Affordable Ways to Ditch the Synthetics and Switch to Nature
In today’s world, some of the most dangerous things that affect our health are things we willingly expose ourselves to on the daily. And some of these things might not be what you expect! In fact, you might be completely oblivious to the fact that the products we use on ourselves, in our home, on our children, and in our everyday lives, could be the very things that are contributing to why we’re sick, why we have health problems, why we struggle emotionally, and why we are not living a life full of wellness, purpose, and abundance.
Facts about everyday products from the store:
Store bought soaps contain sodium laureth sulfate, a toxic chemical used to remove car grease off of garage floors. This can be damaging to the skin, as well as disruptive to immune health and hormonal health.
Both adult and kid shampoos contain phthalates, a toxic chemical that has been banned in children’s toys, but is still found in body cleansing products. It is known to be an endocrine disruptor, and very hard for the body to break down when used consistently during bath time.
The main ingredient in candles and home sprays is formaldehyde, which is the number one cancer causing chemical, and is what we get embalmed with at the morgue. They say inhaling scents from candles or sprays is the equivalent to inhaling second hand smoke, which is even more dangerous than actually smoking the cigarette itself.
Store bought household cleaning products contain 2-butoxyethanol, which is a toxin known to cause sore throat, narcosis, and severe liver and kidney damage.
Store bought laundry detergents and dryer sheets contain alpha-terpineol, benzyl alcohol, and camphor, which are all toxic ingredients that cause central nervous system disorders, loss of muscular coordination, central nervous system depression, headaches, nausea, and vomiting.
Many baby products contain the listed ingredient “fragrance,” which is simply a broad category that hides hundreds of toxic chemicals behind that word itself. Companies are not required to reveal the actual chemicals that are within the “fragrance” category, hence keeping the public in the dark about the true toxicity of the products we use on our little ones.
Women apply over 300 chemicals to their face and skin per day, including talc, bismuth, parabens, lead, mercury, and mineral oil. These chemicals are all found in store bought skin care and makeup products, which can disrupt the endocrine system, are highly carcinogenic, and have even been found in tumors.
When we use these products on ourselves and our children on a daily basis, the toxins build up and accumulate within our bodies – a process called “bioaccumulation.” This means that the more we expose ourselves to these toxins, the harder it is for our bodies to break them down. Because of this build up, it causes both minor and major health issues, that otherwise could be prevented if we simply quit using those toxins. Even if these issues aren’t apparent right now, they will be apparent later on down the road.
What’s even scarier to know, is some of the most popular “organic” products can still contain some the ingredients above. Even if you think you’re making a better decision about going organic instead of conventional, there is still a probability that your organic product is still highly toxic for yourself or your little ones.
Now that I’ve effectively freaked you out, let me begin by saying there is NO JUDGEMENT HERE! I used to use those products too, all the time, on myself and my kids. But now I KNOW about the toxicity of what we are using in our home. We’ve ditched and switched over to plant based products and our lives have changed forever. Our family experiences more of the perfect wellness that God always intended for us to have. And because we’ve seen such amazing changes, I felt it necessary to educate YOU on these invisible toxins in your home, too!
So, what can you use instead?
The only company we trust that has products with NONE of the chemicals listed above, that is even better than the “organic” label, and that only contains the purest of plant based ingredients, is Young Living. While they are an essential oil company, they are also a fully-equipped natural products company. They have supplements, beauty products, household cleaning products, stuff for kids and babies, animals, home purifiers, bath and shower products, oral care, and yes - even makeup! This makes it easy to simply ditch the products you’re currently using, and replace it with something Young Living has instead. It is your one-stop-shop for all things you will need for yourself, for your home, for your children, and for your health!
For over 25 years, Young Living has been the world leader in producing and guaranteeing 100% pure and potent therapeutic grade essential oils and plant based products. They’ve got this standard called “Seed to Seal,” which places them in a category higher than any other company in the world. Basically, what “seed to seal” means, is from the time the seed of the plant is sourced, until it is put into an essential oil bottle or a plant based product, Young Living applies the most rigorous quality controls possible to ensure that you are receiving the product exactly the way nature intended it to be. Simply put, the only thing inside the essential oil bottle is the plant itself – no additives, fillers, synthetic fragrances, preservatives, or dyes (which is NOT the same for store bought essential oils, hence why other brands are dangerous and highly toxic). The same goes for all of their products – the only ingredients within the products are the ones listed on the label, and they are all plant based. Not one single ingredient is synthetic, toxic, or chemically derived.
