Essential Oils for [Spring]

We all know I have a huge passion for clean living and helping all of your find ways to slowly tradition to a clean lifestyle! Slow and steady wins the race. One big way the Festler household has switched to cleaner products is with essential oils.

If you have never dove into the oil world [or was like me and eye rolled when people talked about their oils] I HIGHLY suggest trying them out. My BLOG POST HERE has a lot of how to get started and what that looks like but my biggest tip is start slow. Whether thats diffusing or switching your countertop cleaners and laundry products to thieves. The oil world has saved SO MUCH MONEY.

Like I have said before my journey with oils started around the same time I was switching my beauty products out with Beautycounter around four years ago. I started with diffusing and using thieves cleaners then to supplements and now…. I have entered the healing phase [gasp!].

BUT today I want to show you ways we are ramping up for SPRING with our essential oils!

Cleaning// We use Thieves Cleaner for almost all of the cleaning in our home. Thieves cleaner is a concentrated cleaner that we add a capfull of to a 16 oz. spray bottle and use for all of our kitchen & bathroom surfaces and it has replaced all of the other surface and glass cleaners in our home! I will mix up a soft scrub with 2 tbsp. baking soda, a capful of Thieves Cleaner & a few drops of Lemon oil to wipe them away any stains super easily! This same mixture, with a cup of hot water, makes an amazing jewelry cleaner. Our bottle of Thieves cleaner makes about 128 all purpose spray bottles.

Diffusing // We have ditched candles in our house and love diffusing as a non-toxic option. Not only do oils smell so good, but they also support our bodies in other ways, like immune support & emotional support!! A few of my favorite diffuser blends for Spring are Citrus Fresh + Grapefruit, Geranium + Tangerine, or Lavender, Lemon + Peppermint! [Which by the way has SAVED me from my allergies]

Sleep // This is definitely something we do year round, but my favorite sleep blend just smells like Spring so it feels like it should be included!! I loooove falling asleep to 3 drops each Lavender, Frankincense and Tangerine. Sahhhhweeeeet dreams!!!!

DIYs  // Keep your flowers fresh with 2-3 drops Purification in your vase of water. Add a drop of Purification to a cotton ball to get rid of odors (in bottom of trash can, diaper pails, shoe closet, etc.). Add a few drops of Lavender to wool dryer balls in place of dryer sheets to keep laundry fresh & smelling amazing. And a few drops of Peppermint + Lavender added to a small spray bottle with water + a splash of witch hazel will help keep all the ants away when eating on your patio.

Again, if you are interested in diving into oils - CLICK HERE to read more about what that looks like but the support and community on educating me through this transition has be KEY to our success in the Festler household!

HAPPY SPRING CLEANING!