 drops Ylang Ylang
– 7 drops Orange
– Fill roller with fractionated coconut oil
Roll on inside of thighs, wrists, and behind your ears before sexy time!
Love Potion For Him:
– 7 drops Idaho Blue Spruce
– 7 drops Cypress
– Fill roller with fractionated coconut oil
Roll on inside of thighs, forearms, and outside of ankles.
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Interested in learning more about essential oils? Go here to read more about them: rachelspaid.com/essential-hope-wellness/essential-oils/

Winter Immune Boosters

Winter is such a hard time of year to stay healthy. Especially if you work around people or kids.  Here are some of my favorite ways to boost my immune system (year round, but especially in the winter)

First up, NingXia Red.

This is a powerful, whole-body liquid supplement. This sweet and tangy drink’s formula includes wolfberry, which has loads of health benefits. Also featuring plum, aronia, cherry, blueberry, and pomegranate juices and extracts, packed with superfoods to support overall wellness. Such a good antioxidant drink. I take 1 oz a day when I buy the 2 pack of bottles, 1 bottle this way lasts me a whole month.

Next, Super C Chewable Tablets.

These chewable tablets contain: Orange essential oil with a proprietary blend of camu camu, acerola, cherry, and rose hips fruit powder. This is a powerful immune-supporting supplement. Together, these premium ingredients deliver desirable polyphenols, carotenoids, and optimal amounts of vitamin C. I got a bottle of this in my Essential Rewards box a few months ago. I’m trying to make them last, and am only taking one tablet 1 or 2 times a week.

Anything, Thieves!

The Young Living Thieves blend is a great immune system booster! I use the dish soap, wipes, hand sanitizer, hand soap, all purpose cleaner, and laundry soap. You can also diffuse the oil blend in your cold water diffuser!

The master of vitamins, Master Formula.

If you can afford to get this gem….do! I try to get one box every 3 months. I take 1 packet of vitamins 2-3 times a week. I feel great even when taking it only 2-3 times a week. Each box has 30 packets, this way I make it last and am not spending $82 (wholesale) a month on this product, though 1 packet a day is recommended on the packaging. This product is a full spectrum, multinutrient complex, providing premium vitamins, minerals, and food-based nutriment to support general health and well-being.

Diffusing immune boosting oils!

One of my favorite ways to help my body, while making the room smell amazing! Some of my favorite blends are:

3 drops Thieves + 2 drops Lemon

3 drops Thieves + 1 drop Frankincense

2 drops Frankincense + 2 drops Lemon

3 drops Purification + 1 drop Peppermint

5 drops Thieves by itself is amazing 🙂

I do diffuse around my pets, and have for 5, almost 6 years. Yes I have seen all the claims out there on the internet, more often than not, these claims are from people using low quality and synthetic essential oils. I have done plenty of research on my own, and choose to safely diffuse *only Young Living essential oils around them*. Biggest thing, diffuse in open rooms, so that pets can leave the room if they dislike what is being diffused. I diffuse very little compared to how much water goes in my diffusers. I have not had any issues, more commonly my dog sits as close to the diffuser as she can. The best resources I can recommend if you are wanting to learn more about animals and essential oils are “The Animal Desk Reference II: Essential Oils for Animals” by Melissa Shelton DVM and “Essential Oils Animal Desk Reference” by Life Science Publishing, both available on Amazon!

Elderberry Syrup

One of the Young Living pages on Facebook posted this awesome recipe!

Elderberry has been used historically for health benefits and culinary purposes. These berries contain several antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that have made the berries an ideal choice for immune support! Several studies have even found that elderberries help reduce cold-like symptoms.

*To enjoy the benefits, make sure to try incorporating elderberry syrup as raw elderberries can cause negative effects including nausea and abdominal cramps.

Elderberry Syrup DIY

Try making this elderberry syrup at home! The infusion of vitality essential oils will provide even more powerful benefits. This will make a large batch to fill a 16oz mason jar.

