Greatest DEEP Tissue Massage Oil!

I have told you a bit about me on the About Me Page

I am so lucky I have a wonderful, amazing Masseuse - I tell her all the time she has healing hands
I could be having a horrible, week, having an extremely difficult time walking and she will come and fix me!!  I always feel so much better after she works on me!!

I had read a lot about different massage oils, and was researching which one I would want to try, with all that research non really excited me. So I started to research making my own. :)

Once I made it I was so excited to have her try it out, and I could not wait to see how it would feel and if it would really make a difference.  She already does such great work with what she was using
(a basic massage lotion)

When I gave it to her, I explained if she did not like it or did not want to try it I understood - I am new at Essential Oils and when she works on me she does extremely deep work - We agreed that if ether one of us did not want to keep using it we would be good.

IT WAS..... There really is not a word that could truly describe how amazingly fantastic it was!!!


It was so smooth, and it gave you that warm feeling when she massaged it on and that cool feeling in the mussels that followed.  I felt better then ever when she was done,  I even feel asleep on the table - That has never happened before!!!

She was so happy with the oil and loved the scent, how smooth, it was and how it felt on her hands!!!


The picture is of what I used - I gave the bottle to her and a Thank you :)

I use an 8oz Lotion Bottle with a pump (no Shown)
2/3 Grapeseed Oil
1/3 Sweet Almond Oil
30 Drops Wintergreen
20 Drops PanAway
15 Drops Aroma Siez
10 Drops Peppermint

I am more than thrilled with the results - My Muscles still feel super AMAZING!!!

Artichoke Dip W/ Lemon Essential Oil

 I LOVE Artichokes!!!! 

I found some amazing looking Artichokes at the grocery store and I had to have them
It is so sad it is a seasonal item :(


I have seen a ton of different dips out there

I am all about using Butter, Garlic and Lemon!!!
I use to use that squeeze lemon juice (you know the one I am talking about it looks like a lemon)
The taste of Lemon Juice and Lemon Oil are so different I thought I would try it with the oil
The Result - OHHHHH SOOOOO YUMMMMMMYYYYYY

I will give you my recipe but I think with food it is important to make it your own :)

I use a stick of Butter (Real Butter - none of that horrible fake stuff)
2 Tsp Garlic Powder - or 2 Gloves of Garlic (I prefer the cloves but was all out)
4 Drops of Lemon Essential Oil - (ONLY USE Therapeutic Grade!)

Melt the Butter add the Garlic and Lemon Essential Oil
Mix and let sit (Letting it sit for a few minutes helps all the flavors blend)

Enjoy!!!!

Peppermint Soap! LOVE THIS!!!!!

This is my first time trying to grow anything - One thing I am trying is Mint :)
I have a planter box with Sweet Mint, Speariment, and Chocolate Mint (seriously - it smells like mint chocolate ice cream)

Monday I posted about making the easiest Soap Ever - And it really is :)

I have been thinking about all the different kinds of soap I could make, and my mind kept wandering back to my mint box, and the idea of a refreshing / invigorating soap, one that makes me happy and feel amazing - Mint Soap :) :) :)

I plucked 10 leaves of mint off my Sweet Mint Plant and use a micro plane to "grate up" the mint
I rolled the mint tight and grated it, it turned out to be the perfect size for what I was thinking :)

I melted 3 cubes from the soap block I got with my kit

I added 6 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil - I wanted it Strong :)
I added the Mint shavings and oil to the melted soap and stirred it up
Pour in Mold

Let it dry, unmold and Enjoy :)

Love this Soap - It is amazing and feels like no other soap I have ever used - It makes me so happy and smile when I use it!!! :) :)

** Side note this might be amazing if you used a clear glycerin base as well, it would be so cool to be able to see all the little mint pieces "floating" around and the whole leaf in the bar!!! 

The Easiest Soap DIY :)

I love making my own things from scratch - Sometime that is just not easy or honestly freaks me out - I worry about working with Lye so when I saw this kit in +Michaels Stores I was intrigued
I had a great coupon so I thought I would try it out :)

Love it - The soap is amazing - This kit came with a white base, but there are quite a few verities to choose from :)

So easy to use - It comes with a HUGE Brick - I cut off 6 blocks and made 2 square and a thin rectangle

I microwaved the blocks for 30 seconds, they were perfectly melted when I took them out
I added 10 drops of Citrus Fresh and stirred until the oil was fully mixed in
I poured it into the cavities and let it sit till they were cooled.

I am thrilled with the way they turned out :)
I will be making all my soap this way from now on - I have a few ideas I want to try and will post them if they turn out well :)

My Pain Be GONE Capsules!!!

I am going to start this post with my Disclaimer:
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Today's post is a bit different - thou, the last few really have been as well.

