Annie Cox Wilson, Minneapolis, MN (2025)

02/22/2021

You must try the Young Living Fruit and Veggie wash.
Www.myyl.com/wilson

12/27/2020

Not only is water crucial for your physical health, research also shows it’s important for maintaining your mental health.

Multiple studies show a link between dehydration and a higher risk of anxiety, tension, and even depression! Dehydration may reduce serotonin production, which is one of the causes of depression. Even 2% dehydration can lead to a lower mood, lower concentration, and more headaches.

Drink more by Keeping your water close. Taking your own water bottle with you to work, to the gym, or on errands is a constant reminder to drink more. You can also set alarms on your phone if you forget to drink throughout the day.

If drinking plain water is boring, or if you’re looking for added benefits, put a few drops of Vitality essential oils in your glass! Vitality oils can enhance your water with delicious flavor and give you additional wellness benefits!

Pro Tip: Use Vitality oils to flavor green juices and smoothies without the added sugar or artificial ingredients!

Our favorite Vitality combos:
Tropical: Grapefruit + Lime + Orange
Minty fresh: Peppermint + Grapefruit
Lavender Lemonade: Lavender + Lemon

Remember, essential oils will eat away plastic. Make sure to use a glass or stainless steel water bottle when using Vitality oils.

What are your favorite Vitality oils to add to your water?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22190027/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21736786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147771/

10/30/2020

Yummy🍁Fall🍁Diffuser🍁Blends! What will you try?

09/16/2020

Oh.My.Goodness.

Rose🌹Illuminating Body Oil!✨ Obsessing over this pretty pink potion! Fill a glass dropper bottle with jojoba oil, add 10 drops Rose, 5 drops Neroli and 5 drops Frankincense (sub Geranium for Rose and Neroli if you don’t have them). Add a tsp of Savvy Minerals Blush and Diamond Dust for color and shimmer and shake it up! Use this on your body to revive and rejuvenate dull, dry skin. Can also wear as a glowy tinted moisturizer on a no makeup kinda day! 🙌🏻 thank you for this recipe!

09/03/2020

The Environmental Working Group’s investigation of more than 2,000 cleaning supplies on the American market has found that MANY contain substances linked to serious health problems.

😬😲🤭👎

EWG concludes that:

• Fumes from some cleaning products may induce asthma in otherwise healthy individuals. A large and growing body of evidence links frequent use of many ordinary cleaning supplies at home or on the job with development of asthma and other respiratory problems. 🤧 It is already known that cleaning product fumes may trigger attacks in persons previously diagnosed with asthma.

• Common cleaning ingredients can be laced with the carcinogenic impurity 1,4-dioxane. Independent tests have detected the presence of 1,4-dioxane in numerous name-brand cleaning supplies. Other products contain preservatives that release low levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde.👈😳

• Children born to women who held cleaning jobs while pregnant have an elevated risk of birth defects, according to a 2010 study by the New York State Department of Health.

• Some cleaners can cause chemical burns and poisonings ☣️ as well as less severe irritations and allergies. Severe physical reactions signal that consumers should take care anytime they use these products.

• Despite these health concerns, cleaning product labels often do not give consumers enough information about their ingredients to allow people to make informed decisions on which ones are safer and which ones might harm their health.

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I don't know about you guys, but I am so grateful to know what's not hiding in our cleaning products. ❤️🙏🙏❤️

Check out the YL Lavender Life blog for more DIY cleaning recipes! 🧹

https://www.youngliving.com/blog/blog-thieves-household-cleaner-diy-tips/

09/02/2020

Meet your NEW favorite oil.... Lemon Verbena! Lemon Verbena is the newest oil in the Young Living product lineup! Lemon Verbena contains antioxidants, purifies and refreshes the air when diffused, cleanses the skin, provides a fresh cleansing boost to household cleaners, and smells amazing!

So, how do you use it?
• Create a spa-like atmosphere and brighten your day when you diffuse this uplifting scent. Combine Lemon Verbena with a few drops of Peppermint or Spearmint essential oil for a yummy, fresh smelling home.
• Add a rollerball on top for quick topical application and to use as a daily perfume!
• Enhance your favorite DIY sugar scrub, lotion, or Epsom salt recipes with a few drops.
• Don’t forget to add it to your household cleaner! Take your cleaning up a notch by adding a few drops of Lemon Verbena to your Thieves Household Cleaner.

Lemon Verbena is NOT a citrus oil, it is steam distilled from the feather-shaped leaves of a flowering shrub, which has fragrant, lilac-colored flowers. Historically, this plant has been used to make cleansing tea in South America. It is also renowned in the fragrance industry and is used as a common ingredient in perfumes, soaps, and beauty products.

Young Living is proud to offer only true, 100 percent pure Lemon Verbena essential oil produced with our Seed to Seal® quality commitment. Because the plant yields very little oil, many essential oils marketed as Lemon Verbena are adulterated and blended with other oils or additives to increase the amount of product in a bottle. Not from us; we offer you only pure essential oils for your pure lifestyle!

How will you use Lemon Verbena in your home?!

