Don't drink and.....

What did you think?? This was going to tell you not to drink and drive, well don't do that! Thats a give in! Some people I would say don't drink and text, or don't drink and blog.. Which leads me to why there was not a post yesterday! This girl was a little to happy to be celebrating the almost end of school.. BUT on a side note if you have a glass of wine and wake up with a headache there's an oil for that! Anyways I was going to blog about drinking some oils and tell you about a few more in the starter kit : )

Yes I said DRINKING some oils. Peppermint in your water, is YUMMMMM! Drink out of glass always! Why, well 1 because I have always been told so, and 2 the oils can break down the plastic which can cause toxins to be drawn into your water! Peppermint, Lemon, and Grapefruit is called the weightloss trio. I personally do not have Grapefruit (yet) mine is on the way but I drink peppermint in my water in the morning,and lemon during the day! Sometimes I will drink peppermint in my green tea in the morning. Peppermint gives you a nice boost of energy and Lemon its detoxifying.

So lets talk FRANKLY about Frankincense. When I saw this I thought what the what?? Why in the world do I want my house to smell like a Catholic mass. When I was younger my mom put me in a Catholic school, this was tough because WE WERENT CATHOLIC, and trust me I was not in my element. Well I shouldn't say completely my whole side of my dad's family was Catholic so I wasnt a stranger to the Mass, but still I was an outside. Tangent over lets get back to the oil. So I saw Frankincense and I thought thats weird because I remember that smell from mass and it was G R O S S! So I started doing some research on the uses, and then finally decided to try it in my diffuser the other day. Here is what I found:

• Helps aging skin when mixed with Lavender and Coconut Oil morning and night
• Helps heal and reduce appearance of cuts and scars
• Take internally to boost immunity
• Soothes children when applied with coconut oil onto their feet * (please read on oils and kids before trying anything with your kids)
• When applied directly on spine it helps with back pain
• Diffuse to uplift mood, combat sadness and anxiety
• Relieves stress when applied to temples and wrist
• Cough and irritation can be soothed when applied on neck and throat
• Apply 1 drop to acne to help clear skin
• Massage into sore joints
• Soothes irritation of itchy, dry skin

I bet you want to try this oil now don't you?? Those are some awesome benefits!

So Frank is now in my use, and I do not have flashbacks of my Catholic school days! 

I will be anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Grapefruit oil so I can try the weight loss trio.. I was just reading about people making body wraps with different oils and how it actually worked!! That was interesting because its prime bikini season in Florida now!! Like always questions are welcomed!!

My Lucky 3

So yesterday I went on and on about the benefits of Thieves. A month ago if you said to me "I will tell you the benefit of thieves" I would of said "what benefit is there to having someone steal from you??" Ok I am bad at humor so I will stick straight to the point. Tonight I will tell you about 3 different oils that I L O V E <3

First is my nighttime diffuser combo. Guess whats in it!! Your right THIEVES! My go to combo lately has been Thieves, Lavender, and Purification! Love these and I sleep so soundly and wake up feeling great! I will not go over thieves again but here are the others:

• Lavender (I like to call this my Peaceful Bliss)
• soothes the pain of minor bruises
• promotes relaxation (can be diffused, inhaled directly or applied to bottoms of feet)
• Reduce allergy symptoms for adults and KIDS, yup I said KIDS (internally or diffused)
• Relieve dry, chapped, or irritated skin
• Relieve cold sore symptoms
• Lavender and Coconut oil combined can help sunburned skin (YUP FLORIDIANS YOU HEARD IT)
• This also helps alleviate rashes and itch
• Adding to the bath with or without epsom salt 
• This is the most relaxing bath, great before bedtime!
• IF YOU CANNOT TELL THIS IS FOR RELAXATION
• Also helpful for scrapes, cuts, burns, headaches, bacteria, cramps and fevers
• Purification (I talked about this with my skincare)
• Cleans the air and neutralizes foul or stale odor when diffused (EVERY Italian SHOULD own this and a diffuser) (SERIOUSLY!!)
• This also works placing a few drops on a cotton ball and adding to your air vents in the car, home or office
• Traveling soon?? Inhale this during flight to help protect against pathogens (this air is recirculated so that person hacking up a lung in coach, yup their air is coming up to you in first class, paying extra isn't going to keep those germs away)
• A drop on insect bites helps stop the itch and cleans the cut
• BLEMISHES.. Read my skincare post to see how I use it daily!!
• Rub on your sore throat to ease that pain
• Freshen your laundry
• add a few drops to wash
• or my favorite is an old rag or towel with a few drops of purification and a drop of lavender or citrus fresh in the dryer (this is a great way to freshen up those jeans you have worn 3 times already, yup GUILTY)
• Put some on a cotton ball and add to your stinky tennis shoes, FRESH and SO CLEAN CLEAN

