Essential Favorites - Amazon Edition

I was filling out a survey the other day and I had to pick my favorite store.  It hit me that I haven't really shopped at a proper store in a while, most of my purchases have been made online for supplies at Amazon and all of our daily needs from Young Living.

Many of my purchases of late have been related some of my favorite Essential Oil accessories and what better place than to round them all up in one post right here!  It can get overwhelming combing through the pages and pages of options on Amazon, so I did it for you and rounded up all of my favorites to give y'all the easy button!!

Making DIY Rollers are hands down one of my very favorite things to do.  Even though I have been using oils for years, it wasn't until I joined Young Living last year that I learned how to make them and where to get them from.  I love making rollers for all the things and the team that I'm on has recipes for all the things: immune, tummy, breathing, emotions, hormones, skin, hair, face, muscles, perfume, focus, and sleep support to name a few.  Having rollers on hand is the easiest way to apply oils topically, just a swipe here or there is all you need.  Our favorite places to apply most of our rollers is our inner wrists, bottoms of our feet, along our spines or behind our ears.

I gathered up a handful of some of my favorites so you can add them to your cart and start making all the rollers you want! 

These Root and Petal rollers are not only beautiful but I love that they come with a glass ball

I love how this set comes with so many accessories

Sometimes it's nice having some smaller rollers and I love these ones. 

and these ones are so beautiful

When we talk about applying our oils topically, you'll often hear us say to dilute with a carrier oil.  But like, what the heck is that? A carrier oil is a fatty oil that mixes with the essential oils and helps to spread them more evenly over our skin.  Some oils are considered "hot" oils because they have a tingling affect on the skin (peppermint, cinnamon bark, wintergreen are examples) so when we pair them with a carrier oil that helps to minimize that tingling/burning sensation.  We also use these carrier oils in with our roller blends.  Additionally carrier oils help to lock in the essential oils, since their extremely volatile (meaning they evaporate quickly), into our skin so that we can glean the maximum benefits from them.

Here are some of our most commonly used Carrier Oils from our group:

 Fractionated Coconut Oil is one of the most versatile oils, is super cost effective, and you can find it just about anywhere nowadays.  This one comes highly recommended from our team and it lasts quite a while too.  I love that it comes with a pump top to make is super easy to add into rollers and to squirt into my hands.

Jojoba is an oil that I love to use for my face and is a great option if you're allergic to coconut.  It is a bit more expensive but my skin absolutely loves it.

While I haven't tried it yet I have learned that Rosehip Seed Oil is wonderful for your face, so when I run out of my Jojoba oil and I need to make some more of my Glow Girl Facial Serum I cannot wait to add this in!

One can never have enough diffusers.  We have one in every room, including our bathrooms. I adore the Young Living diffusers because they are Top Quality and beautiful.  But having a few extra diffusers on hand is always nice.  We travel a lot and bring our oils with us so having a cheaper option that I'm not concerned about getting damaged is so nice. I also have gifted several diffusers to friends and the girls teachers with some Young Living Essential Oils and I love having these pocketbook friendly options.

There is something about a touch of wood and this one fits all the bills.  It has a long run time and has a great simple design that goes with just about any decor style.



I adore the look of this one and it has lots of options as well, like a variety of run times and lighting options.

 Having some Spray Bottles on hand is great for so many DIYs, such as cleaners, room sprays, and linen sprays.

These glass spray bottles are great for mixing up your Thieves Household Cleaner.  You can also make a wood cleaner or a heavy degreasing cleaner as well.  I love the Amber color and the spray nozzles on these ones are spectacular.

If you're not too interested in the amber colored bottles I found these clear ones!  Great for all the things I mentioned above.

These little misters (here, here, and here)are great for room sprays, linen sprays, or making your very own Thieves Spray for on the go!  I love the frosted glass ones.

Extras for DIYs.  One thing about oils is that they are actually pretty cost effective and you can make so many different things with them.  You'll just need a couple extra supplies and you'll be all set up for all the things!



Witch Hazel is one of our favorite extras to use in our sprays and facial DIYs.  It helps to emulsify the essential oils with water, just make sure to get a fragrance free or unscented one to avoid any chemicals/toxins.  In my facial regime I use it as a toner and it helps to bring back my skins Ph.



Epsom Salts are another great extra to have.  You can make some ahead of time with some epsom salts in a mason jar and add a couple drops of your favorite essential oils or you can take the dropper off of your empties and put the lids and bottles of your oils into a bowl of epsom salts and they'll draw out all the excess and then you can add them to your baths!





