They are *everywhere* now. At the grocery store, on Amazon… goodness, even at places like Best Buy and Walmart.
It seems like every week a new company is saying, “Hey look! We sell essential oils too!”
I get it.
If there’s a hot, trendy new item then everyone wants a piece of that market share.
But there’s problem. And it’s a BIG problem.
There are products that are called essential oils where the only concern is that what’s in the bottle smells like (or mostly like) the plant that it’s supposed to smell like. These products may have harmful fillers, they may have synthetic chemicals added (did you know that you can use synthetic chemicals in a lab to mimic an essential oil smell?), they may use high heat or high pressure when they remove the essential oils from the plants or a variety of other things that would make me NOT want to put that product on my skin or in my body. In fact, many of these products will have a “do not ingest” or “not for topical use” on the bottle.
Then there are essential oils that come directly from the plants, that are extracted with LOW heat and LOW pressure so that the oils are not damaged, that do not have harmful chemicals added during the extraction process, that are grown in the right soil in the right conditions, and that are thoroughly tested for their therapeutic qualities.
Those are the oils that actually can benefit my family’s health and wellness.
So those are the essential oils that I want to buy!
What God created through plants is POWERFUL and created to work perfectly with our bodies. It’s funny that the media talks about essential oils like they’re a “new trend” when people have been using essential oils for thousands of years! 🙂
I actually had my very first experience with essential oils almost 10 years ago.
We were at someone’s house and my little one year old just would not go to sleep. We had tried EVERYTHING, but he was so wired and just couldn’t calm him down.
The sweet lady there saw my struggle with my little guy and asked if she could bring me something that may help.
Of course I said YES!!
She brought me a cotton ball with just one drop of lavender essential oil on it to put in his carseat, and I KID YOU NOT he was sound asleep within one minute!!
So what did I do? I went back home and that next week I got a bottle of “Lavender Essential Oil” from the health food store.
And did it help like the one at the lady’s house helped? Nope, not at all!
Around 6 years later, I started hearing friends share stories about how essential oils were benefiting their families in lots of different ways… and I just had not seen any of those same things with the essential oils that I had tried. (Well, except for that lavender!) 😉
Then after SEVEN years later, and many unsuccessful trials with other essential oils, I finally decided to go ahead and get started with the same company that produced the lavender essential oil that the lady had given me: Young Living Essential Oils.
What was the difference?
Quality.
In fact, here are 8 questions that you can ask before you buy essential oils from a specific company. It’ll give you a good indication of the quality of that company’s essential oils.
1. Can this company guarantee that the land used to grow their plants & herbs is free of residual herbicides, pesticides, & chemicals?
2. Does this company own their own lab to test an oil’s composition?
3. Does this company ever purchase oils from outside suppliers? If so, does the company visit the farms and oil distilleries to observe the process and make sure that there are no added chemicals to the distillation of the oils and that the herbs and plants are grown completely free from contamination with herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers?
4. Does this company only use crops that were harvested at their peak time? And if so, does the grower test to make sure that the crop is at its peak time for harvesting?
5. Does this company continuously monitor the process of distillation to make sure that the oils produced from the distillation contain all of the correct therapeutic components?
6. Can this company guarantee that oils are discarded and not sold if mistakes were made during the distillation process that affect the quality of the oils?
7. Does this company’s oil suppliers use extra solvents during the distillation process to extract extra oil from the plants?
8. Can this company guarantee that nothing is added to the oils during bottling?
I have looked into pretty much every essential oils company that I can find… from the ones that you can find at health food stores to other network marketing essential oil companies to online-only essential oil retailers..
Young Living has been producing the highest quality essential oils for over 20 years, LONG before selling essential oils was the trendy thing to do. Young Living is the only company that owns their own farms, can absolutely guarantee that no pesticides or herbicides, not even organic pesticides or herbicides, are used in the growing of any of their oils, have their own extensive testing equipment (they do both in-house and 3rd party testing), only uses the first distillation of oils instead of adding chemicals to get more out of the plant, and answered all of those 8 questions in ways that I felt comfortable using these oils on my entire family.
Since then I have personally visited multiple Young Living Farms to see the growing and distillation process FIRST-HAND, and with each trip I am even more thankful to be a part of a company that cares about quality FIRST and FOREMOST.
