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14/12/2025

Essential oils can help you navigate the common challenges associated with the end of the year, such as holiday stress, seasonal illnesses, and fatigue. Key oils include 
Lavender for calm, Peppermint for energy and respiratory support, and Sweet Orange to uplift your mood. 
Essential Oils for End-of-Year Survival
• Lavender: Renowned for its calming and soothing properties, lavender is excellent for reducing anxiety, promoting relaxation, and encouraging restful sleep during busy periods.
• Peppermint: This invigorating oil helps boost energy levels, stimulate mental clarity, and combat fatigue when you are feeling run-down. It also has expectorant properties, offering potential relief from coughs, colds, and sinus congestion, which are common seasonal ailments.
• Sweet Orange / Wild Orange: A burst of sunshine in a bottle, this citrus oil is known for its mood-enhancing properties. Diffusing it can lift spirits, reduce stress, and create a warm, welcoming atmosphere in your home.
• Frankincense: Useful for reflection and calming the mind, frankincense can also help with respiratory symptoms like coughs and congestion.
• Eucalyptus: A must-have for winter wellness, eucalyptus is known for its antibacterial properties and its ability to relieve cold and flu symptoms, helping to keep your home fresh and healthy.
• Tea Tree: An all-rounder with strong antiviral and antifungal properties, tea tree oil can help cleanse the air and surfaces in your home, which is especially useful when family and friends visit.
• Clove: The warm, spicy aroma of clove oil is perfect for creating a cozy atmosphere and offers antioxidant, antiviral, and antibacterial properties to support your immune system. 
How to Use Essential Oils
• Diffusing/Vaporizing: Add a few drops to a diffuser to fill your home with a pleasant aroma and benefit from the airborne properties of the oils.
• Steam Inhalation: Add a few drops to a bowl of warm, steaming water, drape a towel over your head, and inhale deeply to relieve congestion and respiratory symptoms.
• Topical Application: Dilute essential oils with a carrier oil (like jojoba or grapeseed oil) and massage onto your chest, back, or the soles

13/12/2025

How to stay cool in Summer without air conditioning

Cool Down the Breeze. One of the first things you logically do when it starts to heat up is to open the windows and catch a breeze. ...

Get Creative with the Fan. ...

Drink Cool Beverages. ...

Head to Public Locations that have air con.

Low-heat Cooking. Don't use the oven for long hours.

Get under the Water in the pool, beach, sprinkler, wedding pool, cool shower or bath.

Freeze the Sheets on hot night put sheets in freezer before hand.

Get a Kiddie Pool.

Use Portable and Ceiling Fans. Portable fans and ceiling fans are a great stand-in when your home's air conditioner acts up. ...

Use Ice Packs and Take Cold Showers. ...

Keep The Curtains Drawn. ...

Use Light Bedding. ...

Wet Your Curtains. ...

Hang Out Downstairs. ...

Eat Spicy Foods
Eating spicy foods on a hot day sounds counterproductive but there is a method to the madness. Have you ever wondered why people in some of the hottest places on earth eat spicy food? Mexico, India, and Morocco are all countries with hot climates and they all have one thing in common — spicy foods. Eating spicy food may send an initial flush of heat through your body but this heat makes the skin sweat. Once air makes contact with sweat on your skin, it starts to cool down the body’s temperature.

Plant tree or get awnings

Improve your home insulation

08/12/2025

Now Summer is here, warm heather and hummidity is upon us.

Ways to Cope with the heat:

Drink plenty of water,
Keep yourself cool
Stay out of the sun during the hottest
If you do have to
go outside, wear a hat and
sunscreen, and seek shade.
Cancel or postpone outings.
Wear light-coloured, loose-fitting
clothing
Avoid heavy activity like sport,
renovating and gardening.

07/12/2025

Christmas essential oils create a festive, cozy atmosphere using scents like Pine/Fir (tree), Cinnamon/Clove/Nutmeg (spices), Sweet Orange (citrus), and Peppermint (candy canes), with traditional options like Frankincense & Myrrh offering warmth and grounding, perfect for diffusers or homemade blends to evoke holiday cheer. 
Popular Single Oils:
• Pine/Fir Needle: Fresh, foresty scent of Christmas trees.
• Cinnamon Bark: Warm, spicy, evokes baked goods.
• Sweet Orange: Bright, uplifting citrus.
• Peppermint: Invigorating, candy cane feel.
• Frankincense: Earthy, resinous, traditional gift.
• Clove Bud: Deep, spicy, adds warmth.
• Cedarwood: Woody, grounding. 
DIY Blend Ideas:
• "Christmas Morning": Orange + Fir/Pine + Cinnamon.
• "Fireside": Sandalwood + Cinnamon + Patchouli.
• "Winter Woods": Fir/Pine + Rosemary + Juniper. 
How to Use:
• Diffuser: Add drops to water for aromatic ambiance.
• DIY Potpourri: Infuse dried materials with oils. 
Key Blends/Scents:
• Spiced Citrus: Orange, Cinnamon, Clove, Nutmeg.
• Forest Scents: Pine, Fir, Cedarwood, Juniper.
• Sweet Treats: Peppermint, Cinnamon, Ginger. 
These oils help create a cozy, joyful, or peaceful holiday atmosphere in your home. 

05/12/2025

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04/12/2025

Essential oils good for summer include cooling oils like peppermint, spearmint, and eucalyptus; uplifting citrus oils such as lemon, grapefruit, and bergamot; and insect-repelling options like citronella and lemongrass. Lavender is a versatile option for relaxing and soothing skin, and tea tree oil can be used for minor cuts and bites. 

For cooling and refreshment

Peppermint: Provides a cooling sensation to help with heat and fatigue.

Spearmint: Offers a cooling effect similar to peppermint.

Eucalyptus: Has a refreshing, cooling aroma and can help with airways.

Chamomile: Roman or German chamomile can help cool you down.

Cypress: Another good option for a refreshing and cooling sensation. 

For uplifting and mood-boosting

Lemon: Known for its invigorating and uplifting properties.

Grapefruit: Uplifting and refreshing, perfect for a summer scent.

Orange: Sweet orange is a great mood-booster.

Bergamot: Offers a pleasant, bright scent that can help with calming the mind.

Geranium: Has a lovely floral scent that can help balance emotions. 

For insect repelling

Citronella: A classic and effective insect repellent.

Lemongrass: Has a grassy, fresh scent and is good for deterring bugs.

Eucalyptus: Can help repel mosquitoes.

Cedarwood: Naturally helps repel insects and promotes calmness. 

For skin and relaxation

Lavender: A versatile oil that is calming, relaxing, and can soothe skin after sun exposure.

Tea tree: Useful for its antibacterial and antiseptic properties, good for minor cuts and bug bites.

Roman Chamomile: Can help calm redness and irritation on the skin.

Ylang-ylang: Has a floral scent that promotes feelings of calm. 

03/12/2025

Today is National Cookie Day

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03/12/2025

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01/12/2025