Crafting is therapeutic and can give you a sense of accomplishment. Who doesn't need that in their life right now? I've collected and created five Do It Yourself Fall projects to give you a sense of control over something with a wonderful gift for yourself at the end. Some recipes are quick and some take a bit more effort and time. Pick one or all five FALL recipes to make for yourself or gift to a friend. Whether it's to pamper your skin, save time diffusing, making a perfume that inspires you, a bath scoop (bomb) that helps you relax after a hard day, and a face mask spray that uplifts and sanitizes to keep you safer. With a bit of planning, you can create many things with these recipes and become a gifter extraordinaire.
The time it takes to complete each product varies but is not long and making sure you have the ingredients is the most mental work. It may seem expensive at first to make all these, but once you have the supplies, you can repeat these recipes many times and they will provide dozens of gifts for your friends or oil team! You can change the oils for the seasons too. To make things easier, there is a comprehensive list of ingredients and supplies at the end of this article.
Here are the recipes and directions for each autumn inspired project. Happy crafting!
MONDAY
Diffuser Bomb
Recipe "Pumkin Pie"
In a 2 oz labeled dropper bottle add the following Young Living essential oils and swirl:
20 Cardamom
10 Orange
10 Cinnamon Bark
10 Clove
After you fill your clean ultrasonic diffuser with the proper amount of water per manufacturer directions, add a portion of of the premixed oils and diffuse. You can vary the amount to your preference that day, so start with less to add more as you desire. It should last about a week diffusing on your lowest diffuser setting and using it once a day. Feel free to mix a larger batch if you love the aroma and want to diffuser more than once a day.
TUESDAY
Pumpkin Face Mask
This cool fruit mask brightens, tightens, and tones your face and smells divine.
2 T canned organic pumpkin puree
2 t honey
1 egg
3 drops Young Living Frankincense essential oil Beat the egg in a small bow.
Add the pumpkin puree and mix well. Add the honey and Frankincense and stir well. Use a fan brush (or your fingers) to apply the mixture all over your face, avoiding the eye area. Let it sit for 20 minutes and do something quiet. Rinse and notice the glow on your skin!
Store leftovers in fridge for up to 3 days. Since this mask exfoliates your skin, don't use more than once a week. You can freeze the leftover pumpkin puree in ice cube trays. Once the pumpkin is frozen, pop them out and store in a freezer container. Thaw 2 cubes in the fridge overnight to use the next day for that glowing appearance.
WEDNESDAY
Perfume Roll-On
I recommend using tree oils to help create a calming perfume. The Japanese take Forest Bathing seriously, since walking in a tree filled area is soothing to the psyche.
In a 10 ml glass roller bottle, add
5 drops Young Living Northern Lights Black Spruce
5 drops Idaho Grand Fir
Carrier oil (like Fractionated Coconut or Grapeseed Oil, see explanation chart in previous post)
Roll perfume on your pulse points (Pulse points are located on your wrist, behind the ears, at the bottom of the throat, the inside of the elbows or behind the knees. They are the warm areas because of how close the blood pumps near the skin's surface, therefore making an ideal area to apply perfume. ) Reapply every 3-4 hours as desired.
THURSDAY
Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) Bubble Bath Scoops
- 1.25 C Baking Soda (aluminum free)
- 1 C Citric Adic
- .5 C SLSA
- .25 C Pumpkin Powder
- .25 C Milk Powder
- .5 t Orange Mica
- 1C Cacao Butter
- 1 t Polysorbate 80 or PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
- 40 drops Young Living Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil
- 1 pipette Clear, Pure Vanilla (I recommend this one, which lasts a long time and can be used for baking.)
- 15 drops Young Living Nutmeg Essential Oil
- 10 drops Young Living Ginger Essential Oil
Sift dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Whisk slowly until the ingredients are combined. You may want to wear a face mask to mix with the SLSA being a very fine powder. Melt cocoa butter in microwave for 20-30 seconds and stir (add increments of 10 seconds and stir until completely melted), then set aside for 10 minutes. Stir Polysorbate 80 and essential oils into cocoa butter.
Pour melted oil mixture over the dry ingredients and knead with vinyl gloved hands. It should feel like cookie dough.
Pack and press mixture tightly into the scoop, flattening the back side of the truffle. Release the truffle onto a lined tray. Place the remaining 11 scoops on the tray with space between them to help the drying process. Leave truffle scoops to dry for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight. Oil safety: cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger are not suitable for sensitive skin, kids under 10 and not safe during pregnancy.
FRIDAY
Face Mask Sani-Spray
This recipe is both aromatherapy and cleanser for re-wearable cloth masks between thorough washings. Bonus fact: Thieves oil is also an immune booster!
10 drops Young Living Thieves Essential Oil
10 drops Orange Essential Oil
Mix oils in a 2 ox Spray Bottle with 2 T 60% isopropyl alcohol or higher, fill with filtered water. Spray 2"-4" away from face mask (not on face) on both sides. Let dry for 1 minute before donning mask.
Feel free to comment below or share your DIY handy work using these ideas on social media, tag me so I will see it @shawnsoilytestimonies. Here's to a crafty and great smelling FALL!
