Ningxia Red Gummies!

two words. Ningxia Red.

While Young Living is most known for their purity & quality of therapeutic grade essential oils, this company has SO much more to offer! Exhibit A. Ningxia Red in all its glory! If you have never heard about this wonderous slice of liquid heaven in a bottle, or pouch, then you are about to be mind blown! This week I am going to be doing multiple posts about Ningxia in all of its versions.. versions?! I've got you curious now ehhh??

First, we will start with the basics. Ningxia Red is formulated from the Wolfberry super fruit! Research on the Wolfberry is continuously taking place & revealing more & more beneficial properties. Accompanied by blueberry, aronia, cherry, pomegranate & plum juices AND Orange, Yuzu, Lemon & Tangerine essential oils making this the HIGHEST antioxidant product available on the market. It was created to help sustain energy, help prevent oxidative stress & balance nutrients for full body health & wellness support. When taken daily it will energize, fortify & revitalize the body. I personally also take 2 ounces of Ningxia Red about 15 minutes before I run my 5k races. I completed 20 - 5k races in 2015 & Ningxia was with me for EVERY single one of those 20 timed runs.

Check this out. Are you reading those numbers?! 100 oranges? 59 broccoli florets? in ONE OUNCE of Ningxia Red. In TWO ounces of Ningxia Red you are getting 100g of Wolfberries & in that 100g of Wolfberries you get 300% Vitamin C, 19 amino acids, 22 trace minerals, 180% Vitamin A, 90% Vitamin E, & 100% Vitamin B2 amongst several other vitamins. Oh and did I mention yet that it's completely all natural, chemical free & nothing artificial? Its a pattern with ALL of Young Livings products & I am NOT mad about it. So, those impressive numbers got me thinking about an all natural alternative to drug store gummy vitamins and...

I give you Ningxia Gummies!

These couldn't be any easier to make & they can be given to the kiddos as a HEALTHY no sugar added fruit snack replacement, daily vitamin or for us adults just because they are healthy & delish! I had my mom taste them & then my husband taste them & they both approved!

What You'll need:

2 ounces (1/4 cup) Ningxia Red

1.25 plain Gelatin Packets

2 ounces (1/4 cup) 100% no sugar added juice - I chose mixed berry

3-6 drops Orange Essential Oil - I did 6 drops

1.5 TBSP Pure Honey

Directions:

1. In a saucepan combine your juice & gelatin

2. Wisk on low heat until gelatin is dissolved

3. Remove saucepan from heat

4. Add in your Ningxia, Honey & drops of Orange essential oil

5. Wisk together

6. Pour into desired molds

7. Let stand in refrigerator until firm

8. Store in refrigerator

Yup, its that easy! As you can see in the picture posted above I chose to put mine in a little glass jar I had & I will be storing these in the refrigerator. They can get a little sticky if you leave them out for longer than 10 minutes. These gummies only took me about 5 minutes or less  to whip up & I just let them chill over night in the fridge.

Now, lets talk what I used for molds.

I got both of these molds at Hobby Lobby in the cake & candy making aisle. If I'm being 100% honest go for the silicone molds (such as the flower mold pictured here). I thought the white plastic mold would make cute little gummies & don't get me wrong it totally did BUT I think filling the flower molds a quarter of the way full will be the way I got next time. Just personal preference. Of course you can make yours in whatever way you wish!

I hope you & your littles enjoy these healthy & yummy gummies jam packed with all of those benefits from Ningxia Red! If you have any questions please feel free to comment below! Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss a future post! Especially this week with more posts about the amazing Ningxia coming your way!

Peace & Oily Love.

ash.

DIY Lemon & Grapefruit Essential Oil Body Butter

I'm back with another fun & easy DIY that is perfect for this time of year!


As we get into the winter months our skin tends to get more dry. I opted to test out making my own chemical free- all natural body butter! Guys, this stuff smells good enough to eat! But of course please don't! Of course you can create any combo using whatever essential oils trip your trigger but I'm just going to say this combo is definitely a winner! Besides smelling awesome, I chose the Lemon & Grapefruit because they actually help with cellulite. Who doesn't want to lose some of that?! Sign me up!


