Month: February 2016

Clary Sage Essential Oil

Clary Sage

(Salvia sclarea)

topical aromatic

Clary sage essential oil’s natural phytoestrogens and warm, herbal scent promotes relaxation and is uplifting.   It is supportive to women of nearly every age and stage of life.

The main chemical component of Clary Sage is linalyl acetate, part of the esters group, making it a very relaxing, soothing, and balancing essential oil. In the Middle
Ages, the Clary Sage plant was frequently used to soothe skin. Inhaling Clary Sage promotes feelings of relaxation which can promote a more restful night’s sleep.
clary sage
  1. Combine with Roman Chamomile and epsom salt and add to bath water for a stress-relieving bath.
  2. Diffuse or apply to pillow at night to promote a more restful sleep.
  3. Add equal parts Clary sage and Ylang ylang to your favorite massage oil for a sensual massage.
  4. To complement oily hair, add 5 drops of Clary Sage and 5 drops of Tea Tree oil to a hair detangler base.

hair detangler

 

5. Add to a carrier oil such as jojoba or sweet almond oil and wash face.

Instructions:

  1. Open pores by rinsing your face with warm water.
  2. With upward rotations, massage oil mixture all over face for 1–2 minutes.
  3. Leave mixture on face for 1 minute.
  4. Saturate a clean washcloth with warm water.
  5. Place towel on face and leave for 15–30 seconds.
  6. Slowly and gently wipe off oil.
  7. Repeat steps 5–6 until your face feels clean.

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Carrot Seed Vitality™ essential oil

Carrot Seed Vitality™ essential oil

(Daucus carota sativa)

dietary

 

Carrot Seed Vitality™ essential oil is distilled from the seeds and aerial parts of wild carrots. Carrot Seed Vitality oil provides an herbaceous, floral note to foods, making it a great addition to savory dishes. Its complex flavor brings an earthy, delicious taste to your favorite recipes.

With many of the same constituents as the carrots from which it’s derived, Carrot Seed Vitality oil’s benefits may include supporting health and well-being.* Be sure to include a drop of Carrot Seed Vitality oil as part of your daily wellness regimen to enjoy all of its great properties.

carrot seed

How to use: For internal use. To use as a dietary supplement, add to food, water or other beverages. Can also place a few drops in a vegetable capsule and take internally to support overall wellness.

  • Add 1–2 drops to a vegetarian gel capsule and take daily as a dietary supplement to support your well-being.*
  • Add a drop to roasted vegetables for an extra earthy flavor.
  • Use a few drops of Carrot Seed Vitality to salad dressings to infuse fresh greens with its rich taste.
  • Give quinoa or wild rice a new dimension of flavor by including Carrot Seed Vitality.

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Inspiration™ Essential Oil

Inspiration™ essential oil

topical aromatic

Inspiration™ includes oils traditionally used by the native peoples of Arabia, India, and North America for enhancing spirituality, prayer, meditation, and inner awareness. It creates an aromatic sanctuary for those seeking quiet meditation and spirituality.

inspiration

Inspiration™ is a blend of the following oils:

Inspiration

How to use: For aromatic or topical use. Diffuse, inhale, or add to bath water. Apply to crown of head, back of neck, behind ears or inside wrists. Possible skin sensitivity

  1. Supports enhanced spirituality and meditation.
  2. Provides an invigorating aroma that builds an atmosphere of positive energy.
  3. Take a deep breath and enhance a feeling of togetherness by diffusing Inspiration during your next family gathering
  4. Diffuse or use topically to create a calming and relaxing atmosphere.
  5. Diffuse or use topically to enhance feelings of strength and increase your sense of gratitude.
  6. What a wonderful gift for the budding artist, writer,  musician in the family – Inspiration in a bottle – literally!

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Bergamot Vitality essential oil

Bergamot Vitality

(Citrus bergamia)

dietary

Cold pressed from the rind, it’s the fresh bergamot fruit that gives Earl Grey tea its distinctive flavor. Bergamot Vitality™ essential oil has a fresh, complex citrus taste that makes it the perfect addition to many summer dishes. With a distinctly tart finish, it can also liven up sugarless baked goods. The taste of the Bergamot Vitality is somewhere between a sour orange and lemon, making it a distinctive, zesty addition to seafood recipes.

