Use Those February Free Gifts

 
Use Those February Free Gifts

Share the love with February’s Gift! These gifts are all about self-care and becoming the best version of yourself.  

Ylang Ylang

Ylang ylang is THE oil for love and connection! Meaning flower of flowers, Ylang Ylang essential oil has a sweet, romantic aroma and was historically to adorn a newly married couple’s bed on the wedding night. Known for reducing stress, some find it beneficial for blood pressure regulation and other symptoms of high stress.

  • This floral, balancing oil promotes openness and connection, encourages confidence and inspires romance. Add ylang ylang to a bath soak, a perfume roller or diffuse it all month long.

  • Diffuse ylang ylang for emotional support, particularly when battling low self-esteem and confidence. Pair it with citrus oils like Tangerine and Lemon or with grounding oils like Northern Lights Black Spruce.

  • Diffuse ylang ylang at night to remove emotional blocks and set the mood in the bedroom for intimacy. Try this Date Night Blend:

    • 5 drops Ylang ylang + 4 drops Idaho Blue Spruce + 3 drops Tangerine

  • Apply to the wrists for a stabilizing, peaceful energy and a lovely perfume.

  • Add a few drops to unscented body wash or epsom salts in your bath for a luxurious soak.

  • Add ylang ylang to your daily moisturizer to support radiant skin. Try this DIY Beauty Serum:

    • 2oz glass dropper bottle

    • 10 drops Ylang Ylang

    • 10 drops Frankincense

    • 10 drops Geranium

    • Jojoba or argan oil

  • Add to shampoo or create a hair spray or mask to promote thick, glossy hair. Try this DIY Hair Mask:

    • ¼ cup avocado oil

    • 10 drops Ylang ylang

    • 5 drops Cedarwood

    • Mix well and apply on hair starting at the ends. Let sit for up to 10 minutes then shampoo and condition as normal.

  • Apply over the heart to reduce stress and encourage healthy blood pressure

  • Try this Don’t Worry, Be Happy roller blend:

    • 10 drops of each: Peace & Calming, Joy, Ylang Ylang & Orange

    • Fill with carrier oil

    • Roll onto your wrists, heart, neck as often as desired

  • Make this Floral Bath Soak for a little self care and to give tense or tired muscles some TLC:

    • ¼ cup pink Himalayan salt

    • ¼ cup magnesium flakes

    • 2 Tbsp sweet almond oil

    • 5 drops Ylang Ylang

    • 5 drops Geranium or Joy

    • 10 drops Lavender

    • Optional: dried lavender, rose buds or eucalyptus leaves

  • Make a refreshing room spray:

    • 2oz glass spray bottle

    • 20 drops Ylang ylang

    • 10 drops Grapefruit

    • Splash of witch hazel

    • Fill with filtered water

  • Whip up this simple DIY Linen Spray to bring a bit of floral whimsey to linens and upholstered surfaces:

    • 2oz glass spray bottle

    • Splash witch hazel

    • 15 drops Ylang ylang

    • 10 drops Lavender

    • 10 drops Tangerine

    • Filtered water

  • Add to your Thieves Cleaner for a fresh, floral twist. Try this Spring Garden Thieves Cleaner

    • 16 oz glass spray bottle

    • 1-2 capfuls Thieves Household Cleaner

    • 10 drops each Lemon, Grapefruit, Eucalyptus

    • 20 drops Ylang Ylang

    • Filtered water

  • Diffuse this fresh, floral oil with citrus or tree oils or use it to add sweet notes to your favorite diffuser blends:

    • Lushious Lemon: 2 drops each Ylang Ylang, Lemon, Eucalyptus Globulus, Lemon Myrtle, Spearmint, 1 drop Cinnamon Bark

    • Pretty Woman: 4 drops Stress Away, 3 drops each Ylang ylang, Northern Lights Black Spruce

    • Citrus Shine: 5 drops Grapefruit, 3 drops Ylang Ylang, 2 drops Eucalyptus

    • Feeling Fine: 6 drops Christmas Spirit + 2 drops Orange + 1 drop Ylang Ylang

    • Marshmallow Latte: 4 drops Stress Away, 3 drops Ylang ylang, 2 drops Nutmeg, 1 drop Cassia

One Heart

One Heart is a lovely blend of Ylang Ylang, Lemon, Lime, Northern Lights Black Spruce, Ocotea and Valor that encourages a bright outlook on life and opens your heart to love and service for others. Use this blend to help encourage unity and connection with your community and create a calming, uplifting environment.

  • Ylang Ylang from Ecuador has a sweet, romantic aroma that contains the naturally occurring constituents germacrene and alpha-farnesene.

