I am absolutely in love with these beauties. The most surprising part? They aren’t even essential oils, the flagship, changed-the-world, hello-wellness commodity Young Living is known for.

But of course I’m going to tell you all about them!

• Denterome Plus

This is the very first product I was introduced to in YL. I’ve used it ever since as deodorant. Yes, underarm deodorant.

Also, there’s still a lot of greenwashing in natural products, for example, “fragrance” as an ingredient in deodorant. Ewww…no hormone disruptors mashed into my pits/lymph nodes/breasts, thankyouverymuch!

I use a pea sized amount, spread on the tips of my fingers, and wiped in my pits. Every morning! Little goes a long way, which is why the tube lasts at least 6 months, if not longer.

Oh yeah, you can use it for toothpaste too, and it works great. But I mainly love it for deodorant because I have no odor when using it. None. I can even wear a t-shirt a second time, unless I was pouring sweat from a workout.

2. Ningxia Nitro

You’ll hear me talk about Ningxia Red in a minute, because it’s amazing in its own right. But it’s little cousin, Ningxia Nitro, is my absolute BFF. It’s like a power adapter for plugging in your brain. It’s what got me through a year of nutrition school, when I had to study nights after the kids were in bed. It is like waking up on a clear morning as a 20 year old and knowing exactly what you need to do that day. Even if you’re 40, it’s late at night, and you feel completely confused and drained and you’d just like to go to bed except you’re pretty sure you have 2 papers due by morning.

Yes, that’s how much I love it. It makes me feel good. When my brain feels good, I feel good.

What is it? It’s little tubes of cherry chocolate juice, with MethylB12, D-Ribose, Green Tea, Korean Ginseng, Yerba Mate and a bunch of other great brain foods.

I love to squeeze the tube into a glass of crushed ice and Ningxia Red, and drink with a straw, but the tubes are small and slip into a pocket or purse, so I often drink them right out of the tube if I’m out and about.

3. Ningxia Red

So I guess I should talk about this next since I already mentioned it! This has changed the way my husband views “vitamins” and helps me remember that FOOD IS FIRST when it comes to complete nutrition. Because when we drink this daily, we notice more energy, less cravings, and in general more stabile blood sugar and moods.

And it tastes yummy, so I don’t have to remind anyone to take it!!

Ningxia Red is a whole fruit juice concentrate made from a bunch of high-antioxidant fruits like blueberry, plum, cherry, aronia, and pomegranate, BUT…the real star of the show is the wolfberry. It contains wolfberries grown in the Ningxia region of China. That’s important, because that area has rich farmland from centuries of silt from the Yellow River. The plants that grow there are higher in phytonutrients than elsewhere in the world, and their population has a very high number of people living well over 100 years old. They prize the wolfberry and it is local custom to eat it daily!

So we drink our Ningxia Red daily too, and plan out all the adventures we will be taking until we are over one hundred years old!

4. Thieves Laundry Detergent

I am in love with this laundry detergent.

I know that sounds crazy.

How does laundry detergent inspire love??

Well, it works and all that…but I’m really in love with what is NOT in these suds. No fragrances. No fragrance fixatives. No masking fragrance. No fragrance masquerading as essential oils. (And of course no harsh bleaches or toxic stuff.)

When I switched to this laundry soap, it was the last product I swapped out that was exposing me to fragrance. I had been using a “natural” brand that claimed flower essences on the bottle, but those “natural” fragrances stayed in the clothes all the way through the dryer cycle. Which means they weren’t natural. So when I swapped it out…the next month, lo and behold I didn’t hemorrhage during my cycle. Or the cycle after that, or after that.

I’d been working on my hormones and my clean and green home for awhile…so could it really be that laundry detergent was SOO important for my hormone balance? So I began recommending this soap to my tribe of gals in my private mentoring group. I told them my experience and asked them to please write me if they should see any changes like mine. And then the messages began to come in. This person’s teen daughter, this middle aged woman, this mommy of littles, this woman going through menopause, literally hundreds of different stories…all finding that the “symptoms of womanhood” were all melting away since NOT BEING POISONED.

OK, I better stop because it get’s me hot under the collar when I realize what’s still being pedaled out there as natural.

Let me just say: if you are a woman, your body wasn’t designed to process synthetic fragrances that are absorbed through you skin, your largest organ. Synthetic fragrances are estrogen mimickers, and many estrogen mimickers have been found attached to breast cells, uterine cells, and fat cells. Please just opt out, and stop exposing yourself!

So you probably want to know how it works? Works great! Contains enzymes to break down stains, and I apply directly for that need. I use this soap PLUS 1 tsp Sodium Percarbonate (Amazon) as an oxygen bleach in every single load I run, and the combo is awesome. It is concentrated, so one bottle lasts my ginormous family months and months.

This might comes as a huge disappointment, so I’m just gonna burst your bubble right now: the Thieves fragrance washes completely out of the clothes. Your wet laundry will just smell wet, not fragranced, when you move it to the dryer. (This is a good thing: it means there is NO fragrance fixative!) To make your clothes smell delicious, choose your favorite YL essential oil or blend to toss on dryer balls. There, now they smell awesome!

5. Thieves Household Cleaner

This cleaner is amazing because it cleans everything well! It’s a concentrate, so I mix with water in my spray bottles, mix with baking soda and a bit of water for a soft scrub, and pour a capful into a bucket of mop water. It cleans windows and mirrors, toilets, sinks, walls, carpets, stainless steel, granite countertops, ovens and stoves, you name it. I keep spray bottles of this in the kitchen and both cars as well as the bathrooms for easy access. It’s not toxic, so I enlist even my littlest children in cleaning with me!

