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The Beginning of our oily journey!

Hey Guys!

A couple of years ago, my friend had told me about how essential oils had helped her family in regards to their health and their behaviour. She gave me some samples to try and I was convinced! I didn't have the money at the time to buy one of the kits, but I was signed up and ready to start sharing how much those few oils had made an impact with my family. My kids were sleeping better with the help of one of the blends my friend had made for me, my headaches were few and far between and everyone was generally happy. It made sense for me to keep going with it, however, when I ran out of one or two, I didn't bother ordering any more.
Fast forward a few years to the present and I finally ordered a starter kit from DoTerra! I got the Family Essentials kit that come with a 15mL bottle of Smart and Sassy (Slim and Sassy in the US).
We also ordered a Petal diffuser, Ice Blue Rub, Fractionated Coconut oil and ClaryCalm. With the order we also got a 15mL bottle of Peppermint.

We have had it just over a week now and we LOVE it! Not a day has gone by that we have not used at least 3 or 4 of these oils and blends that we have made up. The kids are using them as their go-to for anything from itchy spots (we get a few mozzies here) to sniffles to growing pains. My 8 year old also loves lemon so whenever she starts to feel anxious, she grabs the lemon essential oil, opens it up and breathes in. She calms down in less than a minute and goes back and continues playing.

The rollerball bottles are these from Amazon and the blends we made up are:
Ice Blue
EasyAir
Itch
Tummy
Cough
Sniffles
Sleep
Headache
Mood (for me)
Motivation

As I said before, the kids just come and grab whichever one they need off my desk and put it on themselves (with my supervision) and put it right back when they are done. We have had two kiddos with the beginnings of a cold and they just put cough and sniffles on a couple of times a day, easy air at night and after 2 days, they are completely fine!
These oils have helped my family so much in the short amount of time we have had them and will definately be bringing them with us when we go on our holiday next week!
I will more than likely post more about our journey with Essential Oils so keep and eye out!

Thanks for reading!

Jacqui xxx

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