Oregano Essential Oil
Oregano is one of the most potent and powerful essential oils and has been used for centuries in traditional medicine for its cleansing and immune-boosting properties. The primary chemical components of Oregano are carvacol and thymol, both in the phenols group, which possess purifying and antioxidant properties. Due to its high phenol content, caution should…
It’s Important to Read Food Labels
If a food product has a label with multiple ingredients I recommend not eating it! It’s pretty much that simple. Processed foods are not whole foods. The longer the list of ingredients, the further you should stay away. These are some of the words that should trigger an alert: Artificial (anything!) High fructose corn syrup Artificial sweeteners…
Bergamot Essential Oil
Bergamot is the most delicate of the citrus plants, requiring special climate and soil in order to thrive. Italians have used Bergamot for years to reduce tension and stress and to soothe and rejuvenate skin. In Greece, the unripe fruits are used as sweetmeats, eaten by the spoonful as a dessert or with coffee. Bergamot…
Art & Visual Complexity
Art can make a giant contribution to the impact of any room in your house. However, it can also over stimulate the senses! The way you display the art is very much important. One piece of art sometime needs to stand alone. An art wall with the pictures placed perfectly can make an impressive and…
Organizing Your Home Office
This can be one of the most exciting rooms to do in a house. It is an opportunity to really personalize and make this special space productive and functional. Whether your office occupies one bedroom or an entire floor the floor plan should allow for storage, work space and sometimes meeting space. Acoustical considerations are primary here. You…
Cinnamon Essential Oil
Cinnamon is derived from a tropical, evergreen tree that grows up to 45 feet high and has highly fragrant bark, leaves, and flowers. Extracted from bark, cinnamon oil contains strong cleansing and immune enhancing properties. Due to its high content of cinnamaldehyde, Cinnamon should be diluted with dōTERRA Fractionated Coconut Oil when applied to the…
Organize Your Living Room
How many of you spend very little time in the living room? This room is the one room in the house that we spend the most money on expensive beautiful furniture for entertaining and then we wind up never use it for fear we ruin our good furnishings. How silly is that? This room should be for…
Fractionated Coconut Oil
dōTERRA®’s Fractionated Coconut Oil is an all-natural carrier oil that readily absorbs into the skin making it an ideal oil for topical therapies. Its feather-light emollient effect provides a soothing barrier without clogging pores and is excellent for dry or troubled skin. It leaves skin feeling silky smooth, not greasy like other vegetable carrier oils.…
Organize Your Kitchen
The kitchen is my favorite room to declutter! This room accumulates things that don’t belong there more than any other room in the house! The kitchen and food preparation used to be in a separate room, hidden in the back of the home and food was transported to the dining area. Today the kitchen is often the…
Ginger Essential Oil
Taken from the rhizome (the subterranean stalk of a plant that shoots out the root system), Ginger has many traditional uses. A featured ingredient in many Asian dishes, Ginger has a hot, fragrant flavor when used as a kitchen spice. In Western tradition, Ginger is most often used in sweets—gingerbread and ginger snaps being two…
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