These are some of my favorite blends to diffuse during the fall. Not only are diffusing essential oils safer than burning candles, but they also have added health benefits!
Savvy Minerals Makeup by Young Living
I am so excited to share that Young Living now offers a chemical-free makeup line…Savvy Minerals! Free of cheap fillers and synthetics. Savvy Minerals makeup is vegan, not tested on animals, ideal for sensitive skin and provides beautiful, buildable color for all day wear.
Choosing your foundation color… a few tips!
Here are some tips for selecting the right foundation color for YOU…
1. Check Your Veins
Look at the veins inside your wrist. If they look more blue, you likely have cool undertones. If they look greenish, then you’re warm.
2. The Jewelry Trick
If you look better in silver jewelry, your skin may be cool. If you look better in gold jewelry, your more likely to be warm.
3. The Neutral Test
Think about what neutral shades flatter you best. If your skin, eyes, and fave look better in bright white or black hues then you are a cool tone. If you look better in ivory, off-whites, and brown/tan shades, then you are a warm tone.
4. Eye and Hair Color
Your natural eye and hair colors can help figure out your coloring. Cool-toned women usually have eyes that are blue, gray, or green and have blonde, brown, or black hair with blue, silver, violet, and ash undertones. Warm-toned women usually have brown, amber, or haze eyes with strawberry blonde, red, brown, or black hair with gold, red, or orange undertones.
5. The Sun’s Effects
When you’re out in the sun, does your skin turn a golden-brown, or does it burn and turn pink first? If you fit into the former category, you’re warm-toned, while cool tones tend to burn.
For your face:
We have two different bronzers, one for light skin (Crowned all Over) and one for darker or more sun-kissed skin (Summer Loved).
There are three blushes: Smashing, I Do Believe You’re Blushin’, and Passionate.
8 eye shadows: shown in the image below.
Jetsetter eyeliner that you can use the Misting Spray to create a liquid liner (spray in lid and dip eye liner brush to create a liquid) or wear dry for a softer liner.
Multitasker: dark brown color that can be used on brows, as eyeliner or as eye shadow.
For your lips:
The two gloss colors are Embrace (nude-y peach) and Abundance (light pink) and they are both infused with Peppermint oil. 🙂
Choose from four lipsticks: On a Whim, Day Dream, Wish, and Uptown Girl. They are moisturizing and give you a really pretty and natural color.
Finishers:
Misting spray: one of our favorite products! You can spray this on your makeup brush for a creamier foundation application (spray on the brush and then swirl in cap with tapped out foundation). Includes aloe, cedarwood, geranium, lavender, and rose oil. Can be used to set your makeup as well.
Diamond Dust: a setting powder that gives you a finished, air brushed look. Smoothes and blurs fine lines and pores.
If you haven’t joined Young Living as a wholesale member yet to get exclusive pricing on the Savvy Minerals line, you can join here!
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6 Ways We Use Essential Oils Everyday
Our family has been using essential oils for about 3 years now and we LOVE them! We use them every. single. day. One of the questions I get asked the most about essential oils is what do I actually use them for. So I thought I would share some of the ways that we use them on a daily basis.
1. For immune support – One of the main reasons I got started with oils was for supporting our immune systems. I have children and they go to school and are exposed to so many germs. Adding oils to our daily routine has definitely been a game changer for our family.
2. For helping our kiddos sleep better – Another main reason that I started using essential oils was because I wanted to change my son’s sleeping habits. At 2 years old, he was still waking up in the middle of the night on a regular basis and coming into our bedroom. This mama was ready for a solid night’s sleep! We started diffusing Lavender and Peace & Calming in both of the kids’ rooms at night at it definitely helped. I also try and diffuse other relaxing oils in the living room about 30-45 minutes before my kids start getting ready for bed. A couple of my favorites are Cedarwood, Gentle Baby, and Valor.
3. For healthy skin – I’m the type of person that isn’t devoted to a certain brand of skincare or makeup. I have always tried different ones and maybe that’s because I never found anything that I fell in love with. Now I use essential oils and my skin is loving it! Frankincense supports healthy, glowing skin and it’s also very calming and grounding. I made a face serum that I apply every night before bed. It contains Frankincense, Helichrysum, Myrrh, and Lavender mixed with jojoba oil. I also use Tea Tree or Purification on blemishes.
4. For emotional support – Essential oils have the ability to directly access and affect the brain’s limbic region, the center of emotion and memory. Many oils can be used to create a positive emotional state, help soothe grief, create an environment of relaxation at the end of a long day, and much more. Simply inhaling certain oils can be extremely calming and uplifting. You can also apply them to the back of your neck or to your wrists. I have a blend that I mixed up in a roller bottle for my kids. It contains Valor, Orange, and Release. Whenever they need a little emotional balance, I swipe it across their wrists and on the back of their necks. 🙂
5. For chemical-free cleaning – I’ve never been a big fan of cleaning products. The smells are always so overwhelming and I’ve had headaches from cleaning the bathroom. Enter Thieves all-purpose cleaner! Not only is it all natural, but it’s safe to use around my kids and it is 100% effective. I use it to wipe down countertops, windows, appliances, and the kid’s bathtub. There are also DIY recipes that you can make using essential oils themselves, like using lemon oil to remove sticky residue or thieves + lemon mixed with baking soda to make a scrub to remove stains. All natural, plus they leave your house smelling amazing!
