If Monday morning finds you feeling blue, use essential oils to uplift your mood and spirit. You can even start on Sunday evening.

Research shows the benefits of using essential oils to enhance your state of mind. Fragrances are carried to our brain, triggering certain emotions.

The Day Before

Sunday evening is a wonderful time to relax in the bathtub with a few drops of Lavender Essential Oil, with its calming, soothing effects. Its relaxing scent helps with insomnia and relieving stress, anxiety, and depression.

After your bath, mix a few drops of lavender with coconut oil (or other carrier oil) and rub it behind your ears or on the bottoms of your feet. Wake up feeling refreshed on Monday morning.

All Day Monday

Get your home diffuser going on Monday morning and add a few drops of Vitality Extracts Energy Essential Oil Blend. This combination of Rosemary, Juniper Berry, Juniper Needle, Silver Fir Needle, Lemongrass, Clove, Nutmeg, and Black Pepper helps uplift your mood, stimulate your mind and increase energy. It’s beneficial in clearing the mind, rejuvenating mind and body, and balancing stress and anxiety.

Vitality Extracts Stress Away Essential Oil Blend is also a good choice for your Monday morning blues. This blend contains bergamot, which is great for anytime you’re feeling down. It’s very stimulating and improves circulation of the blood, resulting in a more energetic feeling. It’s often used to balance your emotions. Ylang ylang is another ingredient of the Stress Away Blend (which you can buy separately as well), an essential oil that helps lift your spirits.

Taking a whiff of Vitality Extracts Ylang Ylang Essential Oil Blend  can enhance your mood and is also beneficial in getting rid of some negative emotions. Rounding out this combination are sweet orange, pink grapefruit, and patchouli, an uplifting mixture that regenerates you, increasing mental agility and memory.

Vitality Extracts Refresh Essential Oil Blend is designed to uplift and renew, making it another good choice for Monday morning. This bright and energetic blend can help you regenerate and surmount mental fatigue. It combines Sweet Orange Oil, Camphor Oil, Cananga Oil, and Lavandin Grosso Oil.

Lemon Essential Oil is wonderful in so many ways. The zesty aroma is refreshing and clean—it’s bound to perk you up and bring a smile to your face. Lemon’s helpful for memory retention and focus, and in reducing anxiety and uplifting mood.

The essential oils or blends that bring you joy and happiness on Monday mornings can be taken with you all day. Diffuse them at home, in your car, and with diffuser jewelry. Vitality Extracts has several bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings available. You can also mix with carrier oil and massage into your skin.

Try some of these ideas for the Monday morning blues and see which ones work best for you.

Ginger: An age-old cure for nausea, ginger essential oil has been proven to stimulate digestion and alleviate stomach discomfort. The oil is an especially effective cure for nausea associated with morning sickness and abdominal surgery.

Peppermint: An antispasmodic, peppermint essential oil relaxes the stomach muscles and can also help kick the headaches and lightheadedness that come with vomiting.

Lavender: A mainstay essential oil for anxiety relief, lavender can help relax an upset stomach caused by stress.

5 Ways to Use Essential Oils to Reduce Nausea:

Diffuse Nausea-Reducing Essential Oils

The sense of smell is closely linked to nausea, so inhaling essential oil vapors can effectively ease an upset stomach. The most popular way to enjoy the aromatic benefits of essential oils is with a water diffuser, which breaks down the oils and disperses them throughout the air. For those prone to motion sickness, you may want to purchase an in-car diffuser for road trips and meandering mountain roads.

 Diffuser Bracelets

Going on a cruise sometime soon? Lucky you. If you’re prone to sea sickness, trade in your unsightly motion sickness bracelets with a stylish diffuser bracelet, which allows you to carry your nausea-fighting essential oils with you on your wrist’s sensitive P6 acupuncture point. The aroma lasts on a bracelet for at least a day – just take a quick whiff when nausea hits.