What you'll need:


1/2 cup Coconut Oil
1/2 cup Pure Shea Butter
2 oz Jojoba Oil (you could also use sweet almond oil)
10 drops Young Living Grapefruit essential oil
10 drops Young Living Lemon essential oil
or whatever scent combo you chose - I have some more suggestions at the bottom!

Directions:


Using a sauce pan over low heat, melt all those oils together completely until they are liquefied. Pour into stainless steel bowl. You don't want to use plastic because since we are using citrus essential oils it can break down the chemical bonds of the plastic & pull toxins into your mixture. That of course is a no no! Then let it sit in the fridge. Once it starts to harden back up so that you can see your fingerprint in it, could be a couple hours or it could be over night, whip it for a few minutes with your hand mixer until it is light & fluffy like cake icing. This recipe made enough for me to fill the two jars below! I would say it made about a cup & I divided it into these jars. Get yourself some chalk board labels & a chalk marker & you have great gifts or just an awesome body butter for yourself!

You want to store your body butter in somewhere cool without direct sunlight. If you sit it by a window & the sun is able to warm the body butter it will loose its whipped consistency & return to a more liquid form. Now, if it does melt don't think all is lost. You will still be able to use it! It just wont be as light & fluffy! This should last quite awhile though if stored properly & in an air tight GLASS container!


A couple other suggestions would be to make a calming body butter for the night time with oils such as Stress Away & Lavender. A foot cream with Peppermint. Uplifting for your morning routine with Lemon & Peppermint. You could even make it into a chest rub for sickies with Thieves & RC. Basically, your options are ENDLESS!


I hope you ENJOY! If you have ANY questions please feel free to comment below!


Also, you can now subscribe by email to make sure you never miss another post! Yup, I'm pretty excited about that! I truly am having so much fun with this!


Peace & Oil Love.
ash.

Get in the Christmas Spirit!

Hello All!


So I don't know about you BUT this warmer weather here in Indiana in December is holding me back from getting in the real "Christmas Spirit" so I turned to these little guys for help! The hubby & I recently put up the Christmas tree & I did these super simple & quick DIYs for that extra nudge into the holly jolly mentality!


Young Living has an oil blend literally called Christmas Spirit. How fitting right?! It's a wonderful blend of cinnamon bark, orange & spruce. It's designed to create a feeling of security that comes along with the holiday season as well as being great for air purification & emotional balance.


Let's hop right into the DIYs!


First Up- Scented Pine Cones

Get yourself a bag of pine cones from the store OR if you are lucky enough to have access to the real thing go get your pine cone hunt on! I took 1 drop Cinnamon Bark on one end of the pine cone & 1 drop Christmas Spirit on the other end of the pine cone. Stacked them up in my decorative bowl & DONE! Yup, it was that easy & took me less than 2 minutes. This is sitting on my end table when you first walk into my living room, which happens to be somewhat by the garage door & the front door. You can smell this goodness as soon as you walk in! Its such a warm & cozy smell for this time of the year! Some of you may notice that I used Cinnamon Bark as well as Christmas Spirit & above I said Christmas Spirit already has Cinnamon Bark in it.. But I ask you this.. Can you ever have enough Cinnamon?? The correct answer would be no!

Moving along!

Next up- Christmas Spirit Room Spray

This took me even LESS time to make than the pine cones. I put 12 drops of Christmas Spirit essential oil in my spray bottle (green for Christmas - get it? Yea, I'm festive) & filled the rest of the bottle with water. Gave it a little shake & sprayed away! I sprayed our tree after we finished decorating it & I mayyyyy have went a tad spray crazy & just ended up spraying our entire upstairs.. No complaints here though because it smells UHMAZING! I continue to spray this on our tree & through out the house. Tis the season & why not enjoy the smells of the season!

I hope you enjoy these cheap & simple DIYs! Comment below your favorite smells of the season! What gets you in the Christmas Spirit???

Peace & Oil Love.

ash.



WHY Young Living? My Top 5 Reasons!

Hello Oily Followers!


