Thieves Cleaning my Jewelry

As we near the end of March, I noticed that my few pieces of aquamarine jewelry are looking pretty grimy.  Back in the day, when we lived in California, I worked in a jewelry store.  When I left I 'borrowed' a couple tubs of jewelry cleaner.  But it's been a long while since I used it all up, though it was also chock full of chemicals.  One thing I recall about cleaning jewelry from my days at the store, you don't want to use regular soap, because it will leave grime on your stones.  You might get the dirt out, but you'll likely leave behind a film that will detract from the sparkle and natural beauty of the stones.

So I decided to look up a recipe for using Essential Oils, a more natural cleaner to retain the natural beauty of my stones.   Here goes my experiment.

Recipe for Oily Jewelry Cleaner

2 tsp Thieves Cleaner

2 tsp Witch Hazel

1 tsp Baking Soda

3 drops Lemon oil

3 drops Tea Tree oil 

Mix in a glass jar, soak jewelry in for a minute or so, then remove, gently brush with toothbrush.  Do not scrub or use on pearls, opals, or turquoise.  Rinse clear with water and pat dry.  

If you want to see my Video of using it and creating it, here you go:  

Sorry I turned it sideways a quarter of the way through, I'm not a professional videographer.   

Photos are more my thing. ;)

Jams and Oils

I've been hosting a Jamberry Party this week, and a few of my friends have asked how I take them off.   I incorporate using Young Living Essential Oils into the removal of my Jamberry Nail Wraps.  

For some reason, I couldn't get the computer to switch directions while recording, so it recorded in two separate pieces.   I also couldn't get it to merge them together.  So here you go, 2 valuable chunks.  

So for you here to review how I remove my Jamberry wraps with Essential Oils. 

Enjoy!  Hope you are able to do some healthy removal, and enjoy combining these great products!  

Ears and Improvisation

So I have this blend I use, I call it my Snoochie Blend.  It's 10 drops each of Melrose, Purification, and Lavender, and I use it around my ears and sinuses when I'm having congestion.  Last fall, I made a youtube video on what I do with my Snoochie Blend, it's not good, but here you go -

 

This week caught me off guard.  Jacob woke up Tuesday morning feverish.   Sam had gotten sick the week before, and it was Jacob's turn.  He woke up grumpy, and coughing more than usual.  I didn't like the look he had, so I took him into the Dr. in the afternoon.  He had a fever by naptime. And he had an ear infection.   I didn't see that coming!

So since then I've been trying to smother us all in the Snoochie Blend. But Chris got an ear infection by Thursday too, and apparently, a cough begun by some sort of viral crud can  lead to ear infections.  Oy.  So far, I've been applying to myself and haven't caught it.... yet.  Knock on wood.

Last night was a girl's night out for me, and I was so grateful for it, as I'd been home with sickies all week.  But one of my friend's ear was in need of some support, and she didn't have any Melrose.  So we Improvised:

10 drops Purification
10 drops Lavender
7 drops Melaleuca A.  (Tea Tree)
3 drops Thieves (which has Clove and Rosemary just like Melrose)
2 drops Panaway (since there's Clove but also Helichrysum, which I've been reading lately is great for ear support)

This blend smelled so fabulous.  We put it in a roller, and added some grapeseed carrier oil.  And she applied it around the base of her ear and down to her throat, just like I did in my video.
Within probably half an hour she started to feel some differences, she wasn't sure if it was good things or not.  But this morning, she told me her ear was feeling tons better!  So I wanted to share this Improv Success Story!

Amy's Cuts and Butts Awesomesauce

I went to visit my friend Amy on MLK day with the boys, so that all our kids could play thunderdome while we talked Oils.  One of my favorite recipes that she let me sample was this one. It's Fabulous for EVERYTHING!   This is what they were thinking of when they created the phrase, "awesomesauce".   So when my sister in law Erica and I met up this week for a Make-n-Take session of our own, I wanted to make it.    It was so much to make all kinds of goodies.   This is Amy's Recipe for her homemade neosporin.   We just called it Cuts and Butts.