6. To make our smell good – I used to be a HUGE candle user. I would stock up on those big, 3 wick candles when they went on sale and burn them all of the time to make my house smell good. Between dogs and kids, there is usually some kind of odor in the house and I would rather my house smell like flowers or citrus fruit. Then I started reading up on how toxic candles are when you burn them and I decided that I did not want to expose my children to that. So now we diffuse essential oils! Not only do they make my house smell amazing, but they have added benefits.
The Premium Starter Kit Oils
Three years ago, I made the best $160 investment. Yes, purchasing the premium starter kit for myself and my family was the best $160 I have ever spent and it has paid for itself 100x over.
I initially purchased my kit because I had been researching about ways to kick toxins out of my house. All of the store bought cleaners that were under my kitchen and bathroom sinks were filled with toxic chemicals that I did not want to use any longer. I bought a book from Amazon about DIY household cleaners and a couple of bottles of essential oils to get me started.
Luckily, a friend of mine started sharing about her family’s success with Young Living essential oils and how they used them for all sorts of things…cleaning their house, respiratory support, emotional support, and being able to enjoy the outdoors in springtime without taking any medications. I decided to purchase a kit for myself!
Fast forward three years and I find myself using the oils that come in the starter kit every single day, as well as several others. I clean with them, I diffuse them (bye-bye toxic candles!) in the morning to help motivate us and at night to help us unwind, I apply them to my face every night and on sore muscles when I decide to go running, the list goes on and on.
I would love to share about each of the oils that comes in the starter kit and tell you a little bit about each one.
The kit includes:
- Thieves – the healthy-keeper. It helps kill airborne yuckies, boosts immunity, and is just the greatest.
- Purification – gets rid of bad odors; I love it in our laundry and on any shoes with leather inserts! It also is great for spot treating blemishes.
- Copaiba – supports body’s response to irritation, it enhances other oils.
- Frankincense – Incredible for skin and immune systems, eases occasional and minor tension, promotes feelings of calmness and balance (Was given to baby Jesus as a gift. So cool!).
- RC – contains 3 different kids of eucalyptus which have naturally occurring eucalyptol (really good stuff), it’s great for respiratory comfort.
- DiGize – supports a super healthy digestive system, eases nausea and upset/sour stomach.
- Lemon – naturally highlights hair, maintains energy levels, helps oily skin, calluses, cellulite, detoxing your body. The works.
- Stress Away – exactly what it says. We roll it onto our wrists and the back of our necks anytime we want it.
- Peppermint – helps me enjoy springtime outdoors, Soothes occasional head tension, supports digestive system (it’s one of my go to oils for my sensitive tummy) promotes proper nasal and respiratory function! Love this stuff.
- Panaway – so many types of relief, especially with muscles!!
- Lavender – “the Swiss Army knife of essential oils.” We use it for enjoying the springtime outdoors. It’s great for relaxation, sleepy cream, a calm environment for kids, and dry/chapped/irritated skin.
- 11 of the most popular essential oils (Thieves, Purification, Copaiba, Frankincense, RC, Digize, Lemon, Stress Away, Peppermint, Panaway, and Lavender)
- Two pouches of NingXia Red (The BEST drink on the planet!)
- 10 – dram bottles (Perfect for sharing samples)
- 10 Love It! Share It! Cards (Informative share cards)
- 10 – Sample Packets (Two sample packets each of Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, Thieves and Peace & Calming.
- 1 AromaGlide Roller Fitment (Transform an oil bottle into a roller in one easy step).
- An issue of EO Magazine
- A Product Guide
If you’re ready to grab your kit then click HERE.
G R O W
I don’t believe in making New Year’s resolutions, because I always break them. One of the pastors at my church encouraged everyone to choose a word for the year, instead of a resolution. I loved this idea! So I came home and thought about it for about a week. What did I want for myself? What did I want for my family? What did I want for my business? I prayed about it every day. Then one day, God spoke to me and whispered “Grow”.
So for the year 2017, I am focusing on growing. Growing relationships as a wife, mother, and friend; growing in faith; and growing my businesses. Yes, I said business(es). While I have been mainly using this platform to share snippets of my photography business, I am going to switch gears and make it more of a lifestyle and wellness blog. Two years ago I bought an essential oil starter kit from Young Living and now it has turned into a business. I have been sharing my passion for these oils with everyone I know and the business side seemed like a logical step. So now I have two businesses that I am running and I’m still learning how to balance it all!
I have a team of people under me in my oil business that require time and attention so that we can grow as a team, so I will be scaling back my photography business a little. Photography is still one of my passions, so I will never be able to give it up completely. I just don’t have as much time to sit at my computer and edit photos anymore, so I won’t be accepting as many clients. I will be offering limited dates, so make sure and book your session with me in advance to secure your spot. 🙂 And if you’re interested in learning more about my essential oil business with Young Living, click on the WELLNESS tab at the top of my page.