There’s nothing quite like walking into a room and being immersed in the familiar and captivating aroma of evergreen boughs and peppermint to spark a flood of warm holiday memories.

Help make your home more inviting during the holiday season by creating seasonal aromas with essential oils. The following scents and do-it-yourself tips are a great way to help build new holiday traditions.

Ideas for Holiday Scents

The seasonal collections in the 2013 Holiday Catalog make excellent gifts. Use them to create a customized holiday scent:

The Holiday Balance Mini Oils Collection includes Idaho Blue Spruce, Lavender, and Citrus Fresh

The Essence of the Season Collection features Frankincense, Myrrh, and Christmas Spirit™ essential oils, plus frankincense and myrrh resins, which can be used in our Resin Burner.

Fill your home with the holiday spirit using the Aria Ultrasonic Diffuser, which, for a limited time only, includes a free 5-ml Christmas Spirit™ and Peppermint.

Holiday Gift and Sharing Tool Ideas

Sharing a steaming cup of wassail with friends and family is a great way to celebrate the holiday season. The Wintertime Wassail Collection  includes all you need to make this festive beverage, including  5-ml bottles of Cinnamon Bark, Clove, and Tangerine essential oils; a wassail recipe card; and a 16-ounce mug set in a gift box.

The Holiday Sharing Collection includes sample packs of Lavender, Lemon, Thieves™, Peppermint, and Peace Calming® and is a perfect Christmas sharing tool. You can also create your own holiday gifts using Young Living products.

One thoughtful and inexpensive holiday sharing tool is to give essential oil-scented pine cones. Try these do-it-yourself tips for Pine Cone Fire Starters and Scented Pine Cones:

Pine Cone Fire Starters

Melt wax in a double boiler and add a few drops of any number of seasonal smelling essential oils. If you’d like a little color, add a crayon to the melting wax. Dip the cones in the wax using tongs and place them on foil to dry. Put them in a basket or mesh satchel, add a bow, and voilà, a delightful gift!

Scented Pine Cones

1. Wash pine cones to clean off sap and any hitchhiking critters.
2. Bake for an hour at 200° F on an aluminum foil-covered baking sheet.
3. Spray the pine cones with essential oil-infused water using the Wintertime Wassail Collection or your own custom blend of oils. You can also sprinkle drops of essential oils directly on the pine cones. Let dry and you’re done!

Scented pine cones can be used to make wreaths and garlands. You can also screw a small eyelet hook to the bottom of a scented pine cone to make Christmas ornaments.

Please share with us your favorite seasonal fragrances and ways you use Young Living essential oils to create holiday traditions and gifts. We always love to hear from you!

Finally, stay tuned for a very special, web-only Young Living Black Friday event beginning on Thanksgiving day. Check our Facebook  account, your Virtual Office, and this blog regularly in the coming days for more information and updates!

–Heidi Jeanfreau, YL International and Portfolio Brand Manager

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/diy-holiday-scented-gifts-with-essential-oils/

Since its launch at our International Grand Convention, thousands of Young Living members have come to love the all-natural, essential oil-infused boost NingXia Nitro™ offers. Featuring a proprietary blend of energizing essential oils, D-ribose, green tea, Korean ginseng, and much more, NingXia Nitro has been overwhelmingly popular, and we have struggled to keep up with demand—until now!

We’re pleased to announce that NingXia Nitro is now available to order; and to thank you for your patience and enthusiasm, we are offering a special, limited-time, online-only promotion! When you place your NingXia Nitro order in Virtual Office between now and 11:59 p.m., MT, on Saturday, November 30, you will receive 10 percent off your NingXia Nitro purchase!  Please note that there is a limit of 10 boxes total per member on this promotion so that as many people as possible can enjoy the benefits of NingXia Nitro.

Whether you already use this unique product to power your day and sharpen your mind, or you have been waiting to give NingXia Nitro a try, this is the perfect opportunity. Thank you again for your patience, and be sure to order your NingXia Nitro before this very special promotion ends!

Shop now or add NingXia Nitro to your Essential Rewards order. Remember to visit the comments section below and leave your thoughts about this groundbreaking product!

Finally, stay tuned for a very special, web-only Young Living Black Friday event beginning on Thanksgiving day. Check our Facebook  account, your Virtual Office, and this blog regularly in the coming days for more information and updates!

