Essential Oil Recipes
Zap! Tips for Preventing Bug Bites + The Best Natural Insect Sprays
Summer means splashing in pools, hitting the sand, savoring stone fruits, backyard barbecues, and … figuring out how to prevent mosquito bites! Nature’s smallest creatures love to come out and play during the hottest months of the year, which makes bug spray an essential skin-care item for every member of the family.
Staying Home? Diffuse a DIY Essential Oil Blend
A few deep breaths can go a long way. Set the stage for some serious self-care by making a DIY essential oil blend that may support immunity and will remind you to take a minute to recharge. This simple recipe features drops of warm cinnamon, refreshing eucalyptus, woody rosemary, and a touch of vibrant citrus.
Grapeseed Oil vs. Olive Oil
No healthy pantry is complete without oil, but which one is best? There’s a huge range of options, with various colors, flavors, uses, and nutritional values at play. It’s enough to make anyone’s head spin when trying to stock your pantry. Today, let’s kick overwhelm to the curb! We’re breaking down two popular picks—olive oil ...
DIY Essential Oil Beaded Bracelet
Now you can bring the soothing aromas of essential oils with you on the go. This DIY bracelet can be designed with beads in your favorite colors and scented with any aromatherapy blend to suit your mood. Once you gather the materials and ingredients and put the bracelet together, it’ll give off its healing aroma ...
The Power of Essential Oils with Dr. Eric Zielinski
Dr. Eric Zielinski is a pioneer in natural living. After being sick as a young child and recovering from several chronic diseases in his early 20s, Dr. Zielinski is on a mission to share the evidence-based approach to natural living that empowered him to regain control of his health. Formally trained as an aromatherapist, public ...
Essential Oil Rollers 4 Ways
Stressed? Under the weather? Sluggish? Just roll with it. Whip up a batch of DIY roller balls filled with soothing essential oils, and you’ll be ready to boost your wellbeing every day. Using everything from invigorating peppermint to calming lavender, these blends may help you support digestion, ease anxiety, and boost brain health and immunity.
DIY Citrus Fabric Sanitizer Spray
Refresh your fabrics, rugs, sheets, and closets with this DIY sanitizing spray. The recipe, courtesy of Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home by Becky Rapinchuk, requires just four simple ingredients that you might already have on hand! Once you learn the basic ratios, play around with your favorite essential oil scents for a custom ...
How to Clean Essential Oil Diffusers
There are so many ways to enjoy essential oils, but diffusers tend to reign supreme. These clever gadgets can quickly conjure a spa-like experience in any room, filling it with the intoxicating fragrance of your favorite oils. However, this calming self-care ritual does require a bit of upkeep. If your diffuser is not misting it ...
Lather Up With Thrive Market’s Body Care Line
At Thrive Market we care just as much about what you put on your body as what you put in it, so when we set out to create our body care line, it wasn’t enough to offer basic body wash and shampoo. We wanted high-quality products free from phthalates, sulfates, and gluten that really work—all ...
Refresh Your Kitchen With DIY Garbage Disposal Pods
If you’ve ever turned on the garbage disposal switch only to be greeted by a not-so-pleasant odor coming from the kitchen sink, then we’ve got a DIY recipe to freshen things up—fast! This easy recipe combines laundry powder with a few pantry staples like baking soda and salt. We like the refreshing, citrusy notes of ...
This DIY Seaweed and Essential Oil Bath Bomb Brings the Spa Experience Home
We didn’t know there was anything better than lounging in a hot, steamy tub … until bath bombs came along.
Make Your Shower Even More Relaxing With DIY Essential Oil Pods
Our fun diffuser pods are the perfect way to enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy in your morning shower, and you can make them in advance so they’re ready when you are. Just place one on top of your shower drain, and enjoy the refreshing aroma while you scrub up.
Bye, Bye, Bugs! Keep Pests Away With Our DIY Insect Repellent
Summer might be prime time for hiking, biking, grilling, and enjoying nature, but it also means the bugs are out. Before your next adventure, make a batch of this easy DIY insect repellent to help keep mosquitos and other pests away. Witch hazel is a natural astringent known for soothing skin irritated from blisters and ...
Breathe In, Breathe Out: Try This DIY Desk Diffuser For An Instant Recharge
Relaxation seems to be a much sought-after, infrequently experienced state in our modern lives, but it can be as simple as taking a deep breath. Especially if that breath happens to occur within close proximity of this simple DIY Essential Oil Desk Diffuser. All you need are three ingredients and an unscented candle and you’ll ...
This Coconut Oil Trick Might Solve Winter Skin Woes for Good
When temperatures drop, snow isn’t the only thing that flakes. Ashy skin, a windburned face, painfully cracked palms—it’s not pretty.
Your Essential Oil Horoscope: Pick the Perfect Scent For Your Astrological Sign
The New York Times completely poo-poos it, but the New York Post features it daily. Just like these two rival papers, most readers fall on one side of the other—either you think that horoscopes are total B.S., or your actions and decisions are heavily influenced by the stars and planets.
Should You Be Worried About How Much Hair You Lose In the Shower?
Living with 120 girls is a great reminder of just how much hair humans lose on a daily basis.
5 Ways to Bring Some Zen To Your Desk and Your Work Life
Stress is a natural part of most jobs—a little stress can motivate us to finish projects on time and come up with new ideas, but when the pressure becomes too great, it can take a serious toll on workers’ health.
Strange Home Rituals That Can Actually Increase Your Happiness
Marie Kondo’s New York Times bestseller, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, promises a happier, cleaner, clutter-free life.
Thrive 5: These Oils Are Truly Essential for a Relaxing Weekend
TGIF! With these five oils waiting for us at home, our weekend forecast is looking—and smelling—beautiful.
The Real Lifespan of The Personal Care Products You Use Every Day
It happens to the best of us: Shuffling feet in the drugstore aisle contemplating how long to hold off on buying a new pack of razors. Real talk: Personal care items can feel like an annoying expense.
Kitchen Hack: What To Do When Bugs Invade Your Pantry
No matter where you find them, insects can be seriously gross. But the kitchen might just be the worst place to discover a bug infestation in your home.
Essential Oil Blend Recipes
Sure, a simple drop of lavender essential oil warmed between the palms can invoke an instant sense of calm. But harnessing the true power of essential oils is both an art and a science.
Banish Bugs the Natural Way With This DIY Spray
After a long summer day, there’s nothing more lovely than the moment when the dreamscape of a psychedelic sunset fades below the horizon—until you hear the telltale buzzing of mosquitos and realize that for them, it’s dinnertime.