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The best oils for Summer bugs
We all love a night sitting outside on a Summers night with friends and family. But nothing ruins the mood more than the dreaded summer creepy crawlies! Many of us
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How the doTERRA business model really works..
Have you ever thought of being your own boss? Having the financial freedom to do what you love? Being able to choose when, where and how you work? Owning your own
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Using citrus oils safely..
As you probably already know essential oils have many uses, including being beneficial to our skin. Oils such as lavender, lemongrass and geranium have many uses such as maintaining oils
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Do you understand doTERRA’s Loyalty Rewards Program (LRP)? I break it down REALLY SIMPLY.
doTERRA appreciate the great work their Wellness Advocates put in and the loyalty of the Wholesale Customers. Which is why they show they value their members by trying to reward
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Be careful what you buy! What you need to look for to find good quality essential oils
By now, we all know essential oils can change your life for the better. But how do we know we’re buying good quality oils? How do we know they aren’t
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My fave non-toxic cleaning recipes..
Unfortunately, keeping out kitchens clean and disinfected is something we all have to do to keep ourselves and our families as healthy as possible. Although commercial cleaning products tend to
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You don’t need to be an athlete to use this product..
When I first starting using essential oils I was a little bit skeptical if I would use IceBlue®, doTERRA’s athletic blend, that came with my enrolment kit. But I couldn’t
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Essential oils in the workplace
Essential oils can be super-supportive in the workplace, so let’s take a quick look… (Obviously there are many different types of work settings… if I don’t cover yours, just drop
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How to make winter more fun with essential oils
Winter’s here… but don’t go rushing to hibernate under the covers, dreading the sniffles and dark days just yet… (tempting though it may be). Here’s how essential oils can help
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Putting doTERRA’s Purity and Transparency to the Test
Here's one question I get asked all the time… ‘Why do doTERRA essential oils cost more?’ Answer: First up, let me gently remind you of the old adage, ‘You get what you
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How to use essential oils safely with babies and young children
Essential oils (EO) have so many beautiful uses around the home, and for supporting our bodies. And that includes for our precious children too. I’ve seen so many positive results
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Let me introduce you to… Copaiba essential oil
I’m very excited today to focus on doTERRA’s Copaiba essential oil. There’s been a LOT of excitement around this oil, some confusion, and an ever-increasing number of amazing stories from
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All About On Guard
A must have for Winter, our protective blend On Guard provides a natural and effective alternative for immune support and is a must have this winter. As one of dōTERRA’s best-selling
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All About Frankincense
Renowned as one of the most prized and precious essential oils, Frankincense has extraordinary health benefits. In addition to its notoriety in the New Testament, the Babylonians and Assyrians would
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All About Oregano
Oregano is one of the most potent and powerful essential oils and has been used for centuries in traditional health practices for its cleansing and immune-boosting properties. The primary chemical
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All About Tea Tree
More commonly known as “Tea Tree,” Melaleuca essential oil has over 92 different compounds and limitless applications. The leaves of the Melaleuca tree were used by the Aborigines of Australia
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All About Easy Air
Easy Air (also called Breathe in the U.S) is an amazing oil to have on hand with winter on its way. It is a natural alternative to vicks rub. dōTERRA
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All About Lemon
The top-selling dōTERRA essential oil, Lemon has multiple benefits and uses. Lemon is a powerful cleansing agent that purifies the air and surfaces, and can be used as a non-toxic
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All About Lavender
Lavender is one of my all time favourite oils and I use it daily. Lavender has been used and cherished for centuries for its unmistakable aroma and myriad benefits. In
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Top Ten Essentials Info Series
I am so excited to announce that I am going to be doing an info series about the Top Ten must have oils. I get asked all the time which is
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Mini Raw Lemon Cheezecakes
This is another of my favourite recipes, these little lemon cheezecakes are just divine! The chocolatey base mixed with the creamy lemon filling truly is a yummy mix. This recipe contains
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All Natural Mould Destoyer
How cool is this! Last week I decided to try and clean the mould that was growing on my bathroom ceiling. It has been a very cold winter and our bathroom
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8 Exciting New doTERRA Products Released in Australia for 2018
I love it when new doTERRA products are released… It feels just like Christmas! Here’s my super-quick rundown on the 8 new products released at the Australian convention this year, so
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Essential Oils to Help Repel Bugs and Critters
If you're anything like me you'll be so happy to discover natural oily solutions to insects, bugs, and critters! A lot of the pest repellents sold commercially have some pretty toxic
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Essential Oils for Yoga
Essential oils have so much to offer around the practice of yoga and meditation. They can be used individually and blended together to support relaxation, focus, energy, and happiness. And in
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36 Quick-and-Easy Ways to Use Lavender, Peppermint and Lemon + Our Intro Kit
It never ceases to amaze me when I think about how several years ago the course of my life changed radically when I discovered essential oils … And my mission to
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7 Essential Oils that Men Love
Essential oils have so much to offer men, and many oils have both the masculine fragrances AND the properties to help support their health and wellness. Let’s take a quick
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Overhaul your household and personal care and go low tox!
