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17 DIY Essential Oil Gifts

12/22/2015 By Kathleen Leave a Comment

17 DIY Essential Oil Gifts

I’m a big fan of handmade gifts!  The useful kind, not the tacky hand crocheted sweater or macrame wall hanging kind.

I’ve rounded up 17 of my favorite DIY Essential Oil Gifts, plus a few bonus gifts that don’t require essential oils. Cost effective, simple to make, and completely safe and nontoxic, these gifts can apply to almost anyone on your list. Perfect for Christmas, birthdays, teachers, coaches, neighbors, friends, and more!Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, For the Body, For the Home, Natural Care Tagged With: cleaning, essential oils, gifts

How to Keep Apples from Browning…with essential oils

11/24/2015 By Kathleen Leave a Comment

How to Keep Apples from Browning…with essential oils

Did you know that essential oils can be used to keep apples from browning?  It’s true!

Before I stopped buying juice, I often usedRead More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Other Recipes, Real Food Tagged With: essential oils, snacks

Immune Support Roller Blend with Essential Oils

11/11/2015 By Kathleen 14 Comments

Immune Support Roller Blend with Essential Oils

We’re headed into a time of year when it’s really important to support the immune system. This Immune Support Roller Blend is a great way to do that! I keep several rollers of this blend filled up and ready to go at all times.  Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Natural Care Tagged With: essential oils, immune support

Essential Oils for Memory and Concentration

11/03/2015 By Kathleen Leave a Comment

Essential Oils for Memory and Concentration

With the school year in full swing, I’m sure we could all benefit from a little more focus, memory and concentration, right?

Did you know that simply inhaling the scent of certain pure essential oils can help to reduce stress and increase memory, alertness and concentration?  Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Natural Care Tagged With: essential oils

Free Natural Bug Block Stick {Limited Time Offer}

08/25/2015 By Kathleen 2 Comments

Free Natural Bug Block Stick {Limited Time Offer}

I’m popping in from my summer break to let you know about a fantastic offer, just in time for outdoor Labor Day activities, fall camp outs and maybe that one last trip to the beach…

Made On Skin Care, one of my very favorite sources of nontoxic personal care products, is offering Yankee Homestead readers a free bug block lotion stick through midnight on Thursday, August 27th.Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: For the Body, Natural Care Tagged With: bug spray, essential oils, summer

Essential Oil Storage Bag: Winners and a Discount

07/09/2015 By Kathleen 3 Comments

Essential Oil Storage Bag: Winners and a Discount

Time to announce the big news!  Three lucky winners will each receive one stylish and sturdy essential oils storage bag from Rosebud Birdie.Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Natural Care Tagged With: deals, essential oils, giveaway

Special Essential Oils Revolution Flash Sale

07/01/2015 By Kathleen Leave a Comment

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Did you have a chance to catch the oily expert presentations during the Essential Oils Revolution a few weeks ago?

Knowing I wouldn’t be able to listen in on every presentation on my list, I pre-purchased the entire event at the special early bird rate and am gradually working my way through the talks while working in the kitchen.

If you missed the event, don’t despair!  Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils Tagged With: essential oils

Easy Garden Spray with Essential Oils

06/23/2015 By Kathleen 5 Comments

Easy Garden Spray with Essential Oils

Are you looking for a simple, effective, and toxin-free spray to use in your organic garden? You’ll love this Easy Garden Spray with Essential Oils!  It’s especially effective against squash bugs.

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Nature Tagged With: essential oils, garden

Recycling Essential Oil Bottles: How to Remove the Sticky Residue

06/04/2015 By Kathleen 13 Comments

Recycling Essential Oil Bottles: How to Remove the Sticky Residue

When Recycling Essential Oil Bottles, it’s sometimes necessary to remove the labels.  While removing the labels is easy, it can leave behind a stubborn layer of residue.  This is my favorite (easiest) way to remove that sticky residue…

Note: In the title picture above, the cleanest bottle on the right was a result of my easy method described below.  The other two bottles without labels–the ones that look cloudy–were the ones that I slaved over, trying to rub off the gunk and even rubbing essential oil into the residue.  I’m thrilled to have perfected the method and the results!  No more slaving….

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: Essential Oils, Natural Care Tagged With: essential oils

My Skin Care Routine {The Oil Cleansing Method}

06/02/2015 By Kathleen 2 Comments

My Skin Care Routine {The Oil Cleansing Method}

After several years of experimentation, I’ve finally landed on a great skin care routine.  Today I’ll show you what I use–it’s pretty simple, fairly economical and I’m really happy with the results.Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Filed Under: For the Body, Natural Care Tagged With: essential oils, soap

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Hi, I'm Kathleen!  Married to a native Texan, I'm a country-living, homeschooling, work-at-home mom of three energetic boys with a passion to educate and empower women to make over their family's health.  Want to get healthy, but don't know where to start?  Come along and join our journey...your real-life healthy living starts here!

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