6 Ways to Use Your Oils this Summer
Bring the Scents of Summer Inside!
I mean most of us still work indoors all summer or are indoors running around chasing kids or grandkids. Am I right? Try this incredible blend while you work indoors so that your brain is focused thanks to Rosemary, your lungs are open (Eucalyptus), you are balanced and in control stress-wise with lavender and full of self love with the help of Bergamot.
2. Drink Them
Lavender Lemonade.
This homemade lemonade recipe with lavender essential oil is the perfect hot weather refreshment.
In this recipe, we’re ditching the sugar and replacing it with nutritious honey or monk fruit sweetener. Sip on this while you relax by the pool, serve it up at your next barbecue, or mix it up for your kids at lunch. Whatever the occasion, it will be sure to please!
Ingredients:
Juice of 6 lemons
Juice of 1 lime
½ cup raw honey or monk fruit sweetener to taste
2 drops lavender essential oil
8-10 cups water
Ice for serving
Instructions:
Melt honey in saucer if using. Mix in lavender when cool.
Stir well to combine and add water, lemon, and lime juice
Add ice to make it refreshing! Add water to taste
Other essential OIls that would work well: Basil, Geranium, Ginger, Grapefruit and/or Lime.
Creamsicle Smoothie.
You don’t have to be a kid to enjoy the delicious flavours of a creamsicle! This summer smoothie is the perfect healthy twist on a summer favourite. The wild orange essential oil will give you the energy and mood boost you’re looking for.
Ingredients:
1 -2 drops wild orange essential oil
2 frozen bananas
1 scoop vanilla protein or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup of milk alternative of your choice
Instructions:
Mix the essential oil with a small amount of coconut oil or honey and then blend with the other ingredients.
Sweet Cassia & Grapefruit Water.
Cassia essential oil provides an energy boost and fights infection in the body. Grapefruit essential oil is good for decreasing appetite and cleansing the body.
Add 10 drops of grapefruit and 2 drops cassia essential oil to a stainless steel or glass water bottle. Fill with filtered water and enjoy!
Greens Berry Protein Drink.
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 scoop protein powder
1 cup frozen berries
1 scoop greens powder and/or handful kale
1 drop ginger essential oil and/or grapefruit essential oil and/or wild orange or any citrus
Blend and Enjoy.
3. Eat Them
Guacamole is the ultimate summer snack. Cut up fresh veggies, serve with your favourite organic tortilla chips, or top it on a burger right off the grill.
In this recipe, we harness the fresh, therapeutic benefits of lime and cilantro essential oils.
Ingredients:
4 large avocados
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 lime juiced
½ cup red or green onion, chopped
2 medium tomatoes, chopped or 2 tbsp chunky salsa
1 jalapeno, chopped optional *
3 drops lime essential oil
1 drop cilantro oil (or use a toothpick to pull out a very small amount and add to taste)
Herbamare to taste (or sea salt)
Instructions:
Chop vegetables and set aside
Halve avocados and remove the pit. Scoop out avocado and smash into a medium-sized bowl
Add chopped veggies, essential oils, lime juice, and seasoning
Mix all ingredients
Enjoy with chopped veggies or tortilla chips (use organic to reduce GMOs - corn is heavily sprayed!)
4. Support Your Sun Kissed Skin
I love a good spray to hydrate and soothe skin after it’s soaked in the healing vitamin d. The lavender in this recipe is perfect for calming irritated skin while the peppermint is wonderfully cooling.
Soothing Spray.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons witch hazel
¼ cup aloe vera gel
½ teaspoon vitamin e oil
2 tablespoons fractionated coconut oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops peppermint essential oil
4 oz dark coloured glass spray bottle
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in glass measuring cup and mix well
Pour into small, dark-colored, bottle with spray nozzle
Shake well before use
No time for a DIY, grab DoTerra’s After Sun Spray Here. And get the all natural sunscreen while you’re at it! It’s a favourite way for people to support skin health without the toxic chemicals.
