Natural Essential Oil Lip Plumper Enhancer

With the new lip plumping fad going around right now, I researched a little about which essential oils could work as temporary lip plumpers. Turns out that Cinnamon Bark or Leaf EO can be found as an ingredient in many natural commercial lip plumpers! So I grabbed my Cinnamon Bark EO for a little experiment. ;-)

- First, I suggest taking a soft, damp tooth brush to gently scrub the dead skin cells from your lips.  I put a few drops into a 5mL Fractionated Coconut Oil filled roller bottle. It really does work! My lips look fuller and more vibrant.  I may make a DIY "natural lip balm plumper" soon and I'll keep you updated on what I use! 

- The cinnamon bark EO essentially irritates/inflames the mucus membranes around the lips and in conjunction with increased blood flow to the area gives them that fuller look. 

- FYI, I would suggest testing a little area first on your wrist if you have sensitive skin and ALWAYS dilute with a carrier oil as Cinnamon Bark EO can be considered irritating and a "hot oil". 

Natural Essential Oil Mattress Cleaner Spring Cleaning

It's time to do some spring cleaning around the house! Thanks doterrablog.com for this info!

"You often sanitize your counters, scrub your bathroom, and vacuum your floors—but how often do you clean your mattress?

Most people spend around eight hours every night on their mattress and are completely unaware that they could be sharing their bed with millions of dust mites.

Dust mites are tiny bugs that are so small they can only be seen with a microscope. They stay alive by eating human skin flakes and thrive in a warm and humid environment. Ideal environments for dust mites usually include mattresses, pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture, and fabric-covered items.

Dust mites can even cause an allergic reaction in some individuals that is similar to hay fever and asthma, making it difficult to breathe, or can even cause sneezing or a runny nose.

A simple way to rid dust mites is to clean your mattress, carpet, and upholstered furniture using just baking soda and essential oils.

According to a study, dust mites can be killed by using peppermint, eucalyptus or wintergreen essential oil. When combined with baking soda, which absorbs moisture, deodorizes and sanitizes, this powerhouse duo can be an extremely effective, natural, and non-toxic household cleaner."

What You Need:

-1 cup baking soda (enough for a queen size mattress)

-5 drops Lavender essential oil from the company of your choice

-5 drops Eucalyptus, Peppermint or Wintergreen essential oil from the company of your choice

Mason jar with lid

-Sifter

-Vacuum

How to Clean Your Mattress:

- Remove bed linens & wash them. 

- Add the baking soda & essential oils to Mason jar. Mix well.

- Put mixture into sifter and sift across mattress. Let sit for an hour or more. 

- Vacuum

Happy spring!!!

Lighten Hair Naturally using Essential Oils - Sun Spray

Before I got pregnant with my 2nd child I was a blonde! Yeeep... I couldn't keep up with it and I didn't want those coloring chemicals hurting my baby, so I let it go back to my dark natural color. Now that I know more about how bad hair coloring chemicals can be, I decided to try to find oils (there's an oil for everything lol) that could potentially lighten my hair a bit. 

I've done the lemon juice in my hair when I was younger so I researched that first. I found Roman Chamomile as well as grapefruit oil helps lighten hair too! Whoop. I'm going to mix a few drops of each with some water and vegetable glycerin to make a hair lightening sun spray! I'll give this a try and post an update soon! 

Lemon oil- It's used in hair-lightening shampoos and rinses. Lemon essential oil also pulls double-duty like a grease-fighter for people with oily hair. If you have dry or damaged hair, lemon oil might be overly drying. Citrus oils can make skin more sensitive to sunlight, so don’t get lemon oil on your exposed scalp or hairline. 

Chamomile’s tradition of lightening hair dates back centuries, when women infused the flower’s fresh or dried petals to create a lightening rinse. Of the chamomile oils produced today, Roman chamomile is most effective for hair products. Roman chamomile oil is distilled from the flowers of the perennial chamomile plant Arthemis nobilis. Since it lightens without drying or over-moisturizing hair, Roman chamomile oil is really a good choice for people of all hair types. 

In a 15mL bottle (I reuse my old 15mL essential oil bottles and add a spray top. You can find them online at myoilgear.com) add:

- 15 drops of Lemon essential oil

- 15 drops of Roman Chamomile essential oil

- Add 1/8 tsp of vegetable glycerin or fractionated coconut oil

- Top with distilled water 

FYI::: Be-careful to avoid spraying this mixture on your skin and then going out into the sun. Citrus essential oils can cause photo sensitivity and you will be more prone to sunburn.

DIY At Home Weight Loss Wraps With Essential Oils

Just another one of the great things you can do with essential oils! The inches do come back in a few days but this is a quick fix for a night out or a tropical beach vacation!

I lost close to 2 inches doing this recipe!

DIY Natural Essential Oil Hair Spray Recipe

After using essential oils for months now and redesigning the products that I use on a daily basis, I CANNOT stand the smell of hair spray! It chokes me! It is so over-powering to me now and I decided why not try to make an all natural safe and effective hair spray!?