Ingredients:

  • 1 C dried elderberries (you can get these at some health food stores or online through private sellers)
  • 4 cups of water
  • ½ – ¾ honey (raw and unfiltered, preferably local to your area)
  • Cinnamon Stick or herbs of your choice (echinacea and rosehip and great options)
  • Vitality essential oils (we used: Frankincense Vitality, Thieves Vitality, Cinnamon Bark Vitality, Lemon Vitality, Grapefruit vitality, Ginger Vitality)

Instructions:

Add the elderberries and water to a large saucepan. Bring to boil. Once boiling, turn down the heat and allow the berries to simmer for about an hour (the goal is to have the amount of liquid in the pan half in size, this can take 60+ minutes). Add your choice of herbs. Once liquid has halved in sized, remove from heat and let cool. Separate the berries into a strainer and mash them while collecting the juice. You can do this with a spoon or a spatula, but the key is to catch the elderberry juice that comes from the berry. Once mashed, discard remaining berries. Let the liquid cool and gently stir in the honey and essential oils. Keep stored in an airtight container in the fridge.

Serving Size:

1 tsp daily for children

1 tbsp daily for adults

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Young Living products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

 

Interested in learning more about Essential Oils? Want to get a kit so you can diffuse oils in your own home? Visit HERE!

My Favorite YL Skincare Products and Tips

This line up is one of my favorites for my skin. It all smells amazing, and makes my skin so happy, even during difficult times of the month! Here’s a little info on each product 🙂

Charcoal bar soap- pulls out dirt and impurities without stripping the skin’s natural moisture barrier.

Orange Blossom facial wash – hypoallergenic, gentle face wash for oily skin and leaves behind no pore-clogging residue. reduces surface oils and removes dirt and makeup without making your skin feel overly dry or tight.

Orange Blossom moisturizer – maintain optimal moisture balance, controls excess oil and shine, and preps your face for makeup with its natural-looking matte finish. This moisturizer, for oily complexions (oily complexion or not, this works great!) improves the appearance of skin without irritation from harsh chemicals. Naturally derived, plant-based ingredients and vegan-friendly.

Acne Treatment – this is easily my favorite product for my face! My bottle has lasted over a year, due to not needing to use much at a time. This product really goes quite far. The maximum-strength salicylic acid is naturally derived from Wintergreen. It helps clear acne blemishes, pimples, and blackheads. Other ingredients, Tea Tree essential oil helps cleanse your skin, while Manuka oil reduces the appearance of blemishes.

Tips

  • For dark circles underneath your eyes, I use Copaiba essential oil with either a carrier oil. Another way I like to use it is to apply my Wolfberry eye cream, then layer the oil on top.
  • Other great skin supporting oils include: Frankincense, lavender, Myrrh, sandalwood, geranium, german chamomile.
  • When applying oils to your face, make sure to stay a good distance from your eye. You never want to get oils in them. If by chance you do get some in your eye, rinse with a liquid carrier oil first. This will “carry” the oil from your eye. Water is not as effective, as water and oil do not mix.

Want to know more about oils and how to get started? Visit my page all about essential oils!

Succulent Terrarium

I finally made it to where I can keep plants alive! I’ve had a black thumb for my own plants forever, but I’ve successfully kept 3 plants alive since January, and 2 succulent terrariums for a couple months now! I did a lot of research for my terrarium class, and found a lot of people lose succulents to pests and sickness. Well, this is the mist I use to keep the plants healthy and pest free!

Terrarium Mist

Indoor plants can sometimes attract or harbor insects. This 2-in-1 essential oil infused Terrarium Mist not only provides your plants with needed moisture, it works naturally and effectively to keep pests at bay as well.

2 drops Young Living Tea Tree essential oil
2 drops Young Living Lavender essential oil
2 oz filtered water

Add to 2oz spray bottle and shake well. Spritz
succulents and surrounding soil as needed.

Thieves Laundry Soap Hack

 

Most laundry detergents are full of toxic fragrances and harsh chemicals. The EWG has a database you can see ratings of ingredients in the products you use, ( look here! ) 60% of the products scored a D and F for clean ingredients.

I hear all the time how living cleaner is more expensive, and it can be. A great thing I do is dilute the laundry soap I buy from Young Living, I get 3 bottles out of 1. It ends up only costing around 15 cents a load and is chemical free! You only need 1/2 capful at most!

