Celebrate the season and give thanks for all the goodness in your life with this month’s freebies. Diffuse Gratitude while you write in your journal and inhale Hope at the start of a new morning. Welcome friends and family to seasonal celebrations by diffusing the cozy scent of Gathering or Believe. Let the sacred scent of Myrrh fill your heart with thankfulness. Check out some of our favorite ways to use these oils right here!!
Gratitude (190PV)
Gratitude essential oil blend contains nine essential oils and has a spiritual aroma that promotes gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation, helping foster a positive attitude and attracting all that is good in your life.
Gratitude essential oil blend contains nine essential oils and has a spiritual aroma that promotes gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation, helping foster a positive attitude and attracting all that is good in your life.
Gratitude is a blend of: Balsam, Frankincense, Coriander, Myrrh, Ylang Ylang, Bergamot, Northern Lights Black Spruce, Vetiver, and Geranium.
Many of these oils are incredibly grounding and high in sesquiterpenes, a constituent that is specifically supportive of calming brain waves to focused or meditative states. Use this beautiful blend to invite a posture of gratitude into your heart!
Use this blend as a part of your daily Gratitude Protocol. Drop 2-5 drops on the crown of your head in the morning and/or evening and say or write down three-five things for which you are thankful.
- Commit to this practice daily and keep a journal of how you feel your emotions shift.
Make a perfume roller:
- 10mL roller bottle
- 10-15 drops each Gratitude, Tangerine, Hope
- Fill with carrier
Make a festive room spray:
- 2oz glass spray bottle
- 10 drops Gratitude
- 5 drops each Cinnamon Bark, Tangerine
- Splash of witch hazel
- Fill with filtered water
Add 20 drops of Gratitude to your Thieves Cleaner for a festive twist!
Use this incredible oil blend to make DIY Beeswax Candles to fill your home with the warmth of the season - and make a few for your friends and neighbors!
Use Gratitude blend during meditation, yoga, or personal spiritual practice while you uplift and elevate your feelings of gratitude.
- Apply 1−3 drops topically behind the ears, over the heart, on wrists, back of neck, and base of spine.
Diffuse this blend that is perfect for the season:
- Thankful Heart: 4 drops Gratitude + 3 drops Tangerine + 2 drops Frankincense
- Enlightened: 4 drops Gratitude + 3 drops Joy
- Meditation Space: 3 drops Gratitude + 3 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce + 3 drops Sacred Frankincense or Sacred Sandalwood
- Visionary: 3 drops Gratitude + 3 drops Valor + 2 drops Lime
Gathering (190PV Subscribe to Save)
We love gathering with our loved ones, sometimes that comes with challenges or maybe you just want to really create an atmosphere of love and acceptance.
Gathering is a perfect blend to help us overcome the chaotic energy that can keep us from being our best self. The blend includes Northern Lights Black Spruce and Vetiver blended with Frankincense and Sandalwood to help us achieve our highest potential!
These oils help increase the oxygen around the pineal gland and pituitary glands, to bring better harmony to our communications. This oil can be used to bring people together on a higher emotional, physical, and spiritual level!
Diffuse before and while gathering with family and friends
Apply one to two drops on wrists, edge of ears, temples, or neck.
- Use with the following oils: Forgiveness on the navel, Sacred Mountain and Valor on the crown of the head, Clarity on the temples, and Dream Catcher on the forehead, ears, throat, eyebrows, base of neck, and under the nose
Add 20 drops of Gathering to your Thieves Cleaner for a festive twist!
Use this incredible oil blend to make DIY Beeswax Candles to fill your home with the warmth of the season - and make a few for your friends and neighbors!
Car air air fresheners, 3 pk. (190 PV Subscribe to Save)
Create good vibes on the go. Make errand runs a little more fun with these oil-ready air fresheners.
- Drop a few drops of your favorite essential oil or blend onto one of these fresheners for a quick boost and a wonderful-smelling car! Peppermint + Vanilla, Thieves + Orange or Gratitude!