If you’ve been following this blog for years, you might know I used to clean with white vinegar and water. Yes, those work…OK. And they are non-toxic and cheap. But I’ve fallen in love with Thieves cleaner because it SMELLS SO GOOD, and is non-toxic, and works better, way better than vinegar. But, it’s really the yummy spicey clean smell that makes me so happy when I’m cleaning! I can assure you, vinegar does NOT make me feel that way!

I love having only one thing that cleans everything! No more overfilled cleaning cabinet!

6. Thieves Spray

This is a tiny little spray bottle with an alcohol based Thieves spray in it. I use it to spray on shopping carts, counters, clothing, or anything else that I want to disinfect quickly. This is not on the label, but I’ve even sprayed it in my throat to wipe out scratchiness.

The alcohol in this spray has been “denatured” with Cinnamon Bark oil instead of a toxic petrochemical. Denaturing is required by law to transport alcoholic products across state lines without it being designated as alcohol for consumption. In this case, YL denatured it with Cinnamon Bark oil, which only adds to the effectiveness of the product while avoiding a toxic additive. How innovative!

I love it because it smells SO good, and is so handy. It’s always in my purse!

7. Thieves Hand Sanitizer

I used to hate hand sanitizers, because they made my hands feel sticky and gross. Also, I knew they were filled with toxic yuk. Honestly, I avoided this YL product for a long time and just used the Thieves Spray (above). At some point I got a free Hand Sanitizer from YL, so I tried it…and wow! It’s not like other hand sanitizers! It is super thin, so just a drop of sanitizer works for my hands, and it doesn’t leave them sticky!

The alcohol in this product is over 60%, and it’s been denatured with Peppermint oil. So you already know it smells AMAZING, with both Thieves and Peppermint in there! I love how many comments I get when I use it…and of course I share with others who are loving the scent too!

8. Thieves Lozenges

I don’t know how they do it, but YL has made they yummiest lozenges without sugar. They contain Thieves and Peppermint oils, and are awesome breath mints while putting the power of Thieves RIGHT IN MY MOUTH! They are a oval hard “candy” individually wrapped, so they are perfect to keep in my purse and share with a friend.

I love how big they are, and how well they soothe throats and freshen breath.

9. Thieves Mouthwash

Speaking of fresh breath…this mouthwash is my favorite, because it’s so gentle on my teeth and gums, but SO powerful. Again, we are talking the power of Thieves right in my mouth…wow, that’s fresh. It also has colloidal silver in it to kill mouth bacterial. However, it does not contain alcohol like most commercial mouth washes, as using alcohol daily can be really hard on gums and tooth enamel. I know my teeth used to ache after using conventional mouthwash years ago.

I would say to consider this a concentrate. I can only use a small amount at a time, and you may want to dilute in water. If you are using with a child, PLEASE dilute it first, because if you don’t, they might spit it all over you! Haha! It’s POTENT!

I love it because these natural anti-bacs are so great for encouraging a healthy mouth biome!

10. Super C Chewable

I love this supplements because it’s made from whole food! This is NOT isolated ascorbic acid, which is NOT the whole vitamin C that is found in food. Whole C contains the cofactors of ascorbate too, including all bioflavanoids which work together as antioxidants in our bodies.

I’ve taken a lot of different Cs over the years. I now know that my high doses in the past (as recommended by a doctor) were likely doing me more harm than good, breaking down my ceruloplasmin which I desperately needed to build up so I could absorb and transport iron. A few years ago I began to study the biochemical science behind nutrition, and learned about the differences between isolated ascorbic acid and whole C. Since AVOIDING the isolate (and doing a number of other whole food nutrition measures) I’m finally now pulling out of 15 years of anemia. If you want to know more about overcoming anemia, message me!

This Super C is not a miracle supplement, and it’s not even the most important thing I’ve taken in regards to anemia, so don’t get me wrong on that. It’s just a solidly whole food vitamin C, in chewable form, that my kids and husband will chew and take. I like that!!

11. Lavender Lip Balm

This is so smooth and dreamy. It’s awesome on my lips, and I can’t believe it’s cheaper than the grocery store variety, you know the one with bees on it, that always feels rancid? This one is fresh, and oh so sweet to my lips!

12. Progessence Plus Beauty Serum

I kinda saved the best for last. This product is amazing, and I’ll try not to give you the two -hour-hormone-balancing-seminar to tell you why! Haha!

(I’m actually working on some really great projects to help you with hormones, but I’ll hold the details for now.)

This serum…is completely natural and an over the counter product which basically turns me into happy-mommy-angel-wife. Yeah…it’s what I sling on when I’m feeling end of the month-y, dragon-y, or actually anything that’s not Lady Devine. It’s USP grade progesterone, which helps my body rein in the estrogen. It’s a libido boost, a stress reliever, smells AMAZING, and I love it. Makes me feel like a woman!

I use it every day, all month long. I’m pretty consistent, with 3 drops a day, but other women use more or less, we are all different. I don’t have to rotate where it goes, it doesn’t have to be rubbed into fatty areas. I just use it on my neck because it’s an awesome perfume, but if you use it on your inner thighs, I hope you’re married, and congratulations on the new baby. (I need an emoji right there and I don’t know how to get one! Ha!)

I love love love this one! Incredible product!

13. All the Oils

OK I was only going to do a dozen, but honorable mention goes to all those oils I DIDN’T talk about. I have lots of loves in that category, but we will save it for another day! <3