“All who know the pure product and use it with understanding come to respect the essential oils. One cannot but admire their ability to operate effectively not only on the cellular, physical level, but in the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic areas of our lives also. If anything in this world is holistic, it is essential oils.”
-Valerie Ann Worwood, aromatherapist and author of The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
Do you know just how incredibly amazing and therapeutic essential oils can be?
I didn’t. Recently, though, I’ve learned enough about the science of aromatherapy that I’m entirely convinced I now need to be on a mission to spread the truth about this to word to the whole wide world, about just how much essential oils can improve your health and change your life. Now that I’ve been using them on a daily basis, for a zillion different purposes, I can’t believe I ever lived without them!
And I can’t wait to share the everyday oils that I use in my home with you.
The Basics
There’s 10 essential oils in particular that have in my stash, which I use at least one of every single day. They are:
- Peppermint
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Frankincense
- Thieves
- Valor
- Purification
- Peace & Calming
- Joy
- PanAway
Some of these are single essential oils, and some are specially-formulated synergistic blends of essential oils, so they contain a variety of pure oils that work together for many different purposes.
All of these oils, plus a home diffuser and other goodies, came in the very first therapeutic essential oils purchase I ever made—the Premium Starter Kit from Young Living essential oils.
Now that essential oils are such a big part of my life, I want to share what I’ve learned by studying and using each of these everyday oils, one by one, by introducing each of them to you. And also, by giving you a chance to win them with a giveaway for each one! (Scroll down a bit if you just want to get to that part.)
Benefits and Uses for Peppermint
Peppermint is a favorite of mine, and is quite popular due to its varied uses and yummy smell. It has some pretty impressive medicinal properties, too. Here’s just some of the many benefits of peppermint:
- Soothes and aids digestion
- Stimulates and invigorates the mind
- Increases energy
- Improves concentration
- Calms nerves
- Reduces nausea
- Cools the skin and body
- Blocks pain and eases headaches
A study done by the University of Cincinnati found that inhaling peppermint oil increased mental acuity by 28%. Another, from researchers at the University of Kiel found that peppermint blocked headache pain in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study.
There are tons of basic uses for therapeutic peppermint essential oil. Some of the suggested uses include:
- Add a drop of peppermint essential oil to herbal tea to help aid normal digestion.
- Rub one drop of peppermint essential oil (with a carrier oil) on the temples, forehead, over the sinuses (careful to avoid contact with your eyes), and on the back of the neck to relieve head pressure.
- Apply peppermint essential oil (with a carrier oil) to the back of the neck and shoulders throughout the day to keep energy up.
- Apply a few drops to a cold compress for extra cooling effect.
- Inhale peppermint essential oil or rub a drop on to your abdomen to soothe minor stomach discomfort.
- Diffuse, inhale, or apply a drop of peppermint under the nose to improve concentration and alertness.
- Inhale peppermint essential oil, apply topically to your temples or neck, or put a drop on your tongue or in water to jump-start your morning routine.
GIVEAWAY: Enter for a Chance to Win
Want to start experiencing the benefits of essential oils, with your very own bottle of the very best peppermint essential oil there is? Here’s your chance to win one!
To enter this giveaway, just follow the steps in the Rafflecopter below.
Giveaway ends 3/31/14 at 12:00 AM PST. Open to readers in the U.S., only. Winner will be announced on this post on 3/31/14, and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. Check back to see if you are the winner! Good luck!
I love essential oils. I use them on a daily basis. As a YL distributor, I am very grateful to have access to such amazing products! Peppermint is one of our family favorites. It has relieved many a headache around here!
I’ve used essential oils on and off for a while, mostly diffusing them. Recently I’ve been researching using them for various health issues. I’ve been amazed at the relief and comfort I’ve received just in using them for a few weeks! Truly amazing.
I recently started using them & love them. They have helped us in so many ways. We diffuse them every night when we go to bed. So relaxing.
I’v been using oils for about 2 months and wonder how I ever got along without them! They work on everything I try!!!