07/17/2020

Do you struggle with sweaty, stinky armpits?? This is a loooong post, but at the end your armpits will thank you!! Here we go!

Sweating is a natural process of cooling and detoxifying your body. And we understand the reasons people hang on to conventional deodorants and antiperspirants: we don’t want to look sweaty, smell stinky, or feel uncomfortably damp in our armpits. 👈😬🙄🤢😑

Unfortunately, your deodorant, and particularly your antiperspirant, could be interfering with your body’s natural attempts to remove toxins and could potentially be causing long-term health effects like breast cancer or Alzheimer’s disease.

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE YOUR OWN BODY ODOR?! 🤯🤯🤯

Using certain deodorants or antiperspirants daily can actually change the bacterial microbiome in your armpits! 🙌😍 Consistent use can make your sweat smellier (due to overproduction of a bad bacteria) if you briefly discontinue use. Just because your sweat may smell strong if you forget to put on your antiperspirant for one day does not mean that you shouldn’t try to ditch your antiperspirant. In fact, that’s a good reason to try to detox your armpits and transition to a nontoxic option!

Here's an ARMPIT DETOX recipe to try:

🌿1 TBSP bentonite clay

🌿1 TSP apple cider vinegar

🌿1-2 TSP water

Mix together. Spread onto armpits and let sit for 10-20 minutes. Wash off with warm water. Repeat daily until you notice a decrease in underarm odor. 🖤

OTHER PIT TIPS:

Apply apple cider vinegar, lemon, or witch hazel - with a couple drops of Lavender, Geranium, Rosemary or Tea Tree.

👉Healthy acids like apple cider vinegar or fresh lemon help neutralize bad bacteria that may be growing in your armpits, causing a foul odor.

After you shower 🚿, you can use a cotton ball to apply any of these mixes to your armpits. Allow to air dry and follow with your YL deodorant (optional).

WEAR NATURAL FIBERS 👚👗👕

Have you ever noticed that your sweat smells particularly strong when you wear certain shirts? Wearing natural fibers (versus synthetics) can make a huge difference in the smell of your sweat! Synthetic fibers can contribute to bad bacteria overgrowth and are often heavily treated with chemicals. Look for 100 percent cotton, linen, or bamboo rather than polyester, rayon, or other synthetic blends.

MIND WHAT YOU EAT 🍏🥦🥬

Certain foods will actually change the way your body odor smells. If you want to test the way foods can change your body odor, try removing typical offenders like caffeine, alcohol, pork, and foods fried in unhealthy oils. The best foods for combating body odor are leafy greens.

DRINK PLENTY OF WATER 💦💦💦

Staying hydrated helps your body remove everyday toxins in an efficient way and can help prevent body odor. Make sure you’re drinking clean, filtered water for the best benefit.

TAKE YOUR LIFE 9 AND MIGHTYPRO! ✅✅

Probiotics and probiotic-rich foods are another way to ensure your microbiome is balanced and healthy.

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Once you correct the bacterial imbalances in your armpits, your sweat shouldn't smell too bad.

😊👌

Summer is the PERFECT time to detox those pits, as we're able to wear tank-tops and breathable shirts.

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How many of you guys are going to try some of these?!

06/27/2020

I was talking to a friend the other day and out of nowhere she says, “Okay, I seriously don’t get your obsession with essential oils. We used an entire bottle of lavender over the course of a month to help our son sleep and it did absolutely nothing.”

When I asked her where she got the Lavender she said, “Target. It was 3 bucks in the dollar spot section.”

So here’s the deal friends. I’m gonna say this really loud for the skeptics in the back. IT MATTERS WHERE YOU BUY YOUR OILS FROM!

They’re NOT the same 👏🏻

I could stand on my soap box and talk about safety and purity for days, but let’s just take a quick look at quality.

Young Living is the only company that can guarantee you’re getting a first distillation batch of oils. Because they are the only company that has 30 years of experience and data distilling their own oil.

First distillation? What the heck does that mean?

Let’s talk about it from the perspective of coffee. We all understand coffee right?

The coffee on the left was the first pot of coffee I brewed this morning with fresh ground beans. That’s a first distillation cup of coffee.

I then brewed another cup using the same grounds as before. Second distillation.

Making sense?

I did this four more times using those same coffee grounds getting me all the way to a 6th distillation cup of coffee.

This is what you’re buying off of the shelf of Target, WalMart, TJMaxx, WholeFoods, or any other big box retailer. 6th distillation (or even higher) bottles of oils. On average, most companies are taking these 6th distillations (and higher), adding in some synthetic materials, putting them on their shelves, and calling this dirty water, essential oils.

That’s why they don’t work for you. If this was how Starbucks was brewing and serving up your coffee, I’m pretty certain you’d frantically search for a better option.

So if essential oils aren’t working for you, if my posts about them make you roll your eyes because you’ve been there, done that with no success, think about the source and consider a better option.

Also look at the labels see what ours have in them compared to others.
Let’s get you some real oils, now!

(Great info Shared from a YL friend!)

