Cultivate a happy, healthy home with this curated kit of green home favorites! These products are some of our most used and are such a huge jump start on a low-tox home. This is your easy button when it comes to all natural, plant-based cleaning.
HAPPY, HEALTHY HOME KIT AT A GLANCE
* A curated kit of natural home favorites
* This kit makes it so simple to leave harsh chemicals behind
* Products are versatile and easy to use
* Contains everything you need to clean your entire space
* Products are infused with Thieves essential oil blend - a cleaning must have!
* Includes 15mL bottles of Lemon and Thieves essential oils
* Includes Thieves Household Cleaner, Thieves Dish Soap, Thieves Laundry Soap, & Thieves Kitchen and Bath Scrub
The Make a Shift Happy, Healthy Home Kit features some of our most loved and most used Thieves products! The Thieves essential oil blend is infused into the cleaner, scrub, dish soap, and laundry soap because it is our go-to when it come to kicking the ick to the curb.
This kit includes:
Thieves essential oil blend, 15 mL
This powerful blend of immune boosting oils works with the body's natural defense systems, making it one we reach for every day. Use this spicy smelling oil in all your cleaning DIYs and to support overall immune health and daily wellness!
* Dilute Thieves 1:4 (1 part Thieves, 4 part carrier oil) and apply to the spine, over the lymph nodes, and/or to the bottoms of the feet.
* Add Thieves to your cleaning DIYs - all purpose cleaner, linen and upholstery sprays, scrubs, and more. (There's a reason Young Living has an entire line of household products infused with this blend!)
* * Add a drop to honey, then pour warm water over for a Thieves Tea (you can also add your favorite herbal tea). I also like to add Lemon essential oil to my tea. Add a drop or two to coffee grounds before brewing, or mix into your favorite latte recipe.
* Diffuse! Studies have shown that the Thieves blend can blast 96% of airborne germs. Pair with Peppermint for a pick-me-up or with Lavender for a bedtime blend that supports the immune system.
Lemon essential oil , 15 mL
Lemon is a bright, sunny and versatile oil that can be used for a variety of things, including a balanced health and wellness regimen. Lemon is very cleansing, so we can use it for our homes or for our bodies. Lemon oil is a wonderful way to support the liver!! And the oil is made from the rind of the fruit, making it alkaline instead of acidic so we get tons of great immune and wellness benefits!
* A drop or two of Lemon can help you get sticky, hard to remove items or residue off of windows and other surfaces with ease.
* Use Lemon for cleaning! Talk about the entire house smelling wonderful. Add to Thieves Household Cleaner, cleaning DIYs, wool dryer balls, your laundry soap, your mop bucket, anything!
* Add Lemon to your Thieves roller for an everyday wellness blend. Other great additions: Frankincense, Oregano, Pine. This oil is also great for supporting clear airways, so use it in a roller or chest rub!
* Lemon helps support oily skin or blemishes. Use on the t-zone with Lavender & Frankincense or use on a q-tip to spot treat blemishes.
Thieves Household Cleaner 14.4 oz.
ONE cleaner for your entire home – truly! This bottle of concentrate marks about 20 bottles of all-purpose cleaner and can be used in so many different ways that you can clean your entire space with it. It's economical, safe for my Golden Retrievers, horses & cats (pets in general), kids (so my boys can clean their own bathroom 😁)has no harsh chemicals, and smells amazing. There are SO many ways to use this one bottle (see recipes below!).
* Mix up 1 capful with water in a 16 oz glass spray bottle (included in the kit!) for general cleaning. Option to add a few drops of Lemon or Thieves oil for more scent!
* Use 2 capfuls in a bucket of hot water to clean floors.
* Dilute in a spray bottle and spray onto ped beds.
* Mix with water and vinegar and use in a steam mop, spray mop, or other floor cleaner.
Amber Glass Spray Bottle
The perfect companion to Thieves Household Cleaner! Use this spray bottle to mix up your all-purpose daily cleaner. The stylish bottle means you can leave it on the counter without sacrificing your aesthetic!
Thieves Laundry Soap
Thieves Laundry Soap is one of our laundry room must haves. Safe, effective, eco-friendly and economical cleaning with the power of plants? Sign us up! This plant-powered laundry soap is tough enough for dirt stains, but gentle enough for newborn clothing. Fabrics come out of the washer clean and with a pleasant citrus aroma, thanks to a 100 percent pure blend of Thieves, Jade Lemon, and Bergamot essential oils!
* Standard load: ½ cap for conventional washers, ¼ cap for HE washers.
* For extra oomph, you can add a few drops of Lemon or Thieves essential oil to the soap in the washing dispenser!
Thieves Kitchen & Bath Scrub
Thieves Kitchen and Bath Scrub is the perfect naturally derived cleaner: tough on messes and safe for your family! The scrubbing power comes from nepheline syenite, a naturally occurring mineral from Canada; baking soda that gently absorbs odors; sodium percarbonate that provides a powerful boost of oxygen-based cleaning power; and Young Living's signature Thieves blend.
