Thieves Dish Soap Thieves Dish Soap is designed to easily clean dishes without any harsh or harmful synthetic ingredients, so you can feel good about anyone in the family lending…
Thieves Dish Soap is designed to easily clean dishes without any harsh or harmful synthetic ingredients, so you can feel good about anyone in the family lending a hand with dish duty. Young Living formulated Thieves Dish Soap with only the highest-quality plant-based ingredients and powered it with 100 percent pure essential oils to make dishes sparkle!
Dispense a small amount of soap and use with warm water to wash any and all kitchen related dishes.
Thieves Dish Soap is a featured oil in March’s Essential Rewards FREEBIES. Want to know more? Email me: carolyn@handrafted.com.
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Thieves Aroma: Rich spicy aroma, strong cinnamon undertones. How To Use: Diffuse, directly inhale or dilute with V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex to apply topically. Thieves Vitality Can be…
Rich spicy aroma, strong cinnamon undertones.
Diffuse, directly inhale or dilute with V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex to apply topically.
Thieves Vitality Can be taken daily as a dietary supplement to help support the immune system. Add 1–2 drops to a vegetarian gel capsule and take it daily.
Immune Support Roller Recipe
Fill the rest up with carrier oil.
Autumn Diffuser Blend Recipe
Lemon Thieves Sugar Scrub
Mix together in a glass jar. Perfect DIY Gift!
Thieves is a featured oil in March’s Essential Rewards FREEBIES. Want to know more? Email me: carolyn@handrafted.com.
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In this day and age, it feels like most of us are making moves toward more natural, less-toxic, lifestyles. Granted we can’t avoid all the toxin’s in life we can…
In this day and age, it feels like most of us are making moves toward more natural, less-toxic, lifestyles. Granted we can’t avoid all the toxin’s in life we can take steps to get us closer. For me, taking this essential oil journey was a huge step. Slowly I have learned to use my tool bag (i.e. the starter kit) to help my family and myself make better choices. In the fall I opted for Young Living Shampoo and Conditioner followed closely with the Young Living Bar Soap. Step by step making reasonable changes to help my family live a better life. Next up was laundry, for the last 10 years, my family has use products such as Tide Pods, Gain, Oxy Clean, Snuggle and highly fragranced dryer sheets. During this period I have struggled with mild eczema and my husband and daughter with dry skin. It was time to make a change. Below I will take you through each step on how to make the switch.
If you have any questions, please let me know carolyn@handrafted.com.
This Thieves Laundry Detergent recipe is inexpensive (averages 6-8 cents per load!), smells great and is most importantly effective! Our clothes, sheets, towels and even shoes have proven how well this recipe works! And on top of all that it’s non-toxic!
A laundry detergent that I can feel confident using for myself and my family. A laundry detergent free of SLS, petrochemicals, formaldehyde, phosphates, synthetic fragrances and optical brighteners. What a blessing!
As with most things the switch to a more natural, holistic lifestyle is a process. When it comes to making the laundry switch there is one main step that many don’t tell you, stripping machine of the chemical residue. When you use conventional soap, as we did for years there is a build-up of chemicals inside the holes of your washing machine. Essential Oils naturally dissolve these kinds of chemicals, because of this, if you do not strip your machine first that residue will transfer to your clothes. We had used conventional soap for 7 years in these machines and we bought them second hand!
To strip my machine I ran it empty, adding one cup of white vinegar and a tablespoon of Thieves Household Cleaner. I was attentive during the wash cycle as I was curious if the breakdown would be visible. Indeed it was, during the wash cycle the water was grey in color. After the machine finished I did this process again. This time around the water was appeared clear during the wash cycle. Feel free to do this process again if needed.
Once your machine is free of the chemical residue you are prepared to ditch and switch!
The first step in my ditch and switch journey was to swap out my laundry soap pods for a liquid laundry detergent. I used the below-listed recipe and made a 2-gallon batch. I expect this batch to last my family of three for many months.
Begin by heating the distilled water in a stock pot on the stove. Add the Super Washing Soda and Baking Soda and allow to dissolve completely, mixing with a wooden spoon.
Once dissolved, remove from heat and allow to cool. **Adding hot water to drink dispenser may crack the glass or break the seal on the spout, use caution**.
While water is cooling add the Thieves Laundry Soap and Thieves Household Cleaner to the bottom of your dispenser.
Next, add 8 drops of your favorite essential oils. For this batch, I chose 4 drops of Citrus Fresh and 4 drops of Stress Away.
Finally, add cooled water to the dispenser. Be sure to fill the dispenser in its final location, the dispenser will be very heavy once full. Stir the mixture up completely and add the lid.
For use in my conventional machine, I use 1/2 cup per load in addition to my homemade Fabric Softener.
Mix together White Vinegar, Rubbing Alcohol and Essential Oils in a jar. For this batch, I chose 8 drops Citrus Fresh and 5 drops Purification.
Shake the jar and add to the laundry as needed.
For my conventional washer, I use 1/4 cup per load. Next for those hard to get stains I use this DIY Stain Treatment – works every time!
Begin by adding the Thieves Laundry Soap and Thieves Household Cleaner to the spray bottle or 30ml roller bottle. (I got this cute bottle at the Target Dollar Spot! I then added a spray top from my collection). Add your Lemon Essential Oil (Lemon is required in this recipe!). Finally, fill the rest of the bottle up with essential oil and mix well.
The final step in the laundry room ditch and switch it to purchase and use organic wool dryer balls. I purchase these ones. Wool dryer balls replace traditional dryer sheets in reducing static, and fluffing fabrics. In addition to these benefits, dryer balls have also shown to reduce drying time! I chose to store my balls in a large glass jar I found at Ross. In the bottom of that jar is where I keep all my empty (opened) essential oil bottles, this uses the remaining oils in the bottles and keeps our laundry smelling fresh.
If you have any questions about the Young Living products used in this blog, please email me carolyn@handrafted.com
Thank you so much for reading, until next time!
xo,
C
A nontoxic formula, free of SLS, petrochemicals, formaldehyde, phosphates, synthetic fragrances and optical brighteners.
Heat water in a large stockpot.
Add Super Washing Soda and Baking Soda to the hot water. Stir with a wooden spoon until powder is fully dissolved.
Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool.
In large drink dispenser, add Thieves Laundry Soap, Thieves Household Cleaner and Essential Oils.
Then add water to the dispenser. Stir mixture together until evenly distributed.
For conventional machines use 1/2 cup detergent per load.
All natural fabric softener.
Mix all ingredients in a jar and store in a cool dark place.
For a conventional machine use 1/4 cup per load.
Pre-treat those hard to get stains with this homemade, nontoxic, stain treatment.
Add ingredients to spray bottle or 30 ml roller bottle.
Mix well by shaking or rolling the bottle.
Apply directly to the stain before washing. For set in or tough stains allow treatment to set on the stain before washing.
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