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Eight years ago, my wife and I set off on a much-needed vacation. We relaxed, indulged, and truly enjoyed ourselves. At the end our week-long cruise, I came home with an unintended consequence: 10 extra pounds that took a month to work off.

When it came time for us to experience our second cruise, I understood what I was up against and knew I was going to overindulge. To compensate, I spent 30 minutes each morning in the exercise room on the ship. At the end of this cruise this time, I left without any weight gain.

We are just a week away from kicking off the holiday season, and it can be easy to overindulge. I would like to suggest a few Young Living products that can support your health during this wonderful time of year:

Slique™ Gum combines natural oleoresin, essential oil, and xylitol, into a unique chewing experience. Chewing Slique Gum before meals (especially during preparation time) helps you avoid mindless snacking while supporting oral health.

Slique Slim Caps are an excellent defense to overindulgence by delivering premium glucomannan—a viscous dietary fiber that can absorb up to 50 times its weight in water—that expands in the digestive tract, promoting feelings of satiation. This state-of-the-art product also includes a citral-dense essential oil blend to support thermogenesis.

Slique Tea is a rare blend of natural ingredients containing tea catechins to help support a healthy lifestyle. As a perfect alternative to unhealthy sugary beverages, Slique Tea is a perfect way to start your day.

Slique Essence is a unique combination of pure essential oils that work with olfactory sensors to reduce appetite.

Slique Bars are delicious snacks that contain potato skin extract, which is shown to help you feel fuller longer.

The new Slique Sampler Kit, featured in our holiday catalog, includes each of the above-mentioned products in a cost-effective bundle, allowing individuals the opportunity to try all of the Slique products. It makes the perfect gift for anyone looking to minimize calorie intake during those delightful holiday celebrations. For more information about our Slique Sampler Kit, see our holiday catalog here.

Finally, stay tuned for a very special, web-only Young Living Black Friday event beginning on Thanksgiving day. Check our Facebook  account, your Virtual Office, and this blog regularly in the coming days for more information and updates!

–Ryan Seely, YL Associate Product Manager

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/stay-sleek-with-slique-this-holiday-season/

This healthful and delicious essential oil-infused soup recipe is sure to be a hit with your friends and family. It includes Young Living’s Clove, Cinnamon Bark, and Nutmeg essential oils. Try this recipe for Butternut Squash Soup for your next meal.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2pounds butternut squash, peeled and cubed
4 cups vegetable broth
2 drops Clove essential oil
3 drops Nutmeg essential oil
1 drop Cinnamon Bark essential oil
Salt
Pepper

Directions:
In soup pan, sauté onions, garlic, salt, and pepper in olive oil over medium heat until tender. Add cubed squash and cook for 3–5 minutes. Next, add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Boil on medium-high heat for 25 minutes or until squash is fork tender. Remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, puree until smooth. Stir in the essential oils. Allow oils to infuse into soup for 5–8 minutes and then serve. The soup may be garnished with a spoonful of yogurt if desired.

This recipe makes about 5 ½ cups of soup.

Do you have an essential oil-infused recipe that you would like share? If so, please post a comment, including your recipe.

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/recipe-butternut-squash-soup-with-essential-oils/

The holiday season can be stressful—with planning parties, shopping for gifts, preparing meals, and more. To help you avoid holiday stress, we have prepared some do-it-yourself blends to help you relax and enjoy this special time of the year.

Quick Aromatic Blend

7 drops Lavender Essential Oil

3 drops Roman Chamomile Essential Oi

2 drops Peppermint Essential Oi

2 tablespoons V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex

Massage the temples, forehead, neck, and shoulders.

Hand Bath

5 drops Lavender Essential Oil

2 drops Marjoram Essential Oil

3 cups of warm water

Place your hands into a hand basin and soak for a few minutes.

Icy Compress

2 drops Peppermint Essential Oil

2 drops Ginger Essential Oil

1 drop Marjoram Essential Oil

1 quart ice-cold water

Soak a clean cloth in the mixture and apply it to your forehead or neck.

Relief Bath

3 drops Roman Chamomile Essential Oil 

3 drops Lavender Essential Oil

2 drops Marjoram Essential Oil

2 drops Thyme Essential Oil

Disperse the oils in bathtub and soak in the water for 20 minutes.

If you have any tips for relieving holiday stress with Young Living essential oils, please leave a comment.

