Top 5 Tips for Freezing Food
When it comes to meal prepping and bulk cooking it can get confusing as to how to freeze cooked food safely and conveniently. Let's take [...]
How to BOGO – All you need to know!
What is BOGO? BOGO is an acronym that stands for 'Buy One, Get One'. Roughly 3 or 4 times a year doTERRA runs a BOGO [...]
Jo’s Healthy Lifestyle Journey
Last year was full of highs... highs anyone in their right mind would be so insanely grateful for, but the truth is I didn't enjoy [...]
Save Money Living Additive-Free
Bet we have your attention now, don't we?! One of the first things we both did when we started living additive-free was to suss [...]
Flavour v Natural Flavour: What’s The Difference?
We thought we knew the difference between flavours and natural flavours. In fact, we had already written a blog post on this topic, we just [...]
Adaptiv™️ System
When this essential oil and capsule system first came out at doTERRA® global convention in 2019 we were so excited to get our hands [...]
The Secret Ingredients in Ham and Bacon
Processed meats, like ham and bacon, are a hot topic for us, cause ... well, it's yum! But these types of meats predominantly use nitrates/nitrites [...]
Time to Quash the Quelch!
It's come to our attention of late that a lot of schools are stocking the Berri Quelch brand of ice pops now and, honestly, you'd [...]
Here’s to New Beginnings After A Roller-Coaster 2019
2019 was by far the toughest year of my life - Jo here. It started off with some of the toughest news any person can [...]
How to Make Non-Toxic Foaming Hand Wash and Hand Sanitiser
Store-bought hand wash and hand sanitisers are quite frankly a chemical sh*t storm! We're talking serious nasties like: Triclosan Found in some toothpaste and anti-bacterial [...]
Everyday Additive-Free FAQ
In the short amount of time that our book has been released, we've received loads of questions, so we thought what better way to answer [...]
What to look out for when buying essential oils
Did you know that not all essential oils are created equal? Adulteration of oils is rife throughout the industry given it is not regulated. It [...]
The Fast Food Chain Blazing an Additive-Free Trail
With 130 restaurants internationally, Mexican fast-food chain, Guzman y Gomez is blazing a trail by delivering fast, convenient food that is additive-free! Yes, you did [...]
Eating Organic On A Budget
It seems to be a common misconception that eating organic is super expensive, but we are here to tell you that this is not true. [...]
Our Fave doTERRA Non-Essential Oil Products
I think it's fairly safe to say that most of you will know that doTERRA is pretty well known for their pure essential oils. But [...]
Fussy Kids and Food Fatigue
This week we are featuring a guest blog post written by our staff member, Sherilyn. Sherilyn is a mum of two teenage boys who are [...]
Tracey’s Lowdown on Hair Extensions
Why did I get hair extensions?? I have been asked this a lot and figured I will share everything I know about them with you. [...]
How To Make Kombucha
Here's the truth, before going additive-free I (Jo) was addicted to diet coke. When I was trying to quit, I used to justify it [...]
Sugar Free-zies – How They Rate By Our Strict Standards
Since we did our blog post about Zooper Doopers, discussion about store-bought ice-blocks has gone a little crazy. Lots of you have been contacting us [...]
Aspartame: Why You Should Ditch the Soft Drinks and Avoid This Nasty Additive
Disclaimer: Don’t shoot the messenger! If you’re an avid soft drink lover then you’re not going to like this post, but it’s vitally important that [...]
Things are changing…
It's Jo here, and this story starts way back in 2013 with a free little Wordpress blog, an idea and the craving for community. I [...]
Essential Oil Safety
A question we receive quite often is around the safety of essential oils, which is totally understandable, in fact, we had the same questions when [...]
Easy Swaps to Live Additive-Free
We get asked all the time what are the easiest swaps you can make to start living additive-free without it being overwhelming. We completely understand [...]
doTERRA Transparency
It's probably no secret that we love doTERRA! Not just the oils and how they have completely revolutionised our healthcare for us and our families, [...]
10 Days Worth Of Meals For Nearly $200 – How To Shop On A Budget
It's Jo here, hi! So recently I posted on social media an image of my food receipts for the week. You can see that I [...]