Shopping For Essential Oils
I am asked frequently my opinion on a specific brand of essential oil that someone has purchased. I've been asked about 3 brands just this week.
These days there are likely hundreds if not thousands of oil brands. I've researched many -- my professional peers have researched many others and I follow several educational pages to try to stay aware of new information.
When we say 'quality", it's still easy to believe that Walmart, Target, BB&B, your commisary, etc wouldn't sell something that isn't quality -- but sadly, they do. At least these fall short of the level of quality I'd trust with my dogs -- or yours.
Consider This As You Shop for Essential Oils
Choose the best essential oil quality you can. It would be better to have 1 bottle of Lavender than to have 10 bottles of different oils that have synthetics, adulterants, or are grown in environments with pesticides/herbicides, etc, or distilled/bottled ineffectively.
Find an educator you trust, learn from them, support them and their products, and they will in turn support you.
Reasons to Leave That Brand Behind
Can you find actually pet professionals (not just a salesperson) actively using for their own pets, educating & recommending the brand? No??
Read the Label. Many bottles will say for aromatic use only -- even on a bottle of lavender! What did they put in the oil that makes it not safe for topical application?
The label does NOT list the actual full botanical name of the essential oil
If all the oils within a brand are the same price
If you can buy a full ounce of Frankincense, Rose, or Melissa for $16
The company does not do 3rd party testing
Buying well-known brands on Amazon -- The Top Companies are not selling on Amazon -- they are typically offering direct sales from their own websites. There are many scammers making products seem like it's the big brand.
Buying your oils from the Big Box Stores -- sadly, just no.
These are just a few warnings! I hope you'll heed them. If you're curious about something -- please ask -- we all learn together.
I will 100% confess, that there was a time I didn't know better. I bought the "big bottles" that were cheaper per ounce. I tried the retailer’s brands. They didn't work hence my complete skepticism when someone tried to introduce me to my current brand-- and now that I have been synthetic-free for so long these actually give me a raging headache when I encounter them now -- even just walking into a client's home. imagine the poor dog or cat.
I keep researching, testing, and studying. In part to educate you -- but the truth is, if I find a better brand for my pets, I would make a change as I 100% want what's best for us at all times. So far I never have.
Call me for help getting started.