—Gloria Russo, YL Product Marketing Manager

• I’ve had better luck mixing the oils with epsom salt and then putting it in the bath, otherwise the oils just float on top of the water. And I add a little V6 or coconut oil to it to moisten my skin.

• can you mix the oils with the salts and store them in a container for future use?

• Sounds awesome!

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/diy-essential-oil-blends-to-relieve-holiday-stress/

Staying healthy requires attention to many different areas. The Young Living lifestyle is predicated upon achieving physical, mental, and emotional balance and well-being. Our friends at Oola believe in the same ideas of balance and well-being and have devised a way to achieve what they call the OolaLife.

To kick off Young Living’s partnership with Oola, we are having a special social media giveaway today, Tuesday, November 12! This exciting contest on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram will give 50 lucky winners an exclusive kit containing Oola’s book, Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World, as well as two oil blends specially formulated for Oola by D. Gary Young: Oola Balance and Oola Grow.

Enter by visiting us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Here are the instructions on how to enter each contest:

Facebook

1. Like the Young Living Essential Oils Facebook page
2. Like the Oola Facebook page
3. Like the giveaway post on the Young Living Essential Oils Facebook page
4. Leave a comment on the giveaway post answering the question: Which Young Living essential oils do you use to help improve your life?

There will be 25 winners for the Facebook contest.

Twitter

1. Follow the @YoungLivingEO and @OolaLife Twitter accounts
2. Send a tweet with the hashtag #YLOola and @YoungLivingEO

There will be 15 winners for the Twitter contest.

Instagram

1. Follow the @YoungLivingEO Instagram account and the @OolaLife Instagram account
2. Repost the picture of the Young Living Oola kit prize shown on the @YoungLivingEO Instagram account with the hashtags #YLOola and #YoungLiving

There will be 10 winners for the Instagram contest.

For complete details and rules on these contests, click here.

The contests end on Tuesday, November 12 at 11:59 p.m., MT. All 50 winners (25 for Facebook, 15 for Twitter, 10 for Instagram) will be announced on each social media account on Wednesday, November 13.

We are also having a very special book promotion to celebrate our partnership with Oola! On November 12 only, purchase Oola’s life-changing book for only $9.99! You can purchase the book here.

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Mention the word “frankincense” to anyone, and their first thoughts will be of the holiday season. We want to help you welcome the spirit of the season into your home and establish a treasured new tradition with a frankincense essential oil two-pack, plus other fantastic business-building rewards!

Hit 300 PV in a single order during November and we’ll give you free 5-ml Frankincense and 5-ml Sacred Frankincense essential oils—perfect for establishing a spiritually uplifted environment in your home—plus a $20 enrollment coupon and 50 Drive to Win points! Order 250 PV to earn the essential oils and the enrollment coupon; order 190 PV and earn the essential oils.

Learn more about the fantastic rewards you can earn in our November promotion:

Frankincense essential oil can become your next cherished family tradition. Its woodsy, sweet aroma can help create an environment of positivity and deepen meditation. Applied topically, it can promote a glowing, youthful-looking complexion.

With a slightly sweeter, more complex aroma than Frankincense essential oil, Sacred Frankincense is a rare essential oil distilled from the Boswellia sacra tree. Try applying Sacred Frankincense to temples, wrists, and neck during yoga, meditation, or prayer for a spiritually uplifting boost.

Our transferrable $20 enrollment coupon is an ideal tool for sharing Young Living and bringing new energy to your organization. You can find the coupon code on your qualifying 250 or 300 PV order invoice, which you may then give to an enrolling distributor.

A first-of-its-kind promotion, Drive to Win allows you to earn points toward winning fantastic prizes for your sharing efforts! You must earn a minimum of 1,000 points during the promotion period to qualify to win. This reward will get you 50 points closer to a new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, $10,000 or $5,000 cash, or an unforgettable trip to Hawaii! Click here to find all the details about this promotion.

Excited about these promotions? Leave your thoughts in the comments! Go to youngliving.com for full offer details, and Virtual Office to update your order and receive these free products.

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/welcome-the-holidays-into-your-home-this-november/

With all of the uncertainty in the world today, one thing you can always count on is flu season. Every year, as the days become shorter and colder, more and more individuals come down with flu-like symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu season can start as early as October, with its peak coming in January and February.

The CDC recommends the following six steps for preventing the flu:

1. Avoid close contact with others.
2. Stay home when you are sick.
3. Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze.
4. Clean your hands.
5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
6. Practice other good health habits.

