How to choose high-quality essential oil part 2 of 3.

How to choose high-quality essential oils and store them.
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*Quality*

As we talked about in the previous section, the quality of plant the essential oils come from is just as important as the distillation process. The plant species is always vital to look at—such as the different species of helichrysum. Helichrysum gymnocephalum is a much cheaper form of oil selling at around $14.00, whereas the helichrysum italicum is the true species of helichrysum to be use for therapeutic aromatherapy. The price of this botanical is around $129.95. So, you can see the difference between various family species. Be sure you have the correct species for optimal therapeutic value. The quality of the soil is another important consideration, along with the farm and country it is being grown and distilled in.

Lavender is a prime example of the right plant being grown in the wrong location. For hundreds of years’ farmers have been growing and distilling lavender in Bulgaria and France—lavender’s native home. Hence it is the right location to be growing lavender. Lavender grows properly in mountain air with just the right temperature to make the plant thrive. There are so many companies today claiming that their lavender is the very best because they are growing and distilling it themselves right here in the United States. This could not be further from the truth. It takes the right soil, weather condition, temperature and centuries of know-how to produce the highest quality lavender plant. With the proper conditions, you get the highest quality essential oil.

How to choose high-quality essential oils and store them. Part 1 of 3.

How to choose high-quality essential oils and store them.
Part 1 of 3.

Being able to recognize the purest essential oils is very important when choosing an essential oil company. There many different essential oil companies on the market today and picking the right one can be overwhelming. Before choosing or signing up for any company, first do your research and consider the following: the essential oil’s purity, quality, price, and container or bottle that it is stored in.

Purity

The definition of purity is “free from adulteration or contamination.” All oils are not created equal. There are many essential oils on the market today that are claiming to be pure grade oils but are sadly missing the mark. Many essential oil companies are selling oils as nature-identical, pharmaceutical grade, fragrance, food grade or perfume oil. These companies are marketing their oils as 100% pure grade essential oils but lack the testing to back-up the claims.
There are also essential oils being sold by companies that are claiming to have every day, “wholesale prices”. Buyer beware! Companies that offer drastically low prices on their oils and are refusing to release their GC/MS testing to the public, throw up a large RED FLAG. Over the last several years, many essential oil companies have come to light. Testing reveals that their oils have additives and/or adulteration, changing the natural chemical complex of the essential oil and potentially becoming harmful to the user. I had a personal experience with this when I recently purchased a Lavender oil from a leading internet essential oil company. They claimed that their oils where 100% pure. I put their claim to the test, only to receive the results back that revealed that the oil had been cut with 38% carrier oil and the company had not disclosed that information on the product’s label.
When you purchase a 100% pure, essential oils you should get 100% pure! Below is a quick checklist to see if your company is selling pure, high grade, therapeutic essential oils.

1. Does the company release the testing information to the public?
2. Do they have a formulator or chemist on staff that can answer your questions?
3. Is the plant’s Latin and common name is listed on the label?
4. What a part of the plant is the oils is being distilled from?
5. How has the essential oil been extracted?
6. If the company marks down their oils on their web site, for example an oil at $12.99 on sale for $3.99 and then it is never taken off sale, beware.
7. Are oils such as rose, jasmine, violet, melissa and/or Helichrysum prices marked the same as less expensive oils such as rosemary, eucalyptus or lemongrass? If so, they are most likely highly diluted.

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