Essential Oil Roll-On’s

Another way to use essential oils to aid nausea is by applying them on your stomach or pressure points. The easiest way to do this is with essential oil roll-on’s, which come pre-diluted with almond or coconut oil. You can also make your own by adding a few drops of ginger, peppermint, or lavender to a carrier oil and applying directly to your skin.

Take a Bath

Calm your nerves while reducing nausea by making a relaxing and luxurious bath treatment. Just add a few drops of oil to a warm bath, sink in, and inhale the healing aroma. You’ll be feeling better in no time.

Inhale Shower Steam

If you wake up in the morning feeling nauseas and don’t have time for a bath, just add a few drops of oil to a wash cloth, hop in a hot shower, and hold the cloth to your chest. The steam from your shower will release the oil’s aroma into your nose, calming your upset stomach.

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We have several essential oils available in roll-on:

• Energy
• Deep muscle
• Migraine
• Immunity
• Stress ease
• Lavender
• Breathe easy
• Inner peace
• Angel rose
• Grapefruit
• Tea Tree

How to use:

You can roll the essential oil right on your skin. Vitality Extracts Roll-on Essential Oils are carefully diluted with coconut oil. Carrier oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, and grapeseed oil have their own therapeutic properties and are used to dilute the essential oils before applying to your skin and help carry the essential oils into your skin. It’s a good idea to do a patch test first to make sure there’s no reaction. The inner forearm is a good place to test. Some essential oils are more potent than others and that’s why testing is a good idea. Experiment to see what works best for you.

There’s been great success with topical roll-on oils for headaches and skin conditions. The wrist is a very popular area to apply your roll-on. Not only is it therapeutic on your skin, it’s easy to lift your wrist to your nose to inhale the essence, doubling the benefits. In addition to the wrist, pulse points such as the neck, behind the knee, or near the ankle joint are good places to roll on your essential oils.

The feet are an ideal area to roll on essential oils for a few different reasons. The soles of the feet are less sensitive, so if you’ve done a patch test that resulted in irritation, you could test in on your feet. The pores in your feet are larger than the rest of the body, so the oils absorb more quickly and efficiently. There’s also the idea of reflexology, where areas of the foot correspond to organs in your body. With that in mind, applying Vitality Extracts Essential Oils to your feet could benefit certain parts of your body, as well.

You can also roll essential oils onto your bracelet or necklace. We have a wide assortment of popular styles.

Of course, to enjoy the aromatherapy of your roll-on—simply open the container and take a whiff.

The roll-on for your specific needs:

• Age spots and wrinkles—our Vitality Extracts oils can be applied directly on your face. Try Lavender or Tea Tree.
• Headache—apply Immunity or Deep Muscle roll-on to your temples.
• Sore muscles—roll on our Deep Muscle Essential Oil Blend anywhere you’re feeling muscle soreness. It’s one of the most invigorating and enjoyable natural ways to manage everyday aches and pains, headaches — and even serious, chronic pain.
• A good night’s sleep—apply a few drops of Lavender to the bottom of your feet.
• Stress—try Stress Ease on your temples, the bottom of your feet, or the base of your neck.

Check out our assortment of roll-on essential oils here:
Roll-ons

Here’s what some of our customers say about Vitality Extract Roll-On oils…

Annabelle C:
Love my new Roll On
“It’s fantastic having the roll on, Energy Boost. I can keep it in my bag and have it with whenever my energy is a bit low, awesome product.”

Theresa A:
Love
“Love it in a roll-on!”

Karla D:
New Roller
“I really like, first of all, that Vitality Extracts is now offering rollers! The Deep Muscle blend has been great! I use it after a hard days work. It feels like it just eases the aches and pains of a day.”

Belinda C:
Lavender roll on
“Love it . It smells amazing and rolls on easy.”

Janice P.
Roll-ons are fabulous
“I recently purchased Lavender, Migraine Relief and Angel Rose in Roll-On form. I absolutely love them! I carry them with me constantly for emergencies or a pick-me-up. Kudos.”

IDEAS FOR YOUR DIY STRESS RELIEF KIT

DIFFUSER BRACELETS

Vitality Extracts has many diffuser bracelets with stones that are meant to calm you.