Peppermint is next on my list of EOs to buys. Looking forward to making some chapstick and learning about its other uses!
I’ve just recently begun seriously looking into essential oils but have dabbled in their use over the past couple of years.
I’ve used oregano oil to nip a fever blister from developing. Recently my married daughter was visiting and helped her younger sister recover from a migraine with peppermint.
Love EOs! Been using for about 2 yrs!
Just started using these essential oils and I love them! Frankincense is my favorite so far – I would love to add peppermint to my collection!
Hi, I am just getting started with the essential oils. So far I have lavender and tea tree and really would love to have the chance to win the peppermint. I have recently changed everything in my how we eat, and what product we use. I have loved making my own lotion, shampoo, deodorants, and “real eating” has been wonderful. Thanks for all the information on your site:)
I use tea tree oil mixed in with my lotion to ward off itchy winter skin. It rules.
I started using YL oils about two months ago and love what they are doing so far!I am nearly out of my peppermint already, and have been through my starter bottle and another 15 ml lemon. Wonderful products!
I’m looking forward to trying oils for the first time. Thanks for the giveaway.
I’ve used many EOs but never YL.
Hello, I have never used essential oils but I would love to learn more about them and incorporate them in my daily life. Thanks for a great giveaway!
I have only tea tree oil essential oil. I have added some to a homemade detangler, as a preservative.
I love essential oils, I use them to make cleaners, now I rub thieves oil that I get in a local market on my feet and my daughter’s feet. I love peppermint to brighten up a morning and lavender to soothe at night. I also have found that bergamot works on my depression and anger issues, I have been using for a few weeks now, and instead of not wanting to get out of bed in the morning, now I look forward to the day. I am hooked.
I’m new to oils and would love to add peppermint to my small collection since it is a staple oil that I’m sure we’ll use quite often in the future.
I’m just starting to learn about essential oils, and I’m excited about the possibilities they offer to keep myself and my family healthy. 🙂
I like to use a few drops of peppermint essential oil in my coconut oil when I oil pull.
I am just learning about EO’s and am so impressed so far. I use Valor for anxiety and would love to try peppermint for stress and headaches. 🙂
I love essential oils ! I use them for cosmetics, food, therapeutic uses.
My favorite is Lavander because it’s versatile : you can use it for acne problems, you can diffuse it in your room and it’s very calming.
I have dabbled with Essential Oils, now wanting something safer for the kids. Really want to try something like Peace and Calming or Mandarin to see how it works for calming the kids. Rainy days can just be too much sometimes!
I am looking forward to getting started with YL EOs! 🙂
Interested in natural oils, lots of benefits. I have lots of the herbal plants and like the oil in bath and room
I use Peppermint on my daughter’s sensitive belly with a little coconut oil and she loves it!
I love Peppermint oil!!
I am itching to learn more about EOs and how I can use them in our household to keep us healthy and medicine free.
I have no experience with essential oils, but would love to start by winning this! I am so excited to read about all the uses for these oils and this would be wonderful to start with!
I’m excited to learn more about EOs and incorporate them into my life!
I have just started using essential oils and am enjoying what I’ve learned so far.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I am just a beginner with essential oils, and look forward to learning more!
I know a little about how EO’s can be very beneficial, but not enough to apply it. I would LOVE to learn more about how essential oils can support my healthy lifestyle.
I am just getting started with eo’s and would love to try this one.
I’m a newbie with EOs but I’m loving them so far!
Love them! Have been using for 6 years now! Great giveaway! Thank u!
I have been looking into essential oils and am getting ready to make my first purchase. Would love to try this one.
I have not used essential oils, but am interested and am researching…
I Just recently bought a kit and needed to use them right away on a sick toddler.
I have been adding to my collection of oils over the past few years. They work to support the body’s own healing system and are a versatile part of my natural medicine cabinet.
Happy birthday. Thanks for this opportunity.
I have not used EO’s yet, but would love to learn more and start using them.
