Spotlight on Melrose

Spotlight on Melrose

Melrose is a household staple! This combination of two types of Tea Tree, Rosemary, and Clove is a wonderful cleansing blend for body and mind! This is one oil we reach for when the crud hits, when we have skin needs, when our airways need some support, and even for cleaning.

JUST A DROP OF MELROSE

Has a fresh, herbaceous aroma that is cleansing and purifying

Reduces the appearance of blemishes and minor skin imperfections

Features Tea Tree essential oil, which is known to help support the appearance of healthy skin

Supports healthy airways

BACKGROUND

Young Living Founder D. Gary Young created Melrose essential oil blend for its cleansing properties, whether used topically or diffused. Native to Australia, Tea Tree essential oil is widely regarded for its cleansing properties, with topical applications for skin, hair, and nails. In addition to these benefits, Tea Tree is known for its ability to effectively neutralize unwanted odors, making it a great addition to this blend. Rosemary and Clove round out the cleansing properties and add support for the immune system, respiratory system, and health overall.

KEY INGREDIENTS

TEA TREE & NIAOULI (Melaleuca alternifolia, Melaleuca quinquenervia): Tea Tree is very versatile oil, supporting healthy-looking skin and nails, neutralizing odors, and promoting healthy hair and scalp! This is a great oil for cleaning recipes and DIYs, skincare needs, and diffusing to cleanse the air.

ROSEMARY: Rosemary has an invigorating, herbaceous scent that makes a great addition to this blend. It is cleansing and alerting and can be used to create an environment conducive to work or study. Rosemary is often included in soaps, fragrances, shampoos, and household cleaners and is a key ingredient in the Thieves essential oil blend because of its immune and antioxidant properties.

CLOVE: Clove has been a wellness staple for longer than most people realize. Clove was listed in Hildegard's Medicine, a compilation of early German medicines by highly regarded Benedictine Herbalists, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)! This oil is spicy and cleansing, supports overall health, is a powerful antioxidant, and has wonderful immune support properties.

KEY CONSTITUENTS

1,8 cineole (Eucalyptol)

Terpinene-4-ol

Alpha pinene

Gamma terpinene

PRODUCT OPTIONS

Melrose Essential Oil Blend

Golden Touch 1 Essential Oil Collection

DAILY HABITS WITH MELROSE

Use Melrose in your personal care & beauty routines

Apply Melrose topically on location for its powerful cleansing properties. Use before applying a bandage or make a Pavement Spray:

2 oz glass spray bottle

25 drops Melrose

15 drops Copaiba

Liquid carrier of choice

Apply it topically on location to reduce the appearance of blemishes and minor skin imperfections. Use on blemishes, t-zone or oil areas.

Add 3–5 drops of Melrose to your daily moisturizer to reduce the appearance of weather-worn skin.

Make a 10mL T-Zone Roller:

25 drops Melrose

10 drops Copaiba

Optional: 5 drops Lemon

Jojoba oil

Drop Melrose onto your shower floor and let the oil and the steam open your airways.

Make a steam pot with hot water and a few drops of Melrose. Place a towel over your head and breathe deeply to open the airways.

Whip up a DIY Chest Rub:

½ cup solid coconut oil

10 Raven or R.C.

10 drops Melrose

Add Melrose to your daily immune roller! In a 10mL roller, combine:

20 drops each Melrose, Frankincense, Thieves, Lemon

Carrier of choice

Use in your home care and cleaning routines

Diffuse Melrose to create a refreshing aromatic and uplifting experience.

Diffuse it to help neutralize odors and dispel impurities.

Add a few drops to your laundry soap to give your clothes a fresh, clean aroma.

Add to wool dryer balls for fresh, clean laundry.

Use in this DIY Laundry Scent Booster:

To a large glass jar with a lid add:

1 cup Epsom Salt

½ cup Fine Sea Salt

½ cup Baking Soda

30 drops Melrose (or a mix of desired oils)

To use, add 2-3 Tbsp directly to the laundry.

Make a DIY Carpet & Rug Freshener

To an airtight glass jar add:

1 cup Baking Soda

½ cup Fine Sea Salt

20 drops Melrose

10 drops Lavender (optional)

Mix well. When ready to use, sprinkle over carpets and let sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming.

Make these DIY Cleaning Fizzies for the bathroom or kitchen:

1 cup Baking Soda

½ cup Citric acid

½ cup Cornstarch

4 teaspoons water

30 drops Melrose

3 teaspoons V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex or other carrier

Ice cube tray or candy mold

Step 1) In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix evenly.

Step 2) In a separate bowl, combine water, essential oils or blends, and V-6.

Step 3) Pour liquids into the large bowl and mix together until combined.

Step 4) Use the mixture to fill an ice cube tray or candy mold about three fourths full. If the mixture expands and spills over the mold, gently repack into the mold.

