Cleaning with doTERRA

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Cleaning with doTERRA

• Ways to clean using doTERRA oils

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.LIVING MAGAZINE
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Did you know that by using chemical products for
cleaning you are

• Putting hazardous, toxic, and carcinogenic
  chemicals in the air
• Floating particles get inhaled and into our blood
  stream
• Giving chemicals to all of your body cells and to
  our brains

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Did you know?

• More than 90 of poisonings happen at home
• Medicines, household cleaners, and pesticides top
  the list
• In TWO states alone, 28 million pounds of these
  chemicals are used in our soaps and detergents
• PLUS, 259 million pounds of neurotoxins,
  carcinogens, and reproductive/ developmental
  toxicants are in polishers and specialty cleaners

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POISON CONTROL- GET THE FACTS

• Children age 5 and under make up more than
  half(51) of all poison exposures
• U.S. poison centers receive 1 call every 12.7
  seconds
• Nearly 83 percent of poison exposures are
  unintentional
• Almost half (49) of teen poison exposures are
  intentional
• Household products account for 8.6 percent of all
  poison exposures

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Why not use doTERRA oils to clean?

• They are green ways to clean
• You can save money
• They are all natural and effective

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Healthy Homemade Cleaners

• Using doTERRA essential oils

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Spray Cleaners

• Use a spray bottle with water and few drops of
  any citrus essential oil like lemon or a defense
  blend like Onguard.
• Disinfect bathrooms and kitchen surfaces, add
  some castile soap or use the Onguard cleaner to
  make a more soapy cleaner
• Suggested oils
• Lavender
• Grapefruit
• Lemon
• Cinnamon
• Thyme
• Clove
• Citrus bliss
• eucalyptus

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Dishwasher

• Place a few drops of an essential oil to your
  soap base
• Not only cleans your dishes but, also the inside
  of your dishwasher
• Suggested oils
• Lavender
• Lemon
• Melaleuca
• Wild orange
• Onguard Cleaner

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Laundry

• Use a few drops of essential oils in your laundry
  
• adds a fresh smell
• acts as a powerful disinfectant
• For every load, add 5 drops of Eucalyptus to kill
  dust mites
• For a wonderful smell add your favorite essential
  oil to your homemade laundry soap.

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Floors

• Formula for a Mop
• Add a ¼ cups of vinegar to a bucket of water.
  Then add 5 drops of melaleuca or lemon.

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Carpets

• Carpet Freshener
• Use ten or more drops of essential oil in a
  cup of borax powder (or baking soda) left over
  night for the powder to absorb the oil. Sprinkle
  in carpet and then vacuum up.

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HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT

• 1 Fels Naphtha Soap bar, grated
• 1 cup washing soda
• ½ cup borax
• Grate the soap bar into a small saucepan. Cover
  with hot water. Cook over med-low heat, stirring
  continually, until the soap completely
  dissolves.
• Put washing soda and borax in a 5-gallon bucket.
  Pour in the hot soap mixture. Stir, cover
  securely, let set overnight. The next morning,
  stir the mixture. Mix equal amounts of soap
  concentrate and water in a smaller
  laundry-detergent dispenser or container. Shake
  before using. 
• For top loading machine Use 1 cup of the soap
  mixture per loadFor front-loading machines Use
  1/2 cup per load. 

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All Natural Deodorant

• ½ cup baking soda
• ½ cup corn starch or arrowroot powder
• Coconut oil about 7 tsp
• Mix powders together in a bowl, than add
  coconut oil until its the consistency of
  deodorant (essential oils can be added at
  anytime), store in an air tight container.

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bibliography

• www.trydoterra.com
• www.doterrapro.com
• www.doterra.com
• Spring 2012 doTERRA Living magazine