Myrrh (250PV)
High in sesquiterpenes, Myrrh can stimulate the limbic system, the seat of memory, so it’s a wonderful oil to use to work on past stored emotional trauma that is yours or that you could have inherited. This oil is helpful when you are working to deprogram miswritten information at a cellular level.
- Practical application: Rub a drop of Myrrh around the belly button daily.
- This practice works best when paired with strong affirmations, verses or other spoken and written words.
Aromatically, it encourages spiritual awareness and is uplifting, making it a wonderful addition to morning prayer, meditation or other mindfulness practices.
- Diffuse with Frankincense and Tangerine.
- Apply a drop to the wrists and over the heart.
- Apply a drop to the crown of the head.
Make a Meditation Roller to use during spiritual practices or even to help focus the mind:
- Meditation Roller:
- To a 10mL roller bottle add:
- 15 drops Myrrh
- 10 drops Cedarwood
- 5 drops Peppermint
- Fill with carrier of choice. Apply over the heart, back of the neck, on the wrists liberally and frequently.
Add to your favorite skincare products! Myrrh is an incredible skin oil.
- Add to your Orange Blossom, Bloom or Art Light moisturizer.
Use Myrrh as a low note in perfume and cologne blends:
- Myrrh, Jasmine, Neroli
- Myrrh, Tangerine, Joy or Geranium
- Myrrh, Vetiver, Frankincense, Lavender
- Myrrh, Vetiver, Vanilla
- Myrrh, Pine, Sandalwood, Bergamot
Make a seasonal skin serum to protect against dry skin and keep your skin glowing all season long:
- Winter Skin Serum:
- To a 2oz glass dropper bottle add
- 10 drops Myrrh
- 10 drops Frankincense
- 5 drops Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood or Sacred Sandalwood (Cedarwood will work as well but Sandalwood is ideal)
- Optional (and incredible): 3 droppersful CBD Beauty Boost
- Fill with carrier of choice (jojoba is good for most skin types)
Add Myrrh to your on-the-go wellness kit for the literal bumps in the road and make this simple, but effective ‘Pavement Spray’. The best part about this is that you don’t have to rub it in onto tender skin!:
- Pavement Spray:
- To a 2oz glass or stainless steel spray bottle add:
- 10 drops Lavender
- 10 drops Myrrh
- 5 drops Tea Tree or Melrose
- Fill with fractionated coconut oil
- Spray onto knees, elbows, any skin that needs some TLC.
Make and gift (or keep and use!) this incredible Gardener's Hand Salve for anyone who works with their hands.
- DIY Gardener’s Hand Salve:
- ½ cup cold pressed organic olive oil (or 1 cup if not using arnica oil)
- ½ cup organic arnica oil
- 1 Tbsp shea butter
- 2 Tbsp unrefined extra virgin coconut oil
- 3-4 Tbsp beeswax pastilles
- 30 drops essential oils: Myrrh, Frankincense, Lavender, Patchouli, Pine
- Using a double boiler, place several inches of water in the bottom and place a bowl or pan on top. Turn the heat to low-medium and add the olive oil, shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax and allow it to melt, stirring gently.
- Remove the bowl from the double boiler. Add Vitamin E oil and essential oils.
- Allow the mixture to sit for a few minutes to cool but not harden, then pour into the small containers.
- Essential oils to add for a masculine scent: Sandalwood, Vetiver, Idaho Blue Spruce
Make a simple cuticle oil! This also makes a great gift and pairs well with the Gardener's Hand Salve:
- DIY Roll-on Cuticle Oil:
- 1½ teaspoons V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex
- 4 drops Frankincense essential oil
- 2 drops Myrrh essential oil
- Add all the above to an empty 15 ml essential oil bottle and add an AromaGlide Roller Fitment. Roll onto your cuticles anytime, anywhere.
Whether your winter skin needs some TLC or you have a more acute need, make this ‘Ultimate Skin Healing Balm’ and use it frequently and liberally!
- Ultimate Skin Healing Balm:
- To about 1/4 jar of Rose ointment add:
- 8 drops Helichrysum
- 8 drops Myrrh
- 4 drops Sacred frankincense or Frankincense
- 4 drops Lavender
- Apply to needed area(s) 2-5 times a day. Frequency and consistency are crucial for these big needs!
