DIY Sprays
A natural alternative to alcohol based hand cleansers!
Make your own health promoting solution that won't dry your hands out and won't deliver any harmful chemicals through your skin! Combine the following into a glass dispenser of your choice:
5 tablespoons Aloe Vera Gel
4 Tablespoons of water
1/4 teaspoon Vitamin E Oil
8-10 drops Protective Blend
Homemade Pest Repellant
Traditional bug sprays contain dangerous chemicals and skin irritants! This recipe is gentle, all natural, powerful, and smells amazing! Combine in a dispenser of your choice (we prefer a glass spray bottle) the following ingredients:
4 Tablespoons water
2 Tablespoons Witch Hazel
4 drops Thyme
4 drops Lemongrass
4 drops Lavender
4 drops Peppermint
8 drops Repellant Blend
Directions: Combine all ingredients. Shake well before each use. Apply as needed every few hours when outdoors.
Rollerball Solutions
Immune Booster
Have this on hand throughout the season to strengthen the immune system! Just roll it on the bottoms of the feet and/or back of the neck twice a day during the school season. Can be used everyday or whenever the immune system is threatened. Combine the following into a 10ml Rollerball (rollerballs can be purchased at aromatools.com or myoilbusiness.com)
15 drops Protective Blend
12 drops Oregano
9 drops Frankincense
6 drops Lemon
3 drops Peppermint
Fill the remainder with fractionated coconut oil
Respiratory Assistance
While we have found application of White Fir to the chest to be extremely effective in assisting the airways, here is another solution that can be combined in a rollerball if White Fir doesn't do the trick! Fill a 10 ml rollerball with the following ingredients and apply it to the throat and chest as needed. The Respiratory Blend will open up the airways and soothe tissue. Lime will further assist in supporting a healthy immune response.
40 drops Respiratory Blend
20 drops Lime
Fill the remainder with Fractionated Coconut Oil
Seasonal Relief
Roll this blend on your feet morning and night. During the day, roll on your chest. This blend is also very beneficial to take internally (3 drops of each oil in a capsule). But if you don't have the time to open 3 bottles to fill a capsule or add to water, the rollerball makes for a quick and easy application! Helps open airways and soothe and support healthy respiratory function.
20 drops Lavender
20 drops Lemon
20 drops Peppermint
Fill the remainder with Fractionated Coconut Oil
Focus Assist
This blend calms, soothes and stabilizes the central nervous system. It creates a deep, quiet calm and frees the nerves from excessive tension. It nourishes and protects the brain and nervous system, restoring feelings of hope and mental strength as well as promoting a positive outlook on life. It can help ease the pain behind anger and quiet mind chatter. Apply to the bottoms of the feet and/or back of the neck as needed. Fill a 10 ml rollerball with the following:
40 drops Vetiver
15 drops Ylang Ylang
10 drops Frankincense
7 drops Clary Sage
5 drops Marjoram
Fill the remainder with Fractionated Coconut Oil
Sleep Blend
For a more restful sleep, this blend can really quiet the mind and help the body to relax. Apply to the bottoms of the feet and/or back of the neck as needed. Fill a 10 ml rollerball with the following:
15 drops Grounding Blend
15 drops Calming Blend
15 drops Ylang Ylang
15 drops Vetiver
15 drops Bergamot
15 drops Roman Chamomile
3 drops Patchouli
Fill the remainder with Fractionated Coconut Oil
Tips from our Specialists
Optimize four areas to improve your health: 1) proper nutrition through organic, non-GMO foods, 2) choose personal care products wisely (what you put on goes right into your bloodstream rather than being filtered through your gut), 3) avoid toxicity, and 4) detoxification with essential oils.
- Kristen Pardue, RD, CLC
It's easier to stay healthy than to get well! Focus on regular sleep habits, good diet, careful hygiene and incorporate the essential oils and Basic Vitality supplements as part of your daily regimen!
- Jennifer Allen, the Essential Home
Tips For Boosting the Immune System
Enhance the bodies ability to protect itself!
Here are a few suggestions for strengthening your overall immunity throughout the season!
- Build Healthy Intestinal Flora! Probiotic Defense Formula helps populate the GI tract with beneficial microflora, enhancing immunity. It can bypass the acidic environment of the stomach and relase the good bacteria into the intestines where it is most effective.
- Diffuse Essential Oils Regularly! A single sneeze can launch over one hundred thousand contagious particles in the air! Diffusing oils such as lemon and a Protective Blend can purify and cleanse the air of these contagions, delivering positive effects on the immune system.
- Use Essential oils to Clean Surfaces! Using a Protective Blend in your homemade cleaning products can be very effective in cleaning surfaces while preventing exposure to harmful toxins that can be found in most other chemical-based cleaning products. Suggested oils for cleaning include Lemon, Grapefruit, Wild Orange, Cleansing Blend, or the Protective Blend
- Get plenty of rest and regular exercise (even 20 minutes 3 times a week will be beneficial)! Stress, anxiety, sleep deprivation all contribute to a compromised immune system! "Early to bed, early to rise makes a person healthy and wise" isn't just a catchy rhyme...