dōTERRA Mother's Day e-book - April/May 2024

For mum & motherly figures everywhere.

Plants can tell us her story. We need to learn to listen.

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gifts of Nature

This Mother’s Day, we’ve composed a hymn of love to the earth with a breathtaking range designed to celebrate some of our most precious essential oils and the care and stewardship that’s involved in bringing these oils from their source to you.

Featuring limited-edition products and some of our all-time favourite essential oils for skincare and emotional wellbeing, you’ll be honouring her self-care ritual while you support her holistic health.

Limited-Edition

Blue Lotus Touch 10mL

Give mum the rare opportunity to experience the enchanting essence of the rare blue lotus flower with our highly-coveted and limited-edition Blue Lotus Touch.

Widely celebrated throughout history in Egyptian culture and ceremonies, extracts from the blue lotus flower were thought to help a person rise up to a higher level of consciousness. dōTERRA’s Blue Lotus essential oil is derived from the sacred and mystical Blue Lotus flower. This pure extract is blended with Fractionated Coconut Oil to create a convenient way to enjoy the captivating aroma. Simply roll-on prior to mindfulness or meditation. Creates an evocative personal fragrance.

Available for a limited-time only. While supplies last.

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Blue Lotus Harvest

Co-Impact Sourcing Story

On a mission to source the only pure Blue Lotus essential oil in the world, dōTERRA engaged in a Co-Impact Sourcing arrangement with the local people in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.

Blue Lotus grows wild in Guangzhou, but cultivation ponds were established to allow for a dependable crop and sustainable harvest. Caring for the plant is labour intensive with men and women farmers working in waist-high water to reach the Blue Lotus blooms, which usually appear after about three to four months of growing in the pond. Harvest season for the desirable Blue Lotus flower takes place between March and November. When it’s time to harvest, the farmers bring floating baskets with them into the ponds to collect the flower blooms.

Harvesters can usually collect up to 220 lbs. (100 kg) of flowers per day and are paid by weight.

Impacting Lives

Many people in the small community of Guangzhou, must leave to find work in more urban areas, so bringing blue lotus cultivation ponds to the area has brought sustainable employment opportunities to the region. People can stay with their families and do meaningful work and be paid fair, on time payments for their labour.

dōTERRA has invested in their community and given jobs to local farmers. It is beautiful to watch something so beautiful emerge from the muck of the earth. It is amazing that something rooted in the mud can produce such a stunning blossom and become such a blessing for so many people.

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Fun Fact

A truly pure and natural blue lotus extract like the one in dōTERRA’s Blue Lotus Touch 10mL, is incredibly rare. Also known as Egyptian Lotus or Blue Water Lily, the blue lotus is known for its mysterious, mystical qualities and blue lotus flowers are known for their ability to induce lucid dreaming. But don’t worry, the extract does not contain any constituents associated with hallucinogenic effects and it is completely safe for aromatic and topical

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Tips for how to use

Blue Lotus Touch:

• Roll on the back of the neck or over the heart space prior to mindfulness or meditation.

• Apply to pulse points on its own, or layer with other essential oils to create a unique personal aroma.

• Add to your self-care routine to promote hydrated and healthy looking skin and hair.

• Roll in the palms of your hands and inhale deeply to help evoke mind and body relaxation.

Limited-Edition

Rosalina essential oil 5mL

Bright and beautiful Australian native Rosalina essential oil is sourced from sustainable wild harvest in Flinders Island, off the northern shores of Tasmania.

Similar to its tea tree cousin, Rosalina essential oil carries refreshing, native Australian bush aromatics with fresh, floral-herbaceous back notes. Rosalina’s fragrance invigorates the senses and is perfect in the diffuser or added to a massage oil to help ease stress and soothe body and mind. Our limited-edition, native Rosalina essential oil is available now. While supplies last.

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Rosalina Harvest

Co-Impact Sourcing Story

STEAM DISTILLED

Australia’s Rosalina essential oil differs from Rosalina oils found elsewhere in the world. With notes of both tea tree and lavender and a similar combined therapeutic value, the unique chemical composition of this essential oil has earned it the alternative naming of ‘lavender tea tree’.