Amy's Cuts and Butts

1/4 cup coconut oil (the organic solid at room temperature type)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp beeswax
20 drops Lavender oil
12 drops Frankincense oil
10 drops Lemon oil
8 drops Tea Tree aka Melaleuca

Melt beeswax in a double boiler.  I use a glass bowl on top of a boiling pot of water.  Once melted add coconut oil, and wait until it melts and is uniform.  Then add the olive oil, mix and remove from heat.  Add Young Living Essential Oils.   Then pour into desired container, it makes ~5 ounces.   We made two baby food jars.

2016 Goals and Oola

I was listening to Corie, one of our upline Diamonds, discuss about Top Tips for 2016, and I realized, I did write down my business goals, but not post them.

One of my biggest goals is to be Executive by June.

 The reason for that is a subgoal - I'm going to Convention.   But they just sent around a note that the Si6 'Silver in 6' reward program is going to be discontinued March 1st.   They will grandfather anyone in who has already achieved .  So I'm going to try to kick it up a notch, by offering this special deal for anyone who would like to join my team, or to kick it up by joining our monthly frequent shopper program, Essential Rewards.

I've been reading the book - Oola: Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World by Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl.  If you haven't checked out this book, please do so!  It's Awesome! Oola is defined as a State of Awesomeness.   And when you do that by boosting 7 different life categories, when you are balanced, your life wheel rolls smoothly.  That's a very abbreviated version of it.  I follow the OolaLife on Periscope.  When Gary and Mary Young read the book, they loved it too.  And they got together with the Oola Guys to develop 2 Oola based Oil blends:  Oola Balance and Oola Grow.  Then last year Young Living and Oola got together and developed the Infused 7, based on the 7 Principles of Oola:  Faith, Family, Field, Finance, Friends, Fitness, and Fun.   

One of the first assignments as I finished the book, was to find My Why.   To do that, I pick 3 goals for each of the 7 F's, and then find one Goal to start on with regard to them.  

Finance

1. To be Debt - free.  Don't spend what we don't have. 

2. Pay off Disney credit card

3. Pay Medical Debts. 

Fitness

1. Run a 5K

2. Lose 50 pounds

3. Exercise to Sweat Everyday

Faith

1. Read a Devotional Everyday

2. Join a small group

3. Church choir - maybe rejoin in the fall

Friends

1. Be a better friend, travel to see them, offer to host

2. Visit once a week

3.  Send a Birthday Card in the mail

Field

1. Care Calls - one or two a week, monthly team calls

2. Weekly Perisocpe

3. Executive by Convention in Utah (was supposed to be June, but now by March hopefully)

Family

1. Yell less

2. From 4-7 No Computer/work, Community Screen Time, unless Family Movie Night

3. Dates with Each Child, one per month / Monthly Date with Eric

Fun 

1. Wii U once a week

2. Save $ for Family Vacation

3. Weekly Alone Time

From my Purple Notebook - Eric Worre's 10 Steps to Supercharge Your Network Marketing Business

This morning Eric Worre gave an inspiring Periscope that I just happened to chilling with Jacob when the computer buzzed at me.  And though Periscope was giving fits, it was Excellent.   I've been feeling in a bit of a slumb, not from my team, but because I myself was just in a business-y slump through the holidays, and I can't wait to see what the new year brings!  Check out NetworkMarketingPro.com/supercharge for more info!

