Essential Oils

21 All-Natural Ways to Support Your Immune System

21 All-Natural Ways to Support Your Immune System

We're about two weeks into self-quarantine thanks to current events, and immune support is high...
Seasoning Salt with Essential Oils

Easy Seasoning Salt with Essential Oils

This Easy Seasoning Salt with Essential Oils is fantastic on a slow-cooked roast and would...
30+ Essential Oil Recipes for Diffusing

Essential Oil Recipes for Diffusing

Looking for solid essential oil recipes for diffusing? The sky's the limit when it comes...
How to Stock Your Natural First Aid Kit for Summer

How to Stock Your Natural First Aid Kit for Summer

Summer is just around the corner, the weather is warming up, and we're all spending...
Hip Essential Oil Diffuser Jewelry

Hip Essential Oil Diffuser Jewelry: My Top Picks {with coupon codes!}

Once upon a time, essential oil diffuser jewelry fell mainly into categories that just weren't...
How to Flavor Kombucha with Essential Oils | Roots & Boots

How to Flavor Kombucha with Essential Oils

We love to flavor kombucha with essential oils. (more…)
DIY Carpet Freshener with Essential Oils | Roots & Boots

DIY Carpet Freshener with Essential Oils

When your family gets food poisoning the day before your house goes on the market,...
Homemade Flubber with Essential Oils | Roots & Boots

Homemade Flubber with Essential Oils

Have your kids experienced homemade flubber with essential oils? They're going to love this recipe!...
12 Ways to Use Clove Oil | Roots & Boots

12 Ways to Use Clove Oil

Clove oil gives off a warm, spicy aroma that always reminds me of fall and...
33 Ways to Use Lemon Oil

33 Ways to Use Lemon Oil

Looking for a few new ways to use lemon oil? Lemon is one powerful essential...
Must-Have Essential Oils for Travel

Must-Have Essential Oils for Travel

When your personal oils stash includes more than 80 singles and blends, it can be...
Essential Oils for Good Mood | Roots & Boots

Essential Oils for Road Trips

Whether you're traveling solo, with the fam, or with your best gal pals, these essential...
Essential Oil Travel Tips

Essential Oil Travel Tips

Let’s talk about essential oil travel tips!  After traveling with my oils and other doTERRA...
doTERRA Convention: What You Need to Know

doTERRA Convention: What You Need to Know

Are you so excited about this year's doTERRA convention?  (more…)
28 Ways to Use Peppermint Oil

28 Ways to Use Peppermint Oil

From tummy troubles to bug spray to respiratory support and so much more, Peppermint is...

Essential Oils for Spring

Essential Oils for Spring Survival | Roots & Boots

When I say Essential Oils for Spring, what I really mean is Essential Oils for Itchy Eyes and Drippy Noses and Wheezy Lungs.

4 Secrets to Diffuse Essential Oils like a Rockstar

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Do you want to diffuse essential oils more consistently, but can’t seem to remember to start the diffuser?  Yep, me too. When I decided to prioritize daily diffusing at my house, the first step was to identify the obstacles keeping us from using our diffusers more consistently.  Once I figured out

Respiratory Support: Steaming Mug of Death…with a Twist

Steaming Mug of Death | Roots & Boots

When you need serious respiratory support, it’s time for the Steaming Mug of Death!  My method ends with a bit of a twist for added respiratory power.

Homemade Shower Vapor Disks with Essential Oils

Homemade Shower Vapor Disks with Essential Oils | Roots & Boots

Homemade Shower Vapor Disks have been on my must-try list for some time now.  When I finally made a batch for my family, I couldn’t believe how easy it was!

DIY Holiday Room Spray with Essential Oils

DIY Holiday Room Spray | Roots & Boots

You won’t believe how easy it is to whip up this DIY Holiday Room Spray. And it smells just like Christmas!

40 Holiday Diffuser Blends – free printable!

Free Printable List of 40 Holiday Diffuser Blends | Roots & Boots

Looking for one handy list of all kinds of yummy Holiday Diffuser blends? Today’s your lucky day!  Stash this free printable list of 40 Holiday Diffuser Blends near your diffuser, and be ready to enjoy the scents of the season at a moment’s notice.

16 Cozy Fall Diffuser Blends – free printable!

16 Cozy Fall Diffuser Blends | Roots & Boots

Skip the toxins!  Instead, use essential oils to give your home a cozy aroma with these fall diffuser blends.

Essential Oil Survival Kit for Anxious Flyers

Essential Oil Survival Kit for Anxious Flyers

This one goes out to my fellow anxious flyers… I’ve been a lot of places, y’all.  In my younger days, I visited more countries than I can count.  I lived in Texas for almost ten years, flying home to the northeast on a regular basis.  Travel was my jam.  I loved adventures! About seven years…

Essential Oils for Lower Back Support

Essential Oils for Lower Back Support

Isn’t it funny how we take our backs for granted until they give us trouble? If you’re looking for a natural way to provide lower back support, give this essential oil combo a try.  It’s my favorite!

The Best Way to Recycle Fractionated Coconut Oil Bottles

The Very Best Way to Recycle Fractionated Coconut Oil Bottles | Roots & Boots

Looking for a way to recycle fractionated coconut oil bottles?  I’ve got you covered.  Read on for an awesome, easy way to put those empty FCO bottles to good use…

Get the Most from your Essential Oils: My Top 10 Tools

Top 10 Essential Oil Tools

Do you love essential oils?  Follow @yankeehomesteadoils on Instagram too!   If you’ve used essential oils for any length of time, you’re probably aware of all the gadgets and gizmos available for us oily fanatics… Want to know which essential oil tools are, well, essential?  Check out this list of my top 10 essential oil tools, in no…

My Top 3 Essential Oil Diffusers

Top 3 Essential Oil Diffusers

It’s time for an update on essential oil diffusers!  Today I’ll bring you up to speed on my previous favorites and show you my new top 3 essential oil diffusers.

Easy DIY Cooling Spray

Easy DIY Cooling Spray | Roots & Boots

Are you hot?  I sure am!  We’ve had a major for the east coast heat wave over the past few weeks.  Which is why I’m so thankful for this easy way to cool off…

How to Make the Perfect Mouthwash with Essential Oils

Easy to make, easy to use. Skip the sketchy ingredients and treat your mouth to this simple (yet powerful) mouthwash with essential oils.

Want to know a secret? I don’t floss my teeth. A friend once shared that every time he goes to the dentist, they tell him he should floss his teeth every day.  His response?  “Okay.” Every time they tell him, and every time he does nothing about it. I feel the same way!  I know I should floss…

The Perfect Sugar Scrub in 3 Easy Steps

The Perfect Sugar Scrub in 3 Easy Steps

UPDATE: Y’all, I love this perfect sugar scrub so much that I’ve improved it even more…and I made a little video to tell you all about it!  Guess what: My new and improved scrub recipe is super scoopable! Insert happy dance. Everyone loves a good sugar scrub. Even nine-year-old boys, apparently.  Older Bro has completely…