Sustainably sourced from the native Australian Swamp Paperbark tree that also grows on Australia’s mainland, the essential oil extracted from the unique environment of Flinders Island, off the coast of northern Tasmania has a little something special.

This invigorating essential oil has a more lemony, crisp aroma that is distinctively native and reflects the coastal environment of Tasmania’s Bass Strait where it naturally flourishes in the wild.

Works well with:

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Fun Fact

Also known as ‘Lavender Tea Tree’, Rosalina essential oil has very pleasant aromatic notes of both tea tree and lavender and is a unique combination of both oils’ therapeutic values – the relaxing, soothing properties of lavender and the anti-bacterial, cleansing properties of tea tree.

Tips for how to use Rosalina essential oil:

• Start your day with the distinct and refreshing lemony aroma.

• Try diffusing three to four drops in the diffuser. Blends well with Bergamot and Lavender essential oils.

• Dilute in a carrier oil and use as part of an invigorating aromatic massage.

• Also blends well with: Cinnamon, Clove, Grapefruit, Ginger, Lime, Marjoram, Niaouli, Patchouli, Ravensara, Rose, Rosemary, Sandalwood, Tea Tree and Thyme.

Limited-Edition

Gardenia & Magnolia Touch Duo

Transport mum to an oriental garden oasis with our Gardenia & Magnolia Touch Duo.

Perfect to create a layered personal aroma with wellness benefits, these two touch blends captivate the senses and can also be used to moisturise dry skin as part of a low-tox skincare routine. Our limited-edition Gardenia & Magnolia Touch Duo is available to purchase for a limited time only. While supplies last.

Gardenia Touch 10mL

A symbol of peace and friendship to the Japanese people, the sweet, floral aroma of the gardenia flower is captured with aromatic elegance in Gardenia Touch.

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Magnolia Touch 10mL

The magnolia flower’s comforting aroma has been used for centuries by the Chinese to help create balance and its soothing fragrance calms the emotions.

Helichrysum Touch 10mL

Treat mum to nature’s gift for radiant, more youthful-looking skin with prized Helichrysum Touch.

Derived from the golden blossoms of the Helichrysum italicum plant, this versatile blend is a skincare essential to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and rejuvenate the complexion, naturally.

With its herbaceous, honey-like aroma and potent, skin-revitalising properties, Helichrysum revives dull, tired-looking skin and helps reduce the visible signs of ageing.

Roll directly onto skin and massage into any problem areas.

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Helichrysum Harvest

Co-Impact Sourcing Story

STEAM DISTILLED

A mountain wildflower, Helichrysum blossoms are precious. It takes about 4.5 pounds (2.1 kg) of Helichrysum flowers to produce 5mL of Helichrysum essential oil.

Helichrysum essential oil is primarily sourced from rural farms in Albania. By sourcing Helichrysum from this region, dōTERRA supports ethical sourcing practices that offer farmers in remote areas the chance at a stable income from harvesting their Helichrysum crops.

For some small-scale farmers in rural regions of Albania, Helichrysum alone is their only source of income for the year. So, the fact that dōTERRA is able to provide fair, market value prices for their crops ensures they can continue their farming practices into the future and helps their small communities thrive.

Fun Fact

Helichrysum gets its name from the Greek word helios, which means sun, and chrysos, which means gold. This description refers to the beautiful golden colour of the flowers.

Tips for how to use

Helichrysum essential oil:

• Best known for its topical properties

• Used in skin care products for its benefits to the skin.

• Apply topically to help the appearance of skin.

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Helichrysum is often called the immortal flower because of its unique ability to retain its vibrant yellow colour and intricate form even after being cut and dried.

• Massage into the temples and the back of the neck for a soothing sensation.

• When using Helichrysum during your skincare routine, remember that it mixes well with other essential oils that are good for the skin like Myrrh, Frankincense, and Lavender.

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Limited-Edition

Chrysanthemum Touch 10mL

Re-unite mum with the ancient elegance and modern day wellness benefits of the Chrysanthemum flower with limited-edition Chrysanthemum Touch.

Enchanting Chrysanthemum Touch brings ancient Chinese wisdom to the modern day by combining essential oil extracts from the prized chrysanthemum flower with Fractionated Coconut Oil.

