I know it’s not a Saturday, but I’m here to talk about one of my FAVE essential oils on the whole stinkin’ planet. It’s my BFF of oils. The one that Just. Gets. Me. You know what I’m talking about, right? {A bunch of my friends and I are talking about our favorite oils today, so be sure to check them out at the end along with an amazing giveaway, including Stress Away!}
I don’t think of myself as a particularly stressed out person, but I am a type-A, first-child, always-doing-a-project kind of girl. I love being productive and I love to just get things done. I’m a planner and some {my hubby} may even call me a bit of a control freak. So when things don’t go my way or I need to adjust my schedule {or my attitude}, there’s this little bottle of wonderfulness that is Stress Away.
Back in February, when I got my Premium Starter Kit in the mail, I immediately started sniffing all of the amazing oils. I’m sure everyone does this. I’d heard of Lemon and Peppermint, Lavender and Thieves. But I’d never heard of Stress Away. It was love at first whiff. It smelled like the beach to me, and I loooooove the beach. So that was a win. {It’s a blend containing lime and vanilla among other oils … yum!} And then I rubbed a little on the back of my neck and after a few minutes I felt a subtle relaxation come over me. A calmness, if you will. I’ve used it daily since that day. And I never, no never leave home without it.
It has an ever so subtle, but powerful effect on me. I find that if I use it every day, then I’m more likely to just roll with life and get less irritable about small things. When I forget to use it in the morning, I’ll be cooking dinner in the evening and wondering why I want to scream. Oh yeah, because I forgot my stress away.
{While I’m thinking about it, I’m going to go put some in the diffuser… Ahhh, much better!}
Stress Away for the Crankies
Up until recently, I’ve just been using it on myself, but I have a wonderful new use for it!
Summer is the season of travel for us. My hubby is a coach and a teacher, so we cram in a LOT of fun during the summer months. We’re either going to the beach, the lake or visiting family or friends. We pretty much live in the car. 🙂 My daughter is 3.5 years old and travels pretty well, but after so long in the car she gets a little over it, if you know what I mean.
A couple of weeks ago we were driving home from Atlanta and she was really cranky. I mean whining and crying and we could not figure out how to calm her down. So, I grabbed some napkins and dropped a few drops of Stress Away on them and stuck them in the air vents. Quickly the air filled with the sweet smell of lime and vanilla. And within 5 minutes Miss A was calm. Ahhh, sweet relief!
{cotton balls are pictured here in the vents; I now keep a bag of them in the glove compartment}
About an hour and a half later, she was getting cranky again and we added a few drops to the napkins. Within minutes she was quiet and then I looked back and she was sleeping. Hallelujah!! Peace at last. 🙂 I’ll never go on a road trip again without diffusing Stress Away in the car. Never. #takethatcrankytoddler #nomorewhining
Stress Away Defined
Here’s how Young Living describes Stress Away …
Young Living’s Stress Away™ essential oil blend is a natural solution created to combat normal stresses that creep into everyday life. Stress Away is the first product to contain the unique stress-relieving combination of lime and vanilla pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils. Stress Away also includes copaiba and lavender to reduce mental rigidity and restore equilibrium. Featuring powerful plant constituents, such as the cedrol found in cedarwood and the eugenol that occurs naturally in vanilla, Stress Away can help induce relaxation and reduce occasional nervous tension.
Note of caution: Avoid direct sunlight and UV rays for up to 12 hours after application.
8 Amazing Ways to Use Stress Away
- Apply a drop to your hand and pet your dog or horse to calm stress and anxiety.
- Use a roll-on fitment an apply to the wrists and the back of the neck for a calming effect.
- Add a few drops to a cotton ball and place in the car vent for a peaceful road trip.
- Diffuse with Peppermint in the afternoon to uplift and unwind.
- Mix 10 drops with 1 cup of Epsom salt in a warm bath and soak for 20 minutes to relax.
- Use by itself or combine with Lavender in the diffuser to promote a good night’s sleep.
- Diffuse in the car for a tension-free commute to work {and less road rage!}
- Add a few drops to water and sip throughout the day to feel relaxed and focused.
Must-Have Essential Oils and Giveaway!