Here are some of them:

• Calming Lava Stone Diffuser Bracelet—the White Howlite stone is extremely popular as a calming stone to help calm an overactive mind and relieve stress.
• Sacred Arrow Diffuser Bracelet—Hematite grounds and protects us, bringing feelings of safety and security. It focuses energy and emotions for balance between the body, mind, and spirit.
• Protect Diffuser Bracelet— Pyrite promotes good physical health and emotional well-being. Meditation with Pyrite can encourage greater frequency in moments of inspiration. It can be used to bring a feeling of increased vitality during times of hard-work or stress. (shown in picture above)
• Serenity Diffuser Bracelet—also made with White Howlite stone (see Calming bracelet)
• White Howlite Lava Stone Diffuser Bracelet—Howlite helps relieve anxiety and stress of all kinds.

ESSENTIAL OILS

Now for some calming essential oils to use on your bracelet(s). As for single oils, Lavender is a favorite for reducing anxiety and emotional stress. Vitality Extracts has several essential oil blends, too, to calm you down:

• Stress Relief Essential Oil Blend helps balance stress and anxiety, reduce nervous tension, and induce relaxation. It’s a mixture of Bergamot, Sweet Orange, Ylang ylang, Pink grapefruit, and Patchouli.
• Calm Blend relaxes the body and mind, calming the nerves and reducing stress and anxiety. It contains Mandarin Oil, Lavender Oil, Tangerine Oil, and German Chamomile Oil.
• Inner Peace Essential Oil combines Clove Leaf, Pink Grapefruit, Mandarin, Lavandin, Bergamot, and Lemon. It increases mental agility, as well as reducing stress and anxiety.

ESSENTIAL OIL STRESS BALLOONS

Make and add a stress balloon to your stress relief kit. It’s a fun way to calm down. In a bowl, combine 1/3 cup of Epsom salt and 4 drops of your choice (see suggestions above) of essential oils. Next, take a funnel and put it in the opening of a latex balloon. Pour the mixture into the balloon, getting all of the salt out of the neck of balloon before tying the top. Squeeze it whenever you’re feeling frazzled.

PHOTOS

Looking at pictures can bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart. For your stress relief kit, add a photo of you on your favorite beach or you and your partner on a fun outing, your kids, your pet—whatever makes you feel good.

EXERCISE

If possible, do some type of physical exercise to let go of overwhelm. Even a short around-the-block walk can do worlds of good. These are a few ideas for your DIY stress relief kit. You’ll probably have some of your own—maybe an item you treasure or a favorite affirmation—whatever brings peace and serenity to you.

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Use a few drops in a diffuser, on diffuser jewelry, or mixed with carrier oil and rub onto your skin. Some of our all-natural oil blends are available in a roll-on, as well.

1. INNER PEACE ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND

Vitality Extract’s Inner Peace Essential Oil Blend is a lovely combination of Clove Leaf, Pink Grapefruit, Mandarin, Lavender, Bergamot, and Lemon.

The robust aroma of clove is complemented with a few various citrus fragrances and rounded out with lavender, producing a wonderful blend that increases mental agility. In addition, this blend offers pain relief, boosts the immune system, fights free radicals, reduces stress & anxiety, and also reduces cellulite and tightens sagging skin.

Lisa M. uses Inner Peace:

“Since wearing it, I feel lighter and am not carrying around a lot of weight on my shoulders. I was skeptical at first, but now I think it does have some effect on me.”

2. STRESS AWAY ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND

This is a natural solution to combat the normal stresses that creep into everyday life, which will help you keep your mind clearer. It’s a combination of Bergamot, Sweet Orange, Ylang ylang, Pink Grapefruit, and Patchouli. Use it to increase mental agility and memory, plus uplift, relax, calm, and regenerate. Other benefits include reducing nervous tension and inflammation, and balancing stress and anxiety.