Ideal for topical application and layering, this floral blend calms and soothes the skin and its relaxing aroma helps ease tension for complete mind and body calm.

Our limited-edition Chysanthemum Touch 10mL is available now for a limited-time only. While supplies last.

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Becoming Touch features the unique benefits of our rare and mystical Blue Lotus extract...

Limited-Edition

Becoming Touch 10mL

Help mum embrace transformation and growth with our specially blended Becoming Touch Blend.

This confident, evocative blend features the unique benefits of our rare and mystical Blue Lotus extract combined with harmonious citrus, mint and floral notes.

The lotus flower ends each day under water, only to rise above the surface each morning anew, fresh, and pure. Becoming Touch Blend serves as a reminder of the bright hope that accompanies personal growth.

Becoming Touch Blend is perfect for topical application and layering.

Available now for a limited-time only. While supplies last.

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Why would I choose certain oils for a blend?

When creating a blend, you are creating unique chemistry.

Choose oils that provide the desired benefits based on their composition. In addition, balance the oils according to top (crown), middle (heart) and base (root) notes to create a rounded, pleasing aroma. Blending with particular oils means you can harness the power of those specific plants, making personal fragrances to suit your individual mood, needs and preferences.

To create the perfect aromatic profile for your personal fragrances, include a strong and earthy root or base note, a grounding floral heart or middle note and a bright citrus crown or top note.

The exquisite floral aromas in our Mother’s Day Collection may become the heart and soul of your blends. Just carefully remove the cap on any Touch versions of our essential oils and add small amounts to your blends.

Looking for ideas on what essential oils would be perfect to add for that earthy and long-lasting root note? Try these: Vetiver, Sandalwood, Cedarwood essential oil.

What about the perfect crowning top note? Try these: Wild Orange, Bergamot, Grapefruit essential oil.

Florals add the perfect heart notes to your blends. Hints of floral notes can provide restoring, clarifying, calming, uplifting and soothing benefits, depending on the flower chosen.

Herbs and grasses can add a lovely middle or heart note to your blends and their wide variety means they also offer the most diverse range of benefits.

Citrus essential oils are best used to add a bright and uplifting top or crowning note to your blends and personal aromas.

Wood essential oils are typically used in blends as a base or root note because of their stabilising and soothing benefits. Unique wood oils such as Siberian or Douglas Fir can be used as top and middle notes with restorative properties.

Mint oils are known for their energising properties and can be used to awaken your senses as a revitalising extra addition to any blend.

Spice essential oils act as rich middle (heart) and top (crown) notes and they often have restorative benefits. As spice oils can often irritate the skin, it is recommended they are mixed with a carrier oil (such as Fractionated Coconut Oil) for blends that are to be applied topically.

Oils can be used neat (right out of the bottle undiluted), or diluted with a carrier oil.

Diluting essential oils does not diminish their power, but it can help protect against skin irritations.

Carrier oils tend to be fatty oils like coconut, almond, grape seed, jojoba, or other oils that nourish the skin while simultaneously keeping the skin safe and retaining the benefits of the essential oil.

As you consider the purpose of your blend, think about whether you might keep it neat or dilute it in a carrier oil. Diffuser blends are great neat. Topical oils are great diluted. Pay attention to the oils going into your blend and if you have any that could be irritating to the skin. If you plan to use it topically, dilution is recommended.

Why does your blend smell different on you than on someone else?

Your genes are unique! Each person processes and relates to essential oils differently, depending on their genetic makeup.

Your previous experience with a aroma is different from another person’s. Previous experience, along with personal likes and dislikes, play a large role in how something smells to you.

Feeling tired? Hungry? Have a congested nose? Transient states such as these can change how we react to a blend.

You can experiment with your blends by trying them on different people (with their permission!) and seeing how they may perceive the aroma differently.

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1. Plan your purpose.

What do you want your blend to do? Consider the individual oils you would like to use in your blend, and look specifically for oils that may offer the benefits you desire. Since there tends to be some overlap in benefits for single oils, you can choose your benefits and then refine your choices for the aroma you’d like.

