Think you know all there is to know about lemon essential oil? I bet you didn’t know about some of these amazing uses for lemon essential oil! It’s a cleaning powerhouse, and is a naturally detoxifying substance, with many everyday uses.

Summer is here!  Pros include longer sunnier days, swimming with friends, bonfires, and cute summer dresses.  Cons include bugs!

Did you know there are hundreds of uses for essential oils?  The aromatic compounds can greatly help us with physical and emotional stressors.  In our house, not a day goes by where I don't reach for one or more of those bottles.  They have become my secret little life savers. 
Here are 54 of the most popular oils and their uses.  There are many more uses that didn't make this list.  If you have one to add, comment below!
-Agnes

​Welcome Guide page 5:
Everyday Oils & Their Uses, Lavender:
Lavender essential oil has been used for centuries, and was arguably the most famous of the essential oils long before using them became popular. People have been sneaking this calming oil into products (and foods) for decades, hoping to conjure up a restful night’s sleep and a more mellow mood in general.
I’m especially excited to talk about the uses for this particular oil, because there are so many that you wouldn’t expect. It’s not just for potpourri anymore, though I won’t stop you from adding it to that too!
10 Amazing Uses for Lavender Essential Oil
1. Love Your Lips!
Just rub one drop of Lavender essential oil over your dry lips, and they will be super happy!
2. Calm Yourself!
The aroma of lavender is so calming and helps you take care of yourself!
3. Pamper Your Legs
For this reason, it is a key ingredient in many natural shaving creams.
4. Cooling!
Spritzing Lavender essential oil mixed with water after a hot day is very cooling for the body!
5. Beautiful Skin
Lavender essential oil, when mixed with a carrier oil, may compliment your favorite skin lotions. If you don’t like working with straight oils, this homemade skin cream utilizes Lavender essential oil along with the benefits of coconut oil.
6. Have fresh sheets
I love to make a homemade linen spray with Lavender.
7. Favorite Diffuser Combo #1
I love to combine Lavender with Lemon and Peppermint for an uplifting and invigorating aroma!
8. Nighty Night!
A drop on your pillow and you will be so relaxed you will be ready for sleep!
9. Happy Shower
I love to add some Lavender to my homemade shampoo every so often for a nice relaxing shower!
10. UnWind with a Bath
The classic use for Lavender essential oil! Because really, who could ignore the calming powers of Lavender. It can even help you detoxify, and is what makes my Detox Bath Salts feel so luxurious.
I hope you learned something new from this list of 10 amazing uses for Lavender essential oil.
-Lindsey Gremot Young Living RCD

Enzymes are critical in your body help to perform very important tasks. These include building muscle, destroying toxins, and breaking down food particles during digestion.  Unfortunately our food supply is greatly depleted of the enzymes we need, this it is important to supplement.  With the many Enzyme options Young Living offers, it may get a bit confusing of which to take.

......Enzyme Quick Reference Guide......

Open capsules: all capsules can be open and sprinkled on any food or mixed in any liquid.
Combinations: If more than one is recommended, you may take any combination or just one and see how your body responds, any combination of enzymes is acceptable.

Example: If you eat chicken with your evening meal, salad, vegetable, bread, juice, apple pie, you will need more enzymes to digest during the night:
2 Essentialzyme-4, 2 Essentialzyme, 1 Allerzyme, and 6 Detoxzyme (if you feel that’s too much reduce to what you feel comfortable with). For kids: 3 Mightyzyme, 1 Detoxzyme
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Morning:
Essentialzyme
(adults take 2-4, children take 1-2 or MightyZyme 1-3)
Essentialzyme is an overall enzyme that supports the pancreas which produces glucose the body needs throughout the day for energy.

