The season has officially changed again, and it’s time for us to transition to all things Fall. It can seem more difficult to transition to colder seasons from warmer seasons than it does for the reverse. While many of us love fall (you know my thoughts on the subject ;)), it can be challenging to fully feel like we’re ready for the Fall season after a long, hot summer. Since we’re hunkering down for the chill rather than opening up for the warm, the process doesn’t come as easily to some of us. Unlike the organized and energized feelings we get when we participate in Spring Cleaning, many of us experience negative emotions when moving into the Fall and Winter seasons. Perhaps it in some correlates to how many of us struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in the colder months, but I know many of us struggle with what I call “Seasonal Transition Fatigue.” I characterize Seasonal Transition Fatigue as something that makes people feel like they can’t fully enjoy all the things they usually look forward to about Fall because when it finally arrives, we are already feeling like we’re starting to drag emotionally and physically. So this Autumn, I want to give you some tips to avoid “Seasonal Transition Fatigue” as you make the shift out of Summer and into Fall. Hopefully these ideas will help you ease your way into Autumn so you can more fully enjoy all your favorite fall things. 1. Clean up your Fall wardrobe: Pull out and wash all your cool weather clothes. Storing clothing for a season can make things smell musty. Wash with your regular detergent, then use sweet orange essential oil on your wool dryer balls to refresh your fall attire. 2. Clean and store your Summer wardrobe: The warm weather in summer makes for sweaty folks, and sweaty folks makes for smelly clothes that we tend to just put away deep in our closets when the seasons are done…which means musty odors when we pull them back out again. Banish the smell year round with ScentSlides® Unplugged Portable Air Fresheners with Fragrance Wafers or essential oils. The Fragrance Wafers last longer than a regular cone air freshener and come in delightful aromas like Tahitian Vanilla, Apple Orchard, and For Evergreen. You can also use your favorite essential oils in your ScentSlides® Unplugged. Just put a few drops of essential oil on the felt insert and stow with your seasonal clothes to keep them smelling fresh year round and reapply the essential oils or recycle and replace the Fragrance Wafer whenever you notice the aroma has faded. 3. Clean your air filters/freshen the air in your home: Fall is a great time to change out your air filters and have your furnace checked before you have to turn it on. Have your system professionally checked and cleaned, then keep the air in your home smelling fresh with sweet orange, peppermint, or lavender essential oils. Just put a few drops of essential oil on wooden clothes pins and clip to your air vents to circulate the fresh aroma throughout your home when you use your furnace. 4. Give your immune system a boost: Colder weather means a surge of viruses and weakening immune systems. Boost your immune system by diffusing lemongrass, sweet orange, or ylang ylang essential oils in your ultrasonic diffuser or your new Essential Breeze® Aromatherapy Fan. Diffuse essential oils regularly to help promote health and wellness all year long. 5. Set aside time to enjoy one of your favorite Fall things at least once a day: The more pleasant memories you make during the Fall season, the easier it will be to avoid Seasonal Transition Fatigue next year. Whether it’s using your favorite fall-themed coffee mug to drink your favorite fall coffee drink or taking a trip to the local pumpkin patch this weekend, work in one of your favorite fall things every day. Follow the tips above to avoid Seasonal Transition Fatigue and truly enjoy every aspect of the autumn season. Happy Fall! Kate for TheGiftofScent.Com. Via https://www.thegiftofscent.com/aromatherapy/out-goes-summer-in-comes-fall-how-to-avoid-seasonal-transition-fatigue/
