[AFWife]

The area I live in is a little, uhm, bare when it comes to natural stores and whatnot. I have NO idea where to start looking for Essential Oils...or even what makes a good/bad oil.

Help?

 

[earth_mommy]

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Originally Posted by AFWife The area I live in is a little, uhm, bare when it comes to natural stores and whatnot. I have NO idea where to start looking for Essential Oils...or even what makes a good/bad oil. Help?

www.greenfeet.com is a great source of essential oils. Essential oils are natural, with no poisons added to make them "smell better" or keep fresh longer. Lavender is one of my favorites - it's an all around good one. Tea Tree Oil is also a good one for natural disenfecting.

 

[lightheart]

depends on what your intended use for them are also, are you wanting more aromatherapy oils to put on your body or are you looking for something to add to cleaning water to mop the floors with?

The couple times a year that I go to a 'real city' I will look for health food type stores and buy them then. I'm still chicken about buying things online... plus I like to smell them, expecially the ones that I will put on my body.

I don't usually go for 'blends' of oils... prefrence in smell usually, but I think many times they are 'watered' down with less expensive oils. I don't like 'scents' either because I don't think they are pure oil either.

 

[AFWife]

well, I want to look into making my own lip balm so peppermint and other things that are okay for my body are a plus.

 

[Sadystar]

Generally speaking you get what you pay for with EOs, so if it is cheap, then that is probably because the market has determined that it is of low quality - organic french lavender grown at high altitude can set you back three times as much as lavender grown in less desirable circumstances. Another way to tell a reputable company is that they will list the latin name alongside the common name on the label - for instance, when you buy by peppermint, it needs to be Mentha x piperita, in the US Mentha arvensis is also sold as peppermint (though in the rest of the world we call it cornmint) it is much harsher and contains some less desirable constituents.