Category Archives: Essential Oils

Green Peppermint Shake

With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, the McDonald’s Shamrock Shake is the craze right now!!!  I decided to try to make my own, using Peppermint Essential Oil and let me tell you……it was FANTASTIC!!!!!   And I love these cute thick paper straws from Baker’s Party Shop!
peppermint shake
It was super easy to make and so festive!   Here are all of my ingredients!!! ingredients
You can make the shake as light or dark green as you would like.   Beware, you may have a green mouth if you go too dark!!!   With the essential oil, I only added 2 drops.   I didn’t want it to  be overwhelming!   You can always add more, depending on how minty you want it!
putting it together
Here is the recipe!

Green Peppermint Shake

Green Peppermint Shake

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of milk
  • 3 scoops of ice cream
  • Green food coloring (you choose the color of green you want)
  • 1-2 drops of Peppermint Essential Oils
  • Whipped Cream
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Put milk, ice cream, food coloring and Peppermint Essential Oil into the blender. Mix and then pour into a cute jar or bottle. Top with the whipped cream and sprinkles. Add a cute straw and then Enjoy!!!
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Happy March and until next time…….

Simple Lemon Sugar Scrub

Lemon Sugar Scrub
I have recently come to love using essential oils.  This Lemon Sugar Scrub that I made was really simple, smells great and makes your skin nice and smooth!  There are lots of recipes out there for different scrubs using essential oils, but I’m sharing how I made mine simply because people make them lots of different ways!

Ingredients:
12 drops of Lemon Essential Oils (I used Young Living)
2 cups of Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup of Coconut Oil (I used Spectrum Organic Coconut Oil)
3 tablespoons of lemon zest

Directions:
Place coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl and melt for 25 seconds.  Add in the lemon zest and the drops of Lemon Essential Oils.  Slowly add in the sugar making sure to mix really well!

I placed my sugar scrub in little mason jars.  I gave them as gifts to my SNAP secret sister and roommates.  I also gave a jar to my son’s teacher for Teacher Appreciation Spa Day!

To use:
Simply rub into your skin and rinse with water!  Your skin will feel nice and smooth and smell nice and lemony!