  • Lemon and Lime have an uplifting, fresh aroma that contains the naturally occurring constituent limonene.

  • Northern Lights Black Spruce is rich and invigorating and contains the naturally occurring constituents bornyl acetate, camphene, and alpha pinene.

  • Ocotea from Ecuador is delightfully spicy and contains the naturally occurring constituent beta- caryophyllene.

  • Valor has a woodsy, grounding aroma that contains the naturally occurring constituents alpha pinene, beta pinene, bornyl acetate, and camphene.

  • Make a perfume roller with One Heart and your favorite citrus oil - Tangerine, Grapefruit, Lemon or Lime. To a 10mL roller bottle add 30 drops One Heart and 15-20 drops citrus oil.

  • Bring a little light to your body butter by combining One Heart & Grapefruit in this DIY Whipped Body Butter recipe:

    • 1/2 cup coconut oil

    • 1/2 cup pure organic shea butter

    • 1 Tbsp Vitamin E oil

    • 20 drops Grapefruit

    • 15 drops One Heart

    • Melt together coconut oil, shea butter and cocoa butter, then add in vitamin E oil and whisk.

    • Refrigerate until almost half solidified, then use a mixer to whip for 1 to 2 minutes until a fluffy consistency is achieved. Add in essential oils then place in a glass jar.

  • Diffuse this uplifting blend to foster connection all month long:

    • Love You Lots: Grapefruit, Lemon, One Heart

    • Open Heart: Grapefruit, Ylang ylang, One Heart

    • Welcome Home: Lavender, Vanilla, One Heart

YL Pink Glass Dropper Bottle (250PV)

  • Use this beautiful glass dropper bottle for a diffuser blend or other DIY!

  • Set your diffuser up for success! Place a water decanter and pre-made diffuser blend beside your diffuser for easy filling

  • Use this dropper bottle to share your favorite diffuser blend with a friend!

  • GIft this bottle filled with your favorite diffuser blend to a friend along with a beautiful Desert Mist diffuser.

Lavender Calming Bath Bombs

Relax at the end of the day and pamper your skin with Young Living's Lavender Calming Bath Bombs.

  • Drop bath bomb into tub filled with warm water. Breathe in the aroma to promote feelings of peace and tranquility. Incorporate as part of your nighttime routine to relax and unwind.

  • Make an at-home spa night for yourself and/or someone you love:

    • Add Ylang ylang, Lavender and Idaho Blue Spruce to the bathroom diffuser

    • Run a hot bath with a Lavender Caming Bath Bomb

    • Add some Lavender or Evening Peace Bath Gel for bubbles

    • Light some beeswax candles

    • Turn on some soft music

    • Enjoy your night!

  • Whip up a few special gifts and share some love with your friends. Pair a Lavender Calming Bath Bomb with a Lavender or Grapefruit Lip Balm, a Tranquil or Stress Away roller and a pair of cute, cozy socks for a simple but thoughtful gift! Other pairing ideas so your friends can make an at-home spa for themselves:

    • Bath bomb + any roll-on or DIY perfume blend

    • Bath bomb + a good book + diffuser blend

    • Bath bomb + diffuser + diffuser blend

    • Bath bomb + CBD Beauty Boost

    • Bath Bomb + BLOOM collection

Elemi

Elemi essential oil comes from the same botanical family as Frankincense and Myrrh and has similar properties and benefits—from skin care to aromatic use during prayer or meditation. Substitute this oil for Frankincense in any of your favorite recipes!

  • Add Elemi to your skincare routine! Simply places few drops in your palm and mix with carrier or choice for a simple and effective face serum

  • Make a DIY Facial Serum:

    • 2oz dropper bottle

    • 30 drops Elemi

    • Optional 10-15 drops each: Myrrh, Blue Tansy, Cedarwood (for dry skin), Geranium (for brightening), Manuka

    • Fill with carrier of choice

  • Make this Winter Skin Bath Soak! Adding oatmeal to the bath is helpful for more acute skin needs, especially for children.

    • 1 cup organic oats, ground ​​

    • ¼ cup organic powdered milk or coconut

    • 1 Tbsp liquid castile soap

    • 2 tsp vitamin E oil

    • 15 drops Elemi

    • 5 drops Lavender or Geranium

    • (Optional) 5 drops Frankincense or Helichrysum

    • Sit and soak for 30 minutes or as long as desired.

  • Give your skin and your joints some love with this Soothing ACV Bath Soak:

    • ¼ cup magnesium flakes

    • ¼ cup organic oats, ground

    • 2 Tbsp sweet almond oil

    • 10 drops each Elemi, Cedarwood, Lavender

    • Mix together and add to bath water. Then add ¼ cup ACV to the water and gently mix.

