Lavender ( Baby Powder Recipe)

Can you believe it, this lavender oil will cut a burn, make a bug bite manageable, work better then neosporin. We all 9 of us have put it right to the test at our house.

 When there are lots of boys in a house there is going to be a

cut or two or four. Burns not as often but they happen especially when its summer and no shirt is the order of the day. I just add it to a spray bottle of water so it spreads farther and spray on the burn or before going tanning to get a burn. We have used this for years at our house in diaper rash ointments, baby cornstarch mix to replace baby powder (someone at our house is allergic to talc) so this works better. But now I am the one who is mixing the mix for baby powder gifts and adding my own Lavender from doTERRA (read info on this oil back on this link). Yep go here to get your own lovely smelling baby making ingredient.

 http://www.mydoterra.com/brookejones/

Natural Baby Powder Recipe

* 1/2 cup arrowroot powder (cornstarch can promote candida so I don't use it anymore.)
* 8 drops of organic lavender oil ( if you purchase a 5 ml bottle it will contain approx 100 drops )
* Optional : White Clay  I get mine from Redmond Clay http://www.redmondclay.com/ , sometimes called Kaolin Clay or White Cosmetic Clay
* A Container  I used an old container that had powdered makeup to shake out of the holes but you could use (a wide mouth jar with a powder puff for dabbing the powder onto your baby’s bottom)
Have fun creating and smelling nice
My boys have used Melaluca (read info on this oil back on this link) in the powder mix to put in their shoes or on that area that can chafe when the legs rub together. Just another oil that can help when it comes to powders.

My good friends father who has had both legs cut off and uses this lavender oil applying it to the stumps to heal the sores that come because of his prostheses. After 34 years of painful sores he is free from this frustration because of the Lavender oil. He wipes the insides of the plastic sleeves with Melaluca to keep the bacteria from breeding there when he wears his legs.

Essential oils are amazing go ahead give them a try its worth the smell and staying away from toxins.

I am really coming to love this essential oil. It's been a great balancer in my morning routine. I have some son's who use it when they are feeling very overwhelmed. It takes the stress right out of the situations that we face everyday. Mixed in some coconut oils it would make a great shaving cream. I think I will be trying that for my guys there are several at this house who are shaving and getting to dream about shaving.

Please go to this website to see about getting some of your own. http://www.mydoterra.com/brookejones/ .

Answer to a safer healthier Medicine Cabinet

Take a look at this link of info and you will find the answer to the cheaper medicine cabinet. Click the Link

Please contact me at http://www.mydoterra.com/brookejones/contactUs.html .

Dosen't that above one seem safer then this one here? Some of these have side affects. We have experianced a few at our house. Like reactions to red40 in the feaver reducer, or reactions to the bug spray. Anyway just nice to know there are other options to trade off with in the world that are healthier and safer.

Have an amazing week.

Get Rid of Lysol and Do a safe All Purpose Cleaner Recipe

So you know how when you catch your baby holding the spray bottle filled with Lysol Spray Cleaner and you want to scream and cry for fear because you know that they have been sucking the toxic cleaner out of the nosal end. Here is a very safe alternative with proven research info that will not harm your baby if that curious little thing gets into your cleaning bucket while your scrubbing away at the germs.

Two ways to choose.

Spray bottle filled with water and Lemon Essential Oil from doTERRA.

Or 1/4 cup Vinegar, 1 cup water and 30 drops of  Lemon Oil.(link to why this oil is so good to clean with) 

You can also use Lavender, Eucalyptus,or Wild Orange.(any time a word has color its a link check it out.) 

To do heavy traffic door handles use On Guard oil especially in the winter time.

To make an even tougher cleaner lets add a 1teaspoon of Borax or Baking Soda. Ooop scary some will say, not going to spray that on my counter, well here's a few linky views that may help you decide if that's the way you want to move in your recipe mix. Crunchy Betty says Getting to the Bottom of Borax and then of course there is the infamous (as my kids call it) Wikipedia.

