essential oils

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

40 Holiday Diffuser Blends – free printable!

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.

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16 Cozy Fall Diffuser Blends | Roots & Boots

16 Cozy Fall Diffuser Blends – free printable!

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

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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…

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

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Top 3 Essential Oil Diffusers

My 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.

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

How to Make the Perfect 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…

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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…

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Mexican Eggs Breakfast Bowl: easy protein-packed breakfast, with essential oils!

Mexican Eggs Breakfast Bowl

You know what they say…Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | Roots & Boots

Dairy Free Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip {with essential oils}

This mint chocolate chip dairy free ice cream is a family favorite here at Roots and Boots.  If you keep the ingredients in stock, it’s easy to whip up in the blender and add to the ice cream maker at the start of dinner.  By the time dinner is over, there’s a delicious frozen treat…

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8 Ways to Diffuse Essential Oils without a Diffuser

8 Ways to Diffuse Essential Oils without a Diffuser

A personal wellness goal for myself over the past year has been to diffuse essential oils more regularly. We definitely run our diffusers when immune systems need a little extra support, but I’m trying to get into the habit of diffusing essential oils on a daily basis–for energy, concentration, stress reduction, seasonal scents, and more.  Plus, I…

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