Making a whipped body butter is super economical and fun!  Whip one up using a combination of Shea Butter and Coconut Oil in your mixer and then add in some essential oils.  You'll love how moisturizing it is!

As you can see there are lots of options as to things you can make with your oils and they can be beautifully packaged too!!  I love all the glass bottles since they're more environmentally friendly and you can reuse them as many times as you want!! #winning!!


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♥ Ashley

[Traveling with Kids] England 2019 - Oxford and Windsor

Once we left the Cotswolds we drove through Oxford and then to Windsor before dropping the car off at the airport so we could make our way to London.

The kids were fantastic in the car, Séamus fell asleep and the girls had fun looking out the windows and playing on their kindles.  We arrived at Oxford, had a bit of difficulty figuring out exactly where to go, but after some driving around and searching on our phones we figured it out.  We parked in a random spot on campus and since Séamus was sleeping we tagged teamed a quick walk around with the girls...and so we wouldn't get ticketed or towed since we weren't too sure if we were in an actual parking spot or not 😂.  I would love to be able to tell you what each of these pictures are...but I have zero idea.  I think one of them is the library? I didn't to much (okay okay any) research on Oxford, so pictures without any explanation is what you're going to get.  If you do happen to know what any of this is, please leave a comment so that I can know too!

After our quick stop in Oxford, we drove on to Windsor Castle.  There was some sort of procession happening so the roads were backed up and we were basically stuck in the same spot for a good 15 minutes. Whatever it was finally was over and we were off to find a parking spot.  We passed several parking lots on the way to the one that Thomas chose as our destination, so we stubbornly stuck to it and once we entered we got the very last parking spot at the very back of the lot and then all of the pay stations were out of order, except for the one at the very front and wouldn't you know it....it was a Pay and Display 😆.  Thomas took off to pay for the parking, while I willingly stayed back at the car with the kids eating snacks, drinking water, breastfeeding Séamus, and trying as hard as I could to stay cool in the very very hot sun.

Thomas made it back and then we started off on our way.  Windsor Castle is on a hill, so we started the trek up, stopped in at McDonald's for the bathroom when we realized that we forgot our tickets in the car 😩, Thomas graciously offered to run back and retrieve them while I stayed with the kids and got them some chicken nuggets, because we basic.  Reunited once again and we made our way to the gates!  Thomas's parents also caught up with us so we were all able to check out the castle together.  I have to be honest and it wasn't quite as I remembered it from 20 years ago, but it was still magnificent and a great tourist spot.

Finnley wanted to walk most of the time, Ellie wanted to ride in the stroller and Séamus was our wild child. I managed to get him to snooze a bit in the Ergo and then when he woke up, Finnley had met her match and needed to be carried, so I flipped my carrier around and girlfriend enjoyed the thrills of the back carry and we didn't have to worry about her knocking into anything.

Before we made it into the Castle we all took a break, sat on the grass (who have I become??), and ate Ice Cream.  Another snafu,  Thomas ordered the Ice Cream and there was a miscommunication of sorts and instead of coming back with 3 ice cream cones he had 6 😂😂😂😂 None of us complained and we decided that was lunch!  Finnley confiscated my phone and had a blast taking all the pictures!

I loved the wafer cookie they included too!

a beautiful Magnolia in full bloom 😍

Once we finished our tour of the Castle...no pictures allowed, we made our way back to the airport to drop off the car.  It was quite the fiasco (as clearly our day was) and we learned quite a bit about how careful one needs to be when booking a car in England.  The company we went through required you to select your insurance when making your reservation, however if you're booking from the US they don't actually let you select one and then when you arrive they charge you double because you didn't include it in your booking.  So what we learned is that you need to either book from the UK or the EU website so you don't get swindled.  Quite the ordeal, I'll tell you that.  (I will have you know that our car rental in Ireland went as smoothly as possible, we rented a GPS too but it didn't work on the first day so we just used our phones and when we returned the car a week later and told them about the GPS they took it off our bill with no problems)

I thought this was a cool tunnel going into the airport so there you go!

Stay tuned because our 5 days in London is coming up and I can't wait to share all of it with you!

Previous Posts:
Ireland post ONE
Ireland post TWO
Ireland post THREE
England post ONE
England post TWO


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♥ Ashley