* Use to clean kitchens, sinks, bathtubs, showers, commodes, etc.
* Use it to naturally tackle soap scum, built-up grease and grime, and hard-water stains in the kitchen and bathroom.
* Keep it on hand for cleaning ovens, grills and barbecues as well and dutch ovens or pans with baked-on grease. Add a few drops of Lemon for the most pesky food residues!
Thieves Dish Soap, 12 oz
If you want a dish soap that cuts the grease, doesn't leave your dishes with a scented residue, and is gentle on your hands, then Thieves Dish Soap is perfect for you! This cleaning powerhouse is free of the typical sulfates, dyes, and synthetics found in many dish soaps, and the plant-based formula leaves no harsh chemical residues - on your dishes or on your skin. Plus, a little goes a long way, and this bottle can up your cleaning game in the rest of the house too!
* Use to clean your dishes. Fill a sink with hot water, Thieves Dish Soap and a couple drops of Lemon for sparkling, clean dishes.
* Use to pre-treat laundry stains! Simply wet the stain, rub Thieves Dish Soap onto it, scrub with a laundry brush, and wash.
* Add to a shower brush for easy shower cleaning! Fill your brush with half cleaner and half soap. Use to scrub your shower every time you get in!
DAILY HABITS WITH THE MAKE A SHIFT HAPPY, HEALTHY HOME KIT
Here are some of our favorite recipes, DIYs, and ways to use the products in this kit! This is truly all you need to clean your entire home.
Whip up a Thieves Household Cleaner for general cleaning - counters, bathrooms, everywhere!
* To the 16oz glass spray bottle add 1-2 capfuls of Thieves Household Cleaner. Option to add 10-15 drops each Lemon and Thieves essential oils. Fill with filtered water.
Pretreat stains with Thieves Dish Soap! Simply drop onto stains, use a wooden laundry brush to rub in, then wash in Thieves Laundry Soap.
Make a stain stick!
* 30mL roller bottle
* Fill halfway with Thieves Household Cleaner
* Add 1Tbsp hydrogen peroxide and 10 drops Lemon essential oil
* Fill the remainder with Thieves Dish Soap
Shake well and roll onto stains, then brush with a wooden laundry brush
Make a DIY Carpet & Rug Freshener to freshen up your space whenever you vacuum.
* To an airtight glass jar add:
* 1 cup Baking Soda
* ½ cup Fine Sea Salt
* 15 drops Thieves
* 20 drops Lemon
* Mix well. When ready to use, sprinkle over carpets and let sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming.
Make a Linen & Upholstery Spray to use when you change the sheets or anytime a surface needs a little freshening:
* 16oz glass spray bottle
* 1-2 capfuls Thieves Household Cleaner
* 15-20 drops each Thieves, Lemon
* Filtered water
Shake to mix and spray on linens, upholstery, mattresses, anything really!
Make a DIY Laundry Scent Booster to make your laundry smell divine with zero harsh chemicals:
To a large glass jar with a lid add:
* 1 cup Epsom Salt
* ½ cup Fine Sea Salt
* ½ cup Baking Soda
* 30 drops Lemon (or a mix of desired oils)
To use, add 2-3 Tbsp directly to the laundry.
Make a DIY Wood Polish
* 1 cup olive oil
* 5 drops Thieves
* 5 drops Lemon essential oil
Diffuse!! Diffuse Thieves and Lemon together anytime you need a little freshening!
There are so many uses for this kit and I love that the products are versatile and safe to use around my family.
Are you ready to go green? I'm happy to help you get started!
Some days it feels like Autumn, other days the summer heat returns. Here in South Dakota, and at this time of year, I like to dress in layers in preparation for temperature swings and the wind that is almost always a factor. I do enjoy these slightly cooler temperature shifts after a hot, dry summer.
Besides weather shifts, people also seem to dig out the fall scented candles and we see signs for pumpkin spice at all the coffee house’s. While I love the scents of fall, we ditched candles a long time ago. I didn’t want to risk forgetting to extinguish them when not around and they actually lower our air quality. They're loaded with artificial fragrance and volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) that can cause eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches, as well as cause breathing issues and nausea. They can even damage the central nervous system and other organs. Yikes! (Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093181/ )
So what did we use to replace ALL those? A diffuser, high-quality essential oils, and a spray bottle!
Diffusing vaporizes essential oils and gets them into the air so that we can breathe them in. We use cool mist ultrasonic diffusers so that the oils are protected from heat and retain their incredible properties!
Diffusing also purifies the air, makes your home smell good without harsh chemicals, and helps get those awesome oils into your lungs and to your brains. (yes, that's a good thing) Simply add your essential oil drops to your diffuser, add water to the fill line, and start diffusing. It’s so easy and I can change up the scent throughout the day. In rooms where I don’t have a diffuser I will mix up a room spritzer and just lightly mist the air… this is mostly done in the laundry room where our 2 Golden Retrievers hang out.