All of Young Living’s products support your wellness, not destroy it.
Yeah, but using natural and plant based products can be expensive!
If this is what you think, then I’m are so glad you are here! Because we will quickly debunk those assumptions by showing you how you’re not only saving money using Young Living’s plant based products, you’re saving your bodies, too. Even if Young Living doesn’t have a product you’re thinking of that is already pre-made, you can make it yourself using their essential oils, which will save you tons of money and prevent toxin exposure, too!
Plus, think about this - what is the cost of tending to the health of yourself or someone in your family? How much money do you spend every month for every doctor visit or every pharmacy run? Even if you have good insurance, did you have to take off work during those situations? Was it stressful? Did it waste valuable time from actually living a life of wellness and happiness?
Let’s start shifting that paradigm, and thinking about the VALUE of taking care of your family. Have you ever heard the saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?” We can stop treating symptoms and start supporting systems by investing in our health, eliminating toxins and chemicals in our life, and flooding the body with nutrients and plant based ingredients instead. While we are definitely NOT saying you should quit taking medications and going to the doctor (modern medicine is amazing and absolutely holds a vital place in this world), we are simply saying that there are essential oils and products you could be using that will support a healthy body and maintain a level of ultimate wellness. And while we are not doctors ourselves, we don’t have to be medical professionals to make better decisions for our health and the health of our families.
5 Ways You Can Totally Afford Young Living Products:
Some people have a misconception of thinking that using Young Living products in their home and on their family is a new or added expense. WRONG! It’s not! Instead, what it is, is it’s a shift in spending. Everyone spends money on products every day, every month, every year – whether the products are good for you or not. With this route, instead of going to the store for all of your products, you are getting them from Young Living instead.
Get a Wholesale Membership!
This is the route that 99% of people go when they want to start using Young Living products. With this route, you get wholesale pricing on everything they have instead of retail pricing, which saves you 24% on every single item they’ve got! All you need to do is order a starter kit of your choice, or customize your own starter kit, and you’ll automatically get access to wholesale pricing on anything you want to try.
Get on Loyalty Rewards Immediately!
Another cool thing about Young Living, is they give cash back to frequent buyers. There is a super cool (and totally optional) program called Loyalty Rewards, which acts as a “monthly box” that you can customize and get shipped to you every month, filled with products you are needing for your family or in your home. Over time, you can earn up to 25% back in points for your orders, and those points you can use towards getting products for FREE. With Essential Rewards, you can also take advantage of the FREE monthly promotions that Young Living has, cheaper shipping options, and the option to cancel at any time. So, basically, Young Living pays you to order their products through this program. Name another store that will do that for you?! NONE!
This program also gives you a means of affordably ditching and switching, which can be a process to do. So, one month, you can order household cleaning products. The next month, you can order beauty products. The next month, you can order baby products, or supplements, or essential oils, or makeup, whatever you need - so on and so forth!
With all of these perks and benefits of the Loyalty Rewards program, it’s only a minimum of 50 PV in products for each monthly box, which can be the equivalent of $50. Now, before you think that’s a lot, it’s TOTALLY not! We all spend well over $50 a month on products every single month. All this is, is shifting that spending from the store to something natural instead. Even people with the most minimal budgets can do Loyalty Rewards!
Get FREE products with Young Living’s monthly promotions!
We briefly mentioned this above when talking about Loyalty Rewards, but let’s go into it in a little more depth. Young Living has this cool tradition, where they give away an assortment of products to members every month for FREE. For anyone who orders over a certain amount in a single order, Young Living will include some free products in the box for you. Normally, there are 3 different ordering tiers, starting with free shipping at 100, then full-sized, very valuable and timely products at 190, 250, or 300. If you order over any of those amounts in one single order, they will automatically include the FREE monthly products, which could add up to hundreds of dollars in stuff you didn’t have to pay for. Cool, huh?!
Create DIY products yourself!
Some people find even more ways to pinch pennies and reduce toxins in their home by creating DIY products with Young Living’s essential oils and products. There are literally thousands upon thousands of recipes out there to create chemical-free options for yourself and your family. When you add Young Living’s essential oils to your DIY products, the powerful plant properties will add natural fragrance, be soothing to the skin, act as a natural purifying agent, and will support your overall health at the same time, all depending on what you’re making. Basically, adding oils to your DIY recipes will make them even better for you than if you didn’t add them at all!
Share Young Living with friends, get paid for their referral!