So this sums up my nighttime 3, but you get a bonus because technically I only told you about 2 and the third one was yesterday!

Today I fell in love with LEMON! Something I use all the time... We use Lemons in our waters on our food in cooking, but who would of thought to use it in your CLASSROOM! As you can tell I am a First Grade Teacher, and our school year ends in 7 days!! YES 7 MORE DAYS!! I am H A P P Y, but on the downside we have to strip our rooms for summer school. So that means the dreaded marker on my board that has been there for a year has to come off.. So I had some Lemon oil with me today and I said " Hey Self try that Lemon Oil to get this marker off" and guess what IT HELPED LIKE ALOT!!! Here are some other benefits to Lemon Oil as well

• Lemon
•  Ingesting or diffusing while studying helps retain information
• Tap Water got you down, a drop of Lemon will help kill the Germs
• Rub on calluses, corns, or bunions 
• Reduce Heartburn with 3 drops of Lemon in water
• Uplifts mood when diffused
• Degreaser
• Removes hard water spots from dishwasher when added
• Remove sticky residue
• Helps remove gum from hair and carpet
• Removes crayons from walls (sounds like a MOM must have)
• Some other uses are bloating, lethargy, energy loss, anxiety, brittle hair and nails, mouth sores, cough, and infections!

This Oily Teacher is T I R E D! Lemon will have to get me through my morning! As always feel free to ask questions! 

Skincare and Germ Killers, what else does a girl need???

So I have been playing around with my oils a lot lately! My best friend just left yesterday to go back to Colorado and we had a blast while she was here! She is opening up her own spa in Durango, CO so if your ever out that way check her out at The Zen Den Body and Skincare Durango! While she was here she fell in love with my oils so much that she decided to buy a kit for her business. AWESOME! My first sale and I didn't even have to tell her anything, these things really just sell themselves, but I am in no way here to sell anything this is pure informational! You may contact me if you are interested in trying and I will help you out in any way I can!

I mean look at that glow!

So lets start with my new skincare routine! When Erica was here she gave me the most amazing facial, but I cannot have her here all the time so I need an esthetician in a bottle. I have been doing this for a week now and I am in love!!! I use Khiels moisturizer, just a small tiny amount the size of a pea, and then I add 2 drops of purification and 1 drop of lemon. First this gives me an amazing glow and second I smell wonderful all day!

Now I have decided to go through one or two oils each post with its benefits and why I love it. The first oil I am going to post is about THIEVES! This literally is a germ killer in a bottle. This oil can be topical, aromatic (inhaled), and dietary (ingested). I use this all three ways! Every teacher, mom, and just human on the planet should have this! This is going to be my classroom disinfectant next year, and I will diffuse it when the kids leave each day! LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS STUFF! LIKE FOR REAL THOUGH! Below is how I use and then some other uses:

• Each morning I wake up and I place a drop on my thumb and hold on the roof of my mouth to help aid in building my immune system and fight against the germs the kiddos spread around all day. 
• I have rubbed on the bottom of my feet at night to help with fighting cold symptoms as well.
• Diffuse, sometimes with other oils like Purification, to help make the air smell clean and kill mold or any other airborne germs.
• I have not gotten into oil pulling yet and frankly I am afraid to try it, but I have put a drop of Thieves on my toothbrush and brushed around to help gum health and overall oral hygiene.

Other uses I have found through my research and what others have shared with me:

• Relief of cold and flu symptoms (outlined above)
• 2-4 drops in water and gargle to relieve a sore throat
• apply to throat and back of neck (with a warm compress) to relieve a sore throat
• Diffusing into the air will help kill 99% of airborne germs and mold
• Relieve a painful toothache with a drop on the area around the gums
• Applying to the roof of your mouth also aids in headache relief
• Cleaning any hard surfaces to kill the germs, mix in a spray bottle of water and just spray and wipe
• Safe to clean your pets cages with 

Young Living also has a full line of Thieves products: cleaner, spray, wipes, mouthwash, dental floss, toothpaste, soap, and lozenges.