A bunch of my blogger friends and I are having a Must-Have Essential Oil party today with tons of info on all of the most essential oils. {See how I did that??? 🙂 }
Click any of the links below to learn more about the must-have essential oils you need in your home:
Frankincense ♦ Joy ♦ Lavender ♦ Lemon ♦ Panaway ♦ Peace & Calming ♦ Peppermint ♦ Purification ♦ Stress Away {that’s me!} ♦ Thieves ♦ Valor ♦ Ningxia Red
If you’re interested in buying essential oils at wholesale prices for yourself, you can sign up to become a Young Living wholesale member on my team! Click here to learn more:
Jessi Fearon (@TheBudgetMama)
Oh I think that I definitely need this in my life! I’m a first-born, type-A, control freak myself and need a little ‘chill pill’ sometimes.
Lisa Taylor
It’s over but thought I’d wish everyone good luck & congratulations to whom ever wins! 🙂 I’d love it!!!!! 🙂
denise
I love essential oils! I would love to use these to get me a good start!
Nancy C.
Stress Relief, oh, what a wonderful, awesome giveaway!
Brooke
Would love to win some essential oils! Really want to try them!!
Laura
Let me know if I can help with you anything or answer any questions, Brooke! 🙂
Cindy Baker
I would so love to give these oils a try,
Laura
Let me know if you have any questions about the essential oils!
Angie @ Postcards from the Ridge
Laura, it was nice seeing you at haven. These essential oils sound so wonderful, especially the peace and calming one!
Laura
It was so great to see you again, too, Angie! I really love Peace & Calming. I use it every night to get good, deep sleep. It truly works. And I find that I fall asleep easier if I have to get up with my daughter in the middle of the night. Let me know if you’d like to order some!
Amber
I would love to try the frankincense. I’ve read great things about it.
Hillary
Oils are so awesome!
Lauren S.
I;d love to try lemon essential oil! So many great uses.
Kimberley Thomas
I love essential oils and have been using them along time. I enjoy learning more and appreciate your resources and sponsoring this giveaway. Thanks
Laura
You’re welcome, Kimberley… aren’t they amazing??
SandyN
I’ve never tried Purification or Valor, so I’d love to try either of those.
Angela M
Lavendar
Kim
I love Lavender most, use it in all of my lotions and linens.
Candace Fuller
I would love to win the Frankincense!
Debbie M.
I’ve just started reading up on essential oils and have a starter kit. I would love to win this!
Abby H
Awesome giveaway! I would love the stress away oil…I need some help with stress/anxiety.
Jen wareham
Stress away!!!
Debbie Gehlken
Any of them! I am anxious to get started with E O’s
Devin H.
Awesome! I’m totally going to try this. 🙂
Brianna
I would love to win the stress relief essential oil! As a full time nursing student and nurse assistant, I have tons of stress!
Angel
I would love to try some of these!
LInh
I would love to try the oils!!!!!!
Laura J
What a great giveaway – thanks! I’d love to win the Purification!
Laura J
What a great giveaway – thanks!
Heather Z
Valor sounds good… never tried any before.
LinhC
I’d like to try the Lemon.
Saver Sara
I would love any of these and would feel so blessed to win. We could especially use the Valor or Joy.
MaryJ
thieves! My favorite young living oil. Take it everywhere.
Would love to win a bottle of every oil! What a fabulous thing to have.
Thank so much,
MaryJ
sylvia faye
This is the best giveaway ever……as Young Living has the most wonderful oils. Would be grateful to win any of the oils but would be estatic to win Frankinsense as it has been dramatic in helping my dear one when he fell and gashed his nose and was out for about 20min. …blood all over the place. I cleaned the gash with purification, used Frankinsense to stop bleeding (works almost immediately) and lavender to with Frankinsense to stop brusing as he should have had horrible black eyes and this never happened because of these great oils. Lavender is wonder to stop the itching of hives and works like a charm. The lavender lotion works also. Hoping to be one of the winners and have been a Y/L member for almost 20 years.
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway and may you be blessed.
chelsea alexander
I’d love to win Stress Away.
Jo Ashley
Would love to win some essential oils.
Dee
I would love ANY of them! I am just starting to use oils and building my stash. I have heard great things about frankincense.
Jenni T
Thieves oil, I want to try the thieves oil!!!
Laura
Thieves is AWESOME!!