Thank you for an awesome giveaway! I have a great interest in essential oils and would love to try this! Peppermint oil is a great place to start as I do suffer migraines. Thank you-Danielle
I just started using EO and am excited to learn more! So far I have played around with Thieves and Peace and Calming.
I love Thieves to keep colds away or lessen the symptoms. Starting my journey with other oils.
Peppermint is a go to around here for any stomach problems here.
Happy Birthday!
Started using EO about 6 months ago. Very skeptical at first, and now I use them for EVERYTHING. Cleaning, medicine, in my homemade products. Can’t get enough of them!
I have read alot about them and am exciting to try them out!
thanks for the giveaway!
I love essential oils, I use tea tree oil the most for all family. Would like to try more wonderful oils!
Love essential oils, & have always wanted to try Young Living Essential Oils!
I love peppermint and lavender.
I have purchased Peppermint oil from a local distributor; however, I would be interested in comparing the quality with Young Living oils.
I use essential oils everyday! Thanks.
I love essential oils and I use them on a daily basis. I began to study them when I was diagnosed with a very rare nerve disorder three years ago. On top of being mildly disabled, this nerve disorder makes it feel as though a knife is being shoved into my right ear constantly. It’s the worst pain I’ve ever experienced, and it never goes away. I’ve undergone an unsuccessful brain surgery as well as a surgery to cut the nerve, yet my days are still filled with immense pain. I turned to essential oils to ease some of this pain and to feel more in control of my life and well being, albeit while suffering from pain I have no control over. I also enjoy using my new found, and always expanding knowledge of essential oils when my children are ill or my husband has a bad migraine. Using essential oils has also allowed me to tap into my creative side on days when the pain is not too bad, to whip up homemade deodorant, toothpaste, diaper cream, lip balms and lotions. I love essential oils, and I look forward to the day I can afford a great quality like Young Living Essential Oils!
I have been using TruEssence essential oils. The Defense oil blend is especially good to use during the cold and flu season. I made it through this winter without a cold or flu!
I should copy this response: I used 3 Young Living Oils in my 1st grade classroom. I didn’t have any idea of how to extend the uses that so many people are sharing and experiencing now. At the time I used a diffuser and we had the “scent of the day”. Looking forward to getting a starter kit.
I am learning more daily about the uses of essential oils, and very slowly building my arsenal. Tea tree and lavender is a good start- peppermint would be great for my chronic headaches!
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I LOVE EO’s! Currently mainly using for facial/skin, but learning more & wanting to expand!
I use Young Living Essential Oils every day in my home. My 2 year old calls it his medicine (along with FCLO!). My favorite oils are Valor, Thieves, Peppermint and Lavender, though I use lots of others all the time, too. I am desperately in need of a new stock of oils, but the finances just don’t allow it right now. I would love to win this Peppermint oil. Thanks for the giveaway! Love your blog!
Yum! I love peppermint…even the smell.
I love mixing various essential oils in a glass spray bottle mixed with water to create a lovely fragrance for home & body!
I love essential oils! I actually use DoTerra’s oils often, but would love to try these too. Thanks!
I have not tried essential oils yet, but I am curious about them!
I love essential oils and just started getting back into using them again. I have used Young Living in the past and they are wonderful but I recently started getting back into essential oils with doTerra and they are wonderful too. Since I started using them again in the fall of 2013, my toddler son who had coughs that would never go away, finally got relief from using Eucalyptus and Breathe!!! Since I started using OnGuard, lemon, eucaluptus and breathe, I have hardly been sick all winter and have managed to evade getting sick when my husband, son and friends have all been sick this past month. It is truly a miracle and I attribute it to the essential oils. I also recently just bought some Serenity and Clary Calm to help out with stress and the monthly pms!!! I have lots of others I have been playing with too for plantar fasciitis such as lemongrass, peppermint, Deep Blue, helichrysum. I love using them!
I just started my EO journey.
I love essential oils and use them for everything!