  • Give your tired feet some love with this Relaxing Foot Scrub

    • 2 Tbsp Organic Sugar

    • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil

    • 2 Tbsp of Honey

    • 1 tsp Lemon Juice

    • 3 drops Peppermint

    • 5 drops Elemi

    • Mix ingredients well then rub onto feet. Wrap feet with warm damp towels and let sit for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes remove towel and wipe off scrub. Follow with moisturizer if desired.

  • Make a simple cuticle oil! This also makes a great gift and pairs well with the Gardener's Hand Salve:

    • DIY Roll-on Cuticle Oil

    • 1½ teaspoons V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex

    • 10 drops Cedarwood essential oil

    • 5 drops Elemi essential oil

    • Add all the above to an empty 15 ml essential oil bottle and add an AromaGlide Roller Fitment. Roll onto your cuticles anytime, anywhere.

  • Make a Focus Roller to use during work, homework, school, meetings or anytime to help focus the mind:

    • To a 10mL roller bottle add:

    • 15 drops Elemi

    • 10 drops Cedarwood

    • 5 drops Peppermint

    • Fill with a carrier of choice. Apply over the heart, back of the neck, on the wrists liberally and frequently.

  • Make a Sweet Dreams sleep roller:

    • 20 drops each Lavender, Cedarwood, Elemi

    • Fill with carrier oil of choice

    • Apply over to the big toe, bottom of the feet, neck and behind ears before bed or more frequently as desired.

  • Diffuse this earthy oil to support focus, calm the atmosphere and bring a sense of serenity to your home:

    • Zen Space: 5 drops Elemi, 3 drops Sage, 3 drops Lavender

    • Sweet Dreams: 5 drops Cedarwood, 4 drops Lavender, 3 drops Elemi

    • Calm & Collected: 4 drops each Cedarwood, Peppermint, Lemon, Elemi

Geranium

This floral oil is amazing for skincare, immune health and much more!

  • Make this Peonies Roller Blend (also makes a great diffuser blend!) to wear as perfume:

    • 5 drops Geranium

    • 3 drops Grapefruit

    • 2 drops Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood

    • 2 drops Lime

    • In a 10mL roller bottle and fill with carrier or choice

  • Make a lovely Citrus Rind Diffuser (recipe via Hello Glow):

    • Grapefruit & Geranium:

      • 1 grapefruit

      • 10 drops Grapefruit

      • 5 drops Geranium

      • 3 drops Sage

      • 1&1/2 cups coarse sea salt

      • Fresh sage leaves for garnish (optional)

    • Lemon Rosemary Geranium:

      • 1 lemon

      • 1 cup coarse sea salt

      • 15 drops Rosemary

      • 10 drops Grapefruit

      • 5-7 drops Geranium

      • Fresh rosemary for garnish (optional)

    • Geranium Lime:

      • 1 lime

      • 1 cup coarse sea salt

      • 10 drops Geranium

      • 10 drops Lime

      • Fresh rosemary for garnish (optional)

      • Hollow out the fruit. In a small bowl mix sea salt and essential oils well. Fill fruit rinds with the salt and oil mixture. Replace every 3-4 days.

  • Make an Herbal Deodorizing Spray for pet beds, upholstered surfaces, car upholstery, etc!

    • To a 4oz glass spray bottle add

      • ¼ cup white vinegar

      • 20 drops Geranium essential oil

      • 10 drops Lavender essential oil

      • 10 drops Lemon essential oil

      • 5 drops Peppermint essential oil

      • Pinch sea salt or splash of witch hazel

      • Filtered water

      • Spray lightly onto surfaces to remove unwanted odors.

  • Make a T-zone roller to use on oily areas of skin or to spot treat problem areas or acne!

    • 10mL roller bottle

    • 20 drops Geranium

    • 10 drops Lemon

    • 10 drops Manuka or Tea tree

    • Fill with jojoba oil

  • Make Geranium and Ylang ylang a part of your bedtime routine! Diffuse, apply, massage onto shoulders, mix with water in a 2oz glass spray bottle and spritz onto sheets.

  • Diffuse Geranium to bring the garden indoors and support immunity:

    • 2020s: Lemon, Geranium, Frankincense, Pine

    • Herbal Remedy: Geranium, Rosemary, Grapefruit

    • Flower Child: Geranium, Lavender, Ylang ylang, Lemon

    • Capri Blue Volcano: Idaho Blue Spruce, Grapefruit, Geranium, Lime