For those of you that joined Jessie Reimers, Alison Bartolo from Healthy Munchkins and I last night for our Low Tox Living Webinar I hope you took away plenty of
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8 Essential Oils for Hair
Hair… our crowning glory! And I love, love, love that essential oils have so much to offer in the care for our luscious locks! Here's 8 top essential oils for scalp
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Essential Oils for ‘Back to School’ Support
Getting back to school after the long, wonderful school holidays can feel super challenging. I can still remember that feeling from my childhood! So this post is full of ideas about
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10 Essential Oils to Support the Thyroid
Recently I’ve been chatting to a couple of friends who are experiencing problems with underactive thyroid glands. And I’ve been looking at how essential oils might be used to support
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5 Essential Oils for Women (for hormonal balance, menstrual cycle, menopause, and in the bedroom!)
Today’s post is all about the top 5 essential oils to support us wonderful women! Those precious essential oils that can help support us hormonally––and with PMS, periods, the menopause…
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Essential Oils for Motivation and Focus this New Year
New Year’s a funny time of year, don’t you think? Christmas has passed with all its excitement and craziness. Rest and relaxation for some, frantic busyness for others. And then
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Essential oils for mental and emotional health
Christmas and New Year are magical times. But they can also be super stressful. All the excitement, family get-togethers, and the break from normal routine and sleep in short supply
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Best Essential Oils for Anxious Feelings
I bet we’ve all experienced anxious feelings! Bad day at work, an argument, our child having a temper tantrum. Hormonal issues, digestive issues, or a lack of sleep. Christmas! All sorts
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8 Top Essential Oils for Sleep
A lack of sleep can feel like torture can’t it! Any new mum will tell you that it’s one of the biggest challenges with a little one––doing life with little
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Essential oils for beautiful, healthy, and younger looking skin
Essential oils were used in beauty treatments as far back as the Egyptians, maybe even longer. There are also references relating to their use in China at around the Egyptian
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Essential oils to support menstrual cycle
Did you know that research suggests that menstruation may be one of the reasons women live longer than men on average worldwide? Okay that's great… but how can we make
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Healing Hands Foundation – The Gift of Rose Oil Lotion and Hope Oil
For me, belonging to something bigger than what I see has become valuable and vital. I didn't know it until I got involved and started finding out about the humanitarian work
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Essential oils for laundry
I’ve been talking recently about reducing toxins in our homes. And today I’m looking at how we can use essential oils in our laundry, and giving the toxic scents found
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Essential oils for cleaning and around the home
Today’s post is all about using essential oils around the house, and in particular, cleaning. I’m excited to share this with you because this was one of the first reasons
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How are you feeling? Essential oils to help mood
When I first discovered essential oils I was so excited to find they actually did help to support my mood and emotions. And this became one of my top reasons for
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Most commonly used essential oils for weight loss
We all know that creating healthier eating and lifestyle patterns can be key when we want to lose some weight. But did you know that certain essential oils can give
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Perfume 101
As a little girl I would ‘make perfume’ using flower petals and water in the garden… Now all grown up we can still make real perfume just as simply and
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Essential Oils for Fertility
Did you know that certain essential oils can be used to help support your hormonal balance and can support your fertility? For this post, I’m using doTERRA’s ClaryCalm as a starting
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How and When to Use Essential Oils
There are three ways to use essential oils for their benefits. Topically using either a compress, a spray, in a bath or massage, (note we recommend to dilute oils when
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Essential Oils for Skin and Beauty
Essential oils have been used for thousands of years in health and beauty preparations for their varied and highly prized properties. Let’s have a brief look at a few of them
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Carrier Oils 101
Carrier oils are used for two purposes with essential oils: Diluting the oils ‘Carrying the oil’ – allowing it to be more evenly and smoothly applied to skin. Other benefits include:
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12 Basic doTERRA Terms
When you start exploring anything new there are often words, expressions and meanings which seem unfamiliar. Essential oils are no different, so in this post I will take a quick
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4 Ways to Use Lemon for Immune Support
Lemon is one of doTERRA’s best selling essential oils, probably due to its multiple benefits and uses. As the Lemon essential oil is a powerful cleansing agent, it purifies air
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Get doTERRA’s Lifelong Vitality Supplements for FREE!
