Lime and vanilla: all we need is a miniature paper umbrella and we’re one shot of white rum and a half coconut shell away from a paradise-inspired mind-mellowing cocktail!
But when we combine these instead in the form of oils and extracts to inhale, you can skip the depressing afterglow and liver-taxing calories of alcohol-inspired relaxation and replace it with just the good stuff: feeling at peace and all the while, drifting on a scented cloud of bliss. Bonus points for zero taxing of your liver (feeling calm will help it, if anything) and absolutely zippedy-doo-da calories. Not a one!
Young Living Stress Away™ essential oil blend gives you all this in a bottle (perfect for adding to your diffuser) and roll-on (ideal for travelling and keeping with you in your pocket or bag). Open the lid on either one, breathe it in and you’ll be transported to your happy place.
Lime is zesty, fresh and cheerful. Vanilla, comforting and sweet, is included in a vast array of foods and it’s tremendously popular as a scent. But how pure is the vanilla you find there?
From the food flavouring side of things, if the label says it’s organic, you can do some research and might be reassured that it’s genuine. But you could also find ‘nature identical’ or ‘vanilla flavouring’ on the labels and both of those mean you’re not getting the real deal.
When it comes to the perfume industry, vanilla is generally synthetic. In an industry where people expect to buy their favourite bottle of perfume and have it smell exactly the same every time, and where reducing costs is often a driving force for decision making, synthetic ingredients are the norm. Click here to discover the hidden nasties of synthetics.
But when you buy Young Living Stress Away™ essential oil blend, you’re guaranteed by their Seed to Seal® process that purity is intact from the time of planting to the sealing of the bottle. That’s why we only ever use Young Living oils and recommend them to you. For our help with joining and ordering, please get in touch with us and let us know what you’re considering for your first order. We’d love to help you get up and running.
I just read an article on the booming vanilla industry in Madagascar (author Adam Harvey, ABC News) and it inspired the subject of today’s post. Here are a few fun facts I learned about this precious orchid that bears such a highly prized fruit (bean).
- Each vanilla orchid has to be pollinated by hand, because there are no native bees there that will do the job
- Each orchid is ready for pollination for just a few hours in the morning on just one day of the year (imagine the performance pressure!)
- A 12 year old slave named Edmond Albius on Reunion Island (east of Madagascar) came up with the pollination technique in the 1840s
- If the vanilla orchids are harvested even two weeks early, they won’t have nearly as much vanillin in their seeds: the precious component that gives their amazing flavour and fragrance
- It takes four years from planting to reach the first viable harvest
It’s facts like this that help us to understand how the raw materials that go into genuinely pure products like those of Young Living are so costly, and this quality of course is reflected in the price.
So back to Young Living Stress Away™ blend and its luscious list of ingredients that make up its sweet, tropical scent whose aroma helps calm the mind and create a relaxing ambience!
Along with lime (Citrus aurantifolia) oil and vanilla planifolia fruit extract, this delicious blend includes Copaiba officinalis, cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica), ocotea and lavender (true lavender: lavandula angustifolia): all known for bringing out your laid-back side.
Diffuse Young Living Stress Away™ and it’s beautiful when you come home from work, when the kids come home from school and when you’re all winding down before bedtime. Try adding a few drops to a handful of Epsom salts in your bath for a DIY instant spa experience. Or add some to your favourite bath gel base (Young Living Bath Gel Base is mine) for daily showering that sets your day off on the right foot and your sleep, even more so.
You can also apply Young Living Stress Away™ topically, and the roll-on is very convenient for that. I love rolling the roll-on behind my ears and on my wrists, then holding my wrists to my nose and deeply inhaling!
Essential oils are potent, so as always, please follow directions on the bottle and the usual guidelines for safe use of authentic essential oils.
Please ensure you are choosing a brand with complete transparency from seed to seal, such as Young Living. You can learn in this short video why we only ever recommend and choose Young Living oils and love them so much!
Enjoy the good oil daily.
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