Parents Nightmare: Lice

First. I dare you to attempt to read though this one and not scratch your head. Going to tough! Amazing the power of suggestion!

After a conversation with a couple friends the other day about fighting lice for their school age children, it got me thinking... There has to be an oil! I started doing a little looking into what our options are to using essential oils with lice. As with anything, I like to take the preventative approach first! 

The first I will be turning to is Melaleuca, otherwise known as Tea Tree. Melaleuca is a natural antiparasitic and insecticidal which we can use fighting little pests in or around our house, camping, etc. Therefore, it would make sense to be able to use in keep lice at bay. Being careful of skin sensitivities and younger children, dilute as needed and apply to the nape of the hair and even directly on the scalp. Many have even put a few drops in their shampoo to help with lice, but there are so many additional benefits for our scalp health!

Lemongrass is another to apply. This oil can be used in combating fleas and is another insect repellent. This one also may smell a little more pleasant as we send our little ones off!

Now, we aren't always able to hold off the pests all the time. So when we are fighting them, what are our options?! Referencing the Modern Essentials book, primary recommendations are Eucalyptus, TerraShield and Rosemary. Again dilute the selected oil and rub 1-2 drops directly to the scalp three times daily and apply to the feet also.



We also need to be cleaning up all around the house and doing some laundry too, right?! Purify is one of my favorite doTERRA blends to clean around the house and also to use in my laundry. After a terrible detergent reacation my son had a few months ago, I have been making our laundry soap I use the recipe from my friend Heather of I Heart doterra . I use Purify and Lavender in my mix and love it! Purify is awesome to use with cleaning up after a case of lice because of the oils that make up the blend:

Lemon

Lime

Pine Citronella

Melaleuca

Cilantro

During this time of year, there always seem to be a wide spread breakout of lice everywhere. Be prepared!
Live Well~Kamille

dōTERRA Annual Holiday Guide~

I love and adore the dōTERRA holiday items. I use them for almost every gift that I give. And this guide has a cream body wash included this year! This is something I have been waiting to come along for quite some time now!

As always let me know questions that you might have about these and other dōTERRA oils and products! You may also visit my website to place your holiday order on November 1~

Happy Fall! 

~Kamille

DoTERRA Guacamole!!!

There are a few foodie items I can not get enough of, one of them being guacamole! I love it. I will not stop eating it until it is all gone. Not kidding. I am not to proud to use my finger. And somewhere in my thinking I tell myself that is is good for me. After all, it has those avocados! Those are good fats! Right?! Well yes, however probably not so good when I consume as much as I do~

None the less I continue to make it. And my hubby has given me the props on being the best guacamole he has ever had. Which in turn, he blames me for ruining all the other "guacs"for him. Here is my easy peasy and quick guacamole recipe. And you know it is made with my awesome oils!

doTERRA Guacamole
1 avocado, cut and smashed
1/4 red onion, diced
1 Tbsp lime or lemon juice (helps with the creaminess)
1 drop of doTERRA Black Pepper, Lime and Cilantro essential oils
Salt to taste

As you see I leave the nut in the guacamole to help hold off the avocado ripening. You may also use as much or as little oil as you would like to your taste. Be careful on the Black Pepper... Powerful stuff here! This also makes a batch small enough of my little family of 4, so adjust your accordingly!

Not only are the oils so tasty in your guacamole, you also get many of the benefits associated with the oils too! Find out more by clicking on the photos~

Enjoy! Happy & Healthy Living~

Kamille

New Products Video!

One more reason I love doTERRA.... So many people are so passionate about sharing doTERRA and  expertise from their professions. Dr. Susan Lawton has been sharing her notes and thoughts on the doTERRA products for a couple years now. The other day she teamed up to record a 'webinar' to go over and discuss all the new products introduced last week. I listened to it and was able to review many of the teachings from last week which had slipped through amongst all the information presented. And trust me, there was a lot!!