So there's the scoop or the spray however you want to see it.  

Personally I like getting rid of the toxic Lysol and going green and feeling like the toast that gets set on the counter isn't picking up some residue that's harmful. You can actually consume doTERRA oils they are that safe but your not supposed to do that with Lysol.

 If I could I would put a big red X over that Lysol container. Which one would you choose to use? Healthy spray bottle with consumable oil or toxic Lysol wipes or sprays?

On this link you can see lots of other ways to use doTERRA oils as a cleaner with the recipes and all, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Wood Floor Cleaner,  etc. just hit all those words back there.

(Key: any colored words are usually a link on this blog.)

Non Toxic Homemade Antibacterial Liquid "Soap"

I made my own liquid hand soap which was because of someone else's finding and sharing a recipe of course on Pintrest, but mine has my own little twist because I used an Essential Oil called, On Guard, it is so amazing. There are antibacterial properties in this soap and it does not make my little guys hands crack and bleed from using it. It's helped keep my kids from getting the flu this year and the ones that did get the flu were only sick a very short time. With 7 kids, 6 of them boys that's a feat I would say.

So here goes sharing my own Non Toxic antibacterial liquid Soap from our house to yours.

1 Bar of no scent soap,  I choose Ivory because it's known to not cause allergic reactions as often.
2 Tablespoons of Glycerin bought at the store in the Pharmacy area.
1 Gallon of boiling water.

Shave the soap then place shavings in the water until dissolved, I stirred it and then let it cool all night. See in that big silver pot.

Next morning I took my beaters mixed it up to break up all the chunks.

Added 30 drops of the On Guard Essential Oil that comes from doTERRA Essential Oils

 Go click back there on the word doTERRA to get some.

It has a very clean grapefruit,clove, cinnamon smell to it.

Why use that essential oil?  Well it's incredible properties and qualities are all listed at this LINK  and this LINK and this LINK too.

Try your own soap and then make your own nontoxic antibacterial soap that won't make your kids hands crack and bleed.

Make over your Medicine Cabinet so its safer and healthier.

 So here's a question for you do you like wondering what the medicine you take might do to your insides?

Do you want to use natural products that works and increases your health instead?

So which one costs more? Enlarge the photo notice the code numbers and see what you could use to replace the medicine that is in a drug store with one that is natural.

Place your guess and I will give you an answer with a sample of my favorite Essential Oil. Deep Blue Rub.

Tailbones are important!

So just when its warming up in this crazy Utah weather and the urge to run at all costs is sitting in my mind bugging me and pestering me, What do I go and do, slip down the stairs with full load of laundry bucket and bang the heck out of  my tailbone on six steps.

There is wood under that carpet you know. So frustrating because now I can't even get a hop along speed of any kind going. I had to have broken it, definitely bruised it, there are big dark spots all over my back and bottom end.

I went right back up the stairs after the fall put an amazing oil called DEEP BLUE RUB on the whole area along with Helichrysum  and Lavender oils. All of them are from doTERRA essential oils.
Go here to learn more yep click it on that line back there.

Did you know that  Lavender keeps swelling down and it did just that. Never had time for an ice pack as it was time to leave for work right then. No swelling that I thought was abnormally out of control happened. The Deep Blue Rub is warm and penetrating and went right to that owie spot. Yes I am going to admit that in the middle of the night I had to have alot of painkiller to keep from passing out from the pain but every time I used the Deep Blue Rub it warmed me back out of shock and helped reduce the owie factor.

You want  more in depth info go here. http://www.doterra.com/tools/documents/DeepBlueRubPIP.pdf

I haven't missed a day of work. I have used painkillers helping for at least 3 days and then only at night because its apparent its a broken tailbone. I just kept Lavender on for two days, along with soaking in the hot tub with some drops in my water along with Deep Blue Oil drops. I walk normal but I havent ran yet, dang its going to be awhile.