doTERRA are running a promotion where you can receive their Lifelong Vitality Supplements pack for free! This is an amazing offer, as these supplements have been a huge support in
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Oil of the Month: Why we love Ylang Ylang
Ylang Ylang essential oil is used extensively in making perfumes and in aromatherapy. This is one of my favourite essential oils as it’s used to lessen tension and stress and
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Boost your immune system this Winter with OnGuard
doTERRA’s OnGuard essential oil is a powerful blend that supports healthy immune function and contains cleansing properties. This is why OnGuard is a great essential oil to support your immune
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Clean & Purify Your Home with Tea Tree
Tea Tree essential oil (or also known as Melaleuca oil) is well-known for its purifying qualities. These qualities make it so useful for cleaning around the home, purifying the air
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All About Ice Blue
Ice Blue (called Deep Blue in the U.S.) is dōTERRA’s soothing blend of Wintergreen, Camphor, Peppermint, Blue Chamomile, Helichrysum, Osmanthus, and the ultra-rare Blue Tansy, which combine to create a cool, tingling sensation
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All About Digestzen
DigestZen is known as dōTERRA’s “tummy tamer” blend due to its ability to aid in digestion, soothe stomach upset, and maintain overall digestive health.* This unique blend contains Ginger, Fennel,
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Why Vetiver Should Be Your Next Purchase..
With a unique woody, smoky aroma, Vetiver is known to provide a calming and grounding effect on emotions. This essential oil is used extensively in perfumes, for massage therapy and
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6 Cleaning Problems That Oregano Can Fix
I love using Oregano essential oil in the kitchen; one drop in a spaghetti sauce or one a roast and the flavour is amazing! But this great essential oil also
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How to Detoxify Your Bathroom Cabinet..
You might already understand the level of toxic chemicals in your bathroom products, but I know how hard it can be to even begin to think of replacing them all!
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The Correct Way to Dilute Your Essential Oils..
Essential oils are extracts of plants, therefore they are highly concentrated! This is why you only need a drop (or two) in most circumstances, as they are potent with goodness.
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What You Need to Know About Essential Oils with Babies & Kids..
Essential oils can have so many benefits for your health and home, but what about your young ones? The same applies! I have seen amazing results with my little man
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Beating the Winter Blues with Essential Oils
Winter is starting to roll in with the cooler weather and rain, but your mood doesn’t have to match the weather! Many essential oils can help lift your mood throughout
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Oil of the Month: Why we love Peppermint
Peppermint is one of doTERRA’s best selling oils, so it’s no wonder it’s our Oil of the Month for May. The high menthol content in doTERRA’s Peppermint oil is what
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Calm and Clear Your Anxious Mind..
Anxiety is something that I have struggled with in the past, and it is something I mainly left behind after my shift towards a healthier lifestyle. However it’s still something
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Clean & Purify Your Home with OnGuard..
OnGuard is one of doTERRA's most popular oils, as it is a powerful blend that supports immune function and contains cleansing properties. It is one of my favourites to use
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How Safe Is Your Perfume?
The perfume you, or your colleagues or friends, wear everyday contain phthalates or otherwise sometimes just labelled as ‘fragrance’. The issue with phthalates is they are known hormone disruptors. This
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Oil of the Month: Frankincense
Frankincense is one of the most popular essential oils - and I’m going to tell you why! One of the main reasons are it’s extraordinary health benefits - supporting cellular
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4 Ways to Use Lavender to Clean Your Home..
Lavender is one of the most common and well-known essential oils for it’s lovely scent and calming properties. I find that one thing people don’t use it for often enough
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How to Blend Your Oils Like a Pro!
