Free e-book Friday: Essential Oils & Natural Living

 

Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Reloaded: The Complete Step by Step Guide

 

Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded: How To Make Beauty Products At Home for Skin, Hair & Body Care -A Step by Step Guide & 70 Simple Recipes for Any Skin Type and Hair Type

 

Aromatherapy and Essential Oils Ultimate Guide (Boxed Set): 3 Books In 1 Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Guide with Recipes, Uses and Benefits

Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Volume 2 (Boxed Set)

Essential Oils For Weight Loss: Your Guide To Kickstart Your Weight Loss With Essential Oils 

Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Guide (Boxed Set): 3 Books In 1 Essential Oils Guide for Weight Loss with Recipes

1,001 Ways to Use Essential Oils - including 61 Essential Oils

Essential Oils: Powerful Essential Oils Recipes to Release Stress, Enhance Beauty, and Feel Beautiful

Treating Lice Naturally (No Chemical Lice Shampoo)

This is the one post I hope you'll never have to use.

Last winter my daughter was distraught. She caught lice. And a couple of the girls were ruthless.

We went through not one but two rounds of the chemical lice shampoo in stores with no breakthrough. The darn things eluded us. And her scalp was the only thing affected. She cried whenever I'd pick her hair, as her scalp was raw.

That's when I wondered, Could we do better? Did we have to use a chemical shampoo that only seemed to hurt rather than help?

We sprung for a metal, professional-use lice comb online, as the plastic ones that came in lice kits didn't seem to help - in fact, they kept breaking. It was the best $10 we could spend.

We also treated her sensitive scalp and hair with essential oils. After doing some research, we ended up creating a blend of coconut oil with tea tree oil, lavender essential oil, euchalyptus essential oil and rosemary essential oil. We diluted it with the coconut oil and rubbed into her scalp and hair, then combed out any nits. We continued this every other day for a week, and we finally broke through!

Even now, we periodically do a check as a precaution - particularly after overnights and camping!

Free Herbal Remedies E-Books (July 12, 2014)

Some of the freebies found today on Amazon: e-books on using herbs for your health:

The Natural Health Benefits of Herbs and Spices: What Herbs and Spices Can Do for Your Health, and How to Work Herbs and Spices into your Everyday Diet

 

30 Natural Herbal Remedies: Ancient, Herbal, and Natural Cures for Everyday Ailments (Homemade Remedies, Natural Healing, Herbal Medicine, Natural Remedies)

 

Nature Cure

 

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

 

Herbs And Essential Oils For Nausea And Digestive Ailments

The Old English Herbals

10 New Ways to Use Lemongrass Essential Oil

Lemongrass essential oil is my sleeper favorite. I wasn't sure about trying this essential oil for quite some time because of the scent. But it quickly became one of my favorites for rubbing on sore muscles - kind of a poor man's Deep Blue Rub .

I typically use a drop or two per leg, diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil , when my legs ache. And it's been a blessing for me for when my tendonitis flares up and as my little guy deals with growing pains. But I'm finding more and more interesting uses for lemongrass oil.

Here are 10 new ways to use lemongrass oil:

1. As a natural fruit and vegetable wash. Add 1-2 drops lemongrass oil in a large bowl of water, wash your produce and it kills bacteria and cleans off pesticides.
2. Yoga mat cleaner using witch hazel and lemongrass essential oil.
3. Lowering cholesterol. I've heard anecdotally that using lemongrass essential oil can assist in lowering cholesterol levels.  Marlene Hunt reported on the dōTERRA Facebook page: “I lowered my cholesterol about 15 points- apply on bottom of feet & over my heart.”
4. As a bug repellant. Mix lemongrass essential oil in a spray bottle of water; or mix with an unscented lotion.
5. Fighting fleas and ticks.
6. For stress relief.
7. As an antiseptic.
8. Fighting lactose intolerance. Rub lemongrass essential oil on the bottoms of the feet before or immediately after having dairy. 
9. For a household cleaning spray.
10. In cooking. I stumbled across this interesting recipe on doTERRA's Facebook page:

Thai Tom Kah soup with lemongrass and lime EOs at the finish; simmer fresh-caught local or regional fish, coconut milk, and fresh, finely chopped or grated garlic, ginger, galangal, coriander, onion, celery, Add prawns and mushrooms 15 minutes prior serving, and cast scallions and cilantro after adding EOs. 

For more great tips on using lemongrass essential oil, visit doTERRA's Facebook page for reader tips.

DIY Beauty: Free e-books on making natural beauty and personal care products (June 8, 2014)

Making natural beauty products? Here are some free e-books available today on Amazon:

• Body Butters For Beginners: Proven Secrets To Making All Natural Body Butters For Rejuvenating And Hydrating Your Skin (Soap Making, Body Butters, Lotion, ... Essential Oils, Natural Homemade Soaps) 
• Homemade Body Scrubs & Masks For Beginners: 50 Proven All Natural, Easy Recipes For Body & Facial Masks To Exfoliate Nourish, & Care For Your Skin (Body ... Lotions, Bath Salts, Perfumes, Creams) 
• 50 Best Homemade Body Scrub Recipes Homemade Body Scrubs: Recipes for natural, healthy, additive free and simple to make exfoliating scrubs (Quick and Easy Series) 
• Homemade Body Scrub Recipes. How To Make Body Scrub - DIY Book (Pamper Yourself)
• The Baby Boomers Beauty Bible (Cosmetic Making) BOX SET #6: Body Butters For Beginners & Homemade Body Scrubs & Masks For Beginners( (Body Scrubs, Soap Making, Body Butters, Exfoliating, Moisturizing ... Lotions, Bath Salts, Perfumes, Creams) 
• Homemade Body Sugar Scrubs: Quick and Easy recipes that are natural, healthy and additive free!

Happy reading! 

(Please note: Amazon can change its prices at any time.)