On Break Ups

you know I always thought that when people broke up and they all said..... it was sudden.... I didn't see it coming.... that they were just being silly how could they not see it coming how could they not realize what was going on... I didn't see it coming this for tornadoes and other natural disasters... not for relationships..... this time it was me I didn't see it coming... I didn't expect it to happen.... especially over a text message... yes that is how my relationship ended over text message.... it went from we've grown apart too we can still be friends to you deserve better than me and all of the usual cliches in between and when I finally asked the one question that had been burned back of my brain 'have met someone else?' I think I already knew the answer... we went from being in love to have nothing in common at all he had everything in common with her he could tell her things he couldn't tell me....wouldn't tell me.... experiences that he couldn't share..... and now I'm picking up the pieces... thanks to some amazing friends.. it's over....

Then you look back and you start to think, you start to wonder, and you start to regret. And regret in itself is an inner demon. One you wrestle with late at night when no one else is around but you're still awake and staring at the ceiling. Regret is a demon that takes you out dancing and drinking on Friday nights and twirls you around and around and around until up and is no longer up and down is something that you are trying desperately to escape from. Then one day you wake up and realize, that by living your life you have nothing to regret. To regret something is to wish you had never done it and by not doing it you would not know what you know now and you would not have grown as a person, an individual, a soul. Then ever so slowly you let go of regret and with each little bit you let go you gain a part of yourself back that you never even knew you had lost and with each bit of yourself that you get back you get a little bit strong. This does not happen right away though, you see, but it does happen. Eventually. 

How To Make A Coconut Oil Skin Polish...

Coconut oil + essential oils + a few more skin nourishing ingredients = fantastic natural beauty product that you’ll become addicted to.

Coconut Oil Skin Polish + Essential Oil Blends

Next to doTERRA's CPTG essential oils, I can't think of much else that's moreversatile and excellent for you than coconut oil!  Just when I think I've used it in every possible way known to mankind, I find another brilliant use for it. 

You, and your skin will L O V E this new skin polish!

In August '12, I showed you how to make a Whipped Coconut Oil Cleanser {Click Here} using EOs.  Cleansing with oil has been a defining discovery for my skin.  If you haven't tried it, it needs to go on your Beauty Bucket List this very moment!  Please refer to the Coconut Oil Cleanse post for the simply amazing details of Oil Cleansing {Click Here}.

Whipped Coconut Oil Cleanser

Let's get to the new Coconut Oil Skin Polish...Yay!   Made with much the sameorganic ingredients as the cleanser along with the addition of cornmeal, creating a very fine and gentle cleanser AND skin polish in one special product!  

What makes the skin polish even more beneficial is the addition of EOspertaining to your skin's needs!

~ Coconut Oil Skin Polish Recipe ~

2 cups organic extra virgin coconut oil
1/2 cup avocado oil (olive is nice too)
1~1/4 cup cornmeal

Soften coconut oil, whip in the avocado oil, blend in cornmeal.

Recipe fills five 4oz canning jars!  Best gifts for your family & friends EVER!

Warmed in oven to soften.

Cornmeal and oils blended together with hand mixer.

Custom blend for blemishes:

(per 4 oz jar)

10 drops Lavender EO

5 drops Melaleuca EO

Coconut oil is F A B U L O U S for problem skin because of it's anti~bacterial and anti~microbial properties!  Melaleuca for a deeper clean and Lavender to calm and soothe skin.

Custom blend for hydrating and healing:

(per 4 oz jar)

10 drops Lavender

5 drops Geranium

For my aging skin, I add anti~aging EOs:  8 drops Frankincense, 5 drops Helichrysum, 2 drops Myrrh and 2 drops Geranium per 4 oz jar.

Add the EOs of 

your choice to the 

jars BEFORE you 

add the warmed 

oils.  Once filled, 

take a small whisk 

or a tiny spoon and 

very gently stir the 

EOs to blend ALL 

of the oils.  Let sit 

for an hour until 

cool and put the lids on 

snuggly!

And there you have it, your NEW addiction!  This all natural, skin nourishingPolish might be habit forming :)