Here is an all natural flexible hold Citrus- Lavender Hair Spray made with essential oils.

What You Need-

- 1 whole organic orange for dark hair or 1 whole organic lemon for lighter hair

- 2 cups of distilled water

- 2-3 tablespoons of high proof vodka

- 10 drops of Lavender Essential Oil

- 1/4 teaspoon vitamin E oil (optional)

- 1/8 tsp of a carrier oil

- PET plastic or glass fine mist sprayer

What To Do-

1. Cut the fruit into wedges and combine with the 2 cups distilled water in a medium cooking pot.

2. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and let the water evaporate by half.

3. Strain liquid with a cheesecloth into a glass measuring cup.

4. Make sure you have 1 cup of water left, if you boiled too much add more distilled water until it reaches 1 cup. Allow the juice to cool.

5. Combine the alcohol, vitamin E and essential oil in a small bowl. Mix well.

6. Add the citrus juice to the alcohol mixture.

7. Pour the mixture into a glass or PET plastic fine mist sprayer. 

To use- Shake well before use and spray onto hair as you would with commercial hair spray.

NOTE- You can add 1/2 tbsp of white granulated sugar to the boiling process above to make this a more firmer hold hairspray and you can also add a drop or two of peppermint essential oil to repel any bugs the sugar may attract.

DIY Homemade Natural Essential Oil Candy Cane Sugar Scrub

I LOVE this sugar scrub! It makes my hands so silky and soft. I also use it in the shower to exfoliate. The candy canes give it a nice touch and would make a great Christmas Gift!

What You Need:

- 1 cup of white granulated sugar

- 3/4 cup of coconut oil; melted

- 1/4 cup of organic raw shea-butter; melted

- 5 capsules of Vitamin E oil; poke capsule with a pin to release oil

- Candy canes; crushed

- 20 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil

- 10 drops of Lemon Essential Oil

- A seal-able glass or PET plastic container

What You Need To Do:

1. In a medium sized mixing bowl add- the sugar and crushed candy canes.

2. Mix both well.

3. In a separate small bowl add- melted coconut oil, melted shea butter and vitamin E oil.

4. Mix the oils well.

5. Add the oil mixture to the sugar/candy cane mixture.

6. Mix them together very well.

7. Add the essential oils.

8. Mix and pour into a desired seal-able container.

9. Label and you're done! Easy Peasy!

To use- scoop a small amount about the size of a nickle out the the container and scrub onto hands or preferred body part and then rinse! 

Aromatherapy - Child / Toddler Sensory Box - Play Time

We have the winter blues in our family. Where we live in Pennsylvania it has been so cloudy every day for the past 3 weeks except ONE Sunday. That's it. My toddler is used to being outside in the summer everyday, all day. I saw this online and tweeked it a bit. Why not add some essential oils? Perfect to help them grow mentally and keep them busy! Essential oils, especially A Grounding Blend will calm their moods too.

What You Need:

- A shoe box

- A bag or two of Garbanzo Beans

- Some measuring cups and spoons

- Toys

- 3-4 drops of Grounding Blend or Calming Blend

- I put down a large sheet for easy clean up.

What You Need To Do:

I think it's pretty obvious. 

Put down a sheet. Place the beans in a shoe box. Add the essential oils. Add the toys. 

My toddler LOVED this. He sat there and took his trucks and cups and played for a very long time. Enough time for me to get some things done around the house!

Essential Oil Infused Bath Salts

1 cup Espom Salt
1/4 cup dead sea salts or plain sea salt
1/8 teaspoon Vitamin E oil
6 drops of Lavender Essential Oil
4 drops of Rosemary Essential Oil
2 tablespoons dried herbs (1 tbsp lavender & 1 tablespoon rosemary herbs; optional)

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.
2. Store in an air-tight container for 3 days, this helps the oils infuse well into the salts.
3. To use, grab a handful of salts and place in the tub. Relax and enjoy!

Essential Oil Roller Ball Bottle Blends

Say that title three times fast. 

Need any Roller-Ball Bottles? I get my 5mL (these are colorful bottles. Great for samples or gifts) off of Etsy here. You can also find some cheap ones on Amazon. 

***Using a 10 mL bottle you get roughly about 200-250 drops of liquid***
*** Using a 5mL bottle you get 100 drops of liquid***

***** These recipes are for 10mL bottles ****** 

This is my FAVORITE blend! This works wonders for my kids and I. Be happy and un-stressed in minutes. THIS IS A MUST MAKE! 

I'm Happy! Blend

- 20 drops of Balance Grounding Blend

- 20 drops of Lavender

-15 drops of Joyful Blend

- Fill the remaining with a carrier oil

A great one for adults with kids or adults who just constantly get "boo boos" =)
 "Boo Boo or Owie Blend"

- 20 drops Lavender

- 20 drops Melaleuca

- 15 drops Frankincense

- Fill remaining area with a carrier oil

Another great one for families is the calming blend.