When we say Young Living literally pays you back, they not only do that when you order, they also do that whenever you refer friends. For every friend you refer, if that friend creates a wholesale account and orders a Premium Starter Kit like you did, you can get $50. So, if you refer 3 friends to Young Living, it could pay you back for the Premium Starter Kit you initially purchased for yourself! Also, if you keep referring friends, it could get your monthly Loyalty Rewards orders paid for, too, that way you will NEVER pay for your products! Talk about a money saver! What other companies deposit cash in your bank account for referring friends? NONE!
Not sure of which products you want to ditch and switch?
Let’s talk about them!
Since Young Living basically has everything you’d ever want or need when it comes to products for your health, home, or family, it can seem overwhelming at first. So let’s briefly break down some of these options for you, and you can decide for yourself which ones you are needing the most! All of these options are viewable online in your virtual office when you create your wholesale account, and can be seen in the product guide, too.
Essential Oils
An essential oil is the immune system of a plant, and it works perfectly to support the human body, too. To extract these oils from their original plant material, they are distilled or cold pressed, and then put into a bottle for our use. Young Living has hundreds of essential oils to choose from. But for those who are new to the oil world, Young Living has compiled a Premium Starter Kit with 11 of the most popular essential oils. This kit is perfect to get started on your oily journey, and exactly what you need to have in your wellness arsenal. This starter kit also contains a diffuser, which acts as your natural air freshener, your home purifier, your wellness supporter, and your emotions calmer.
You can use these essential oils in 3 different ways – aromatically, topically, and internally (the vitality oils). Depending on where you’re needing support depends on how you can use them - and don’t worry, it’s not rocket science! For example, if you’re needing support for healthy breathing, apply over your chest and throat, and inhale directly. If you’re needing digestive support, take the vitality oils internally to get the oils directly into the stomach and intestinal area. For skin support, apply on the desired areas. If you’re still confused on what to use and how, simply look in a reference guide for details!
There are hundreds of uses for each essential oil in this starter kit, however, to give you an idea of some of their most popular uses, here’s a brief overview for you:
Lavender: Diffuse for a relaxing aroma, add to lotion to smooth the appearance of healthy skin.
Lemon: Add the vitality version to tea or water to support a healthy digestive system, or diffuse the regular version to create an atmosphere that may promote mental clarity. You can also use to remove sticky residue!
Peppermint: Add the vitality version to a gel capsule to promote healthy digestion, or diffuse the regular version for an invigorating scent. You can even combine a few drops of Peppermint with distilled water in a spray bottle for a cooling mist.
Frankincense: Add the vitality version to a gel capsule to promote healthy cellular function, or add the regular version to your favorite lotion to smooth the appearance of healthy skin. Diffuse Frankincense during times of meditation or to encourage emotional grounding.
Copaiba: Add the vitality version to a gel capsule to promote healthy digestion, or add the regular version to your favorite massage oil after a normal workout or long work day.
DiGize: Add the vitality version to a gel capsule to promote healthy digestion after a large meal.
Thieves: Add the vitality version to a gel capsule or beverage to promote overall wellness. This is the chosen blend added to Young Living’s cleaning products.
RC: Diffuse for an invigorating environment. Wonderful to diffuse during winter months for an aroma that brings feelings of warmth and comfort.
Panaway: Rub on topically after a day at the gym or a long day at work.
Purification: Place a drop on a cotton ball and insert into shoes to neutralize odors, diffuse to neutralize the air in your home, add a drop to your favorite lotion to smooth the appearance of healthy skin.
Stress Away: Diffuse to create a peaceful environment, diffuse for a relaxing aroma, add a drop to your clean hands and inhale after a long day at work.
Avoid applying directly in the eyes and ears, only use citrus oils in glass or stainless steel containers, and avoid applying citrus oils like lemon to the skin if you’ll be out in the sun for a long period of time. If any of the oils feels to warm to the skin topically, dilute with a carrier oil like coconut, grapeseed, or olive oil. Dilute when using on small children or babies.
At Home
Young Living has an entire line of home cleaning products, which contain the powerful Thieves essential oil blend. One of the most popular products is the Thieves Household Cleaner. It is a concentrate, so all you need to use is only one or two capfuls of the cleaner mixed with water in a large spray bottle. With this, you can use it to clean your countertops, floors, toilets, mirrors, tubs, everything in your home. On top of that, it is safe to use around your babies, kids, animals, and elderly family members, without toxins and harsh synthetics that could be damaging to the body.
