Tips For Buying Essential Oils
Essential oils are highly concentrate
liquids that are extracted from various plants. They contain hundreds of delicate yet powerful aromatic compounds.
With proper care and storeage, essential oils can last many years.
Here are important tips for buying and storing your essential
oils.
Buying Essential
Oils
- Always buy from a reputable
source.
- Check your local health food or
natural market for information about their oils. Be sure to read the label to see
what is in them.
- There are many excellent companies
that sell online only.
Sources for buying quality essential oils
online:
Young Living Essential Oils- are sold
online only.
Please contact me by phone or email as I am an independant distributor (referral #469703) for Young Liiving
Essential Oils and would love to assist you to select the right ones for your needs.
If you are in Northern Colorado, call me at 970-204-1794 to schedule a free 15-minute consultation in my office
where you can smell a variety of oils before you buy. I also have small sample bottles available for only $5.
If you live outside of the Northern Colorado area please call me at 970-204-1794 for a FREE telephone cosultation.
Additional information about purchasing Young Living Essential Oils as a customer or distributor can be found on
their website at https://www.youngliving.com/signup/custType.faces. Please use referral
number #469703 when ordering by phone or their on-line order process.
Mountain Rose
Essential Oils
Mountain Rose Herbs offers an extensive list of quality essential oils as well as hydrosols, bulk herbs, teas,
supplies and books. Click
here to visit their website.
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Other Tips
- Do not
purchase essential oils that are stored in clear or plastic containers - light will damage them. They
should always be in dark glass bottles to perserve their delicate
components.
- Don't
buy oils that are in bottles with rubber droppers, rubber stops or seals. Essential oils will degrade
materials like plastic and rubber. Particles will eventually fall into your bottle of oil and ruin the
entire bottle.
- There are different grades of
essential oils - from therapeutic grade (the only one you should use on your skin) to perfume grade, to food
grade to industrial grade (used in industrial cleaners, de-greasers, etc...) For more information about the
various grades of essential oils go to Different Grades of Oils
- Do not
confuse fragrance oils, perfume oils and synthetic oils with essential oils. There is no substitute, especially
when you are using them for health and wellness purposes. Additionally, some synthetic oils can cause adverse
reactions in some people because of the the chemical components.
-
Most fragrance oils that are
synthetic chemically created
blends - like strawberry, cucumber, rain, carnation, lilac and such.
These are not true essential oils. These would be suitable for making candles but not for therapeutic
aromatherapy. Check the company and information about the oils, their quality, country of orgin, how
they are harvested and distilled, etc...
- How to
check for pure essential oils. Place a drop of essential oil on a piece of paper. If it evaporates
without an oil spot it that means that there are no carrier oils added. An oil spot on the paper
indicates the essential oil has some kind of carrier or vegetable oil added to it. This is not
totally true for all essential oils (some are more naturally oily than others) but is an indicator to
start.
- Smell the oils - with a
good inhale. Pure essential oils will give out a full, round scent that is rather strong. A little bit
will go a long way. Diluted versions are not as strong or may have an "artificial" smell to
them.
Storing Your Essential
Oils
- Always
store essential oils in a cool, dark, dry place, away from heat, light and moisture. Light, heat and moisture
will degrade the oils altering their effectiveness. Don't store bottles of oil on a windowsill or by a
radiator or heat vent.
- Don't
store next to your computer as the electromagnetics may affect the frequency of the
oils.
- Don't store in your car or a place
with extreme temperature changes.
- Bottles should be closed tightly when they are not in use to avioid evaporation of some of
the lighter components.
- Don't
touch the inside of the lid or the reducer top when you use the oils to avoid contaminating the bottle
with bacteria.
Disclaimer:
The information on this site is
intended for educational purposes only.
The information provided here is not in any way intended as diagnosis, treatment, or prescription of any
kind.Aromatherapy, Reflexology and massage
and other body work modalities are natural & holistic therapies which should not be used as a substitute for
professional medical care.Please consult a qualified
medical provider with any questions or concerns you may have regarding any medical
condition.The
decision to use any information presented here is the sole responsibility of the
reader.
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