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Raise your hand if you love Autumn! (Hehehe…I see you over there actually raising your hand. In real life, we’d be friends.) SAME! Fall is my favorite season of the year for so many reasons: the clothes, the food, the drinks, the activities, the weather, the aromas… I think I would do very well in a magical town somewhere in the north east corner of the country with eternally fall weather and the most magically colorful leaves, where I get to live in a cabin in the mountains that is somehow still a short walk from town, where there’s a perfect little coffee shop that always serves pumpkin spice lattes and apple crumb muffins…I could go on. I’d decorate my cabin with fall wreaths and garlands with red, orange, and yellow colored leaves. I’d have a pot of apple cider on the stove every afternoon. I’d have a fire in the fireplace and go apple picking once a week. Sadly, my magic, eternally-fall town doesn’t exist outside of a TV show set, but I’d settle for an Autumn retreat—a vacation to somewhere that can provide the classic fall experience…I’m thinking Vermont or New Hampshire. While I, unfortunately, don’t have the time or disposable income to go on an autumn retreat to somewhere that looks like my dream town, I’ve found ways to make my home into my own little Autumn Retreat instead! By adding a few easy items to your decor, picking up a few basic fall ingredients to have on hand, and crafting your fall fragrance collection, you can turn your home into the Autumn Retreat you long for—even if where you live doesn’t feel like Fall yet (or ever). Follow these tips to create your At-Home Autumn Retreat: Use Apple Orchard, Pumpkin & Spice, Vanilla Bourbon, Brown Sugar Biscotti, Icy Cinnamon, or For Evergreen No-Mess Fragrance Tarts in your wax warmers: Fill your home with your favorite fall fragrances with the help of No-Mess Fragrance Tarts in your wax warmers. Wax warmers are a great way to disperse fall fragrances throughout your home and give you the feeling of being on an autumn retreat. No-Mess Fragrance Tarts are a clean and safe home fragrance option that make it simple to change the fragrance whenever you feel like it. I like to switch out the fragrance in my wax warmers every day during the fall so I can enjoy each of my favorite fall aromas. Today, I’m using For Evergreen No-Mess Fragrance Tarts in my Gold Mosaic Plugables® Fragrance Vase Wax Warmer. Diffuse Pumpkin Spice, Spiced Vanilla, Pine Grove, or Apple Orchard Fragrance Oil in your Plugables® Electric Home Fragrancers: Another easy way to diffuse fall fragrances throughout your home is with Plugables® Electric Home Fragrancers and fragrance oils. Just insert the fragrance oil wick carefully into the Plugables® Electric Fragrancer and plug it into any outlet. I love to use Plugables® Fragrance oils in my bathroom and kitchen. In the fall, I diffuse pumpkin spice or spiced vanilla in my kitchen for a scrumptious fall treat aroma and apple orchard or pine grove in my bathroom to keep it smelling fresh and seasonal. Make your own chai latte mix for an autumn morning pick-me-up:
One of my favorite fall drinks for the morning is a chai latte. You can make a simple chai at home with black tea, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, milk, and sweetener. Try out this recipe (adapted from recipe by Detoxinista.com): – Heat 2 cups of your favorite milk in a pot on the stove. (I like Vanilla Soy or 2% Milk) – Steep 2-3 bags of black tea of choice in the milk. (I like Earl Gray. Use more or fewer tea bags for desired strength and caffeine amount.) – Add ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and ground cloves to taste. Recommended amounts: ¾ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp ginger, 1/8 tsp cloves. Stir to combine. – Remove pot from heat and stir in sweetener of choice in desired amount. (I like 2 tablespoons of maple syrup or 1 ½ tablespoons honey.) You can also make a stronger autumn morning pick-me-up by adding a shot of espresso to your chai latte to make a “Dirty Chai.” I love to use Vanilla Bourbon No-Mess Fragrance Tarts in my wax warmer in my kitchen while I enjoy my chai lattes in the fall. The fragrance compliments my morning beverage perfectly and makes for an even sweeter experience. Make your own apple cider mix to simmer in your crockpot or on the stovetop in the evening for a cozy autumn beverage: Nothing tastes better than a hot apple cider on a chilly fall afternoon, and nothing smells better than home-made apple cider simmering on the stove! Make your own quintessential autumn beverage to round out your autumn retreat experience by following this recipe from Delish.Com: Ingredients: 10 large apples, quartered ½ orange 4 cinnamon sticks 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp whole allspice 1 whole nutmeg 1/3 c packed brown sugar Directions:
For an evening adult drink, add a shot of caramel vodka for a Spiked Caramel Apple Cider. I like to add even more fragrance to put me in the perfect fall mood while my apple cider is simmering on the stove by diffusing either Pumpkin Spice or Apple Orchard fragrance oils in my Plugables® Home Fragrancers! Finally, decorate your autumn retreat with ornamental gourds, miniature pumpkins, garlands of artificial fall colored leaves, and Amber/Honey Allure Soy Candle(s): To complete your autumn retreat setup, decorate your home with ornamental gourds, miniature pumpkins, garlands of artificial fall colored leaves, white, red, or orange string lights, and candles like the Amber/Honey Allure Soy Candle. Pull out your coziest blankets and sit in front of the fireplace (or put on the fireplace video from YouTube or Netflix and light your Allure Soy Candle) with your homemade chai or your apple cider. Get cozy, and let your worries melt away in your At-Home Autumn Retreat. When you’re ready for bed, plug in your Lavender Fields fragrance oil in your Plugables® Electric Fragrance Diffuser in your bedroom and enjoy the soothing calm to end your relaxing day at your autumn retreat. You can get everything you need to complete your perfect fall fragrance collection and turn your home into a blissful autumn retreat from TheGiftofScent.Com. Check out our Fall Favorites collection and look for our upcoming Staff Picks for Fall blog post to get more recommendations for Autumn from our home fragrance experts! Kate for TheGiftofScent.Com. Via https://www.thegiftofscent.com/collections/plugables/how-to-create-your-autumn-retreat-at-home/ Autumn has almost arrived, and I for one am more excited for it than I was for any other season this year. While I like the warm summer weather and even the snowy weather of winter for a while, I could probably live in some magical place where it is eternally Fall and never complain. When the weather starts to cool off, it’s my signal to dig out all my fall clothes: Jeans, sweaters, jackets, sweatshirts, tights, scarves, hats, wool socks, boots…It’s all so cozy! And when I’m getting out all my cozy fall attire, I love to have my wax warmer going, circulating fall aromas throughout my home and getting me in the mood for the season! My favorite wax fragrance tarts are the kind that don’t make a giant mess: No-Mess Fragrance Tarts. They give you all your favorite aromas without the messy cleanup, and since they are easy to clean, you can mix-and-match tarts in your wax warmer to make unique fall fragrance combinations! Want more Mix-and-Match No-Mess Fragrance Tart Ideas? Check out these other posts on the blog:
Try them all and let us know which one is your favorite! No-Mess Fragrance Tarts Combinations for Fall Enjoy the cozy season, and be sure to join our email list for the latest deals, new product updates, coupon codes, and more! Subscribe in the website footer below where it says “Get Connected!” Kate for TheGiftofScent.Com. Via https://www.thegiftofscent.com/collections/no-melt-tarts/mix-match-no-mess-fragrance-tarts-for-fall/ If you’ve been hanging around here for a while, you know that aromatherapy is one of our favorite subjects at The Gift of Scent. Essential oils are all the rage, and for good reason! The powerful plant essences can promote optimal health and wellness for every system in our bodies. From digestive health to brain health, hormone balance to muscular system health, essential oils can help improve the overall functioning of our physical bodies. Essential oils can also help improve our emotional health and wellness. Essential oils can help us release stress and mitigate the negative effects of stress on our bodies. Aromatherapy techniques can be used to help you make intentional mindset shifts throughout the day that will help keep you on the path toward an improved life. Using essential oils daily in a variety of ways doesn’t provide a “band aid” effect for fixing health and wellness issues quickly. Using essential oils daily helps every system in your body function optimally so your overall health and wellness improves by helping your body work the way it is designed to work. In this way, aromatherapy is a tool or method that may help you attain long-term health and wellness. There is so much information out there about aromatherapy—and from dozens and dozens of sources! The plethora of information can be overwhelming, especially if you’re just getting started with aromatherapy. When I first wanted to learn about essential oils, I sifted through countless pages of information in all different forms—from books and articles to blog posts and personal stories. There is always more information to be found, but much of the information says a lot of the same things about essential oils and the practice of aromatherapy: That list may help you start to feel like you could wrap your mind around the use of essential oils and the practice of aromatherapy, but I wanted to make it even easier for first-time essential oil users to become aroma therapists for their own personal well-being. That’s why I wrote the eBook, “Aromatherapy 101: everything you need to be an at-home aroma therapist.” In this eBook, I distill (pun intended! ) down all the information I could find about aromatherapy into a 38-page resource that explains what essential oils are, why they are a