Here’s what you’ll need:
3 – 32oz Bottles – I use old YL detergent bottles
Thieves Laundry Soap
Thieves House Hold Cleaner
Essential Oil of your choice (Citrus Fresh, and Purification are amazing!)
Warm Filtered Water

First, evenly divide the laundry soap into 3 containers. Then add two capfuls of Thieves Household Cleaner to each bottle. Next add 10- 15 drops of essential oil to each bottle. Slowly fill with warm filtered water and shake.

Easy, quick and cost effective.

DIY Perfume with Oils and Host Your Own Class

You know when you buy shampoo, lotion, perfume or most products you apply on your body, the label says Fragrance on the ingredient list. Fragrance is a known respiratory irritant and neurological toxin and one in five people in the US experience adverse health effects from synthetic fragrance exposure. (read more here) How scary is that? Fragrance is known to disrupt your endocrine system, the same system in charge of producing hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, and mood and more. Who wants to throw those off balance? Not me!

Now that you see some of the importance of staying away from the synthetic fragrances in body products, dryer sheets, soaps..etc. Let me show you how you can make your own perfume. One step closer to ditching those chemicals and filling your home with products that will support your body not disrupt it.

To make the perfume you’ll need:

  • Bottles or rollers of some sort (We made Eau De Parfume so I got spray bottles HERE)
  • Oils (so I don’t undercut Melissa, specifics will not be listed)
  • Vodka (needs to be 80 proof or higher)
  • Clear vanilla (I used an organic not clear vanilla 😛 it worked great)

Add in oils of your choice to your bottle, and fill with vodka (can substitute witch hazel). Voila! Easy, good for your body, and smells amazing!

How To Host Your Own Class

Royal Crown Diamond Melissa Poepping wrote a DIY perfume book (get it here). While a lot use Rose in the ingredients, I chose 2 that did not. There were quite a few oils I did not have, but I had been saving up Essential Rewards points, and used those to get the more expensive oils for my class.

Before the class I made 2 tester bottles of the perfumes my guests would choose from. Oils react differently with everyone’s body, so it was good for everyone to try them before choosing. I used my Cricut to make gold and a silver label for the perfume bottles, this was a big hit. It made the finished product look so pretty! We made Eau De Parfume: City Lights and Escape at the class I hosted.

For the class you’re going to need

  • Bottles or rollers of some sort (We made Eau De Parfume so I got spray bottles HERE)
  • Oils (so I don’t undercut Melissa, specifics will not be listed)
  • Vodka (needs to be 80 proof or higher)
  • Clear vanilla (I used an organic not clear vanilla 😛 it worked great)

The recipes can be made as 10ml, 1oz, or 2oz. The amount of oils you use is the same for each one but the amount of vodka and water you use differs and it obviously makes a different concentration (that’s all explained in the book). You can decide if you want to offer rollers or spray bottles that are 10ml, 1oz, 2oz, or a variety of all sizes for your classes. I just did 2oz bottles for my class.

During the class I taught about how many chemicals a woman applies in a day and touched on the dangers of fragrance in products. I had the ladies smell and test both perfumes. Then we got into making them! Everyone had a great time!

Hello Spring Roll-On

We woke up to an inch of snow Sunday, but Monday it felt like spring! Chilly…but sunny, fresh and no clouds to be seen. With spring comes pollen and flowers. Who likes to enjoy the outdoors? I know I do! 2nd hike of the season is coming up today and while I haven’t had any issues yet, I like to be prepared.

This combo of oils is a lifesaver this time of year. I like to use it in a roller but you can also diffuse around the house (diffusing I use 2 drops each).

First, grab a roller! I love using 5ml rollers (My favorite place to get bottles is: https://www.bestbottles.com and https://www.myoilyhabit.com), and I make my own labels with my Cricut.

Then, you need your oils. I use 5 drops each of lemon, lavender and peppermint in a 5ml bottle.

Last, you need a carrier oil. Sweet almond is my go to, amazon has the best price for a bottle! Fill the bottle the rest of the way with your carrier and roll away!

*Lemon essential oil is photosensitive. So use caution when applying before going out into the sun. I apply to the bottom of my feet or on an area that will be covered by clothing. Photosensitive oils can cause burning or darkened spots on your skin after exposure to uv rays.*