{"id":10023,"date":"2015-11-18T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T21:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/?p=10023"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:34:53","slug":"spruce-up-your-day-with-northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/spruce-up-your-day-with-northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Spruce Up Your Day with Northern Lights Black Spruce Essential Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright wp-image-10031 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20461753575_9839b08a91_z-300x287.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20461753575_9839b08a91_z-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Lights Black Spruce\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27287%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20287%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27287%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20461753575_9839b08a91_z-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20461753575_9839b08a91_z.jpg 574w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While at the 2015 International Grand Convention, I had the privilege of giving out sample fragrance strips of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\">Northern Lights Black Spruce<\/a> essential oil at the Simply Oils booth. Members found the <strong>crisp, rich, woodsy aroma<\/strong> inviting and a welcome addition to their essential oil collections. I was also asked for my suggestions, and after experimenting with the oil, <strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">I found that there are so many ways to integrate this versatile and unique oil into my daily routine, including:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add Northern Lights Black Spruce to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/category\/whimsical-winter\">V-6\u2122 Vegetable Oil Complex<\/a> and apply during massage.<\/li>\n<li>Diffuse or apply topically for a rich, woodsy, and invigorating aroma.<\/li>\n<li>Dilute and use with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/category\/whimsical-winter\">Aroma Siez\u2122<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/category\/whimsical-winter\">Cool Azul\u2122<\/a> essential oil blends before, during, or after exercise.<\/li>\n<li>Apply topically to help maintain the appearance of healthy-looking skin.<\/li>\n<li>Add Epsom salt and a few drops of Northern Lights Black Spruce to bathwater for a relaxing, aromatic experience.<\/li>\n<li>Add to your skin care products to add a dimension of woodsy aroma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800080\">Create Custom Blends Using Northern Lights Black Spruce:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Try incorporating <strong>Northern Lights Black Spruce<\/strong> into your custom blends to add an uplifting, woodsy scent. Here are a few suggestions that I\u2019ve enjoyed creating:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Floral Spruce Blend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Diffuse this blend for a relaxing, slightly floral aroma.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce<\/li>\n<li>4 drops <a href=\"https:\/\/queue.youngliving.com\/softblock\/?c=youngliving&amp;e=prodmain&amp;t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youngliving.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproduct%2Fjasmine-essential-oil&amp;cid=en-US&amp;rticr=0\">Jasmine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Northern Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Use this rich scent during meditation or your sacred time to help support a sense of grounding and spiritual awareness.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce<\/li>\n<li>2 drops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/hinoki-essential-oil\">Hinoki<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 drops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/frankincense-essential-oil\">Frankincense<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 drop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/ravintsara-essential-oil\">Ravintsara<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spruced-Up Skin Moisturizer <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Treat your skin with this sweet, sensual, and uplifting aroma.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>V-6 Vegetable Oil Complex as desired<\/li>\n<li>3 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce<\/li>\n<li>2 drops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/blue-cypress-essential-oil\">Blue Cypress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 drops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/cedarwood-essential-oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cedarwood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #800080\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-8672 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NL-Black-Spruce-1st-Launch_Silo.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NL-Black-Spruce-1st-Launch_Silo.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Lights Black Spruce 1st Distillation Edition - Young Living\" width=\"970\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27970%27%20height%3D%27529%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20970%20529%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27970%27%20height%3D%27529%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NL-Black-Spruce-1st-Launch_Silo-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NL-Black-Spruce-1st-Launch_Silo.jpg 970w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a>Northern Lights Black Spruce 1st Distillation Edition:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Another way to get even more of this unique oil is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/us\/en\/product\/northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\">Northern Lights Black Spruce 1st Distillation Kit<\/a>. This kit includes a 10-ml bottle of essential oil and a 53-ml bottle of raw essential water, which is drawn from the very first distillation at our new Northern Lights farm in Canada. The <strong>limited-edition kit<\/strong> comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity, a commemorative booklet recounting D. Gary Young\u2019s first experience with black spruce, and an additional free 5-ml bottle of Northern Lights Black Spruce.<\/p>\n<p>The fragrant <strong>raw essential water<\/strong> is light and pleasant, and although it is not as concentrated or powerful as the essential oil, <em>it can be used in a variety of ways:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill a spritzer bottle and spray in your room or on your pillowcase.<\/li>\n<li>For hotter climates, use the fresh aroma as a cooling body spritzer.<\/li>\n<li>Add to a foot bath or bathwater.<\/li>\n<li>Diffuse in units that use water and oils.<\/li>\n<li>Pour on hot rocks in a sauna.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>What\u2019s your favorite way to use Northern Lights Black Spruce? Share with us in the comments!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Heidi Jeanfreau, Young Living International and Portfolio Brand Manager<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn new ways to incorporate this invigorating, woodsy scent into your routine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2926,5614],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Northern Lights Black Spruce Essential Oil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Northern Lights Black Spruce Essential Oil\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/spruce-up-your-day-with-northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern Lights Black Spruce Essential Oil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Northern Lights Black Spruce Essential Oil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/blog\/spruce-up-your-day-with-northern-lights-black-spruce-essential-oil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Young Living Blog - 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