If you have ever read the about me page, you would know my day consists of Pain, and a LOT of it!!   I have been on every pain med known to man, and yes they do help, but the side effects, and the rebound headache on top of the damage it does to a person's body, I really don't like using them unless I REALLY NEED to. 

I was told about a combination of oils he adds to a capsule that helps with pain.   I have to be honest I was extremely leary of it, but he has never steered me wrong so I ordered the other oils I needed to make it. 

I am going to add in another huge ONLY USE THERAPEUTIC GRADE ESSENTIAL OILS - That are safe for ingestion!!!!!

To make this you need:

A Vegetable Capsule - Mine are 00
5 Drops Frankincense
5 Drops Balsam Fir
5 Drops Copaiba

Take one every few hours till the pain is gone - For me right now it only takes one for it to start helping!  
I am not sure how well it will work for you or even if it will, but for me, it is nice to have something else to help with the pain.

I will say it has an odd after taste and you are going to want to drink a lot of water when you take it! :) 

A little about Copiba Link to Young Living's Info about it 

Copiba Helps with Pain
Balsam Fir Helps with Muscle and Bone Pain
Frankincense is a great anti-inflammatory
Together the help my Pain Be Gone!!!!  


 

Mother's Day Gifts

I am one of the Key Spouses for my husband's squadron, the other is one of the nicest most helpful people I know.

The Key Spouse Program is to help other spouses, we are here for them, being a support system for them while their Husband/Wife is deployed, helping them with sources if they need something, or just be a listening ear for them.

At this moment we have 2 wives with deployed spouses

We thought is would be nice to make a gift for them for mother's day

We made pampering baskets :)    The stress of being away from a loved one, to only have a short time to talk to them daily (if you are lucky enough to even get a daily call) to have to deal with not only your daily life but odd things that can pop up with the military, as minor as them needing a copy of something AGAIN to oooh the possibilities are endless (TRUST ME)
It is kinda like you are a single parent during this time, I have been a single parent and with speaking to some people who have or have had a deployed spouse it is the closest thing I can think of how to describe it. 

We wanted to make a gift of relaxation and pampering for them

We made
Lavender Bath Salts
Stress Away Bath Tea Bags
Peppermint Body Mist
Grapefruit Lip Scrub
Lemon Lip Balm

Put it all into a basket and will be delivering tomorrow :)

I love giving Gifts!!  Something to let them know I am thinking about them, and here for them! 

How to clean out your Essential Oil Bottels

I am all about reusing things, and these are great bottles!
I love roller bottles - as you have seen, and these are the perfect size for carrying around with you.

I wanted to not only "clean" them out, but I wanted to remove all hint of the previous oil from the bottle

One of the best things I have found to "pull out" the oil is Epsom salt :)
So I made a "cleaning" box and but in the bottles to sit for 2 hours

Next - time for a "bath" and another great way to use Vodka
Make sure the Vodka Covers the bottles / I also added the caps to this bath
This will get out any remaining oils and help remove the labels
I had them soak for 1 hour

It seems like a long process, and some people say that they just use Vodka, I am more of a safe then sorry kind of person thus why I do both :)

I have to admit I am so excited about my clean bottles
There are so many oils I have been wanting to mix and try out :)

-- I would like to side note something - If you sell Essential Oils - Hold On to your "empty" bottles, they still have a few drops left in them and would be great to use for a display, that way if people want to smell them they can, and you don't have to worry about losing any of your new/fuller bottles

Breath Spray

I LOVE making all my pampering goodies.
I LOVE knowing everything that is in them
I LOVE goodies that are easy to make
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how much money I save :)

My first post was about a really cool item -  Invisible Gun
I adore this stuff and it is always in my purse - I use it often :)

I have used Breath Spray for years before I found Invisible Gum

I have been searching for a spray that I could make that fit my loves
I have to LOVE everything I use and post about
Believe it or not I make a LOT more than what I post about, a lot of things just are not "good" enough to keep using, and unworthy of sharing ;)

I found a few recipes for Breath Spray
Here is a link to the one I liked the most (with a tweak) Breath Spray

The recipe is
1/4 Cup Warm Water (I used Distilled - from the Hot Side of the Water Dispenser)
1/4 Tsp Honey (I used Local Honey - Bonus if you have allergies)
6 Drops Peppermint Essential Oil
 (She calls for 10 drops - Using Young Living Essential Oil it seems to be WAY TO MUCH, unless you do not want to lose your taste buds for a few hours - I would say use as many as you think appropriate, 6 was perfect for me and still has a bit of a "bite") 

--- Again I am going to put my -- ONLY USE THERAPEUTIC GRADE ESSENTIAL OIL

Stir the Honey into the Warm Water until it has dissolved add Essential Oil - Stir 
Pour into your bottle - It Filled a 2oz and a Mini I had laying around (about 1/2oz)