WEEKEND OILY TIP! - DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!

It's the holiday season!  Christmas parties every weekend, family gatherings galore, and travel.  Lots of travel.  Lots of sleeping in hotels, spare rooms, your niece or nephew's bedroom or maybe even the rec room or basement!  AH!  You want to be comfortable wherever you sleep right?  You don't want a funky smell keeping you or your kids up all night, no one will be happy the next day.  This is the season for enjoying your time with others, not dreading it!  So what if your sister didn't get a chance to sterilize the room you will be sleeping in?  She probably had lots of other things to do to ensure you have the perfect family party!  Don't get frustrated with your friends and relatives for not being you!  Bring your diffuser and your essential oils and quit worrying about the sleeping arrangements!  (Because sleeping arrangements are definitely the most worrisome to me, especially when you have three children to keep happy!)

When you are packing up all your gear, DO NOT forget to put one or two of your diffusers in your bag or your kids' bag.  If you're traveling alone or sharing one bedroom with everyone in your family/group then one diffuser is plenty.  If you have children and they are sleeping in a separate room than you, you might want to make sure to bring a diffuser for them too!  Especially if your little ones are used to a diffuser running in their bedrooms at home.  The more you can make the room they will be sleeping in seem more like home, the more pleasant of an experience it will be for everyone!  Luckily many of the diffusers are small (yet mighty) and can easily fit into a suitcase or duffle bag.

Young Living offers many different diffusers.  I have three of the Home Diffuser!  Needless to say, I'm a big fan of that one!  There is light that can used as a night light or turned off.  The diffuser can run on a continuous setting that will last about 3-4 hours or it can run on an intermittent setting, 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off, that will last about 5-6 hours.  A few other Young Living diffusers that would be great for traveling are the Dew Drop Home Diffuser, the USB Orb Diffuser and the Travel Fan Diffuser.  After looking into the Travel Fan Diffuser while writing this post, I am totally ordering one!  It can run on AA batteries and will run as long as the batteries allow it or it comes with an A/C adapter for use in a standard wall outlet!  No need for water, so you don't have worry about spilling or having your kids accidentally knock it over!  There is a pad that you place inside of the Travel Fan Diffuser.  Drops of essential oils can be placed on the pad.  You can control how strong of a scent you want based upon the number of drops placed on the pad and you can use whatever essential oil you want!  Since it can run on batteries you can even use it in your car while you're traveling!  I'll probably use the Duracell rechargeable batteries that we already have.  I'll bring the charger for those batteries too, which again is small.  I'm excited about this!    

Now for the essential oils.  I actually just bring everything that I have!  You never know what might come up while you are gone.  But if you are trying to minimize, then I would suggest the following five oils.   (Use Lavender, Lemon and Peppermint individually or combined for an amazing wellness trio!)

1. Lavender EO - may be calming and promote sleep, may help a runny nose
2. Lemon EO - is fresh and detoxing
3. Peppermint EO - may help when you are clogged up, may reduce fatigue
4. Purification EO - purifies the air, reduces odors
5. Thieves EO - cleans the air, reduces odors, may promote wellness

I guess if you are really crunched for space, then just bring your Thieves Essential Oil.  It will help to keep you all healthy, it is a fantastic cleaner (even cleans the air!), it smells great, and if someone does start feeling sicky, if used properly, it is safe for ingestion.  I definitely don't leave home without my Thieves EO and diffuser!

So do you think that you are ready to tackle the holidays away from home???  I know that we will be ready!  (Especially after I order that Travel Fan Diffuser!)  Let me know if you have any questions!

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