MARIE-CLAUDE D. uses Stress Away:

“I’m in love with this oil!! I used it on my bracelet & car diffuser and I must say I could breathe well all day! I work in a stressful environment and this oil really helped with my focus and cleared my head.”

3. REFRESH ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND

Like the name says, this blend is designed to uplift and renew. It’s an energetic combination of Sweet Orange Oil, Camphor Oil, Cananga Oil, and Lavender. For mental clarity, it regenerates, helps surmount mental fatigue, and boosts the immune system. It’s clean, refreshing, and invigorating.

4. ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL

A brain-boosting oil, rosemary is uplifting and stimulating, an excellent brain and nerve tonic. When brain fog hits, inhale rosemary to renew mental energy, and improve mental clarity and concentration. It’s energizing and helps improve brain function and memory—so it’s a good remedy for forgetfulness. Use it to clear the mind, get rid of mental fatigue and exhaustion, and promote clear thinking. When you need a mental pick-me-up, rosemary is good choice.

5. PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL

Peppermint’s clean, menthol fragrance is a popular oil to stimulate the mind, improve mental clarity, and increase energy levels. Like rosemary, it supports memory, focus, and concentration. Peppermint can help you stay focused and alert and helps with mental performance, increasing retention rates and alertness. It’s a mood booster, can perk you up, help you stay alert and reduce fatigue.

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1. Lavender Essential Oil—one of the most popular essential oils in the world—and no wonder. It is the go-to essential oil. Traveling to a different time zone? Lavender improves sleep. Motion sickness? Lavender is one of the essential oils that helps with nausea, vomiting, digestion and motion sickness. Does travel cause you anxiety or emotional stress? Lavender’s the answer. While you’re on-the-go, lavender’s handy to have to help alleviate headaches, heal burns and wounds, and improve skin conditions.

2. Stress Away Essential Oil Blend is another great choice if traveling causes you stress. Its essence promotes relaxation and reduces nervous tension, yet it’s also uplifting. For business travel, put a few drops of stress away on a bracelet to increase mental agility and memory and to help balance stress anxiety. It’s a nice combination of Bergamot, Sweet Orange, Ylang ylang, Pink grapefruit, and Patchouli.

3. Orange Essential Oil is healthy and fragrant with so many benefits, making it a wonderful addition to your travel kit. Orange clears the lymphatic system, improves immune function, and its antibacterial properties make it a natural disinfectant. Staying in a hotel? The wonderful scent of orange can definitely improve the smell and energy of your room. It’s uplifting, provides relief from inflammation, and disinfects wounds. If you’re traveling by car and start feeling a little sleepy, put a few drops of orange or peppermint in your car diffuser.

4. Immunity Boost Essential Oil Blend is a combination of Clove, Cinnamon, Lemon, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary. Together, they help strengthen and support the proper function of your immune and respiratory systems. It’s antimicrobial and antibacterial so, like Orange, this blend can perk up your hotel room with its scent as it purifies the air and disinfects surfaces, providing a nice, clean aura. Immunity Blend also eases headaches, reduces anxiety, uplifts mood, and is good for focus and memory retention.

5. Peppermint Essential Oil is a “must-have.” This, too, is on the list of essential oils for nausea, vomiting, digestion and motion sickness. Peppermint is great for digestion and increasing blood flow. Antiviral and anti-inflammatory, peppermint reduces the physical discomfort of pain while working to heal the wound itself. Got a headache or migraine? Peppermint with carrier oil on your temples can help. Use it for sore muscles and arthritic joints, too. Peppermint also cleanses the air from bacteria and viruses.

6. Frankincense Essential Oil strengthens the immune system and stimulates the lymphatic system. With its anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, it helps reduce inflammation and improves skin conditions. Frankincense relieves stress, boosts your immune system, cleanses and detoxes the body, and promotes digestion.

With these six essential oils in tow, you’ll be equipped for a smoother, more pleasant journey—wherever your travels take you.