I wanted to address one of my MOST frequently asked questions I've gotten being in this business. Especially, this day & age when there is never ONE company that does something.. there are multiple on multiple! So I figured what better way to start out this blog than by explaining WHY I chose Young Living over any of the several other oil companies out there! Let's jump right into it!


Reason Numero UNO: This is probably the most important reason. It's something no other oil company has. Drum roll please..... Seed to Seal Guarantee!

This guarantee ensures the quality, purity & concentration of the essential oils is nothing less than the absolute best. This promises that we NEVER alter, add, or dilute ANY of our oils.. EVER! Because of this guarantee OUR OILS ARE SAFE TO INGEST. Well, I should say most of them, there are some plants out there that are just not made to be consumed. But as for our citrus oils, peppermint, nutmeg & oils such as those, they are absolutely able to be taken internally! *NOT ALL ESSENTIAL OIL COMPANIES OILS ARE INGESTIBLE* Our crops are grown on chemical free land & carefully nourished soil. One of my favorite facts to share is, even the worm food that they use to grow our crops is organic! I don't know about you, but I prefer KNOWING what I am putting into my body & feeling confident in giving them to my friends & family to use as well.


Reason #2: I am going to risk sounding completely lame. Our labels! Not only because it has any info you could be wanting on that oil as far as directions, size, oil grade but I think the cool part is the Batch Numbers. Batch numbers are included on each bottle of oil. It can track back to what batch that specific bottle of oil was bottled from! WHOA! This will lead into reason number three.. but Young Living is able to do that because...

Reason #3: Young Living owns ALL of its farms. Our crops are never outsourced by third party farms. Young Living has farms all over the world! Crops are grown where they naturally flourish & are never created in some lab. For this reason some times there is limited stock of a certain oil or some times one will be sold out. Yes, SOLD OUT. Instead of panicking & rushing to find sub par crops or turning to chemicals to create something synthetic to fulfill our oil orders those oils are simply out of stock until our crop CAN be correctly harvested to produce our standard of oils. Our farm locations include: Canada, Mexico, , Ecuador, United Kingdom, Peru, France, Israel, Oman, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, China & Australia! In fact, several of these farms you can make trips to visit & be apart of the distillation process! I think that is pretty special & unique! The picture below is part of our Lavender field in Whispering Springs farm in Mona, Utah.

Reason #4: Our oils are therapeutic grade. The highest grade you can get. Yes, therapeutic grade is a thing. Young Living oils are even so natural they are recommended by integrative health professional all over the world. Our oils are even exclusively used in over 50 hospitals through out the country! INCLUDING our very own IU Goshen Health Hospital!

Reason #5: Young Living was founded By D. Gary Young in 1993. That's over 20 years of knowledge & growth. So for those just getting into essential oils. It's not a new idea or fad by any means! This year I went to the Young Living Grand Convention in Grapevine, TX. Man, did I learn A LOT about this company that I was so unaware of & made me that much more proud that I chose this company. I had it in my head that Young Living was this big corporate company so our founder couldn't possibly have time to have a hand in most of the doings going on. No way he would be out there building our new distilleries. No way he could still creating these oil blends everyone loves. WRONG! Gary personally walked us through his process for creating an oil blend recipe. He explained to us why we have Einkorn Wheat flour, spaghetti & waffle mix offered through Young Living & its importance over the regular wheat commonly used in many products at the grocery store. He showed us pictures from not just recently but back in the very beginning of him & a few of his closest friends building some of our first distilleries from the ground up. No big construction companies in sight. He showed us personal pictures from everything including the good times from first distillations at a new distillery alllllll the way to the bad times of  machinery falling off trailers in blizzard conditions, not making it through winding country roads. It was a complete eye opener. His passion for this company was infectious to say the least!

Welp, there you have it! My Top 5 reasons! For the sake of this blog not being a full on novel, I am leaving it at my Top 5! I didn't even get to touch on the actual benefits & basic ways our oils can actually be used. I suppose you will just have to come back for those! Mwahahaha!

In the mean time I would love if you "Liked" my Facebook Page, Ash's Oily Essentials! This blog & that page will go hand in hand like peanut butter & jelly! Or in the oil world like Purification & Thieves. Lemon & Peppermint. Ah you get it!

Peace & Oily Love.

Ash.