Here are some of my favorite fall diffuser blends.
Mulled Cider
3 drops Ginger
4 drops Orange
2 drops Cinnamon Bark
2 drops Clove
Snickerdoodle
3 drops Stress Away ®
2 drops Thieves ®
Falling For You
4 drops Orange
3 drops Ginger
3 drops Patchouli
Fall Frost
3 drops Cinnamon Bark
3 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce
3 drops Orange
One other super easy option is the Young Living Simplified Fall Collection by Jacob & Kait. This collection includes 3 blends with all the cozy fall feels with warm scents of Cozy Cabin (woodsy), Gingersnaps (spicy & sweet) and Orange Spiced Cider (rich citrus & cinnamon)
Whether you want to mix up your own, or you like the easy button, I hope this has helped you!
Not all essential oils are created equal. We only use Young Living essential oils. I love their Seed to Seal promise and I have visited their farm in Mona, Utah. I have tried other oils in the past and they did not even come close to the Young Living standard. Are you ready to ditch the candles and shift to pure essential oils? Get started today!
Happy 2022!
I am on a mission to improve my exercise and eating habits; these improved habits also require a fair amount of grace J Are you with me? I'm going for progress, not perfection.
I started my morning with 15 minutes on an exercise bike and a few stretches, plus play with my two golden retriever puppies once we started to get some light outside.
My doctor recommended that I add in more avocados to my diet (and veggies as always), which I have incorporated with some success. This recipe allows me to enjoy my chocolate (which I prefer to veggies and avocados) and eat avocados too!
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Ingredients
3 large avocado, soft and ripe
¼ cup cacao powder
3-6 tablespoons coconut milk (depending on what consistency you like, start with 3, then add a little more if you want)
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp coconut oil
2 tablespoons raw honey
In addition to the above ingredients, I also like to add some cinnamon, so I add 1 drop of Young Living’s Cinnamon Bark Vitality essential oil. It’s safe for consumption, great for satiety and oh so good!
Directions
- Combine avocado, cacao powder, coconut milk, vanilla, coconut oil and honey in blender or food processor; blend on high for 1 minute or until smooth.
- Add 1 drop Young Living Cinnamon Bark Vitality essential oil (peppermint would also be good!)
- Blend for another minute.
- Transfer to a glass container, cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Enjoy!
Hey all! Today’s 71 degrees is tough to beat for South Dakota in April. I’m so grateful! It definitely makes the "please stay at home" time so much more tolerable!
So, just a little introduction on myself.
I’m a boy-mom. Three young boys still in the house, one all grown up and has a family of his own.
I’m a homeschooling mom. This is something I never anticipated doing, ever. But, oh how things change once we have actually have children.
I'm an animal lover. I currently have 2 quarter horses and one mini-pony that loves to be on the wrong side of the fence. She likes free range life. We also have several barn cats and one large Golden Retriever.
With horses, I am a huge fan of keeping it natural, and have spent many years studying Parelli Natural Horsemanship. I love a good weekend horse-man-ship clinic and spending a couple of days with other horse lovers!
I love the oily lifestyle. That brings me to my purpose for today’s post.
Life in the country, with horses, cats, and a Golden Retriever can certainly bring about particular smells. A couple of weeks ago, our dog, Murphy decided to swim in our stock pond. Yuck! Of course after a swim, there’s always a roll in the horse yard to add to his essence of country dog. After a day, he kind of self cleans, but still definitely stinks. He is an outside dog, 90% of the time. This week, he found a deceased cat in the ditch across the road and decided to roll in it, then drag said cat onto our yard. So now we have a stinky dog and my boys are a bit distraught over seeing cat parts on our lawn. My 6 year old came and said “Um mom, this is kind of gross, but I think Tiger’s tail is on our yard.” Ugh! So sorry buddy.
Life is busy and I don’t have time to bathe a double coated, long haired dog every time he rolls in something or goes for a dip in the pond. I did have time to whip up an oily recipe. It helps with comb outs, reduces his country odor, and can even help repel some creepy crawlies, since he likes to explore our pastures:
Country Dog Spray
10 drops Lavender
5 drops Geranium
5 drops Lemongrass
5 drops Palo Santo,
5 drops Cedarwood
3 tsp conditioner
½ oz vodka
6 oz water.
Combine in a spray bottle and shake well before each use. Spray liberally and let it set a few minutes before brushing. Murphy is a 110 pound dog, so if you have a small dog, you may want to reduce the number of drops and adjust to your liking.
Not all oils are created equal. Please do not buy oils from your local grocery or large box store and think you will achieve the same results as pure therapeutic grate oils. I love Young Living products. I even used my Young Living conditioner in this recipe.