Take a listen!

doTERRA 2012 New Product Review

My Cold... 2 days later

As I mentioned in my post a couple days ago, I returned from Salt Lake in very bad shape. I hadn't felt so out of it and not healthy in a very long time. doTERRA teaches that health is a total package, not just oils. One more reason that doTERRA ROCKS! I was given a good 'ole fashion slug this week on precisely this idea. While I was in Salt Lake, I was enjoying my girl time way to much by staying up way to late and getting up way to early, wasn't exercising (had good intentions to, but you know how that goes), ate the best I could while away from home. But most importantly I was ignoring my stress levels as well as not giving my body it's best defense against "toxins" while in airports, public spaces, and crowds of people. I was around oils of course, I mean I was at a doTERRA convention. But there really is nothing like intentional and consistent use of oils that are good for each individual. As you can see from the diagram below, I had pretty much knocked the entire building block of health over.

Upon returning home, I went for my Melaleuca and OnGuard.


I also was have major fluids in my ears. So at the suggestion of my friend, I applied 2 drops of Frankincense, Helichyrsium and one of my citrus oils around my ears and up and down my throat. 

Quite impressive how fast they go to work! But also quite impressive is knowing immediately when there is a need for reapplication.  I also made an appointment with my chiropractor to work out the fluids and infection that I knew where building up in my neck. As predicated, Dr. Nate, found the infection with in 5 seconds and went to work. Kept up on my water, eating correctly, sleeping when I could. Or better yet, when I children allowed me too! Applied Melaleuca to my throat and OnGuard on the bottoms of my feet at every opportunity. And just for good measure, and to keep my family away from this nasty stuff, I diffused OnGuard from my Ace diffuser at a low volume, on for 5 and off for 25 right in the middle of my kitchen. Also returning to CrossFit on Tuesday to get my body moving was helpful in allowing me to feel a tad bit normal.

I am soooo happy to tell you that at CrossFit during this mornings warmup we were doing wall walks. Yes, feet up the wall and walking your hands into a handstand. Imagine that with a cold! It was tough. As soon as I finished my 5th one, I stood up and knew something had loosened up. This is going to be too much info here, I know... However, went to the bathroom grabbed for a tissue and the infection left my body in one big blow. That hasn't ever happened to me before! I am rather grossed out by snot, etc being the girl that I am, however my husband is usually quite impressed with nasty items as such. I will admit this... I almost wanted him there to see it! Can not believe that was in my body and I knew why I had felt like crud for the past few days!! I feel like a new woman!!! 

Last important note! I am not letting up on my oils! I will continue with my OnGuard and Melaleuca for the next few days. I know that there still has to be some infection and yuckies in there still and I am not about to let them take over again.

Had to share. I know this is going around because I sent oils with my hubby today to hand over to a friend of his at work how is fighting this same thing. Stay healthy these first days of Fall!! Never under estimate the power of the whole lifestyle and care package!! Your body will tell  you when you are getting lazy!

Happy... And Healthy Living!

~Kamille

New doTERRA Products 2012!

Last evening I returned home from the doTERRA 2012 Engage Convention. It was awesome. Fantastic. And inspiring. I returned home with even more absolute confidence in these pure and potent oils to help myself and my family live better lives. I heard so many medical and research professionals supporting doTERRA and its mission, that I actually finally gave up trying to get it all written down and into my head. The Doctors, surgeons, dentists, health coaches, RNs, etc talked SO FAR over my head that it actually plugged some sinuses. Kidding there of course. But seriously, I slept so little, ate so badly, drank so little of water, did so little movement that I feel like today I was experimenting with every principle doTERRA sets forth about living well. I am now sick. But my oils and chiropractor will have me back to 100% in no time. I have the confidence... remember?!

The New doTERRA products~ Over the next few weeks. I will be featuring the new products and explaining more. However, today I wanted just to get all of you the list of the new ones! Please let me know if there are questions about trying them out in the comments section below!

