ESSENTIAL OILS
THE PAGE ALL ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS
Our family began using Young Living essential oils in early 2017 and as soon as I started to tell everyone what they were doing for our family, I began to get a lot of questions. And I love that! This page is everything you need to get information and resources on how to start this wellness journey yourself!
WHY DID I WANT ESSENTIAL OILS?
I wanted to introduce oils to my family as a replacement for candles, sleep support, emotional support and building up our immune system naturally. I love to do my research and knew that some of the things in our home were not good for us, especially when used for a long period of time. Essential oils are not a replacement for medicine and we are not against doctors. We will always visit a doctor as needed and still do. But, when a need pops up, I will get our my natural things first. Our home still has plenty of products that aren’t necessarily all natural, but oils felt like the right step towards a healthier lifestyle for us and our kids. We love using Thieves essential oil to support our immune system and Lavender at night to help us relax and get a good night’s sleep. I will say that my absolute favorite is what essential oils have done to help my stress and emotions!
What surprised me, is I had no idea that I could also use essential oils to replace all my harmful cleaning products. I was amazed to learn that they are not only cheaper, they work better!
THE BASIC INFORMATION
I enrolled as a wholesale member with Young Living, which means I am able to get 24% off retail price with all my purchases. I like discounts.
If you’re ready to start your wellness journey and get a starter bundle, click here and make sure the number 11714940 appears in both the Enroller and Sponsor ID boxes. I’ve customized a few bundles already to give you some ideas, or you can just grab what you want!
FAQ
What are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are the part of the plant that give it its distinct smell and are found in the stem, roots, seeds, bark, flowers, and other parts of the plan. However, pure essential oils are far more powerful than the botanicals from which they were extracted. Any time you hold a bottle of our powerful essential oils, you are holding nature’s pure essence!
How do Essential Oils Work?
When you distill or cold press a plant (the stem, seed, root, bark, flower or other parts) you get an essential oil. Essential oils each contain their own special chemical constituents (naturally-occurring) that work with our body to do something. For example, we use lavender for sleep. That means that the chemical constituents in lavender work with our body to help it find balance in sleep.
Each essential oil has to be distilled in it’s own special way, in it’s own special time frame and they have their own set of chemical constituents that do their own special magic. Did you know that it takes Cypress 24 hours in the distiller to release its 280 chemical constituents? If you distill for 20 hours, you get 20 constituents. 26 hours? Zero constituents. And guess what? Most Cypress oil on the market is distilled for 3.5 hours. Not distilling for the correct amount of time, in the correct way will result in extremely less, or even zero, chemical constituents. Sooooo that means an oil will just smell kinda good but not do a darn thing for you. Kind of a big deal.
Why Young Living?
After two years of researching essential oil companies, I kept coming back to Young Living and their extremely high quality standards. We live in a world of cheap knock-offs and essential oils aren’t regulated. So any sort of quality claims (pure, therapeutic, organic) mean ZERO without calling/researching the company. Despite all that, labeling can be a good indicator – so if it says do not ingest, do not apply to skin, and/or has a list of ingredients that aren’t plant species names: FOLLOW THE LABEL and THROW THAT OIL IN THE TRASH.
But why does Young Living cost more?
Do you know that it costs $12,000 to HAND WEED an acre of lavender versus $60 to treat it with pesticides? Did you know that there is a 2x demand for lavender oil in the world than supply of actual lavender plant? That means *at least half* of all lavender on this planet was NEVER EVEN A PLANT. Completely synthetic, made in a lab, sold as all natural and pure and yada yada yada.
Aren’t all oils the same?
Oh friend. That’s a hard no. Most of the oils you see in stores like that have warnings against using topically or ingesting because they’re packed with harmful fillers.
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Young Living has an unmatched Seed to Seal process to guarantee the purity and potency of every oil. Each batch of oils is rigorously tested in house for therapeutic viability & they are so confident in their products that you can actually visit the farms & participate in the harvest/distillation process. I’ve been there and it’s an amazing place! From the moment a seed is planted, to when the bottle is sealed, the oils aren’t compromised or manipulated. What you’re buying elsewhere could be marketing 100% pure when in fact companies are only required to put 5% of the actual essential oil to be labeled that way. Ummm…no thanks.
If I sign up as a wholesale member, do I have to sell oils?
No way! Signing up as a wholesale member just means you get a 24% discount when you purchase products. The 24% discount is a perk for being a member. After you purchase your starter kit you will want to start trying new products or restocking oils you run out of and you will get to buy those at 24% off retail. That’s it! Seriously…there’s no strings attached!
Does Young Living have a referral program?
YES! They give you $50 when you share your member link with friends/family and they get their own starter kit.
What’s my monthly cost to be a member?
There isn’t one! Your kit can be a one time purchase if that’s what you choose. Your starter kit purchase comes with a wholesale membership (like a Sams or Costco membership) which means you get a 24% discount on every purchase. To retain your membership all you have to do is spend at least $50 once a year. That’s it.
Does it really matter who I get my starter kit from?
I can’t stress this enough…yes. Who you get your starter kit from will be your source of help, resources, and education. They will be the contact person you will go to for all the essential oil questions. Having a contact person to hold your hand and offer you endless education, resources, samples, recipes and valuable content is a very big deal. Do your research and ask all the questions. The good news is you don’t have to spend 2 years researching if you’re ready for oils. If I could reach thru this blog, grab your shoulders and just ask you…”do you trust me?” Sister, let’s go.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
What do you use oils for?
Basically everything. From the moment we wake up until we go to bed, we use our oils. Sleep support, natural immune support, emotional support, oils and fitness, focus and chemical-free cleaning products are just a few of what we use them for.
How do we use oils?
Your starter kit will come with a diffuser which lets you experience your oils aromatically. The aroma of the oils not only smells so good, but it’s much better for us to inhale than candles. Plus, we do benefit from inhaling the oils! (You’ll learn more about that later.)
Another way we use our oils is topically. Some require the use of a carrier oil, and you will learn more about that later as well! I think my favorite way to use them topically is when I use my rollers or when I add them to my bath!
The last way to use them is internally. Young Living is the only company (that I’m aware of as of today) that is allowed to label oils SAFE to ingest. There is a separate name for this collection of oils and those are called Vitality oils. Young Living essential oils are all 100% therapeutic grade, and the vitality line of oils can be used to naturally flavor food & drinks! We love to bake with them and add them to our water! It makes boring water taste amazing and the health benefits are undeniable. You will learn more about all of this later!
After two years of researching essential oils and all the different options out there, I finally decided to order my starter kit with Young Living. The starter kit is 12 of the most commonly used oils + a diffuser.
If you don’t already use essential oils and are interested you can learn more about the starter kit here.
Any suggestions made on this blog are very specific to Young Living essential oils and should not be used with oils from another source. Statements made on this website about Young Living Essential Oils have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products and information are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Anyone suffering from disease or injury should consult with a physician. If you are currently on medication, please do not stop.