10 Steps To Supercharge Your Network Marketing Business

1. Personal Growth
 - Be a Lifelong Learner (Take Notes!)
 - Listen (audio, podcasts, repetition)
 - Reading (What's on your book list?  Network Marketing Pro!)
 - Watching (training videos, youtube, periscope ;) )
 - Attending - Go to Convention, Classes, Events
 - Associations - Can push or pull you on or off track, choose wisely
 - Budget - set a specific amount aside for personal growth (he started $500)
*Consume content then Go To Work! ~ 30 minutes a day

2. Network Marketing Skills - Top earners make sure their group is Trained
 -a. Finding Prospects
 -b. Inviting Prospects
 -c. Presenting to Prospects
 -d. Follow up with Prospects
 -e. Closing the deal
 -f. Getting New People Started
 -g. Promoting New Events
Rate self 1-10 on each category, then rate the team 1-10.  Set in motion strategy to make teams better.  Repeat assessment periodically.

3.  Product or Service
  - Be a Passionate Ambassador
  - Public Use, consume it publically
  - Train on your Product/Service
  - Gather Customers, try to maintain a small tight group, 10ish

4. Time Management -
 - Treat this like a Job!
 - Have specific hours, set in advance, let people know your "office hours"
 -"Manage activities, not time."
 - 15 minute strategy, Focused!
 - Top leaders are Fiercely Protective of their Time.

5. Consistent Method of Operation
 - What are habits that serve you best?
 -Top leaders have daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual baseline plans
 -Daily - Plan for the day - Personal Development/ spiritual time,
     1. Use products daily
     2. Sharing Products with Others
     3. Sharing the opportunity with at least 1
     4. Promoting Events
 -Weekly - Plan for the entire week on Sunday night.
 -Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly  - building campaigns
 -Develop solid baselines! Consistency is Key!

6.  Duplication
 - Simple - Top earners Simplify, and keep it duplicatable
 -Tools
 -Systems
 -Fight Complexity - Don't mess with simple core message, nature tends to chaos
"I don't know, all I know is ex./use products to xyz" It's OK to say I don't know

7. Events - Meetings Make Money! Personal contact helps make decisions
 - ANNUAL CONVENTION!  -June 22-26 Non-negotiable. Sacred time.  Fastest way to get to the top.
-Quarterly, Regional, Local, Home, Online events - all build to Convention
"We are Event Promoters."  Be an Event Ambassador!

8. Communication - The Organization most connected wins!
 - Strategies, Email, Social Groups, Phone, Text, Conference Calls, Webinars, Videos
 -Weak leaders depend (hope) on their leaders.  Top leaders make sure for them, blast info repeatedly, cover all bases. * I need to work on this!

9.Mapping your year  - 12 months in your year, times of highs, med, and low
 -Get people to Convention, recruiting, customers, contests
-*When mapping your year, plan the campaigns!

10. Campaigns - Engage, Create, and Promote campaigns!
- short term burst of activity with a particular goal
-Leaders think in Campaigns, thinking I need an Assignment!
-Product Campaign - train people build around it, use it, promote it, make it fun
-Recruiting - this month, "Get 3 to Live Free"*, focus on it
-Home Meeting - 10 in 10 weeks*, win something special, a pin
-Convention - Top Ten Reason, value, benefits for going
-Tools/System - example: audio cd giveaway, opportunity video

11. BONUS STRATEGY:  Success Loves Speed!
- Baseline does daily requirements, but occasionally need to get a Boost
-Take an Evening (4 hours) and go Nuts!  Make appts, call, mail, text...
 -Take a day (12 hrs)
 -Week to Meet a hundred people!
Become Bold, Crazy, Attractive-  Part Time people can do an eve, day, week
 - Month - create a 30 day game plan
 - 90 days - Insanity Boot Camp- most people not ready, but Full Time leaders can

**Eric Worre has a Series of Training Programs
1. Getting Started - Formula One - online 100$
2. Go Pro Recruiting Mastery - 20 hrs, 1500$
3. 90 Day Game Plan - 2 day 1000$ per person
4. Most Powerful Women - Home Study course 500$
5. Network Marketing Speaker Academy- how to keynote, speeches, 2 day course $1000
 - Go Pro All Access - Netflix like with all of the above $500 for 12 months
SPECIAL- $500 +Gift to 3 people -  I believe in you!

GoProAllAccess/signup/supercharge

January Make -n- Take Class