I signed up for Young Living at the end of February 2013 and have been using essential oils, and essential oil infused products DAILY since then and our family has never been healthier.
Young Living has a WIDE variety of essential oil products that are completely free of harmful chemicals and can help with things like:
• A restful night’s sleep
• Arthritis pain
• Inflammation
• Digestive support
• Weight loss
• Minor muscle and joint aches
• Support for the respiratory system
• Bruises and sprains
• Coughs & Sore Throats
• Acne
• Supporting a healthy immune system (AND our kids!)
• Support for healthy blood pressure and healthy blood sugar (already in a healthy range)
• Cognitive support and focus
• Supporting normal cellular growth
• And SO MUCH more!
If you’re interested in getting started with essential oils, then you have a couple of options.
Option 1: You can become a retail customer and just buy the oils that you need. You’ll pay a 24% markup on the oils when you purchase at retail price, but there are a few who still choose to go this route.
Option 2: You can get started as a wholesale member and get one of the Premium Starter Kits. The starter kit has the essential oils that EVERYONE needs in their home!
Also, when you are a wholesale member then you get access to our exclusive FUN Facebook group with over 6,000 other members to help you in your essential oils journey!
When I got started, I bought the Premium Starter Kit, and I’m so glad that I did!
There are LOTS of ways that you can use just the oils in the starter kit.
There is absolutely no obligation to sell anything when you buy a starter kit. You are a wholesale member and can get the awesome 24% discount for any future products that you decide to buy! You have the option of sharing about the products with others and getting a “Thank You” check from Young Living, but it’s certainly not a requirement.
When you become a wholesale member, there are also NO monthly minimum purchases! This is not one of those programs where you have to order monthly to keep your membership. Not at all!
BUT, I will say that most people find that they love the products so much that they WANT to order monthly. And Young Living has an incredible rewards program for those who want to participate in that program and get free oils every month!!! But it’s not a requirement. 🙂
My life has been completely CHANGED since getting started using Young Living Essential Oils over three years ago.
But not only my life, the lives of MANY MANY others, including several people who signed up through Surviving The Stores!
I’ve had people who first signed up for a starter kit through this very deal that I’m about to tell you about who have told me in an email or over the phone that they are not in pain for the first time in YEARS because of Young Living’s products. I’ve had new parents tell me that they are FINALLY getting a good night’s sleep because their child is able to calm down at night and sleep through the night! I’ve had people message me about how they started to get a sore throat and immediately used a Young Living product and their sore throat was completely soothed!
And those stories are just the tip of the iceburg!
If you’re interested in getting a starter kit for yourself of the essential oils that everyone needs in their home and joining our SUPER FUN OIL Nation essential oils education group, then KEEP READING!
The world of essential oils can be very confusing, so I’m using the commission money that I make from this kit to give you back freebies that will be a HUGE help in your oily journey!
If you get a premium Young Living starter kit (which is, on its own, an AMAZING deal at $160) then I will ALSO mail you a package of awesome Essential Oils educational materials, give you $25 BACK as either a product credit, Amazon gift card, OR Paypal deposit (your choice!)
Oh, and one quick thing. You get ELEVEN 5 ml bottles with this kit. Several people always ask each time I talk about this starter kit if it’s just the samples. Nope, you get everything in the picture below with your kit!
If you are ready to buy a starter kit, then be sure to sign up as a wholesale member (with one of the premium starter kits) through the instructions below to take advantage of these freebies!
You can also send me an email at [email protected] and I can help you get started or answer any questions you may have!
Or, if you’d prefer step-by-step directions, then read below!
1. Head over to the Young Living page here and fill out all of your information.
2. Be sure the “Wholesale Member” option is checked so that you don’t end up paying retail prices (which are 24% more than wholesale).
3. Be sure the “sponsor ID” and “enroller id” say 1423474 (so that I can send you your freebies!)
4. Select which starter kit you want to get! I’d recommend getting the Premium Starter Kit so that you get all of the oils to started above, AND you get FOUR different options for the diffuser!! Here are the options for the diffuser (just click on the image below to enlarge it):
You’ll likely end up getting several diffusers at some point down the road (most people do!), so don’t stress too much about which one to get now. If you’re looking for the absolute BEST deal, then I’d recommend spending the extra to get the Aria diffuser. The Aria diffuser by itself is regularly $225 for wholesale members (it’s a super NICE and absolutely beautiful diffuser!), so it’s like you’re just getting all of the oils for $35 more! That’s INCREDIBLE!!