How to use: For internal use. To use as a dietary supplement, add to food, water or other beverages. Can also place a few drops in a vegetable capsule and take internally to support overall wellness.

  • Add 1–2 drops of Bergamot Vitality to a vegetarian gel capsule and take as a dietary supplement as needed.
  • Several times during grilling, brush seafood with olive oil infused with a few drops of Bergamot Vitality.
  • In baked goods recipes that call for citrus zest, add an unexpected twist by stirring in a drop of Bergamot Vitality for every teaspoon of zest.
  • Add 1–2 drops of Bergamot Vitality oil to Blue Agave natural sweetener and drizzle the mixture over muffins and tarts.
  • Make Panna Cotta!

panna cotta

Panna Cotta

  • 1/3 cup skim milk (do not use whole milk)
  • 1 (.25 oz) package of unflavored gelatin
  • 2 1/2 cups coconut milk*
  • 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-5 drops Bergamot Vitality essential oil  (or lemon Vitality, or Orange Vitality!)
  1. Lightly grease ramekins or silicone muffin molds
  2. Combine Milk and gelatin in a small bowl.  Set aside.
  3. In a saucepan, combine heavy cream and sugar over medium heat but do not boil.  Add milk and gelatin and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved.
  4. Cook for one minutes, stirring constantly.
  5. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract and essential oil
  6. Pour into prepared ramekins or silicone muffin mold
  7. Cool at room temperature, cover and refrigerate overnight

To serve, place bottom of ramekin in hot water for a few seconds then invert on serving dish.  Garnish with fresh fruit and enjoy!

*You can substitute almond milk, soy milk, heavy cream etc.  However, the less fat in the milk, the softer the panna Cotta will be.

 

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Build Your Dream

Build Your Dream™

topical aromatic

 

Build Your Dream™ has a scent that inspires feelings of empowerment to help you find the way to achieve your dreams. It lends itself perfectly to use while pondering and developing the goals you’d like to accomplish for 2016.

This blend contains Blue Lotus, a rare and unique oil not found in any other Young Living blend.  Also included in this blend are:

Build Your Dream

How to use: For aromatic use. Diffuse or inhale.

  1. When formulating your resolutions, diffuse Build Your Dream to create an atmosphere of peace, awareness, and confidence.
  2. Inhale directly from the bottle or add an AromaGlide™ roller fitment and carry it with you to apply topically when seeking an aroma that promotes a sense of confidence and clarity.
  3. Add a drop to Young Living’s ART® Light Moisturizer to support beautiful, glowing, youthful-looking skin and to enjoy an aroma that inspires self-confidence throughout the day.
  4. Diffuse to inspire calm and uplifted emotions
  5. Boosts spiritual awareness and enlightenment for enhanced meditation

Build your dream mountain

 

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Cooking with essential oils

Cooking with essential oils

With Young Living’s introduction of it’s new Vitality line, a line that is specifically for  dietary use, it is the perfect time to talk about how to incorporate essential oils into your cooking and baking.

Please remember a few things:

  1. Essential oils are highly concentrated!  That means that it only takes a drop, and often less than a drop, to replace what is in your recipe.  Start small and taste test often.
  2. Know where your oils come from.   Not only does this mean that you want to use pure, unadulterated oils such as Young Living Essential Oils, but know the source of the oil as well.  Lemon essential oil, for instance, is cold pressed from the RIND of the lemon, not the juice.  If you use lemon oil in place of lemon juice you will not have that “tartness” that lemon juice provides.
  3. Certain spices will provide color as well as taste.  when making banana bread, I prefer to use the cinnamon spice to the oil just because of the color it adds.  I’ll use the nutmeg and ginger oils, though.
  4. When possible, add oils to your food near the end of cooking or just before serving to preserve the benefits of the oil.
  5. Be careful when cooking with children and be sure oils are out of their reach and capped tightly.

 

 

cooking tips

How your substitute essential oils in your recipes is largely a matter of taste.  Below you’ll find some general substitutions but it’s always smarter to start small and taste test often.   Taste testing is the best part of cooking anyway!!

cooking

Visit the Essential Oil Library on the right hand side to see recipes that incorporate Young Living essential oils.  Happy eating!

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