big deal, how they can affect health and wellness, and how to use them on a daily basis. Click the image above to get your FREE Sample eBook! By subscribing, you give The Gift of Scent permission to contact you about deals, new items, sales, and more! We won’t email you all the time, but we certainly want to keep in touch! To learn all you need to know about how essential oils can have a positive impact on our physical, mental, and emotional health, and to learn how you can use essential oils in your daily life, purchase “Aromatherapy 101” on TheGiftofScent.Com! Kate for TheGiftofScent.Com. Via https://www.thegiftofscent.com/aromatherapy/new-ebook-aromatherapy-101-everything-you-need-to-be-an-at-home-aroma-therapist/ Did you know here at The Gift of Scent we have fragrance products for your home, office, and even your vehicle? The best part is we have fall fragrances you can use with many of our fragrance products so you can fill your home, car, workspace and more with your favorite fall fragrances! All the favorite autumn aromas come out this time of year: Apple Orchard, Pumpkin Spice, Spiced Vanilla, Brown Sugar Biscotti, For Evergreen, and more. We fill our homes, offices, and vehicles with these familiar fall aromas with the use of Plugables® Electric Home Fragrancers, ScentSlides® Unplugged portable air fresheners, Wax Warmers, and other fragrance products. One of my favorite home fragrance products is the Gold Plugables® Fragrance Vase Wax Warmer. For fall, I like to use Apple Orchard, Brown Sugar Biscotti, or For Evergreen No-Mess Fragrance Tarts in my Wax Warmers. I spread fall throughout my home with Apple Orchard in the living room, Brown Sugar Biscotti in the kitchen, and For Evergreen in the bathroom. For the office, I use Plugables® Electric Home Fragrancers with fall fragrance oils, including Apple Orchard, Pumpkin Spice, and Spiced Vanilla. I only have a couple of wall outlets in my office, so I like to alternate those fragrance oils in my Plugables® Electric Home Fragrancers and Scent Diffusers—such as the Arrows Plugables ScentSlide® Electric Scent Diffuser or the Arctic Wolf Premium Plugables® Home Fragrancer. And for my car, I bring fall fragrances with me on the go with the ScentSlides® Unplugged Portable Diffuser, the FlashScent® USB Aromatherapy Diffuser, the Truck Puck Portable Air Fresheners, and the Power Fresh® 12V Car Diffuser. I put a ScentSlides® Unplugged on the visor with an Apple Orchard Fragrance Wafer. When I need a little citrus to freshen the front seats, I plug in either the Power Fresh® 12V Car Diffuser with a Citrus Sky Scent Bar or use Sweet Orange Essential Oil in my FlashScent® USB Aroamtherapy Diffuser. And to keep my back seats and trunk smelling fresh for fall, I throw in a Campfire Nights Truck Puck or Citrus Sky Truck Puck portable air freshener. No matter where you’re spending your time this fall—at home, at the office, or in your vehicle—fill your space with your favorite fall aromas with fragrance products from The Gift of Scent. Check out our fall fragrance product collection to get all your favorites aromas for the season. Kate for TheGiftofScent.Com. Via https://www.thegiftofscent.com/collections/your-favorite-fall-fragrances-at-home-on-the-go/ Fall has to be the best season for home fragrances. From pumpkin spice to apple orchard, spiced vanilla to crisp fall air, autumn aromas are familiar and cozy. While I love the fall-scented candles and traditional fragrance oils during this time of year (not to mention the fall foods and sweet treats!!), I also love to utilize all-natural essential oils as much as possible to recreate some of my favorite fall fragrances instead. As the weather starts to cool down, we enter a time when our immune systems are not as fortified, putting us at a little higher risk for illness. Essential oils can help our immune systems function optimally. By simply diffusing them into the air and breathing them in, essential oils can have a positive effect on the functioning of our bodies and minds. To learn more about how essential oils can have a positive impact on our physical, mental, and emotional health, and to learn how you can use essential oils in your daily life, purchase our new eBook, “Aromatherapy 101: Everything you need to be an at-home aroma therapist.” The book will teach you:
Get your copy of “Aromatherapy 101” today and be well on your way to becoming an at-home aroma therapist! Here are my favorite essential oil blends to diffuse in your home this fall: We hope you have a healthy and happy fall season! For all your aromatherapy needs, shop TheGiftofScent.Com. Kate for TheGiftofScent.Com. Via https://www.thegiftofscent.com/aromatherapy/essential-oil-blends-for-fall/ |
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