I recently held a facebook class on DITCHING THE TOXINS in our homes. I followed up with a facebook live video telling about the products I use every single day in our home that are GOOD for our health and aren’t bringing toxins into the home. I had several people ask me to create a list of these items!
Part 1: The Essential Oils I Use Daily
Do you know what the most toxic items are in your home? I can name a few of the worst offenders: fabric softener, detergent, deodorant, cleaners…
5 Simple Resources for Detoxifying Your Home
This blog post will cover the following 5 resources!
- An app to use on your phone
- A Household Cleaner you can use to replace ALL other cleaners
- Homemade Deodorant Recipe
- Young Living Starter Kit
- Free 14-day Email Course on Essential Oils
- Bonus Tip: Dr. Bronner’s for all the things
Resources for Detoxifying Your Home
A Helpful App
A friend told me about this app: Think Dirty App (Dirty means TOXINS, y’all.) And it is SO EYE OPENING. Warning: Do not start scanning products in your home unless you are ready to make some big changes. You can use this app to scan bar codes of items such as shampoo, make up, dish soap, tooth paste, detergent and more. It will then give you a rating. A lot of things in my home were 9s and 10s. That is the worst rating there is! I’m slowly working to replace all the items that were that high.
One Household Cleaner
The Cleaner to Replace ALL your other cleaners: The Thieves Household Cleaner can literally be used on everything in your home! With ONE CLEANER you can replace all the bad stuff!
Here is the awesome thing about the Thieves cleaner — one bottle of CONCENTRATE costs $22 (wholesale price.) You can use this bottle of cleaner for nearly a year depending on how much you clean at your house. {grin} You pour ONE-TWO CAPFULS of the concentrate into a regular sized spray bottle, then fill with water. That’s it!
Homemade Deodorant That Works
Did you know that most deodorants purchased at the grocery store have aluminum in them? Did you know that aluminum is linked with cancer and Alzheimer’s? Yet we rub it on our bodies every single day.
I have tried several natural or organic deodorants over the years. In the last 2 months I have tried Tom’s, Kiss My Face, and Young Living brand deodorants. None of them have kept me from stinking, unfortunately. I apologize to my friends who have hugged me in the last few months. YIKES.
Well, my friend Denise has been making this deodorant for years now. I actually tried it a few years ago and couldn’t get used to rubbing it on with my hands. Well, I was desperate so I tried it again. It only took a few minutes to heat the ingredients and mix it up. Then, you wait a few hours for it to “set” and harden…
I’ve used this deodorant now for a few weeks. I have walked and jogged and lifted weights. I have helped a friend pack up her house. I have done my normal everyday stuff. And I’m so excited to tell you that I haven’t been stinky!!! HA!!
Feel free to grab her recipe and print a copy for yourself!
Starter Kit from Young Living
If you have the starter kit and the Thieves cleaner you can rid your home of 90% of the toxins!
When Dr. Edie told us this in a class, I was shocked. And I was encouraged. You see, I get really overwhelmed when I look at that app and start seeing all the bad stuff in my home. But, in just a few weeks time I have realized that I am making baby steps and every single step is ONE STEP in the right direction!!
The reason the starter kit can help you to rid your home of toxins is that included in this kit are amazing oils that will help replace other things in your home.
Lavender can replace other products you use for cuts and bruises.
Lemon can replace the flavoring you put in your water.
Thieves can replace any germ fighting product you may use on your own bodies and in cleaning your home.
Frankincense can be used to promote healthy skin. (I put 1 drop in my face lotion daily.)
And on and on…
Go here to sign up as a wholesale member by purchasing a premium starter kit!
Look at this picture of all you get in the starter kit! Woo-hoo!
Resources I Use with My Oils
Carrier Oil – I love using ROLLER BOTTLES on my oils because I can add my own blends and also add a carrier oil to DILUTE the oil and make it last longer! It also goes on much easier with the roller top. This fractionated coconut oil is what I’ve been using as my carrier oil for the last year.
Roller Bottles – The BEST roller bottle tops are the stainless ones from Young Living that fit directly onto a YL bottle. The roller ball is stainless and it so much smoother than the plastic or anything else I’ve found. You can get a package of 10 for 9.95 I believe. (You get at least one in your starter kit!) I have ordered these pretty roller bottles as gifts for Christmas! They are very pretty.
Diffusers – I have multiple Young Living diffusers in my home and love them. I also have a few from Amazon that have worked really well too! I have this one, which has lasted more than a year so far. We had this one and loved it as well! And yet one more we’ve had for over a year and it’s still going strong! (WHY YES, I love diffusers and have them in every bedroom and our living areas!! I believe in the power of aromatherapy that much!)
Oils I Use Every Single Day – these are all the oils I use on a DAILY basis
Free 14 Day Email Course
FREE EMAIL COURSE from Dr. Edie Wadsworth — every other day or so you will receive an email telling you about one of the oils in the starter kit! If you’re curious about HOW to use the various oils that come in the starter kit (11 oils in all!!!) then this series will really help you to figure it out!
Bonus Tip – Dr. Bronner’s Soap
So here is another EASY way to get rid of some toxins in your home! A few years ago I wrote this post about TEN WAYS I USE THIS SOAP IN MY HOME. Woo-hoo!!
Click here to see the 10 ways we’ve used this soap in our home. The great thing about this soap is you can create your own face wash, body wash, hand soap, etc, but just diluting it, putting it in a hand pump by the sink and adding a few drops of your favorite essential oil! So much better for you than the store bought soaps with the fragrance added!
Thanks for sharing all this great information and the recipes. Im working on detoxifying our home. Clorox wipes and I will have to bid each other farewell! and appreciate this post! I have all the ingredients for the deodorant, so Im making it this weekend!:-)
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