a natural lifestyle
After over 3 years of using natural products in our home & ditching toxins, I wanted to share my top 10 list of my very favorite (and most used) products from Young Living! We started using Young Living products in our home a little over 3 years ago when I started learning about the toxins in our every day products. We were wanting to start growing our family (a story for another day) so I was reading books and listening to podcasts on how best to support our fertility and bodies, as well as get our home ready for a sweet baby.
So much of what I learned revolved around ditching toxins in your every day life. We can’t control everything (like environmental toxins such as air pollution) but we can control the products we use in our home and on our bodies. It can be so overwhelming to even know where to start & figuring out what ingredients to avoid – but thankfully, that’s when I found Young Living. Our easy button to all natural, plant based, and super effective products!
So much of what I learned revolved around ditching toxins in your every day life. We can’t control everything (like environmental toxins such as air pollution) but we can control the products we use in our home and on our bodies. It can be so overwhelming to even know where to start & figuring out what ingredients to avoid – but thankfully, that’s when I found Young Living. Our easy button to all natural, plant based, and super effective products!
why young living
After lots of research, I realized Young Living was a brand I could trust to use all natural, safe, & effective ingredients because of their Seed to Seal quality commitment. Young Living gets their oils from three sources – corporate owned farms, partner farms, and vetted Seed to Seal suppliers. All three go through the same 20+ tests, in triplicate, in-house and 3rd party testing is utilized. If an oil from a supplier doesn’t pass, it goes back and is rejected. Another company may purchase that rejected oil. If it is from a farm, it goes back to the earth in compost or used around the farm.
After lots of research, I realized Young Living was a brand I could trust to use all natural, safe, & effective ingredients because of their Seed to Seal quality commitment. Young Living gets their oils from three sources – corporate owned farms, partner farms, and vetted Seed to Seal suppliers. All three go through the same 20+ tests, in triplicate, in-house and 3rd party testing is utilized. If an oil from a supplier doesn’t pass, it goes back and is rejected. Another company may purchase that rejected oil. If it is from a farm, it goes back to the earth in compost or used around the farm.
top 10 favorite products:
1. Thieves Laundry Soap: The best, plant based laundry soap! Free from SLS, dyes, petrochemicals, formaldehyde, phosphates, synthetic perfumes, chlorine, and optical brighteners. Safe and gentle for sensitive skin and super effective in cleaning clothes (yep, even my hubby’s nasty work clothes).
2. Ningxia Red: My favorite skin serum/moisturizer of all time! helps maintain an even skin tone and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, plus give your skin a youthful glow. Both my husband and I use this morning & night!
3. Thieves Household Cleaner: Your easy button for ditching all the toxic cleaning products in your house! You’ll use this one cleaner on every surface of your home: counters, highchairs, floors, windows, mirrors, furniture, bathrooms, etc.
To make your cleaner, simply add one capful to a 16 oz glass spray bottle & fill with water.
4. Lushious Lemon Foaming Hand Soap: The dreamiest, all natural foaming hand soap there ever was! Free of harsh chemicals & synthetic fragrances! You will want this soap at every sink in your home.
5. Valor: An oil I use every single day to support feelings of calm. Apply to your wrists, neck, and ends of your hair and take big deep breaths. I wear this as an all natural perfume & it has truly helped me through some of my hardest days.
6. Lavender Bath & Shower Gel: Just as we ditched toxic cleaning products, we also switched out our personal care products to all natural, safe products. This body wash is our favorite – and will leave your skin feeling clean, yet moisturized. As someone with sensitive skin, I will never use another body wash again!
7. Tummygize Roll-On: If there is one roll-on we use almost every single day, it is this! Tummygize – the name says it all! When you have an upset feeling or any type of GI upset.. reach for this oil and apply it topically. Woah, life changing. This is my husband’s favorite & most used oil! *Pre-diluted for ages 2+
8. KidPower Roll-On: This is another one of my favorite blends for anxious feelings or busy days. It smells like orange creamsicle (in the best ways) and doubles as a natural perfume as well! Apply to wrists, neck, ends of hair for all the calming, comforting vibes. *Pre-diluted for ages 2+
9. Aria Diffuser: The best diffuser EVER. Hands down. It is the most stunning wood base with a glass dome for amazing output (and also doubles as a sound machine). It has a bunch of light settings and covers approx. 430 sq. feet! Also has a high, low, and intermittent diffusing mode.
10. CBD Beauty Boost Serum: My favorite skin serum/moisturizer of all time! helps maintain an even skin tone and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, plus give your skin a youthful glow. Both my husband and I use this morning & night!
where to start
I know it can feel overwhelming to know where to start – I felt that once too. My biggest tip for you is to simply pick one area of your home you want to focus on first – for me, I started with our cleaning products. The best part? You can trust that every YL product is naturally-derived, plant-based, and nontoxic! No more questioning or researching ingredients!
For my top recommendations on how to get started, click here!