Whipped Body Butter for a Sunburn.
Itchy, painful, hot: 3 words that describe sunburn. A little bit of sunburn can ruin your vacation. Ease pain and itchiness while hydrating and soothing with this healing cream for burns.
Ingredients:
1 cup of shea butter
½ cup of coconut oil
½ cup almond oil
Essential oils (Frankincense, Lavender, Sandalwood, Myrrh)
Instructions:
Gently melt the shea butter and coconut oil over very low heat. I add the shea butter to the pot first and once it’s pretty melted, I add the coconut oil. The reason for this is because the shea butter takes longer to melt than the coconut oil.
Remove from heat and stir in the almond oil.
Transfer to a large mixing bowl and place in the refrigerator. You’ll need to chill the oils until they are solidified but still soft to the touch. You should be able to press your finger into the oil and it leaves an indentation.
Once it’s chilled, using a handheld mixer or KitchenAid, whip the mixture until it’s a thick and fluffy consistency – like smooth creamy butter. Transfer to a clean jar and seal.
To use as a sunburn cream – add 1 drop each essential oil to the palm of one hand. Using your index finger, scoop a dollop of body butter into the same palm holding the essential oils. Combine by gently rubbing your palms together. Apply to the sunburned areas using more essential oil and body butter as needed. Apply 3 to 4 times during the day the first 2 to 3 days after a burn and then 1 to 2 times a day after that.
For the non-DIY’er, simply use unscented cream and add the essential oils to that.
5. Exfoliate
Instead of using heavier serums and oils for my skin, I love to exfoliate and hydrate the skin in the summer.
For oily skin. Try the mud mask weekly.
Coffee Scrub.
This coffee scrub is a great way to remove any dry skin that has built up over the winter. I make this coffee scrub and use it on my body every few days in the summer because it can reduce the appearance of cellulite and generally gives your skin and amazing glow!
Ingredients:
1 cup organic ground coffee (before brewing so it contains caffeine for tightening effect)
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup vitamin E oil
Grapefruit oil and Body Mist.
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a small bowl.
Apply on wet skin in the shower and gently rub in circles to help remove dry skin.
Store in airtight container.
After your shower, apply Body Mist into palm, add a few drops of grapefruit essential oils and apply to legs and trouble spots.
6. Detox from Your Summer Fun
Overindulgence Tea
Hot water, honey.
Blend together in empty bottle:
10 drops wild orange
5 drops lemon
3 drops each coriander, ginger, peppermint
Dissolve honey in hot water and add 2 drops of above. Sip until stomach settles.
The Morning After Diffuser Blend.
Fatigue, nausea, headaches. We’ve all been there. Give this a try to get you back to your former, balanced self.
2 drops Grapefruit
2 drops Juniper Berry
2 drops Rosemary
2 drops Sandalwood
Anti-Hangover Rollerball Remedy.
Roll on just a little of these healing oils to soothe your woes. No judgement. :)
2 drops Lavender
2 drops Grapefruit
2 drops Eucalyptus
2 drops Frankincense
2 drops Rosemary
Jojoba Oil
10 ml Roller Bottle
Busy Person Daily MILD Detoxing.
Drink grapefruit essential oil or smart and sassy in water
Take a Terrazyme or 2 or 3 with every cooked meal (helps break down foods so they can be digested more easily)
Rub Zendocrine oil, diluted, on your liver before bed (under right rib cage and all around to the back)
Put a drop of frankincense and copaiba under your tongue before you go to bed to address inflammation
Take Zendocine (US Cart) daily or a cleansing product with milk thistle to support detox pathways. (liver, lungs, kidneys, bowel, skin)
Take a bath with epson salts, Juniper Berry and Zendocrine oil.
Hydrate! And be sure you are getting the minerals you need to fully hydrate. We love Aussie Trace Minerals. You can find those here for 20 % off!
