Thursday, October 29, 2020

Essential oils for Emotions

Emotions......
Raw....Real....
Highs....Lows....

The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful

Embrace your emotions.

Use essential oils to help you.
My go to Essential Oil for all things emotions is...... Peppermint oil πŸ€—

For me Peppermint oil is physically cooling and triggers my up n go spirit πŸ™Œ

Peppermint oil is also fantastic for respiratory clearing, relieving fatigue, ease muscular aches and tension, great for headaches and so much more.

This is why essential oils are affordable because one oil can aid you in so many ways, checkout my last post on how you can use essential oils to you clean your home.

Other oils that I enjoy as a pick me up are citrus oils such as grapefruit and sweet orange (citrus oils are photosensitive, so don't use on skin exposed to sunlight) their zesty aroma can help lift your mood.

When in need of quieting a busy mind I reach for lavander or chamomile.
A bath at night with chamomile can help calm your body and mind after a busy or stressful day.

On aside note, I also find a smoothie made with my fav fruits and veg help me to handle the stressors of life πŸ€—

Essential oils can be massaged into your skin with a carrier oil NEVER neat, added to the bath or diffuse into the air. You can enjoy the healing benefits of essential oils everyday πŸ’œ

Checkout Em's Apothecary rang of house blends today, lovingly created for topical use in roller bottles.
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Always consult an aromatherapist.


Monday, October 26, 2020

Cleaning at home with essential oils

Cleaning the home doesn't have to be mundane!

Spruce up your cleaning caddy with all natural, easy to make, fragrance packed, mood enhancing products πŸ€—

Who'd of thought that what's in kitchen pantry or fruit bowl could clean your whole house 🀯

A few simple ingredients like bicarbonate soda, white vinegar and Castile soap, add a few drops of essential oils and boom you are business to make your house sparkle and smell super inviting.

I love to keep my products in glass bottles and jars, both vinegar and citrus oils can eat through plastic and always patch test before using on carpet or material as it can act like a bleach. The amber or dark bottles are best as they also protect the content from light, do keep out of direct sun so it won't spoil the content.

My favourite essential oils to use are lemon, sweet orange, mandarin, pink grapefruit, bergamot, eucalyptus and peppermint. All have fresh, clean fragrance, along with cleaning power πŸ™Œ

In my toilet I have a shaker that has bicarbonate soda with sweet orange essential oil, and a squirty bottle with vinegar & lemon essential oil in, I also keep my lemon rind in a jar of white vinegar to add to the squirty bottle. 

Nothing goes to waste πŸ™Œ

In my kitchen I have another shaker with bicarbonate soda & orang essential oil, a spray bottle with vinegar & a mix of the Apothecary germ oil.

Who'd of though Essential Oils were so easy to use πŸ’œ

Get your essential oil needs today
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Have yourself a fragrant day πŸ€—

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Let's talk Essential Oils


Do you struggle with pollen, is it your enemy?

Have you tried essential oils?

Essential oils can be used in a diffuser, in a steamer or directly applied to your chest (with a carrier oil of course!)

Here at Em's Apothecary we have an amazing blend that helps to relax symptoms and open up the air ways πŸ™Œ

Our blend is also a great zesty blend that can help energise you and motivate you to keep going through your day πŸ’œ

Em's Apothecary blend is created with quality essential oils, no fillers or chemicals πŸ¦‹

Essential oils can be safely used on their own or with conventional medicine prescribed by your GP πŸ™Œ

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

Plants are medicine

It's funny, I've done ALOT of study on health and wellbeing, yet only now has it 'clicked'.

'I did the Tafe course'
Kath & Kim my all time fav πŸ˜‚

I always believed that knowledge is power, but if you don't know how to put that knowledge to work it's useless!
I didn't know this πŸ€”

Now that my family and I are about to enter week 10 of wholefood plant based, I'm finding myself putting into action what I learnt many years ago!
I'm now piecing together the knowledge and putting it into practice and it feels amazing πŸ€—

My Kombucha brewing away

Being in the kitchen is no longer a chore, I'll be honest some of my 'experiments' have been total disasters see below
A gooey burnt mess that was meant to be candied almonds πŸ˜‚

But even with the many mistakes, I'm loving being in the kitchen, I'm loving the feeling of serving my family a healthy wellbeing on each and every plate ☺️

Out of the kitchen I've been experimenting in the Apothecary, creating everything from skincare to cleaning products. Things I got lazy with, in all honesty lost interest in due to lack of time and energy.
Now I'm back to brewing up natural remedies for my whole family πŸ™Œ

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I've also been spending time in the garden with my family, something I've not done since moving into this house, 9 years ago 😲 oh the guilt I feel! 
Now together we are creating a veggie garden, a place for us to ground and to entertain in the warmer weather.
This is just the beginning 🐝

I'm working towards growing our families food, working with the seasons and this will help us lessen our waste πŸ™Œ

I think the biggest lesson I'm living at the moment is, living with what I have, I didn't realise how blessed I was, till now!

This creates....
This πŸ™Œ

Soon I'll be able to recreate this without the plastic waste and that makes my inner hippy dance πŸ€—

Along with gardening I've been exercising, stretching, walking and reconnecting with my body πŸ’œ

Things I thought I had no time for, I now do!
Maybe it's that I have more energy, maybe it's that I finally know what I want or maybe I now know how to use all that knowledge.....

The other lesson I've been learning is, don't give other people's opinions power, most of the time people say things out of lack of understanding or living via a stereotype.

Your opinions don't pay my bills!

Do you!

Stay tuned for my next update 😘

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Hello week 8


I feel like a new women πŸ€—

So we finished Emma Roche's $3 menu plan πŸ™Œ

Visit www.plantplate.com to get your copy of any of Emma's books, they are a great way to start your journey to health.

So as we, I say 'we' because it's my whole family (I'm a proud mumma bear) embark on week 8 we start with a new vigour πŸ’ͺ
On the weekend we started our very own veggie garden, a fruit patch and compost heap πŸ€—

For me not only has this way of eating impacted my health but also my idea of how I want my lifestyle to be.

Since covid I have to admit I've been buying happiness, our rubbish bin has been over flowing and our box pile has covered my bbq area!

I've been so busy 'coping' that I've not sat still long enough to scratch enough myself, let alone put away all my new purchases 😲

But this weekend, while enjoying a coffee in my own backyard, sun shining and marvelling at all our hard work I managed to have a think on life.

Sustainability πŸ˜…

I started to think about where I could make more changes πŸ€—

So I've decided to go 'Cold Turkey' no more buying STUFF, I'm going to make changes to my shopping habits and NO MORE UBER!

Catch my blog next week to find out how I go, also next week I'll discuss mental health.