InTune- Focus Blend

Black Pepper- Now always for sale!

Cilantro- For sale always now too!

DDR Prime- Damaged DNA Repair Blend 30ml

DDR Prime- Same as above, but in a complex. We are going to see a lot from this stuff I have a feeling.

a2z Childrens Supplements- My kids already love them!

IQ Mega - Childrens (And adult too) Omega 3. My son likes is straight. Daughter.. Going to need it with OJ.

Mito2Max- Complex for Active adults! More sustained energy, with no stimulants! Can you say: CrossFit!?!

Shampoo- In a pretty bottle.

Conditioner- In a prettier bottle with just a couple formula changes

Root to Tip Serum- For our scalps. Used it last night. LOVE IT!

Healthy Hold Glaze- Used this last night too. My hair dried so nice and still haven't touched it even after sleeping on it!

doTERRA is in Des Moines! And so are all of these new products because I brought home the entire new product kit!! So excited to see and hear the stories of these new offerings. I think they are going to be HUGE!!!
Until then, Happy Living!
~Kamille

Cheese... Or Anything That May Not "Agree".

January of 2010, after my 2nd child, I was done. Fed up as they say. I changed my life, myself and little did I know my life path. I cleaned up my eating. My food. My choices. My 'sizes'. But that isn't exactly what this is about. This is about what happens when you for a little bit ease up from what is now a normal.

Over the past few months I have been easing up, and I know better than, on what I consume. Not just the amount, but also the quality. In turn, I have been more sluggish in my workouts, and clothes getting a tad *ahem*.. tighter. Eeks!
This weekend I woke up on Saturday morning back to the place of being done. So after the long 3 day weekend and committing a few more sins, I am back. So with that comes the adjustment to my meals and snacks. Snacks: This is where the day can either be one that I am proud of, or not. I had a doTERRA Chocolate Trim Shake following my CrossFit and started to go about my day. This is where I went wrong.... Going about my day as my normal.
The kids and I headed down to the the new Hy-Vee on Douglas (Have you Des Moines folks been there yet?! If not, make your way over Now. Not kidding. I have gone there just to tour our of town visitors.)
My problem was not the store. It was that I went and arrived hungry! Ugh. Clean eating mistake #1! Knowing I only had a chiropractor visit following my grocery run, I thought to myself, "I can do this! Are you kidding me Kamille?! It is only one hour till lunch." And on we the kids and I went. Of course, my children talked me into a few items here and there that weren't on the list. Not terrible ones, just items I hadn't planned on needing to 'choose' not to partake of while hungry and walking around a grocery store! One of which, string cheese. Cheese normally isn't a tough one for me. Although to say that I have had straight cheese and nothing else for a while is an understatement. And when I do have cheese it is the good stuff. The cheese that I know for sure my mom would certainly not entertain purchasing at such a price.

I ate it.

I felt not so hungry. Great! This is going to work!....

Then I stepped out of the car to get the kids and walk into my appointment. There had somehow between Hy-Vee and standing outside my car been a rock lodged immediately between my rib cage.

Now what? About to walk in and get twisted and worked over (in only the best way having steel bars dug into my fascia can) and here I feel like this!

Got the kids out. Walked inside. Thank goodness! I am early and he is still with his previous patient. However, still not feeling well. Not at all.

And THEN!!! I looked down and peered at the lovely, life saving doTERRA keychain carrying 9 (9, only because I lodge one extra in!) little tiny vials of my precious... did I mention life saving?... oils! Quickly I unzipped and started to drip a little tiny bit of DigestZen on my belly. Right on that rock between my fore mentioned rib cage. And I am telling you within 30 seconds my tummy felt a million times better! Before I even got the bottle back in my keychain case! Sounds crazy, I know. But only those that have felt this immediate response can testify. Immediate!

Saved. Once again.... I love me some oils...
Happy Living!
Kamille