Asians should know what coriander is even if they don’t eat it. The green leafy vegetable that is used for garnishing dishes. It is known by a few names besides coriander: Chinese parsley, “wan sui” or “yuan xu” to the Chinese, dhania to the Indians and cilantro to the Americans and Europeans. Know what I’m…
Beauty, Cleaning, Essential Oils
Chemical Free Home Cleaning & Personal Care
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Since attending the class by Dr Sabina DeVita last Saturday, ideas have been brewing inside my head about conducting a hands-on class or one of those co-op parties in which friends come together to prepare the ingredients of frozen meals and everybody takes a pack home, for home-made, all natural, chemical free household cleaners and…
Essential Oils, Respiratory, Singles
Aroma Complete – Day 8 – Idaho Balsam Fir
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Young Living Idaho Balsam Fir essential oil stirs up similar memories and feelings of Christmas, Christmas tree farms, snowy forests, North America as Pine as I explained in my prior post here. Balsam Fir has a “happier” scent than Pine, as a friend puts it. It is higher-valued than Pine, hence higher-priced. I’ll tell you…
Cooking, Essential Oils, Pain, Singles
Aroma Complete – Day 7 – Basil Essential Oil
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Everybody loves basil in food, from the Thais to the Italians, and who doesn’t like Thai or Italian cuisine? I have grown to like this aromatic herb in my food and cooking, and even have a few thriving basil plants on my balcony, which all came from a single plant I bought from a nursery…
Blends, Essential Oils, Uplifting
Aroma Complete – Day 6 – Believe
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Believe is one of my favourite blends. The fragrance is divine. It picks me up in the morning with the refreshing scent, perfumes me lightly, perks me up in the afternoon when I feel sleepy, soothes me when I feel stressed and anxious, and also calms me to sleep at night. Besides Thieves, Believe has…
Essential Oils, Respiratory, Singles
Aroma Complete – Day 5 – Pine Essential Oil
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The smell of pine always brings me back to the Christmas tree farms that I have been privileged to visit during the few years we lived in America. It’s so comforting and invigorating at the same time. A friend gave me a little cushion stuffed with real dried pine needles which I left in the…
Autism, Essential Oils
Testimony of Mom of Autistic Child
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I just have to share this testimony of mom with an autistic child with you immediately after I received her email tonight! Let’s call her Jane. Jane read my previous post on using Young Living Essential Oils for autistic children as shared by a psychologist working with special needs children, Genevieve Chua, and contacted me…
Beauty, Essential Oils
Natural Mascara with Lavender for Long Eyelashes
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I’d love to have long, luscious and curly eyelashes – naturally. Nature has not given me much or noticeably-long eyelashes – not a biggie – it’s just nice to have but I don’t cry over them. They are not major issues, kwim? Besides, I can always get some help from an eyelash curler and heavy-duty…
Blends, Essential Oils, Everyday Oils, Immunity
Aroma Complete – Day 4 Thieves
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If you have been following my posts on the Aroma Complete, started here, you may have noticed 2 things. First, I have not been posting 5 times a week and I’m not doing it in alphabetical order. I realised that I was not doing the essential oils justice to skim through them. My intention is…
Blends, Essential Oils, Uplifting
Aroma Complete – 122 Essential Oils – Day 3 Abundance
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I remember this was the first Young Living Oil Blend that made me go “Huh? I can get abundance just by using this oil? Lol!” Actually, I didn’t say “lol” like some teenagers do but it was more like “How can it be?!” You see, up till then, I only knew about the physical and…