You got your Premium Starter Kit on your doorstep and brought it in and opened the box. Oh, it's beautiful! Packaged so carefully, you know there's a whole lot of something special in there. But now what?
Take your whole box apart and EXPLORE! Be sure and lift up the board that houses all of the oils because more good stuff is underneath. Take out the Ningxia Red samples and go put them in your refrigerator. Wait for them to chill.
You can wait. Consider it an exercise in self control.
Remove the diffuser from it's own box and read the directions. Each diffuser may have its own features surrounding timers, lights, cleaning, filling and the use of what type of water to use. Most all of them allow for simple tap water. There might be some odd looking foam things in your box too. They are for cleaning the bottom plate of the diffuser. If you use your diffuser daily, you should probably do that at least once a week.
I do. Most of the time...
NOT. Mine gets cleaned when I look inside to refill it and think, 'somebody sure needs to clean this'.
Somebody always turns out to be me.
Most diffusers have a fill line. Don't overfill. Pick out something nice from your new oil stash and add anywhere from 4-10 drops depending on the size of the room and diffuser and how strong you want it to smell. Lavender and Stress Away make a nice calming environment if that's what you want to create. Lemon and peppermint are uplifting and increase alertness if that is what you prefer. Either way, enjoy!
(Remember that the diffuser typically has a one year warranty. Young Living will replace it if it doesn’t function properly in that time period)
Is the Ningxia Red cold yet? Probably not. Take the lid off of the Stress Away and inhale deeply. It's worth the wait.
Having a good carrier oil on hand can be helpful though right from the start though. Coconut oil or olive oil will do nicely. They will come in handy for oils that are warm on your skin, applying them on children or if you accidentally rub your eye without washing your hands. You will appreciate this advice more than you know the first time that happens! (ALWAYS use a carrier oil and NOT water if you get an oil in your eye. Oil dilutes and water intensifies)
Epsom salt is great for adding essential oils to your bath. Amber bottles are wonderful for making your own blends. Using essential oils in my water is what got me to begin using glass bottles everywhere and not only do I love the taste of filtered water with my essential oils, I love the fact that it doesn't absorb anything from the plastic. I found glass bottles with silicone sleeves that reduce breakage. You don't want to use essential oils to flavor your water in plastic or styrofoam. The oils will go after petrochemicals and eat a hole right through them! BTW they make glass and stainless steel straws too! Having some empty "00" veggie capsules around make taking oils internally super easy, especially when they aren't the tasty kind :)
Can I just say that I LOVE making sugar scrubs. Experiment with scents you like and explore which oils are 'skin loving'. Frankincense, lavender, and Stress Away from your kit are good choices. Also, just for your information, be careful using the citrus based oils topically when you are going to have sun exposure in the next 24 hours. They tend to make you more sensitive to sun exposure and you may burn. Save the citrus ones for winter skin creams and scrubs!
Now go log onto Facebook and tell your Young Living groups that your kit arrived. Tell them what you are diffusing! See who responds first to tell you what THEY diffused first when their kit arrived. Share the love.
As you begin to use your oils daily you want to learn more about them. Where was this plant grown, what are it's chemical constituents, how has this oil been used traditionally and what is it primarily used for today? What body systems does it support? How can I use these and other oils available from Young Living to keep my body ABOVE the wellness line?
I highly recommend purchasing a great reference book so you can do your own research. Life Science Publishers produces some of the best. Do some searching for specific oils on Medscape and PubMed, both research sites for the latest research available. There is more and more all the time!
OK, is your Ningxia Red cold yet? Yes? Shake it up, tear off the tab at the top and ENJOY! Drink the next one tomorrow. Hide it in the refrigerator. You'll be mad now if someone else finds it first. Or you could practice generosity and share it. Or you could order a whole boatload of it!
As a new Young Living member, it is VERY helpful to log into your Virtual Office and click on the link for your "Dashboard" and then on the "Getting Started" tab. A lot of people don't even know all the wonderful learning resources available in that one spot!
After most people receive their Starter Kit and start using the oils faithfully, and especially when they start doing a little research, they want to explore some other oils. I want to share with you some of Young Living's other oils and products that you may want to consider.
Orange is a favorite among Young Living users for it’s happy uplifting scent. Tea Tree is a super great oil to add to your arsenal to maintain wellness and many people love the woodsy scent of Northern Lights Black Spruce!
GREAT after a day at the beach!
Progessence Plus is a women’s product and is perfect for maintaining balance. Endoflex is great for supporting a healthy endocrine system. Abundance smells amazing is said to help overcome negative emotions.
When Peace & Calming (original) is available, always choose it. It has some hard to source ingredients that make it hard to keep in stock but it's worth it when you can get your hands on it! My grandchildren request this one the most in the diffuser at night. Peace & Calming II was formulated to accomplish the same purpose when you can get your hands on the original.
I have given this single roll-on to family members at Christmas because they beg for it! I never want to be without. Great for long trips when you have been fighting traffic, or post yard work kind of days.
So much of our health depends on starting off with a healthy ‘gut’ and Life 9 has nine active strains of good bacteria to support a healthy digestive system. I can say this is a personal favorite!
These are some of the other roll-ons available from Young Living and all are worth checking out. (I keep them all in stock at my house!)
Y’all, there is an entire line of Thieves products—each one worthy of exploring. Dental care, water hand purifier, hand soap, bath soap, laundry detergent, dish detergents, veggie wash, etc. But this Thieves Household Cleaner is EXCELLENT! It is a concentrate so one bottle will last you FOREVER! Just put a couple of capfuls in a spray bottle of water and it will clean countertops, sinks, stoves, toilets….you name it! Love this stuff! No toxic chemicals in my house anymore, just pure clean essential oils doing the job better than anything I have ever used before. No, really.
In the first 101 class, I mentioned Essential Rewards. After you have had your oils for a while, you will probably want to replace those empty oil bottles, explore new oils for specific body systems you feel the need to support, you may want to try other Young Living products such as their cleaning products or supplements. First thing you know, you are making regular orders. And you realize, "I should have signed up for Essential Rewards!".
I told you! You could have been earning Essential Rewards points all this time and getting FREE products.
That's OK. No time like the present to remedy that. Just log on to your own little Virtual Office and click on the "Essential Rewards" link. YOU choose what goes in your cart, just has to be 50PV minimum. YOU choose what day you want your order to process (can be changed if you change your mind). All month long you put things in your cart, you change your mind, you take things back out, you add something else....doesn't matter! You have until midnight before processing day to customize your order each and every month. Then you sit back and wait for that package to arrive each month, kind of like Christmas every month :)
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