Otherwise, you can just pick the Desert Mist Diffuser, which is still a GREAT diffuser option and that package is only $160!
5. *OPTIONAL* If you already know that you want to be ordering regularly (a solid 50% of people do!), then you can go ahead and sign up for Essential Rewards right there when you order your starter kit! It’s an amazing way to earn FREE oils with your order every month! It’s a completely OPTIONAL program, so if you’re just wanting the starter kit for now then you can just skip this part of the sign-up process. I’ll send over an email with more details on that part of things after you sign up. If you DO want to get started with Essential Rewards so that you can get product credit back on all of your purchases, then I’d highly recommend the Thieves Essential Rewards Kit to get started! You’ll be able to change up what you buy each month.
6. Go through the checkout process.
7. After you sign up, send me an email at [email protected] and I will send you all of the information that you need to get started!
IMPORTANT: The educational materials are only available when you sign up with the sponsor ID and enroller ID as #1423474.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Does signing up make me a “distributor”?
You are not required to sell anything at all to anyone. When you become a wholesale member, you get a special link that you can share with friends and get credit from their purchases, but that’s just an extra bonus! In fact, 90% of the wholesale members in Young Living don’t do the business side at all. They are buying from Young Living because of the quality alone.
If you ARE interested in the business side then we have ALL the resources to help you get started with earning an income from Young Living as well (it is now our family’s full-time income). But before getting started with the business, I highly recommend taking some time with your starter kit to get to know the oils and fall in love! 🙂
Am I required to make a minimum purchase each month?
There are absolutely NO minimum monthly purchase requirements. To remain a wholesale member, you have to make $50 worth of purchases per year to keep your membership. But if there’s a year that you don’t make a $50 purchase, you can reinstate your wholesale membership discount by just placing a $50 order.
If you do find yourself making regular purchases each month, then Young Living has a rewards program (called Essential Rewards) where you can make a nice percentage back in product credit each month on all of your purchases. So that’s a neat program to join if you find that you *want* to purchase regularly (but it’s not a requirement for being a wholesale member).
Why should I buy from Young Living instead of other essential oils companies?
It does seem like a new essential oils company pops up every day, doesn’t it?
I can’t speak to the quality of other companies, but I can say that Young Living was the only company in my research of essential oil companies that could answer all of my questions about purity in a way that was satisfactory to me.
Young Living was the only company that has their own farms (in the regions where the plants should be grown), could absolutely guarantee that no pesticides or herbicides were used in the growing of any of their oils (they do all of the weeding by hand and do not spray ANY chemicals on the plant – even the chemicals approved for use in organic farming), has their own testing equipment (they do both in-house and 3rd party testing, and use many different testing methods not just GC/MS which only tests for certain chemicals, not whether those chemicals are synthetic or not), and only uses the first distillation of oils instead of adding chemicals to get more out of the plant.
I love that Young Living is a full-disclosure company. ANYONE can visit the farms, participate in the harvesting and distillation, view the Young Living labs, and see the entire process. That’s not an option with any other company.
How will I know how to use my oils?
One of the benefits of getting a starter kit through this promotion is that you also get to join our private Facebook group that’s specifically for questions about essential oils!
The educational materials that I’m giving away as part of this promotion are also a HUGE resource. You can look up lots of things in it and see which essential oils and supplements may be helpful.
Does Young Living only sell essential oils?
The answer to this one was surprising to me when I first got my starter kit! Young Living actually has an entire line of personal care products, supplements, meal replacements, energy drinks, and more! Almost every product incorporates essential oils (for example, frankincense is absolutely wonderful in facial products), but there’s a wide variety of products available.
What if I live outside of the United States?
For those who live in Canada, we will mail the book and labels, but will need to either reduce or remove the gift card to cover the extra shipping charge.
International orders of 100 PV or more will receive a $25 Amazon or Paypal gift card. Many times the only kit that is offered to those that reside outside of the US doesn’t have a PV at all. To receive the gift card, you will need to have a minimum of 100 PV in your final order.
What about overseas US military?
If you are military with an APO/FPO address, you can still receive the same promotion as those in the United States since the address is here in the US.
Please let me know if you have any other questions at all and I will do my best to answer them!
