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Welcome, I am so glad you are here! Make sure you check out my FREE guides as well as some of the products that I currently use and love already.

All of my FREE guides …

My latest guide is the FIVE FREE & EASY Household & Cleaning Recipes guide. Only requiring a few ingredients, better for you and more affordable than the ones you would buy from the store! The perfect way to make simple changes all around your home. Includes recipes for cleaning, laundry, room sprays and hand soap.

The Seven Simple Swaps email series has my highly suggested swaps to make whether you are starting to swap out your products or simply looking for some guidance. One email each day for seven days. The perfect way to dip your toe into this lifestyle and see what it’s all about.

This FREE Low Tox Cleaning Guide includes the six cleaning products that I use in my home (yep, that’s it) and where you can use them to clean. This is the guide that I wish I had when I started changing out my cleaning products.

One of my favorites if the 5 FREE Simple Personal Care DIY recipe guide. This includes my favorite five recipes to get you started making your own products at home. I promise they are SIMPLE and EASY. Best of all, they only require mixing a few ingredients together! Includes recipes for perfume roller, glow serum, hair mask, lip scrub & lash serum.

Why I started living a more low tox life

A few years ago, I didn’t know this lifestyle existed. I didn’t clean with baking soda and vinegar, and I definitely didn’t know how to read ingredient labels before buying products from the store. Then someone introduced me to a starter bundle of essential oils that I can use in my diffuser. With the promises of a beautiful smelling home without the toxins, I jumped in!

Let’s just say, one thing lead to another and I was hooked. Using the essential oils helped my kids sleep better, made me a more confident parent in taking care of them when they were sick or stressed out. The more that I learned about these little bottles of oils, the more I wanted to see what happened if we made more changes in our home.

So I slowly (and I mean a few things a month) started swapping out our products. I didn’t have a guide, but I did what I could to make better purchases for my family. There were times that I didn’t make the best product choice. All of this comes with a learning curve, and it’s not going to be perfect the first time. The only thing I can suggest is that you keep going and keep trying to learn more.

Starting to make some of our products was the same way. Slow to start, and then jumping right in after seeing that they worked better than so many store bought items all while using better for us ingredients and more affordable! There are some things that may sound intimidating, like making your own homemade soap. It took me 1.5 years to finally tell myself I could do it. One step and one product at a time!

With this lifestyle, there have been so many changes to me and my family. I used to get chronic sinus infections requiring antibiotics, and they have been GONE since switching over our products. Improved seasonal allergies that used to last several months down to only a few weeks of the year. Fewer trips to the doctor and symptoms that I have learned to treat myself at home (within reason).

I am so excited for you join this community! I couldn’t have done this without a group of people supporting me, so I created this community to help support you.

Read more about me here.

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essentials for our life creator kristin johnsen

Hi! I’m Kristin, and I live with my husband, 2 kids, 1 dog and several chickens on our 10 acres in the suburbs of Minnesota. I fell in love with natural products and living a low tox lifestyle. It has grown into a passion for sharing them with others. Read more about me here.

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