Comprehensive Ingredient List for all recipes:
Young Living Essential Oils-
Cardamom
Orange
Cinnamon Bark
Clove
Nutmeg
Ginger
Thieves
Frankincense
Northern Lights Black Spruce
Idaho Grand Fir
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Carrier oil (Fractionated Coconut or Grapeseed)
Baking Soda (aluminum free)
Citric Acid
SLSA
Pumpkin Powder
Milk Powder
Orange Mica
Cacao Butter
Canned Organic Pumpkin Puree
Honey (raw, if possible)
1 egg
Polysorbate 80 or PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Clear, Pure Vanilla (I recommend this one, which lasts a long time and can be used for baking.)
60% or higher Isopropyl Alcohol
Comprehensive Supply List:
Kitchen supplies (mixing bowls, spoons, flour sifter, lined baking tray)
2 oz dropper bottle
10ml glass roller bottle
2 oz glass spray bottle
Makeup fan brush (optional)
Ice cube trays (optional)
Vinyl gloves optional
Sandwich zipper or small cellophane bags
2" x 2" labels (preferrably printable vinyl)
We've been quarantined for 5 months and our nerves are frayed. We've had a shortage of toilet paper and eggs and can't eat out at restaurants. The summer travel list was a bust, and it's time for students to resume their learning. Public school executives are working a plan to get teachers and students safely back into classrooms, but keep pushing back the start date. Parents may not have gotten much of a break from their children to sweeten the bond. And it looks like school will begin at home, just like it ended in the Spring.
This time is stressful for parents and caregivers; because in the normal rhythm of life, we'd be sending our kids off to well-equipped teachers in classrooms in a school building. I understand many families choose to send their children to private school or already home school, either way, it's important to have an effective bedtime routine. Letting the brain rest is important to learning and emotional well-being.
So, there are several clean Young Living products you can incorporate into your nightly routine (it's cheaper to acquire them on the monthly subscription plan with Essential Rewards.) These tools are especially for the crisis home school parent or caregivers, the children who are ready to return to their classrooms but cannot, and for younger siblings at home in the mix. Get one or two items a month or incorporate them into your life as you can.
At least two weeks before the first day of school and the kid's classroom conference calls begin, it's important to establish a good school sleep routine. You know, that means beginning the bath routine earlier than during the summer, but Young Living has created a new product to assist. So, 30-45 minutes before bed, give the 4 year old and up kids an UnWind packet to dissolve in their mouths. While it works it's magic, make it reading time with their favorite night time books. Set a timer and this way, you'll stay on track and the timer can be the "bad guy." Expect negotiations to become less and less as you use this product consistently.
Then it's off to the bathroom for a bath with KidScents Bath Gel, this is a toxic free gel that won't disrupt your growing children's hormones. Playing in the warm bath is therapy for most children and playing with their favorite toys is a ritual they can create. Be smart about setting an alarm again (maybe 10-15 minutes per child), it can be set to indicate hair washing time after body washing & play. Wash their hair with KidScents Shampoo because it has no mineral oils, synthetic perfumes, no artificial colors, and has natural aloe, MSM, Chamomile, Tangerine and Lemon therapeutic grade essential oils that clean effectively and gently without causing irritation.
Teach them to respond the way you need when they can hear the timer go off and learn to regulate themselves to wrap up play time in the bath, it's a process, have grace for yourself and them. Of course you have to stagger the time if you are sharing the bathroom. And some kids take showers, the same bath gel and shampoo products work until they are tweens. Then they can move over to Young Livings Bath and Shower Gel, bar soap and hair products like the Lavender Shampoo & Conditioner. If they take a shower in the morning, I recommend the Lavender Mint shampoo instead. That goes for Mom and Dads too!
Once dry, either you or have them apply KidScents Lotion (or Seedlings Baby Lotion or even Seedlings Baby Oil) to their skin. For the younger students, this gives you an opportunity to give them a quick massage. Their muscles, tendons and ligaments are growing fast and their emotions are too, especially during this pandemic! One of the best things we can do is create a stable routine for them to feel secure and bedtime is a wonderful time for this! We have our great Hand & Body Lotions for tweens and up to use since their bodies are changing too and they don't need toxic, petrochemicals and synthetic ingredients on their skin.
Next, give them a KidScents Mighty Pro packet to dissolve in their mouths to support their gastrointestinal and immune health and aid in learning. Studies are showing gut health directly effects our brain health. So, once they figure out they get one or two treats at bedtime, it may sweeten the deal for weary parents who need some alone time! Kids who can swallow a capsule (helps to put chin to chest) can take our Life9 probiotic that you store in your fridge after opening.
If they can, have the elementary students drop sleep enhancing essential oils from your starter kit, like Lavender or Stress Away, into their Feather the Owl Diffuser and start it. We have several diffusers for parents and teens rooms.
Now it's time to brush their teeth (only the ones they want to keep is what I'd tell Emily) with KidScents Toothpaste. By now, they should be unwound and ready for bed. If they want, they can spray the Seedlings Calm Linen Spray or a DIY Pillow Spray on their pillow (Visit my Pinterest Board of YL DIY Sprays for recipe ideas.) Sing a song and say a prayer and do the things they like before you leave the dark room. Hopefully this will aid you in your bedtime routine and become a habit your children look forward to. I hope you begin of the crisis home schooling semester off on the right foot, with Young Living products to assist you.
By the way, if anyone is struggling to breathe freely, try our new Thieves Chest Rub. Use the hands free applicator to put a bit on their chest to keep those airways open as they slumber.
May your night time routine catch on quickly and empower you to spend time with your significant other!
Note: As your Young Living Sponsor for substitution ideas if a product is out of stock. If that's me, shoot me a text!
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