Health in Your Home: 3 Easy DIY’s To Protect Yourself from Germs!

Anyone looking for more ways to keep you and your kids germ-free these days?

Whether you can’t seem to get your hands on anti-bacterial soap and wipes, or you feel like all you’ve done is washed your hands for the last week with harsh products, there are other options! Here are our three favorite DIY’s to protect our family at at the Shelton household.



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DIY Hand Soap

2 tbsp castille soap

10 drops of tangerine essential oil

Combine all the liquids above in a foam soap dispenser and top off with water. In the winter months or when there are extra germs floating around, we add 10 drops of Young Living Thieves essential oil to the mixture as well!

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DIY All-Purpose Cleaning Spray

5 drops lemon essential oil

5 drops citrus fresh essential oil

1 cap Young Living Thieves Household Cleaner

1 tbsp white vinegar

Combine all ingredients in dark glass spray bottle and fill the rest of the bottle with water.

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DIY Screen Cleaner

1/4 cup white distilled vinegar

1/4 cup distilled water

2 tbsp witch hazel

5 drops lemon essential oil

Combine all ingredients in dark glass spray bottle and shake well. Lightly spray a microfiber cloth and wipe your phone and tablet screens!

And there you go! It’s truly that simple to make your own products at home that are effective and free of harsh chemicals. In times like these where we seem to be washing our hands all the time and cleaning our environment non-stop, we have been using these DIY’s on repeat. That way, wherever we are – we know that we are doing our best to fight off germs and keep our hands and environment incredibly clean!

Do you use natural cleaning products? Are you interested in purchasing Young Living products for your family?

Tell us your favorites! We love hearing about natural ways to keep our family healthy.