Feel free to ask any questions or if you just want to know more :)

Thanks for joining me on this oily journey of mine!

A drop a day keeps the doctor away....HOPEFULLY

So I have had my oils for 5 days now and to say the least I am OBSESSED! A few things I have been doing with my oils are fighting migraines, trying to build my immune system, and well relaxing! Heres a break down:

• In the morning I use1 drop of Thieves on my thumb and hold on the roof of my mouth. This is a headache remedy, but also helps fight sickness and build immunity. 
• I diffuse Peppermint and lemon if I need a boost in the morning as well. 
• 1 drop of Peppermint in my water to help with any stomach issues!
• If I have a blemish I rub a little Purification on that bad boy to help draw out those toxins
• Some Joy on my wrist to help me throughout the day, because just like its name it brings me    J O Y!
• At night if I take a bath I will do a couple of drops of Lavender and Purification in the bath water to help relax, sometimes Stress Away if I had a rough night.
• I will diffuse Thieves when I get home if I have been around sick kids all day.
• To help with sleep I will diffuse lavender before bed and it makes me sleep like a baby!

I have been on Pinterest and Google searching things since I opened the box! I have been asking friends for tips and tricks and they are probably sick of seeing my name on their screens with questions, but I want to know it all! This is a way of life, it is not just something I am going to do for a week. Below is what I found and it helped my headache immediately!

So far my oily journey has been amazing! I cannot wait to continue this path because lets face it I am now an oiler! I am placing my next order and cannot decide, I want to order it all!!!!!

So I ordered oils

FED UP.. Those were the words I said to my husband before I took the $150 plunge into Young Living. Why were those my words? One word, MIGRAINE. I have suffered from migraines since I can remember, probably 9th grade. I think then I blamed them on Algebra, but I guess it really was just something going on in my body. If you are a sufferer then I AM S O R R Y because I feel your pain! So anyways why did I decide on oils? Well lets talk about what I have done first:

• Massages- these help, but lets face it who has the money to shell out every time you get a migraine? I can say I pay monthly at a membership place and this has helped eliminate the number of migraines I get! (look into Massage Heights or Massage Envy, both have similar plans and you get a massage for around $50 a month)
• Chiropractor- LOVE LOVE LOVE going POP! My insurance changed and this is around the cost of a massage for me, so that was just not helping the teacher budget I am on.
• Caffeine- I am an addict, but I tried cutting it out. That DID NOT help! It made it WORSE!
• Diet Changes- I have tried cutting out sugars, no changes. Tried not drinking alcohol. NO HELP! I even tried not eating meat (if you knew me that was hard because I love beef, like ALOT) this didn't help either.
• Medicines- Any migraine medicine the doctor tried, made me even more sick. So then I was taking migraine medicine to help the pain, getting sick, and taking Zofran to help with that. Who wants two medicines?

So this is where I looked at my husband and said those two little words FED UP! I had seen friends post about essential oils and have read a lot about it so I decided to do research, and this stuff is real. So I finally reached out to a friend and said "hey whats up with this, is it going to help me." She's a teacher too, and she sold me on the fact that there was a blend that helped kill germs and sickness and help your immune system, so after a few days of muddle through articles and researching different companies I said SIGN ME UP!

She sent me a wealthy of info, and I am not good at reading everything, but I did because no one wants to sign up and then the next month be told HEY YOU OWE ME MORE MONEY! So I took the $150 plunge and got the starter kit, which included a diffuser, umm cool!!! Guess what happened the day it got delivered?? YOUR RIGHT! MIGRAINE! SO I whipped that thing out so fast breezed through the packets and grabbed the bottle I was told that helped with that and slapped it on. 15 minutes later I am relaxing on the couch with my husband watching TV and I dont feel like I need to die and guess what PAIN IS GONE! I was shocked.. So I have been playing around for the last few days with them, and I AM SO IN LOVE!!

This is the beginning of a long journey, which has already turned into a love story!

                                                            My new diffuser in action