Notice how the first five recommendations are straight forward, while the last is a little vague. I would like to recommend a few ways to “practice other good health habits” using Young Living products.

1. Keep germs out—I keep a bottle of Thieves^® Waterless Hand Purifier by the front door. Anyone who enters my home quickly learns that they need to sanitize upon entering.
2. Protect from the inside out—Although not common knowledge, the digestive system is one of the body’s first lines of defense against disease. Using Young Living’s Life 5^™ probiotic supports a healthy immune system by delivering billions of beneficial bacteria strains. Inner Defense^™ and NingXia Red^® are also great options for those looking to support the immune system with pure essential oils.
3. Overcoming sickness—If you are unable to avoid getting sick, may I suggest ImmuPro^™ and Thieves essential oil blend. I like to apply Thieves to the soles of my feet and add ImmuPro to my nightly regimen to provide my body the support it needs.

Although not rocket science, I’ve found that these natural suggestions help protect my home during the dreaded flu season. Please share your secrets to staying healthy during this time of year!

—Ryan Seely, YL Associate Product Manager

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/coping-with-flu-season-using-young-living-products/

Do you know of anyone who doesn’t need Young Living essential oils? Why not make an exciting introduction to Young Living with a gift everyone needs and can use every day: the Thieves® Dental Care Collection!

Packaged in a water-resistant travel pouch, the Thieves Dental Care Collection contains three full-sized products, including:

1)     Thieves AromaBright Toothpaste, which is formulated with all-natural ingredients and is free from harmful synthetics typically found in store-brand toothpastes.

2)     Thieves Dental Floss, which is made with stronger fibers that are saturated twice with essential oils, freshening breath as the floss glides between teeth.

3)     Young Living-branded toothbrush, which gently distributes AromaBright’s beneficial ingredients and powerful essential oils, as well as its improved taste and texture.

While most people brush their teeth daily, too many people today use products that can be harmful for their teeth and overall health. That is why Young Living’s Dental Care Collection can easily convince skeptics with daily use. As their oral health improves, your friends, family, and acquaintances will begin to comprehend the power of Young Living essential oils.

With the season of giving nearly upon us, we have a perfect opportunity to introduce Young Living products to others. Which Young Living products are you planning to share with others this holiday season? Tell us by leaving a comment.

—Gloria Russo, YL Product Marketing Manager

• Great idea!! Thanks. My husband loves the toothpaste and the mouthwash.

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/tis-the-season-to-introduce-thieves-dental-care/

Recently at Young Living, we have been putting even more focus on making it easier to share essential oils. What started as a vision to get people asking questions and talking about essential oils developed into the Aroma Carousel™. This patent-pending product has a beautiful display for 10 2-ml sample bottles and can be used for several purposes, including as a thoughtful gift of Young Living’s essential oils and a fun and exciting way to transport and present your favorite oils and as the perfect companion to the Vitassage™ essential oil massager.

Inside each box is an Aroma Carousel; 10 empty sample bottles, caps, and oil-reducing orifices; and two Easy-Fill Pipettes (don’t worry, you can also order more of the pipettes for the future).

One great idea to help spread the benefits of Young Living essential oils to new people is to fill each 2-mil bottle with one of our most popular essential oils found in the Everyday Oils™ collection, including  Lavender, Lemon , Peppermint, Thieves®, Purification®, PanAway®, Peace Calming® , Valor®, and Joy™. Then wrap the Aroma Carousel neatly and give it as a holiday gift.

You can also use the Aroma Carousel as a conversation starter. People are sure to ask what that cool, spinning bottle holder is for. With its lazy Susan functionality, the Aroma Carousel makes a wonderful display to showcase your essential oil favorites during dinner parties, in-home demonstrations, and more.

The Aroma Carousel is also a great accessory to the Vitassage. Since the bottles that come with the Aroma Carousel also fit the compartments of the Vitassage, these two products form a perfect partnership. Now you can have practically unlimited essential oil combinations with the Vitassage and Aroma Carousel. In addition, the Aroma Carousel comes with a package of Oil Bottle Cap Labels that conveniently fit on the face of each glass bottle and allows you to label all your favorite essential oils!

As always, we’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment sharing your thoughts about the Aroma Carousel or how you plan to this product for the holiday season.

—Marco Colindres III, YL Associate Product Manager

Article source: https://blog.youngliving.com/aroma-carousel-sharing-go-round/