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Making  your  own  cleaning  supplies  using  essential  oils  gives  you  a  natural  way  to  keep  your  home  healthy  and  clean.  Not  only  that,  some  of  these  same  essential  oils  will  help  with  your  spring  allergies,  such  as  hay  fever,  while  you  clean.  Many  spring  allergies  occur  when  a  plant  you’re  allergic  to  blossoms.  This  can  cause  nasal  congestion,  runny  and/or  itchy  nose,  sneezing,  coughing,  and  itchy,  watery  eyes. 

The  same  properties  in  essential  oils  that  help  relieve  these  symptoms  can  be  used  for  cleaning,  too.   

You  could  make  a  steam  with  essential  oils  by  boiling  water,  adding  the  oil,  and  draping  a  towel  over  as  you  lean  over  the  pan  of  water,  breathing  in  the  steam  for  5  to  10  minutes.  Don’t  get  to  close  to  avoid  burning  yourself.  After  you’re  done,  use  the  pan  of  water  with  essential  oils  for  cleaning. 

To  use  a  spray  bottle  for  cleaning,  get  a  16  ounce  bottle  and  pour  in  ¼  cup  of  white  vinegar.  Open  your  bottle  of  essential  oil(s)  and  take  a  whiff  before  adding  about  30  drops.  Fill  the  bottle  the  rest  of  the  way  with  water  and  start  cleaning.  You’ll  breathe  in  the  aroma  as  you  get  work  done. 

Here  are  five  great  oils  to  use  for  both  cleaning  and  allergies:

1.  Lemon–Antibacterial,  antifungal,  antimicrobial,  antiseptic.  We  see  store-bought  cleaning  products  with  lemon  all  the  time—lemon-fresh.  It’s  great  for  grease  and  grime.  For  allergies,  lemon  helps  clear  your  sinuses,  reduce  congestion,  soothe  respiratory  inflammation  and  can  reduce  stuffiness. 

2.  Tea  Tree—Antibacterial,  antifungal,  antimicrobial,  antiseptic,  antiviral,  fungicidal,  insecticide.  Tea  tree  is  a  good  choice  for  heavy-duty  cleaning,  even  garages.  Works  well  as  a  disinfectant  spray.  The  anti-inflammatory  properties  of  tea  tree  can  help  with  allergy  symptoms. 

3.  Lavender–Antibacterial,  antifungal,  antimicrobial,  insecticide.  While  lavender  is  often  used  for  relaxing  and  before  bedtime,  it  also  makes  a  nice  cleaning  solution,  leaving  its  beautiful  fragrance  wherever  you  clean.  As  you  scrub,  lavender  soothes  allergy  symptoms  and  can  assist  in  preventing  inflammation  from  allergies. 

4. Peppermint—Antibacterial,  antimicrobial.  Those  properties  make  it  a  good  choice  to  add  to  your  DIY  cleaning  solution.  It  reduces  inflammation  so  you’ll  breathe  easier,  opening  nasal  passages  and  reducing  headaches. 

5.  Eucalyptus  Oil—Anti-inflammatory,  antiseptic,  anti-microbial.  It’s  an  added  bonus  regardless  of  whether  you  use  it  to  clean  the  bathroom,  kitchen  floor,  or  glass  doors.  For  allergies,  it  helps  with  congestion  and  opens  sinuses  and  lungs. 

Try  this  recipe  to  clean  your  windows  and  mirrors,  while  relieving  allergy  symptoms:

Using  a  quart-sized  spray  bottle,  combine  3  cups  distilled  water,  ¼  cup  of  rubbing  alcohol,  ¼  cup  of  vinegar,  and  20  drops  peppermint.  Shake  and  spray. 

For  sinks,  stovetops,  and  allergies: 

Mix  these  ingredients  and  make  into  a  paste—1  cup  of  baking  soda,  ¼  cup  of  liquid  castile  soap,  10  drops  each  of  lemon  and  orange  essential  oils.These  are  just  some  of  the  essential  oils  that  make  great  cleaning  solutions  and  help  with  spring  allergies  without  all  the  chemicals—a  positive  in  so  many  ways.