Diane R.
I am very interested in learning how to use these oils. Which difuser
do you recommend? They are a bit pricey, but would love to own one.
Laura
I prefer the Young Living diffusers, but I’ve also bought this one from Amazon and it seems to work OK.
Katie Meyers
I would really like to win valor or purification… They are my most used!! Love them!
Aundrea
I love all of them but could probably use Stress Away the most right now!
Meg
I would most like to win Valor! Definitely my all-time favorite oil!
Ashley C
I’d like to win peace & calming
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Jennifer
I think the stress away would be great. I don’t have that one yet.
Nikki
I would love to win any of them!!
erin noie
I’d love to try Peppermint or Valor!
shaunie
Would love to try the Lemon
Lori
I would love to win Stress Away
Lori
What a great variety of oils!
Summer
I can’t decide!! I’m leaning toward Frankincense since it’s so pricy it’s not one I would normally buy for myself, BUT peace & calming and lavender have been on the top of my list for awhile!
Laura
They are Frank, P&C and Lavender are some of my very favorites!
Kate Cox
Love your blog and I love the information about the oils
Kate Cox
I would love thieves
Michelle T
Thrives or lavender or lemon?! I really don’t know! I’ve been looking at all the uses for these, and I’m a bit overwhelmed…. Something useful and still safe around my baby and me while I’m nursing?
Laura
There are some precautions to take while pregnant and nursing, and probably not good to put EO’s on babies for a while. I’m pregnant and have found a lot of guidance from the book called Gentle Babies by Debra Rayburn. You can get it on Amazon. Some EO’s that are very gentle are lavender and frankincense. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you!
John Hutchens
Frankincense would be nice to win
Laura
I would love to win panaway! It is my number one oil! Although I am really getting into frankincense.
Alicia J
I love them all, but I think I would choose Stress Away or Peace and Calming!
Phyllis
I would like to win Joy EO
senna
These sound so lovely!
Mary Johnston
Love Love Love Young LIving Thieves! Use it all the time, for everything. Would love to win Thieves Essential OIl.
Lezlee D
I would love to win valor! I use it every day!
Kerri KC
Peppermint…it’s my favorite!
Sean C
I’d love the Lemon one.
Alina
Looking most forward to the Stress Away Essential Oil!
Lisa Taylor
I would pick ” STRESS AWAY” me, my mom ( 72) and we just got back from dr for my 15 yr old daughter, all have anxiety disorder. I hate taking meds, esp my 15 yr old, so I’m praying to win, hoping this would help all of us!!!! Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
Laura
Let me know if you’d like to order some! I love stress away and use it daily on my family.
Barbara Adams
I will alway vote for peace in love, in any matter
Kodi Auch
Any of them! I love essential oils!
Devon
I’m just getting started so I would love to win any of the oils!
Shelley B
I use oils on a daily basis and can’t imagine life without them. Would love to win valor!
lesley
i would definitely like to try the stress away!!
Laura
Let me know if you need to order some, Lesley!
Laura
I love the idea of the cotton balls in the air vent! What a fantastic idea! I will definitely employ that method for my hubs, who gets both very carsick and very anxious on long trips.
If I won anything in the giveaway I would love joy, stress away, or lavender… and I would not keep it for myself!!! … I would give it to my friend whose little one is having his third open heart surgery this month. He’s an amazing little boy but I worry because the other surgeries he was too young to remember. So she has ben dabbling I EOs as an alternative adjuvant therapy for him and being kinda oily myself I totally support that!
Judy Wilkerson
Would love to win any of the oils! Love your site!
Glynis
I would love to win Stress Away! Seems to do so much! Sounds amazing!
Connie Hall
Love to win the Lavender oil, but any of them would be amazing!!
Belinda
I would love to win Lavender. Use it often….:0)
Katarina Kopasek
I would love to win the Peace & Calm oil
Emily
I would love to win stress away!
Melanie H
I would love to win the Thieves oil!
Gloria Johnson
I would love to win Purification! I’m almost out!
Renee
I would love to win Panaway
Krysten Buhlin
I love Young Living Essential Oils! I would love to win the Purification oil!
Pamela Levis
Essential oils are most certainly needed in this house, especially stress relief
Laura
Let me know if I can hook you up with some, Pamela! 🙂