06/24/2020

‼️Parents‼️
**Shared from a “Mom group”
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This past weekend my daughter started having weird “episodes” kind of zoning out and dropping her head for a split second. Nothing anyone would find abnormal but I’m with my daughter 24/7 so I immediately knew something wasn’t right... I called our doctor first thing this morning and took her in. She referred us to a pediatric neurologist. We went over everything that has changed in our lives recently. Well, we live in Florida and it’s HOT. So we have been spending a significant amount of time around the pool. So of course I put sunscreen on her. Come to find out this particular sunscreen has ingredients in it that are known carcinogens and endocrine disrupters meaning they can alter hormones.
They have been know to cause reproductive abnormalities and much more. But what hit me the most is that chemical sunscreen is absorbed into our bloodstreams... in large doses can be neurotoxic. Which has caused my daughter to have Petit Mal seizures, also called absence seizures. They don’t look like your typical seizure where people convulse. The individual spaces out, is non responses but otherwise appears normal. The chemicals causing these issues are “octinoxate” and “octisalate” and they are 2 of the active ingredients in Babyganics sunscreen. Please pay attention to what you are putting on your babies! I thought I was making one of the best choices picking Babyganics but I was sadly mistaken. I in no way am trying to bash BabyGanics but I just wanted to share my experience in hopes of preventing this from happening to another baby.

If you’re looking for a resource to check for potentially harmful ingredients in products, go to the Environmental Working Group at ewg.org

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Do you know which sunscreen doesn't contain all the NASTY ingredients and is safe to use on your baby? Yep, you guessed it — Young Living.

06/05/2020

Today is the last day to get your Young Living Virtual International Grand Convention ticket!!!

Tickets are on sale ONLY through June 5th, that’s today!

Why get a ticket? You will be able to watch the General Sessions AND the workshops LIVE and ALSO you will be able to access their recordings through August 21!

PLUS... this is my favorite part... you will get to purchase the NEW PRODUCTS right away once they are revealed on Thursday, June 18!!! Those who do NOT have Virtual Convention tickets will be able to order the new products on Monday, June 22. (If they are still in stock)

Young Living has SOOOO many surprises in store for us!!! I'm SOOO excited!!!!!

Don't have your ticket yet? Go to www.youngliving.com/2020convention

05/31/2020

Super hold hairspray that accccctttuuuuaalllllly works.

1 teaspoon concentrated starch (You can add more or less of this to adjust the hold strength. One teaspoon produces a spray that will hold an everyday style for a few hours. If you need more strength for all-day curls or an updo, add more starch.)

purified water, hot

1 teaspoon vodka

1/4 teaspoon baobab oil

6 drops rosemary essential oil

5 drops cedarwood essential oil

Instructions

Combine starch and about 3 tablespoons very hot water in a small bowl. Stir to completely dissolve starch.
Allow to cool slightly and use a funnel to pour mixture into small spray bottle (mine was 2.5 ounces).
Add vodka, baobab oil, and essential oils. Then top off with water to almost fill the bottle.
Shake gently to combine.
To Use

Shake gently to incorporate before each use.
Style hair as desired and spray generously with hairspray.

Thanks for recipe, Lindsey Elmore!

05/22/2020

Only order essential oils from Young Living!
“And this friends is why you do not order essential oils from anywhere but the real-deal Seed to Seal certified source.

Facebook kept hitting me up with oil ads so I decided to order a super cheap bottle of Thieves just to see what actually came. That was two months ago.

Today I received this plastic bottle (it should be glass) in a package from China. Since I use Young Living oils all the day long day I could tell the difference in an instant just by holding the bottle in my hand - but to the unsuspecting person, I'm not sure they would.

I haven't opened the bottle yet and honestly I'm a little afraid to because goodness knows what is in it. To think that there have been many that have purchased oils similar to this one and actually used it in their homes and on their bodies...🤢🤢 There could be literally anything in this bottle. Did you know that there is virtually no regulation when it comes to essential oils? Did you know that even when they are labeled as "natural" or "organic" that they can still contain pesticides and a whole range of ingredients that I do not want anywhere even close to my family?

And that brings me to this...

FOR THE LOVE...friends. Stop buying knock-off essential oils! Stop buying oils from the grocery store. Stop buying oils on Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Sprouts...🙅🏼‍♀️ Stop buying oils from companies that advertise on Facebook comparing themselves to the real thing. They are FAR from the real thing!

Every single bottle of YL oils comes directly from THE SOURCE to your home Seed to Seal certified. This means that they are free from synthetics, contaminants, and cheap fillers. This means they are not sourced using using unethical and unsafe production practices. This means that they only come from carefully vetted corporate-owned farms, partner farms, and Seed to Seal-certified suppliers. This means that if the oil doesn't pass dozens of state-of-the-art tests tests that it is instantly rejected. This means the plant was harvested and distilled at the right time and in the correct way to ensure that the bottle of oil contains the absolute highest quality of therapeutic constituents that actaully WORK, not just smell good.

There is NO other company out there that puts even remotely close to the amount of quality assurance as YL does. They are the best and the original and I'm so grateful for all the ways they have impacted our lives. ❤️”

From Jennie Radhakrishnan

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