"Wooo-saah" Calm Down Blend"

- 20 drops Lavender

- 15 drops Ylang Ylang

- 15 drops Vetiver

- 10 drops Roman Chamomile

- Top off with a carrier oil

Having trouble falling asleep? Here is my

"Night Night, Counting Sheep Blend"

- 20 drops Lavender

- 15 drops Ylang Ylang

- 10 drops Roman Chamomile

- 15 drops Marjoram

- Fill rest up with a carrier oil

Need energy during the day? At work? With crazy kids? Well here is my 

"I Kick Butt and Take Names Energy Blend"

- 20 drops Orange

- 20 drops Rosemary

- 10 drops Peppermint

- 10 drops Frankincense

- Fill it up with FCO

Do you have a few wrinkles here and there? How bout' lovely stretch marks?

"Life's Battle Marks, Anti Age Blend"

- 15 drops Frankincense

- 20 drops Lavender

- 10 drops Sandalwood

- 10 drops Myrrh 

- Fill the rest with a carrier oil

Is your child having trouble focusing on homework or in school?  Anyone you know including you having trouble focusing on work? Here is my 

"Get Focused Blend"

- 15 drops Frankincense

- 20 drops Wild Orange

- 15 drops Ylang Ylang

- 10 drops Roman Chamomile
10 drops Vetiver

- Fill the bottle up with FCO

You can also give your child this blend to use at school! It may just get his teacher interested in these awesome oils. Just halve this recipe for a 5 mL bottle.

Are you or a loved one having trouble quitting smoking?

Here's my 

"Get Yo' Life Right, Stop Smoking Blend"

(FYI, I'm not hating on smokers. My husband was a smoker for many years)

- 15 drops Black Pepper

- 20 drops Lavender

- 20 drops Peppermint

-- 10 drops Frankincense OR Helichrysum 

- Fill the rest of the bottle up with FCO

Rub on your wrists and inhale occasionally to curb cravings. 

This would work great in an inhaler. (I wouldn't add FCO for the inhaler) You can purchase inhalers here.

 

Too much sun? Did ya burn a bit? Here's my

"Too Much Fun In The Sun Blend"

Fill this one up in a 15mL spray bottle (you could re-use a empty glass EO bottle and add a spray top)
- 10 drops Lavender

- 10 drops Roman Chamomile or Helichrysum

- 10 drops Peppermint
- Fill the rest of the bottle up with equal parts aloe vera gel and Witch Hazel.

Spray on the sun burned area every two hours until the burn feels better. Helichrysum and Lavender are great sun protectors. 

Do you have back pain? Everywhere pain? This blend  could work great on what ails you!
My "Darn That Hurts, Make It GO AWAY Blend?!"
- 20 drops Peppermint
- 15 drops Wintergreen
- 10 drops Black Pepper
-10 drops Marjoram
- 7 drops Lemongrass
- Fill up the remaining with FCO


At the onset of flu/cold symptoms, rub on bottoms of feet, cover with socks.
You can rub this on daily to help prevent sickness & build immune system!
Don't Get Sicky Icky Blend
- 10 drops Protective Blend
-10 drops Oregano
-6 drops Melaleuca aka Tea Tree
-5 drops Lemon
- Fill the rest up with FCO

*At the onset of flu/cold symptoms, take this every 4 hours in an empty veggie capsule*
- 2 drops Protective Blend 
- 1 drop Oregano

Keep Calm and Carry On- Anxious Blend

Rub this blend on the bottom of your big toe, on your temple and below your ear.

These essential oils are great to stop anxiety and nervousness.

- 20 drops of Lavender

- 20 drops of Grounding Blend

- 10 drops of Digestive Blend (Weird I know. It has shown to work against anxiety)

- 10 drops of Frankincense

- 5 drops of A Joyful Blend (optional)

- Fill the rest of the roller-bottle with a carrier oil

AAAHHH-CHOO Seasonal Threat Blend

20 drops of Peppermint 

20 drops of Lavender

20 drops of Lemon

- fill remaining with a carrier oil

Heart Health Blend

10 drops Ylang Ylang
10 drops Frankincense
15 drops Cypress
5 drops Marjoram
5 drops Cassia
5 drops Helichrysum (optional)
- Top off with a carrier oil

Massage this blend on the bottom of your foot, on your wrist, along breast bone, massage over your heart gently, on Carotidal arteries and/or on the back of the neck. Did this procedure 2-3x a day.




Remember Essential Oils are extremely potent and a little goes a long way. Always use a carrier oil with blends to protect from any irritation.

More blends to come...... 

Obviously, you can personalize these blends to your own preference. 

If you need more info or have anything you want to add please comment below.

Contact me if you're interested in more essential oil info. Contact me at BeOilRight@gmail.com if your interested! You can also contact me through this blog! Thanks for stopping by!

*Disclaimer: None of what I testify of has been evaluated by the FDA, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. I am not a registered medical professional and I encourage you to discuss your health concerns with your own doctor. I simply share resources and tools to raise consumer awareness.