Enzymes with Meals, Food Categories:
Carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables...Essentialzyme, Detoxzyme, Allerzyme, MightyZyme
fats... Essentialzyme 4, Essentialzyme, MightyZyme
proteins of any kind... Essentialzyme 4, Detoxzyme, MightyZyme
sugars, starches... Essentialzyme 4, Allerzyme, Essentialzyme, MightyZyme

Bedtime:
Detoxzyme 5-15; or MightyZyme 3-4
(Source: Essential Oil Desk Reference, special 5th edition)

I love finding articles that were written based on Gary's lectures. Here's some interesting information from Gary on enzymes and gut health:

"How many of you know that if you don’t eat after 3 o’clock, you sleep better? That’s because your stomach is not in turmoil. It is believed that if you can get into the 4th stage of sleep, you need to sleep for only 2½ hours to totally rejuvenate your body. You cannot get in the 4th stage of sleep with enzyme deficiency. It’s impossible. Build up those enzymes!
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And here are many more surprising benefits of taking quality enzymes. Watch to learn from Dr. Vonn Harting:

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Everyday Essential Oils and Their Uses: Thieves
Thieves oil is one of my favorite essential oils because the uses for Thieves essential oil are so vitally important!
Have you ever heard the backstory behind Thieves Oil? Thieves essential oil has a sordid past. Originally used by thieves who pillaged graves during the Bubonic Plague, this unique blend of spices and oils actually protected them against the bubonic plague that had killed off their targets.
Thieves essential oil is a blend of Clove, Lemon, Rosemary, Cinnamon and Eucalyptus therapeutic grade essential oils. Combined, these substances produce an oil that boosts our immunity.
Thieves Oil is available to us today because the original grave robbers divulged its secrets to the world. We’re still discovering new aspects of its nature, but here are 10 uses for Thieves Oil here and now. Not to say you should go robbing graves or anything, but Thieves oil will help to boost your immunity and ensure you remain well!
10 Uses for Thieves Essential Oil
1. Supports Healthy Immune Function
Rubbing Thieves essential oil on the bottoms of feet, diffusing it in a room and drinking one drop in a glass of water all help the body support its natural immunity.
2. Contains Eucalyptus Radiata essential oil, which may help maintain a healthy respiratory system when taken as a dietary supplement.*
Add to an oily capsule and voila!
3. May contribute to overall wellness when taken as a dietary supplement.
You can gargle with 2-4 drops of Thieves Oil in water or even put a drop in your tea!
4. Tastes great toothpaste!
Thieves Oil is a common ingredient in homemade toothpaste (OR the made already for you one from YL), simply because it’s so yummy! You can even rub Thieves oil on and in your mouth!
5. Clean your Dishwasher
A few drops of Thieves Oil in your dishwasher, and you’re all set for a sanitizing cycle. So green of you!
6. Refresh your room!
Diffusing Thieves Oil naturally helps in clearing the air.
7. Includes Clove – YUM!
This is the part that I love – it was traditionally used to flavor food!
8. Enjoy the smell!
Diffuse Thieves oil in a diffuser for a warm and delightful smelling home!
9. Clean up!
Or anywhere else, really. Add 2-6 drops of Thieves Oil to a spray bottle with water and use it to clean any surface in the house.
10. Includes the naturally occurring constituent eugenol. (Clove, Cinnamon)
What is your favorite use for Thieves?
-Lindsey Gremont YL RCD

Using essential oils may seem overwhelming in the beginning, but it doesn't have to be complicated!  We've outlined a few good practices to help you reap the real benefits.

There are so many interesting uses for Purification essential oil, it was hard to narrow it down to a top 10 list!

Purification oil is actually a blend of Lemongrass, Citronella, Rosemary, Lavandin, Myrtle, and Melaleuca essential oils. It’s famous for being gentle on skin. It’s practical and useful, like how the perfect essential oil should be.

Someone once told me, "we all die one day what's the point of all this natural stuff".  Well for me it's not about living forever but it is about living well.  I want to spend my time on this earth feeling strong, happy, and energized.  The truth is everyday toxins rob us of our vitality. 

A toxin is a chemical or poison that is known to have harmful effects on the body.