2. Determine how your blend will be used.

All essential oils can be diffused aromatically. Many essential oils can be used topically to create a personal aroma on the skin and affect mood and wellbeing. When you determine how your oil blend will be used, this can give you additional direction regarding which oils would be most appropriate.

3. Decide on an aromatic profile and select oils. Don’t forget to look at the essential oil plant categories and top, middle and base notes as you settle on an aromatic profile for your blend. As you get started, it’s helpful to pick one or two plant categories from which to draw oils in order to keep your blend from smelling muddled. Now select oils. Try to have at least one top note, one heart note, and one base note for the best balance.

4. Try and try again

Once you’ve planned your blend’s benefits, usage, and aroma, it’s time to start blending! Mix together your chosen oils and then make changes based on the outcome. Here are some starting points:

• Try starting with equal parts of each oil and adjusting based on what ‘sticks out’.

• Try starting with your favourite oil as the highest ingredient.

• As you gain experience, you’ll know to keep more dominant oils in lower amounts.

Why

would I choose certain oils for a blend?

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5. Experiment

Does your blend behave as you would like it to? Try it out and see if the aroma and benefits turned out as you planned. It’s helpful to get feedback from a variety of people and see how your blend is received.

6. Revisit and adjust if necessary.

Blends are seldom perfect on the first try. Keep iterating again and again until you feel like the blend is just right. Be sure to keep careful notes and label bottles so you can compare multiple iterations against each other. Over time, you’ll start to see trends and get a better feel for what works and what you like. If you’re doing a topical product specifically, try iterations including the carrier oil because this will change the aroma profile.

DIYs & layering rituals featuring our Mother’s Day Collection

Experience more ways to connect her with the gifts of nature found in our Mother’s Day Collection with these diffuser blends, DIY recipes and easy-to-follow layering rituals.

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Create the ultimate personal aromas

Chosen for their ability to work in harmony with one another, you can select just one item from the collection, or layer them together to create the ultimate personal aromas.

Mystic Personal Fragrance

Layer Blue Lotus Touch with your favourite floral roll-on such as Magnolia or Gardenia Touch to create a unique personal fragrance with calming wellness benefits.

Becomes You

Personal Fragrance Combinations

Combine the harmonious citrus and floral notes of our Becoming Touch 10mL with other roll-on essential oils to create personal fragrance combinations with wellness benefits.

Becoming + Brave or

Becoming + Steady

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10% Off Rose Touch

10mL in the month of April

Target your wellness concerns with layering

Essential oils can do so much more for us than create beautiful natural aromas.

They also come with a wide array of wellness benefits to nurture your holistic health, so you can use them on their own, or create layering rituals to target your wellness concerns.

Sleep Sound

Layering Ritual

Featuring Gardenia & Magnolia Touch Duo & Rose Touch 10mL

Did you know anchoring the aromas of essential oils to your night-time routine can help you drift off to dreamland more easily?

That’s because there’s a direct connection between your sense of smell and the part of your brain that regulates emotions and memory. So, connecting your regular sleep time with an aroma can powerfully influence your ability to nod off.

Try rolling calming floral aromas on the soles of your feet or along your spine each night before bed. We suggest layering soothing Gardenia Touch with calming Magnolia Touch or Rose Touch.

Tip:

This relaxing ritual can help promote a restful night’s sleep for all members of the family, including mums! wellness.

Create Naturally Powerful Skincare

The naturally occurring compounds in pure essential oils can make them powerfully beneficial when added to your skincare routine, targeting anything from acne and blemishes to dullness and dry skin. And best of all, their aromas can also benefit your mood and overall wellbeing.

Skin-Calming

Layering Ritual

Chrysanthemum Touch & Rose Touch

Soothe and calm the skin as you benefit your emotional state with this aromatic floral combination that is great to layer on your skin as part of your daily self-care routine.

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Radiance

Layering Ritual

Featuring Helichrysum Touch, Blue Lotus Touch & Rose Touch

The ultimate layering combination for soft, smooth, radiant-looking skin, this combination of skin-loving essential oils will have mum’s skin looking more youthful with a naturally nourished glow.

Combining the anti-ageing benefits of Helichrysum, the skin-softening benefits of Blue Lotus and the refining luminosity of Rose, this combination can be layered directly on the skin, targeting problem areas, or rolled in the palms of the hands and massaged into skin prior to applying moisturiser and sunscreen.

