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People are tired of all the chemicals in our environment, foods, and on the store shelves. They growing their own organic whole foods but also seeking out more natural solutions to their health problems.  Essential oils are one of the most popular ways to address these health needs naturally.

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With 31 presentations containing relevant evidence and practical advice from the experts, The Essential Oils Revolution will help you use essential oils effectively and confidently. This event is the first-ever, online, brand-generic event to include experts from every field, including aromatherapy, direct sales, medicine and research.

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Important Things You’ll Learn About Essential Oils:

• Understand what essential oils are and why they are popular today
• Why essential oils are nature’s BEST medicine
• How to use essential oils safely and effectively
• Tips for regaining control of your health with essential oils
• Pain and stress remedies using essential oils
• Culinary uses for essential oils
• How to use essential oils for high performance health
• Essential oils for animal aromatherapy
• And so much more!

Here are a few of the incredible experts who will speak at The Essential Oils Revolution:

• Robert Pappas, PhD, Essential Oil Adulteration
• Jordan S. Rubin NMD, PhD, Biblically-Based Essential Oil Uses
• Josh Axe, DC, CNS, Essential Oils for Gut, Thyroid and Adrenals
• Sylla & Nyssa Hanger, MA, LMT, RYT, Essential Oil Safety
• Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(NA), Homeopath & Mother Raised Children with No Meds, Ever!

With 25+ additional presenters sharing their expertise about essential oils, this invaluable (and FREE) resource is intended for everyone everywhere!

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EARLY ACCESS to Dr. Axe’s expert talk, Essential Oils for Gut, Thyroid and Adrenals

• EARLY ACCESS to Dr. Pappas’ expert talk, Essential Oil Adulteration
• The King’s Medicine Cabinet Essential Oils eGuide by Dr. Josh Axe
• The Essential Homestead: Using Essential Oils in the Home, Barnyard and Beyond eBook by Jill Winger
• Using God’s Medicine For The Abundant Life ebook by Dr. Eric L. Zielinski

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Make Your Own Essential Oil Blends and Stay Well This Winter

Essential oils are the liquid life that flows through plants.  They contain the "essence" of the plant's properties.  God created plants to help Man by creating some with components that can soothe our spirits while others are more invigorating to us.  Some plants have historically been used for their anti-bacterial qualities while other may help skin heal more quickly.  Each type of plant has different properties and therefore each essential oil distilled from different plants will have different properties as well.

With winter coming up, I've done some research on different types of essential oils that might be able to help the body fight off sickness.  It is important for me to state that I have not paid a professional laboratory or doctor to verify how well these work to ward off illness (although I do have a homeschool science project in mind now!).  However, I will share with you what I've learned about oils and how they have historically been used.

One of the most interesting blends of essential oils that is all over the internet is one that supposedly kept a band of robbers from catching the plague as they stole from those who had died of the plague in the 15th century.  The robbers were spice traders and would rub these particular spices on their body and they continued their stealing for years without getting sick.

There are various forms of this essential oil blend on the internet but the one I find most often is this:

40 drops Clove Essential Oil
35 drops Lemon Essential Oil
20 drops Cinnamon Essential Oil
15 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil
10 drops of Rosemary Essential Oil

Here are some of the historical uses of each essential oil as found in The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy: Over 600 Natural, Non-Toxic and Fragrant Recipes to Create Health — Beauty — a Safe Home Environment by Valerie Ann Worwood.  I have had this book forever and it is my "go-to" guide for essential oils.



Clove -  antibacterial, antiseptic, analgesic, toothache, digestive problems, muscular disorders, sterilization of surgical tools.
Lemon - water purifier, scurvy, antiseptic, antibacterial, tension headaches, insect bites, stimulates digestion,
Eucalyptus - chest problems, colic, cools the body, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, diuretic, analgesic, deodorizing, insect repellent, sunburn.
Rosemary - stimulant, antiseptic, arthritis, headaches, coughs, flu, migraines, diabetes.

While I do not believe in using essential oils internally, I have found wonderful benefits in diffusing the oils in the air.  I fill up my diffuser with distilled or filtered water then add 5 drops of this essential oil blend and let it run.  The diffuser sends a light mist of the essential oil into the air where we breathe it in and maybe even let it mist our skin.  The blend smells wonderful and hopefully it will help to fight off germies that we might come in contact.

Note: This post does contain an Amazon affiliate link.  If you buy the aromatherapy book that I recommend, I will get a very small percentage of the purchase which helps to pay for this site.  However, using this affiliate link does not change your price for the purchase in any way.  Thanks for supporting Savor the Days!

Storing Essential Oils

I have been using essential oils for probably 15 years now.  I originally started using them back when I had my own soap making/bath and body product business.  I loved that my products were unique because they were made with only natural therapeutic fragrances.

Over the years my essential oil collection has slowly grown.  I like to make my own blends either based on a fragrance that I want or for specific purposes like using Lavender and Ylang Ylang to soothe my soul at the end of the day.

I used to store my oils in an old shoe box but the cardboard got flimsy over time and I didn't want a bottle of oil to fall out and break on the floor when I picked up the box.  I moved my essential oils to a plastic storage box with a snap-on lid.  This was nice and sturdy but the plastic was translucent so they were still getting light exposure even when they were put away.  Essential oils do not turn rancid like nut and vegetable oils but their quality and strength can degrade over time if they are not stored properly.  It's best to keep them in the dark and in a cool place. 

Fortunately, I was able to re-purpose this big makeup bag that I've had for several years.   It is just perfect for my needs!  It is hard-sided so my oils will not get easily bumped around.  It is not translucent so my oils stay completely in the dark.  It has a handle for easy carrying.  I like this because sometimes I want to just carry the whole bag downstairs instead of just a bottle or two and this keeps them ready to go at all times.  (If I didn't want to be able to transport my oils, I would probably look into making a dedicated drawer for my essential oils and use these cool wooden storage boxes intended for kitchen gadgets.  I just love the way it is all organized!) Plus it just looks sharp!

Inside, it is big enough to hold most of my oils.  I do have some large 16 oz bottles of oil that will not fit in this box but I just transfer some of those oils to fresh 1/2 oz bottles so I will always have at least some of each of my oils in this special bag.  I keep my smallest bottles and some accessories like a little funnel in a little plastic box in the middle to keep them all together.  Notice that I've tried to balance the weight even throughout so that one side isn't heavier than the other.  This helps keep the bag from trying to slosh over to one side and sliding my oils around.

I use mostly amber boston round bottles but some of the bottles are a dark blue.  Both are good for storing essential oils in but the amber bottles are darker so they might keep them protected from light a little bit better.  

I either don't have anything in the opening of my essential oil bottles or else I may have an orifice reducer like you see in the picture below.  These make it easy to release just a few drops of the essential oil at a time.  This is a much better way to control the drops than to use a dropper in the cap.  Essential oils can degrade plastic and rubber over time so a dropper that stays sitting down in the oil for extended periods of time is not a good idea.

For times that I may need to get more than just a few drops of essential oil out of the bottle, I use a pipette to suction up larger amounts of the oil like I might use in lotion or soap recipes.  Although the pipettes are considered disposable, I'm too cheap to buy a new pipette every time I use an oil.  So I use snack size zip top bags to store them in.  I don't want to cross-contaminate the different oils with each other so each oil has its own dedicated pipette that goes in its own labeled baggie.  They fit right in my essential oil storage box.

This may not be the perfect system for everyone but it has worked well for me over the years.  If you use essential oils, I'd love to hear how you store yours!