You just got your essential oils in the post! But other than using your diffuser, you’re not sure how to use them? This is something I find happens frequently, which
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Create Hormonal Harmony with Essential Oils
It’s no secret that I value hormonal balance as I know how much hormone imbalances can affect your health, and in turn your whole lifestyle! In light of March into
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Oil of the Month: Wild Orange
Wild Orange is one of the best selling oils from doTERRA, and I can see why! Boasting many health benefits, and an amazingly sweet scent, I use this essential oil
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My Top Tips for Managing Difficult Periods and PMS Naturally..
Some of my readers may know my past history in this area, but since this month marks March into Yellow, a challenge to help raise awareness of endometriosis, I really
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6 Ways Tea Tree Can Make Your Home Cleaner
Melaleuca essential oil, or commonly known as Tea Tree, is well-known for its purifying qualities. It’s useful for home surfaces, purifying the air and promoting healthy immune function, making it
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Secrets of doTERRA
It’s no secret that I love my essential oils! But not just any essential oils, I choose to use and align myself with doTERRA. Today I wanted to share the
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4 Ways to Clean Your Home with Lemon!
One of the big reasons I was drawn to essential oils was the fact that I could pretty much replace all of my chemical-laden cleaning products in our home. Trust
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The 6 Essential Oils You Can’t Travel Without..
As some of you may know, I headed to Fiji last week with my family for the doTERRA Incentive Trip. Traveling, while always fun, can be difficult, especially with small
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Essential oils to use as perfume this Valentine’s Day..
Valentine’s Day is around the corner! As you probably know, I am focused on living a low-tox lifestyle for myself and my family, and this occasion will be no different. Today
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What you’ve always wanted to know about Essential Oils..
What are essential oils? Essential oils are pure extracts from plants. These pure extracts are found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. Essential oils have
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All About Peppermint
The peppermint plant is a hybrid of watermint and spearmint and was first described by Carl Linneaus in 1753. A high menthol content—like that found in the dōTERRA Peppermint essential
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Toothache Relief
I cannot stand toothaches! They are so painful (especially when you are trying to study for an upcoming exam like I am!) however luckily clove oil can assist with your pain. Use
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Lemon Vanilla Bliss Balls
My latest creation is a true delight! I created this recipe last Sunday to take to our families Mother’s Day lunch and the bliss balls were enjoyed by all (even my
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DIY Air Freshener
This is such an awesome recipe to freshen up your house! Add 10 drops of both wild orange and lemongrass to a small glass spray bottle and fill with distilled water.
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Winter Immune Booster
Boost your immune system with the lovely On Guard blend which is a mix of wild orange, clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus and rosemary. This is doTerra's protective blend and it smells
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Wild Orange Jaffa Slice
This is by far my favourite essential oils infused slice! It is so easy to make and will be thoroughly enjoyed by everyone you share it with. This recipe was inspired
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Make Your Jewellery Sparkle
Tip of the week! Make your jewellery sparkle with this non toxic cleaning method
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Natural Ant Deterrent
Do you have a problem with ants in your pantry? I know in my house they were always trying to get into my honey! Well not anymore! I add a
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Are u trying to quit smoking?
Are u trying to quit smoking naturally? These 2 beautiful oils can support you- Diffuse black pepper or inhale the aroma directly from the bottle and also dilute clove oil with
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Got the FLU?
Dilute one or two drops of lemon and cypress oils in unscented bath gel and add to a relaxing bath. Alternatively diffuse these oils before bed to help relieve your
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Raw Choc Orange Cashew Bliss Balls
These bliss balls are a real treat! They are such a simple snack to make and they are packed full of nutrients and yummy wholefoods! What you need: -200grams cashew nuts (preferably
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Homemade non toxic cleaning spray
Are you trying to cut down on the amount of toxins you use in your home? This is a simple way to make your own effective toxin free cleaning spray
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10 REASONS TO CHOOSE doTERRA
1. Because they are AMAZING, seriously give them a try and see for yourself. Their purity and efficacy will stun you. THEY ACTUALLY WORK. There are no fillers, synthetics, fragrances, perfumes,
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Get started on your oily journey with doTERRA
For a long time I was really sceptical about essential oil brands, that was until I was introduced to doTERRA essential oils at my recent Raw food training course. I now use them in