It's been the week of DIY Essential Oils around here! First I made the bath salts, next I posted about the sugar scrub and today, it's all about the lip balm. Last winter my friend Jennifer from Threaded Together came over with some amazing Peppermint Lip Balm she had made. The stuff was awesome. Then in the summer she made Strawberry Lemonade Lip Balm which was incredible. I am hijacking off her recipe here and want to make sure she gets full inspirational credit. I have been wanting to try this for awhile with essential oils and finally the perfect combo came to me-Lavender Orange Lip Balm. It turned out great. Here are the directions to make your own! This will make 12 filled tubes. But with the beeswax bag you buy you could make 100's. Lavender Orange Lip Balm Ingredients: Coconut Oil Beeswax 1 Vitamin E capsule (optional) 12 Lip Balm Tubes Glass Pipette I used plastic this time because I was being lazy and the hot oil melted the first one. Buy glass. Young Living Orange Essential Oil Young Living Lavender Essential Oil (Save $25 on the new Young Living Premium Starter Kit) Washi Tape if you plan to decorate them after. Directions: Melt ...
Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Scrub
Ah, its the first day of Fall. The leaves are turning, the air is crisper and the crockpots are on in Denver. Since last week I posted about how to make essential oil bath salts, I thought I would flip the tables today and make a sweeter sugar scrub that my fellow Lemon Dropper friends came up with. Wide mouth mason jars make the perfect container for this. Dress it up a bit and you have another perfect and fairly inexpensive gift for teachers or friends for the holidays! How to Make Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Scrub Need to order oils to make the scrub? That is easy as making the recipe! How to Order Essential Oils: Read this post on how to get a Young Living discount. ...
How To Help Your Kid Transition in College
It's been just about a month since most college kids have headed off. And its just about the time for them to start missing home, if they haven't already. I'm finding while the first month is hardest on the family left at home, the second is hardest on the one who left. What can you do to support your kid away from home? Here are some strategies my friends and I are finding successful. How To Help Your Kid Transition in College 1. Send them an amazing memory. This summer my son got into hiking and had several gorgeous photos he took of 14'ers. I teamed up with Picture It On Canvas to turn one of those photos of Grey's Peak into an amazing canvas art piece for his dorm room, earning me a "Mom, it's AMAZING. Thank you so much" text. Any mom of an 18 year old knows, that is huge! Not sure what to have put on canvas for your kiddo? Spend some time looking through his or her Instagram account. I love that they can import a picture directly from Instagram! I chose to have this mounted thin-bar on a 16*24 canvas. It is the perfect size for over most dorm style desks. The thin bar makes it light enough to hang with Command poster hanging strips which I left there on move in day. ...
How To Make Essential Oil Bath Salts
Hooked on essential oils? Wondering what to do with all those empty bottles? Easy! Make essential oil bath salts. This has to be the easiest DIY project on the planet. 3 Steps to Make Essential Oil Bath Salts 1. Fill 12 ounce wide mouth Ball Mason Jar with epsom salt. You can buy epsom salt in just about any drug or grocery store. I purchased a 4 lb bag at Target for around $4. You don't have to use a wide mouth ball mason jar but use something glass that closes tight. I like the wide mouth mason jars cause they are super easy to decorate. This would make a great gift. 2. Use any empty Young Living essential oil bottle you would like. Do not clean it out. It's best if it has a few drops left in it. The one I really like to use for bath salts is Panaway. It makes a relaxing soak that helps relieve my sore muscles. Take off the lid and the remove the inner plastic stopper. 3. Place oil jar inside the mason jar of salts. Close up the mason jar tightly. Let it sit 24 hours. The salt will draw the remaining essential oils out of the jar. Gentle shake it up to the move the bottle around every now and then. That's it! After 24 hours you have an amazing essential oil bath ...
Broncos Cocktail Recipe & $300 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
It's football season! YAY. My favorite time of year. To get you prepared I have a couple of AWESOME tools to help you throw the best football parties of the season. First off, a very cool Orange and Blue Broncos Cocktail Recipe....if you are another orange and blue team fan, do me a favor and don't tell me you are using this! Broncos Colors Cocktail Recipe You can find the Broncos Cocktail Recipe here. I made it up last year before the Superbowl. Football Ideas on Pinterest Need more Football ideas? I have two ways for you to find them. Check out my Pinterest Football Food board. More Football Party Posts Make sure to read all the football posts that my friends have written. Seriously....I have majorly talented friends. With all our ideas you will ROCK this NFL season. Amazon Gift Card Giveaway and FINALLY, to MAKE SURE one of you has an awesome season my friends and I are sponsoring a $300 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway. Good LUCK! a Rafflecopter giveaway COMMENT QUESTION: Who is your favorite team? Can be NFL, College or Pee Wee... The nitty gritty: Starting Sunday 9/7 at 12 a.m. and ending Sunday 9/21 at 11:59 p.m. (technically 9/22 at 12 ...