A little vacation, a little knowledge

The hubs, AB and I are enjoying a much needed family beach vacation. Our first as a family of three. BTW the after sun spray from my last post is coming in quite handy for my husband who always tends to miss spots with spray sunscreen. Our first day in the sun he was super red on parts of his arms but I sprayed him down with the after sun and the next day the red had faded to a lovely tan. 

Our daughter has done okay in the sun as you can see....

Thank goodness for sun hats on fair-skinned babes. However the heat has caused her to develop a vicious diaper rash. Luckily I have my travel oils and lavender and melaleuca (tea tree) diluted are working wonders where her normal drug store diaper rash cream did not. 

I will post more on this when we are back from vacation but in the meantime I wanted to share some great info that sums up why you need to be careful about where you buy your oils from. Not all brands are created equal. Do your research as knowledge is power but keep this in mind: When you go to buy essential oils from certain places (sometimes even health stores) they can sometimes have stuff in them that can be potentially toxic called extenders. What is sad is that the laws around labeling allow manufacturers to use up to 50% of these potentially toxic chemical extenders and they are still allowed to say that they are 100% pure. 

So that is a little food for thought on why you should consider doTERRA or another quality brand over your drug store brands.