Not only is the Household Cleaner extremely popular, the Thieves line also contains these chemical-free options:
Dish Soap
Foaming Hand Soap (Thieves, Lavender)
Fruit & Veggie Soak & Spray
Laundry Soap
Hand Purifier
Travel-Sized Cleansing Spray
Wipes
Switching your household cleaning products over to the Thieves line is the perfect way to ditch the toxins and switch it with something that will not only cleanse and purify your home, but support your wellness at the same time. There is also a Premium Starter Kit with the Thieves line to make your chemical-free journey easier as your start your new journey in using plant based products.
Kids & Baby Products
There is nothing more important and precious to us that our babies and children. We cannot control everything that happens in our children’s lives, but we can control what kind of products we expose them to, whether they are good or bad. And while we make many mistakes as parents in raising our children, we know that using these chemical-free products from Young Living is the one decision we can make for our children that is perfectly right in every way.
The Seedlings line, made for infants and toddlers, contains products that are specially designed for the health, comfort, and support for our babies. They contain zero harsh toxins or chemicals, unlike even the most “organic” of baby products on the market, protecting our little ones and also perfectly functional for their everyday needs. Some of the most popular baby products include:
Baby Oil
Baby Lotion
Baby Wipes
Diaper Rash Cream
Baby Shampoo & Body Wash
Linen Spray (coming soon)
The KidScents line, made for children of all ages, also is a line of products that allows you to raise the healthiest of children, without the worry of exposing them unnecessarily to harsh chemicals or toxins in their products. By using KidScents on your kids, you are supporting their bodies and protecting them in more aspects of their life than you may realize. Some of the most popular KidScents products include:
Essential oils (SleepyIze, Owie, GeneYus, Bite Buster, SniffleEase, TummyGize)
Bath Gel
Shampoo
Lotion
MightyVites & MightyZymes Chewable Tablets
Tender Tush Ointment
Toothpaste
Some moms put these products at the top of their priority list when starting out in their Young Living journey. While there is not a Premium Starter Kit yet with these products, you can get a Basic membership, and add on any (or all) of the Seedlings or KidScents products to your first order.
Nutritional Supplements
If there is a nutritional supplement you are thinking of, and wondering if Young Living has their own version of that supplement, the answer is probably yes. Not only are their supplements top notch, they are all completely plant based, containing no added fillers, preservatives, or unnecessary ingredients. Many chiropractors and health professionals have praised Young Living’s supplements, saying they are by far the best and purest on the market.
Some of Young Living’s most popular supplements include:
Ningxia Red (daily antioxidant drink)
Slique (products for healthy weight management)
Multivitamins (Master Formula, Mineral Essence, Super B, MultiGreens, etc.)
Antioxidant Support (Super C, Longevity, OmegaGize)
Age-Based Nutrition (FemiGen, PD 80/20, Estro, Prostate Health, MegaCal, BLM)
Joint & Mobility (AgilEase, Cool Azul Pain Cream, Super Cal Plus)
System Solutions (DetoxZymes, Parafree Softgels, JuvaPower, JuvaTone Tablets, K&B, Allerzyme, Sulferzyme)
Targeted Support (ComforTone, Digest & Cleanse, Essentialzymes, Life 9 Probiotic, Alkalime, AminoWise, PowerGize, MindWise, Thyromin, Sulfurzyme)
The variety and selection of supplements seems almost endless, yet it makes it so easy to switch from your conventional supplements to something that is plant based, infused with essential oils, and much more effective for your body and overall wellness. Since Ningxia Red is one of the most popular and important supplements for everyone to be taking on a regular basis, there is a Premium Starter Kit with Ningxia Red. Getting this kit will have you stocked up with your daily antioxidant drink, and put you on the right track of a great new life of wellness for yourself and everyone in your family.
Personal Hygiene
Personal hygiene products are extremely necessary for our everyday lives. Some of the products we may be using from the store might not be cleaning us the way we think they are – instead, the toxins and chemicals lingering in the ingredients are dirtying our body even more than it was before we used them on ourselves. Young Living saw this as a desperate need in our world, and have formulated tons of products that don’t contain any of the damaging toxins that can cause so many issues.