Layer Oils for Emotional Support

Essential oils can be incredibly beneficial to our emotional health. Lean in to their individual benefits or layer them together to maximise the impact.

Mood Enhancing

Layering Ritual

Featuring Magnolia Touch, Chrysanthemum Touch & Rose Touch

Know where to turn when feelings of overwhelm and anxiety arise. If mum needs emotionally uplifting, positive aromas that have the ability to quell feelings of sadness and

uplift her emotions, we suggest a layered combination of Magnolia, Chrysanthemum and Rose Touch applied to the back of the neck, soles of the feet or over the heart space.

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Rise Mindfulness Ritual

Featuring Blue Lotus Touch

Tranquil and peaceful, the aroma of Blue Lotus is perfect to enhance mindfulness and meditation.

• Start by applying Blue Lotus Touch to your pulse points or crown of the head.

• Find a quiet place outside for your mindfulness ritual.

• Begin to focus on your breathing, slowing it down.

• Try inhaling for 5 seconds, holding at the top for 5 seconds. Then, exhale for 5 seconds, hold it at the bottom for 5 seconds and so on.

• If thoughts enter your consciousness, acknowledge them, but let them go.

• Instead focus on your breathing and tune in to your five senses.

• Try to come fully into the present moment.

• Continue this ritual for as long as you have time.

Morning Wellness Ritual

Featuring Gardenia & Magnolia Touch Duo

• Find a quiet, tranquil place where you can do a 10-minute meditation. Apply Gardenia Touch with Magnolia Touch to your pulse points to help promote calm contemplation.

• After your meditation, enjoy incorporating Gardenia Touch and Magnolia Touch into your morning self-care routine. They can be layered in your palm and massaged into the backs of the hands to help perfume and moisturise or applied directly to dry areas of your complexion to hydrate and nourish the skin.

• Before heading out for the day, apply Gardenia Touch and Magnolia Touch to your wrist, neck and decolletage in place of a perfume. The aromas will combine with your body chemistry to create a unique personal fragrance.

• Place Magnolia Touch and Gardenia Touch in your handbag. Use throughout the day to lift a lagging spirit whenever you need a dose of positivity.

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DIY Recipes to Inspire

There is no end to what you can create with a little imagination and essential oils.

Using the gifts of nature to inspire your self-care routine is not only rewarding to your health, but can help you save money too.

Zen Zone

Enjoy this refreshing diffuser blend featuring native Rosalina essential oil.

Ingredients:

• 5 drops Rosalina essential oil

• 3 drops Bergamot essential oil

• 2 drops Lavender essential oil

Method:

Add to the diffuser of your choice for a bright and refreshing ambience that uplifts the mood and helps relax the body and mind, quelling stress.

Blue Lotus & Rosalina

Massage Oil

Ingredients:

• 30mL Fractionated Coconut Oil

• 8-10 drops Rosalina essential oil

• 5 drops Blue Lotus Touch

Method:

Carefully remove rollerball from Blue Lotus Touch. Combine all ingredients in a small bottle.

Gently shake to combine. Use to massage onto skin for the ultimate aromatic massage therapy that helps ease fatigued muscles and encourages deep mind body relaxation.

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Native Intuition

Roller Blend

Ingredients:

• 5 drops Rosalina essential oil

• 5 drops Frankincense essential oil

• Fractionated Coconut Oil

Method:

Combine oils in 10mL amber roller bottle. Top up with Fractionated Coconut Oil. Apply to pulse points when you feel the need to come back down to earth, ground your emotions and connect with nature. Perfect to roll on as you disconnect from technology to promote centered relaxation and calm.

Immersion Bath Soak

Featuring dōTERRA

Passion® Inspiring Blend

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Epsom salts

• ½ cup baking soda

• 5 drops dōTERRA

Passion® Inspiring Blend

• 3 drops Lavender essential oil

Method:

Mix Epsom salts and baking soda. Add dōTERRA Passion® and Lavender essential oils. Stir well and store. Add a small amount to a warm bath when you want to pursue selfreflection and be inspired to move forward in your life.

For mum & motherly figures everywhere.