There is a reason Myrrh was given to Jesus (and Mary!) upon His birth. Myrrh is an incredible oil for supporting skin and tissue during times of injury, and such a gift to new mamas. Use Myrrh for a relaxing and healing bath (or sitz bath). Note: this is a great practice for the postpartum mamas!
- Healing Bath Soak:
- To about ¼ cup epsom salt add:
- 3 drops Frankincense
- 3 drops Myrrh
- 1 drop Helichrysum
- Optional: 1 Tbsp organic arnica oil
- Sit and soak for 30 minutes or as long as desired
Add a drop of Myrrh to Thieves Mouthwash for excellent oral health or add a drop of Myrrh to 1 Tbsp of organic coconut oil for oil pulling.
Believe (300PV)
Believe is the perfect scent for the end of the year and the season of togetherness.
Restores feelings of hope making it more possible to more fully experience health, happiness, and vitality.
Diffuse this deep, woodsy blend with sweet notes like Tangerine, Jasmine or Joy. Diffuse it on its own or even with Christmas Spirit!
- Note: Believe is a great substitute for blends that call for Idaho Grand Fir.
Make a daily perfume or cologne roller with Believe:
- Believe, Tangerine, Hope
- Believe, Lavender, Frankincense
- Believe, Vetiver, Bergamot
- Believe, Vanilla, Lavender
- Believe, Joy, Tangerine
Place 1-2 drops of Believe on the crown of your head each day to focus your intention on hope and vitality.
Make a daily Gratitude Roller:
- 10 drops Joy
- 7 drops Orange
- 5 drops Believe
- 5 drops Hope
- Top with a carrier oil and roll on liberally + frequently!
Add Believe to wool dryer balls and Thieves Laundry Soap for a festive twist and cozy sheets.
Make a Greenery Spray to refresh fresh wreaths and garlands all season long. You can also use this as a room or upholstery spray!
- Greenery Spray:
- To a 2oz glass spray bottle add:
- 25 drops Believe
- 10 drops Tangerine or Christmas Spirit
- A splash of witch hazel
- Fill with filtered water
Make scented fire starters for your cozy winter home and to gift to friends and neighbors!
- Scented Pinecone Fire Starters:
- Yarn or twine
- Large, foraged pinecones from the yard
- Thieves Household Cleaner
- Essential oils
- Collect pine cones and lightly spritz them with diluted Thieves Household Cleaner to get rid of any unwanted pests. Allow to dry overnight.
- Wrap twine or yarn around the pinecones, all the way into the center weaving between the individual scales. You can use festive, colorful yarn for a fun twist or neutral yarn or twine.
- Drop 5 drops of essential oil onto the yarn/twine of each pinecone. Place in a basket beside the fireplace and add a few to the fire whenever you build one.
Use this incredible oil blend to make DIY Beeswax Candles to fill your home with the warmth of the season - and make a few for your friends and neighbors!
Hope (300PV)
Place 1-2 drops of Hope on the crown of your head each day to focus your intention on hope and vitality.
Diffuse this uplifting blend alone or with citrus oils, Believe, Gathering or Gratitude to foster an environment of love, peace and positivity all season long.
Use Hope on the DIY Scented Fire Starters
Add Hope to a festive room or greenery spray:
- To a 2oz glass spray bottle add:
- 20 drops Hope
- Optional: 10 drops Tangerine
- Splash witch hazel
- Fill with filtered water
- Spray onto upholstery, greenery, wreaths, anything and everything all season long!
Make a daily perfume or cologne roller with Hope:
- Hope, Tangerine, Jasmine
- Hope, Lavender, Tangerine
- Hope, Vetiver, Bergamot
Make a daily Gratitude Roller:
- 10 drops Joy
- 7 drops Orange
- 5 drops Believe
- 5 drops Hope
- Top with a carrier oil and roll on liberally + frequently!
Use this incredible oil blend to make DIY Beeswax Candles to fill your home with the warmth of the season - and make a few for your friends and neighbors!
As always, feel free to contact me with any questions,
Julie Vanderkuur
julievanderkuur@gmail.com