Step 5) Let sit overnight to dry in a room temperature area. When dry, pop tablets out and store in a glass jar.

To Use: When needed, put a tablet in the toilet bowl, hard-to-clean bottles, or sink full of dishes to help clean and deodorize. Let sit in the bowl, bottle, or sink for 20–30 minutes to fizz and dissolve. Once dissolved, flush or rinse out.

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ESSENTIAL OILS

When you have a cough or cold or feel one coming on, you just want to be comfortable – especially if you still have to work, travel, or take care of your children or loved ones! (click on the individual oil pictures to learn more about the oil)

Thieves Essential Oil Blend:

This blend is our go-to for all things immune system related! It's the blend infused into the chest rub and cough drops we just talked about – and for good reason! We love to apply and diffuse this blend, add Thieves Vitality to a mug of echinacea tea, or add it to epsom salts for an immune supporting detox bath!

Frankincense Essential Oil:

Frankincense is an immune and respiratory powerhouse! This historical oil has been used for centuries for health. Apply it with Thieves, Lemon, R.C. or Purification to the chest and back, add a few drops to the Thieves Chest Rub when you apply, add Frankincense to epsom salts for a detox bath, and diffuse this oil when you're feeling down. Get it in, on and around you as much as possible!

Lemon Essential Oil:

Lemon is a wonderful oil for soothing cough and creating comfort in times of congestion. Diffuse it, apply it with Frankincense and Thieves Chest Rub, add a few drops of Lemon Vitality to echinacea tea, and add Lemon to detox baths. Lemon is high in limonene, a constituent highly regarded for its immune system support.

R.C. Essential Oil Blend:

Standing for Respiratory Comfort, R.C. essential oil blend is a gentle eucalyptus blend that we love for soothing and comforting the respiratory system. Diffuse, apply, and add this oil to detox baths as much as possible. This is a great choice for little ones too!

Purification Essential Oil Blends:

This purifying blend is another favorite for immune and respiratory needs. Containing Tea Tree, Lemongrass, Myrtle and other purifying oils, it makes a great addition to your comfort routine during times of cough or cold. Diffuse, apply, and add to bath salts.

Raindrop Technique Collection: This curated set of essential oils is a powerful tool for promoting health, wellness and vitality – both proactively and for acute needs since the oils included can be incredible tools for healing! This collection features nine essential oils with immune and respiratory support properties. We love them for making rollers and adding to detox baths!

Thieves chest rub & cough

THIEVES CHEST RUB

A must-have for every medicine cabinet, Thieves Chest Rub is a 100% plant-based alternative for over-the-counter cough and congestion relief. This natural chest rub soothes sniffles, coughs, and congestion for the whole family with a powerful blend of essential oils and natural, plant-based ingredients.Plus the easy-to-use bottle doesn't even require you to get your hands messy!! The formula is free of petroleum, parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, synthetic perfumes or dyes, artificial colors, or preservatives and still packs an incredible punch when it comes to cough and cold! Pure ingredients and all the power of Thieves kicking that chest congestion to the curb? We will take some of that!

Sadly, conventional chest rubs are filled with synthetic additives and diluents, and even the ‘natural' options are less than ideal. Many options use petroleum as a base. Petroleum (petrolatum) is often not fully refined in the US, which means it can be contaminated with toxic chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.Many ‘natural' chest rubs also contain impure essential oils or other lower-grade components that don't meet the same standards as the ingredients found in Young Living products. The active ingredient in the most popular over the counter chest rub is actually a synthetic version of Ravintsara essential oil! And we are always going to choose the original over a synthetic copy, especially when it comes to our health and our family's health!

THIEVES COUGH DROPS

Get natural, quick, and safe cough, congestion, and sore throat relief Thieves Essential Oil-Infused Cough Drops! These are a staple in our cough and cold toolbox. They are easy to keep at home or take on the go, made with naturally derived ingredients, taste great, and work wonders!

Thieves Essential Oil-Infused Cough Drops are minty, spicy, and sweet without processed sugar, dyes, artificial flavors, or preservatives found in conventional cough drops. Infused with Cinnamon Bark, Peppermint, and Lemon essential oils, these menthol-based drops make soothing coughs and colds simple and tasty.

THIEVES HARD LOZENGES

Infused with Young Living's signature Thieves essential oil blend of Clove, Cinnamon Bark, Eucalyptus, Rosemary, and Lemon essential oils, these lozenges are one of the things we reach for to keep our immune systems firing on a daily basis! The Thieves Hard Lozenges are a sugar-free dietary supplement to add to your daily wellness regimen with more of a cinnamon taste than a menthol one.We use these daily when we need a lozenge, when we travel to bolster our immune systems, and sometimes in place of the Thieves Cough Drops when we are out or if someone doesn't want the strong menthol taste of the drops (but it's that menthol that helps open the airways and soothe the throat!).

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