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Simplified Winter: Candy Cane Spotlight

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Inspired by everyone's favorite holiday candy, this blend's sweet and minty aroma will instantly transform your space in a magical candy-cane wonderland! It features the refreshing scents of Wintergreen, Peppermint and Balsam Copaiba essential oils, and Vanilla oleoresin, each of which has an incredible ability to support our bodies during the winter months. Plus, its scent is nostalgic and fun!

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JUST A DROP OF CANDY CANE

  • Has a sweet, crisp, nostalgic aroma that is perfect for the season
  • Supports healthy airways
  • Invites the nostalgia of winter into your space
  • Makes a lovely addition to cleaning recipes, DIYs and more

KEY INGREDIENTS

  • WINTERGREEN & PEPPERMINT: Wintergreen and Peppermint are crisp, clean scents that help focus the mind and support healthy airways - another thing we often need in the winter months.
  • COPAIBA: Copaiba is one of our favorite calming oils! It is soothing yet gentle and adds a warm, welcoming aroma to the mix - perfect for managing the emotions of the season!
  • VANILLA: Ohh Vanilla. This oil just feels like a giant warm hug. It is calming and soothing to both the mind and body and is a quintessential winter scent!
  • ORANGE & TANGERINE: Orange and Tangerine essential oils are instant mood boosters! These bright, happy oils are great for promoting an aroma of joy and creativity. They are also rich in naturally occurring antioxidants and limonene, making them supportive of the immune and circulatory systems as well as good for our bodies overall.
  • YLANG YLANG: Ylang Ylang has a sweet, romantic aroma that makes a lovely addition to perfume rollers and diffuser blends. This floral, balancing oil promotes openness and connection, encourages confidence, and inspires romance. Ylang ylang also has wonderful moisturizing properties and is well known for reducing stress.

The holiday and winter season can bring up emotional triggers, and these oils can help us process through them and find the playfulness of the season. When we lean in and become curious about how we're feeling we can sort through the mess of emotions to find underlying needs and also find healing.

When used with intentional practices like journaling, visualization, counseling or other tools, this blend can be a wonderful support tool as we move through a busy and often emotionally heavy season!

DAILY HABITS WITH CANDY CANE This blend is wonderful for finding the nostalgia and playfulness of the season!

  • Add a crisp, sweet twist to your cleaning routine:
  • Whip up a simple room or linen spray:
    • 2oz glass spray bottle
    • 20 drops Candy Cane
    • Splash of witch hazel
    • Filtered water
  • Place a few drops onto a cloth or cotton ball and place in the bottom of a trash can, a drawer, a closet or any other small space that needs to be refreshed.
  • Make a lovely DIY Reed Diffuser:
    • Glass bottle of choice (check thrift stores for lovely vintage ones!)
    • Bamboo skewers or uncoated chopsticks
    • 1/4 cup carrier oil of choice
    • 1 teaspoon rubbing alcohol
    • 40-60 drops Candy Cane
    • Add 30 drops to your Thieves Cleaner for a fun twist.
    • Add 3-5 drops to dryer balls to infuse your laundry with a little summer love.
  • Add to your DIY Laundry Scent Booster
    • To a glass jar with a lid add:
    • 1 cup epsom salt
    • ½ cup fine sea salt
    • ½ cup baking soda
    • 30 drops Candy Cane
    • To use, add 2-3 Tbsp directly to the laundry.
  • Make this carpet deodorizing powder. To a 4 oz glass jar add:
    • 1 cup baking soda
    • ½ cup fine sea salt
    • 20 drops Candy Cane
    • Add baking soda and salt to a jar, and mix well. Add essential oils, stir, then place the top on the jar and shake well. Optional: use a small knife or drill to make small holes in the top of the jar. Sprinkle onto carpets and let sit 10-15 minutes before vacuuming!
  • Put a few drops of Candy Cane in a USB car diffuser to cheer up your morning commute with the nostalgic scents of summer.
  • Use in your personal care routine!
  • Add a few drops to your evening shower gel, body oil, or DIY bath bomb recipe.
  • Dab onto wrists and neck as a personal fragrance or wear on a diffuser bracelet.
  • Use in this Relaxing Bath Salts Recipe:
    • 1 cup epsom salts
    • ½ cup pink Himalayan salt
    • 30 drops Candy Cane
  • Use in this DIY Shimmer Scrub:
    • 1/3 cup brown sugar
    • 1/3 cup white sugar
    • 2 tablespoons finely ground coffee
    • 1 teaspoon silver cosmetic mica or gold cosmetic mica
    • 2 tablespoons jojoba or olive oil
    • 5 drops Candy Cane
    • Add sugars, coffee and mica/eyeshadow to a small bowl and combine. Mix in jojoba oil and essential oils and store in a glass jar.
    • When you're in the shower, scrub dry skin gently, then rinse. You'll be left with radiant skin and a soft, barely there sparkle!
  • Diffuse! You can diffuse this blend as-is or you can add some other favorites to it.
    • Peppermint Twist: 5 drops Candy Cane + 3 drops Lemon + 3 drops Jade Lemon
    • Frosted Forest: 4 drops Candy Cane + 4 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce + 3 drops Vanilla
    • Snow Queen: 4 drops Candy Cane + 3 drops Ylang ylang + 3 drops Grapefruit