05/12/2026
75 lemon skins 😲
Something I wish someone had told me when I first started using essential oils... 💛
A drop of essential oil is NOT the same as a drop of water. And with essential oils, more is definitely not more.
When I first learned that a 15ml bottle contains around 250 drops, I honestly thought that sounded like way too many for such a tiny bottle 😅
But essential oils are dispensed through a tiny or***ce reducer, creating very small, concentrated drops, much smaller than a drop of water from a normal dropper. That's why
🍋 15ml = around 250 drops
🍋 5ml = around 85 drops
And then I learned something that completely changed the way I used them...
To make ONE 15ml bottle of Lemon essential oil, it takes the rinds of around 75 lemons. 🍋🍋🍋
Not the juice, the peel. Cold-pressed to release every bit of that potent, aromatic goodness.
You're not holding flavoured water. You're holding the cold-pressed essence of 75 lemon rinds, in the palm of your hand.
That's why:
✨ one drop is often all you need
✨ one drop can completely shift the energy of a room
✨ one drop can support your body in a really powerful way
Using more doesn't make essential oils work better. In fact, too much can sometimes be counterproductive.
And when you look at it this way, a few cents per drop for something this pure and this concentrated, it's honestly one of the most affordable ways to support your family's health naturally. Especially when you dilute with a carrier oil and stretch it even further. 🌿
This was one of the biggest mindset shifts for me when I started this journey, and honestly one of the reasons I fell so deeply in love with doTERRA.
Less really is so much more. 🌿💛