Some of the most popular personal hygiene products include:
Thieves Toothpaste (Aromabright, Dentarome, Dentarome Plus)
Thieves Mouthwash
Thieves Dental Floss
Thieves Mints
Bar Soaps (Lemon Sandalwood, Shutran, Lavender Oatmeal, Melaleuca Geranium, Morning Start, Peppermint Cedarwood, Sacred Mountain, Thieves, Valor)
Lotions (Genesis, Lavender)
Shutran Shave Cream & Beard Oil (for men)
Bath & Shower Gels (Unscented Base, Evening Peace, Morning Start, Sensation, Dragon Time, Lavender)
Shampoo & Conditioner (Lavender Volume, Lavender Mint, Copaiba Vanilla)
Massage Oils (V-6, Sensation, Relaxation, Ortho Sport, Ortho Ease, Dragon Time, Cel-Lite Magic)
AromaGuard Deodorant (Meadow Mist, Mountain Mint)
NEW Bath Bombs (Lavender, Stress Away)
NEW Shutran 3-in-1 Men’s Wash
Lots of times, people put personal care products into their Essential Rewards order a month or so after they sign up with one of the starter kits. However, if any of these products are something you wanted to start with, you can get a Basic kit and add these on to your first order.
Skin Care & Makeup
Ladies who love skin care, beauty, and makeup, listen up! We pay big bucks on products to help us look beautiful, and we don’t even blink an eye. One of the most toxic things we do to ourselves as women is applying all kinds of cleansers, toners, creams, foundations, powders, and lipsticks that contain some of the world’s most dangerous chemicals. Though they are found in small amounts in our beauty products, it’s enough to cause some major health issues for us (remember the toxins we listed in the beginning of the class? Yuck!)
Young Living has an incredible line of skin care and beauty products that are not only good for us, but are also extremely affordable compared to other pricey (and toxic) items that we may have in our cabinets. Some of the most popular beauty products include:
ART Masques (Creme, Beauty)
Satin Mint Facial Scrub
ART Gentle Cleanser
Orange Blossom Face Wash
ART Light Moisturizer
ART Refreshing Toner
ART Renewal Serum
Sheerlume Brightening Cream
Boswellia Wrinkle Cream
Essential Beauty Serum for Dry Skin
Lip Balms (Lavender, Cinnamint, Grapefruit)
Rose Ointment
Sandalwood Moisture Cream
Wolfberry Eye Cream
NEW Coconut Lime Body Butter
NEW Mineral Sunscreen Lotion
NEW Lavaderm After-Sun Skin Spray
NEW Insect Repellant
One of Young Living’s newest lines is their Savvy Minerals makeup, which has quickly become one of the most popular natural makeup brands since its release. Unlike even the most well-known mineral makeup lines, every product is free from bismuth, talc, mineral oils, lead, parabens, phthalates, and will not clog your pores or cause skin irritation. And most importantly – it gives you a flawless look, whether you want a sheer finish or an ultra-glam Hollywood face. Some of the most popular makeup products include:
Foundation (10 different shades)
Lip Gloss (Embrace, Abundant)
Lipstick (Daydream, On a Whim, Wish, Uptown Girl)
Blush (Passionate, Smashing, I Do Believe You’re Blushin’)
Bronzer (Summer Loved, Crowned All Over)
Eyeliner (Jet Setter)
Eyeshadow (Best Kept Secret, Crushin’, Determined, Diffused, Residual, Spoiled, Unscripted, Wanderlust)
Veil (Diamond Dust)
Many women decide that it is time to go chemical free in their beauty routine, and are ready to throw out their toxic beauty products. Basic kit and add on any beauty products of your choice.
OK, YES. I’m beyond ready. How do I get started?
To get started with a wholesale account, you can sign up online at www.youngliving.com. Be sure to use the member number of the person who introduced you to these products, so they can get that referral credit we were talking about in the beginning! If that person is me, use my Enroller / Sponsor ID.
Choose a Premium Starter Kit (with the Everyday Oils Collection, Thieves cleaning products, Savvy Minerals, or Ningxia Red antioxidant drink), or you can get the Basic Starter Kit and add on additional products of your choice (skin care, supplements, Seedlings, KidScents, Savvy Minerals makeup, etc).
And don’t forget – get on Loyalty Rewards ASAP, so you can start getting rid of the toxic products in your home every month, and replace them with synthetic-free Young Living options instead! You’ll have fun customizing your monthly box, saving money, earning points, and experiencing a new life of wellness, purpose, and abundance!
One last thing – tell your friends about this stuff, too. It could be the answer they’ve been so desperately searching for in their health, in their life, for their kids, for their families. It was for us, we know it is for you, and it will be for everyone you know. Share with them, and let Young Living pay you for that referral. It’s a win-win for everyone!