I’ve only used eucalyptus oil, and I do love it, but would love to try others. Eucalyptus is great! We just used it to get over being sick. We had sore throats and yucky feeling heads. We put a small crock pot in our bedroom with water and some drops of eucalyptus e.o. (we don’t have a humidifier or diffuser). It worked great while we slept and our sore throats are gone! I can’t to someday afford more E.O.!
Would love to add this EO to our store of remedies!
I have been using lavender oil for well over a decade for headaches. In the past year I have been learning more about other essential oils and their uses from making my own lotion to aiding digestion.
I have read alot about essential oils and would love to win this.
I don’t have much experience with essential oils and am trying to learn more. Thanks for the opportunity!
I am a e.o. newbie, but can’t wait to try more as I add more to my collection.
I adore peppermint! So fresh and clean!
I want to learn about essential oils.
still learning, but loving essential oils! peppermint showed to be effective on the feet for toddler fever!
I’m just learning about them.
I was actually just looking this stuff up today! My friend is a distributer and she sent me a lavender sample which I’ve put in my baby’s coconut oil. Great moisturizer for her sensitive skin and I haven’t had diaper rash since I’ve started using it.
I love essential oils! Peppermint is one of my favorites, I use it for headaches and nausea.
Love all the health and healing benefits God gave us through essentials oils! Thank you so much for sharing and informing!! Love your blog!!! 🙂
Peppermint EO is my favorite! I use it for so many things!
I am SO tempted to buy the deluxe starter kit, aahhh. Definitely will be saving my pennies to get that bad boy. Love EOs and would love to start diffusing them!
I love essential oils, especially peppermint!
I am now a believer! I was told that geranium oil could lesson my monthly cramps…and it did!! I’m totally impressed 🙂
Hi,
I have just a couple essential oils, one being Tea Tree Oil, which I love for many reasons, but don’t have much knowledge about using the others, so am interested in learning more. I did get some Oregano Oil to use for my lip fever blisters that come now and then, but it’s powerful and burned my skin. I did mix with olive oil carrier oil, but it still made a mess on my lip and skin above. It’s still red and peeling, but know there are many healthy uses for the oils.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this.
PS: Happy Belated Birthday !!!
I’ve just started learning about EOs and their uses.
I don’t know much about essential oils but I would like to learn.
I love essiential oils, they make my house smell wonderful.
I am new to oils, but have been quite impressed with how well thieves and rc have worked for sick kids!
I have heard peppermint oil can help with migraines and with oils you get what you pay for. Would love to try this for my migraines among other things.
There are many wonderful uses for peppermint oil, but my all-time favorite is in my car to keep the mice out.
This also works in the home. Mice are repelled by the scent of real peppermint, and they will beat feet when they get a whiff of it.
I live “out in the country,” so mice in the car are an issue – but not as long as I have peppermint oil!
I love the fragrance also.
I am just learning about the uses of EO’s
I’m convinced and going to buy Peppermint oil today
I do love essential oils. I am just getting an interest in making soap, so the oils are a great start. Thanks.
I wish I knew more about essential oil! I don’t really know how to use them, but I dab lavender oil on my pillow or my neck sometimes 🙂
We use peppermint oil ALL the time for headaches! It works fabulously
I’m very new to oils but am so excited to try all of them. Just wish I could keep them all straight and remember what they do. 🙂
I have been just starting to get into essential oils, I can’t wait to learn more!
I’m a total newbie and becoming a quick believer.
I am a new YL Distributor & I am loving these oils. Peppermint has cleared my stuffy nose, perked me up when I get drowsy, & saved me from indigestion!! I love this oil.
I am a beginner and would like to learn more about how to use EOs.
Please be me! I need this for my headaches!!
Have loved EOs for years, but am just recently becoming more serious about them in my family’s daily lives. I’m very excited!
Thanks for the giveaway.
peppermint is awesome for headaches!
I have never tried Young Living oils. So I would love to win this peppermint oil. I could really enjoy using it!
Really interested in learning more about essential oils!
thank you for sharing so much great information on EO’s got you bookmarked now!