Hi Elaina,

I don't make my own oils. The reason most people don't is because it takes ALOT of the actual flower to make the oil, which is why Rose EO is so expensive.

Rose is made two different ways... steam distillation, and solvent extracted (absolutes). Both ways involve collecting the oil that has seperated from the water. These methods take machines to do, lol..

Ummm...if you are attempting to make 'oil' or perhaps the recipe is for flower water, you need some kind of preservative in it. Usually vodka, believe it or not. I'll have to check on that. I'll see if I can find a recipe for you. Rose EO is sooo expensive. I recently bought a bottle of it for $20, and that was just for 4 ml!! Actually, it probably should have cost a whole lot more, the quality of the oil I got is not that good, but it serves my purpose at this time.

Hope I answered your question...I'll see if I can find more info for ya.

Kim

lol Tracy, now you know why I wanted to make my own rose oil with the traditional method. No Kim, I'm pretty sure it was actually the oil, I think I might have to put the water of roses in the sun, it has some sort of chemical reation to the weather and environment. I think is kinda tricky... but apparently women used this oil olden days before the fancy machinery to distill oils. I just have to figure out how to do it. Thank you so much for the help and support though Kim, everyone in here is so nice, Elaina

Hi Tracy....I use Essential oils extensively and I have even begun selling some of my products...but I buy them in MUCH smaller quantities. 16 OUNCES? WOW!! That should last you years, lol.

The thing about essential oils is, you use them by the DROP. More is not better. If you are mixing with a carrier oil, my basic rule of thumb is 10 drops total (of all eo's combined) to a tablespoon of carrier oil. Sometimes I go more if I'm using it for a bath oil because the oils get further dispersed in the bathwater. Some oils you may even need less. For instance, Patchouli. More is DEFINITELY not better. Patchouli is probably my all time favorite scent, but wear too much of it...and people smell ya coming, lol.

I buy the majority of my oils from Aromaland.com. They are mid-priced, but definitely good quality. Some others I have gotten other places aren't quite as good, but suit their purpose if you are not buying them for therapeutic reasons, ie purely for scent. I usually get them in 10 ml bottles, but since I have started making and selling products of my own, I buy some of them in greater quantities...usually the lavender and sweet orange since I use them more extensively.

Right now, I only have a small bottle of Rose oil. I find it to be way too expensive to use, although it's benefits are wonderful...I just cannot afford it. You may even see it listed as well over $100 for just 10 ml of it.

You might find it worth you while to get a good book on essential oils. The one that I would recommend is Aromatherapy Blends and Remedies by Franzesca Watson. It has alot of in depth descriptions of oils including where they are from, what parts of the plants used, and the different benefits of each oil. She also gives lots and lots of different recipes for each oil.

Kim

Hi Tracy,
I use only therapeutic grade EO, specifically Young Living.

I have had good experience with them healing asthma, reaction to anesthesia, etc.

Over the years I bought many oils, slowly. As a distributor, when I order oils for my friends and share shipping, I save on the prices too, because when you meet that month's PV, you get almost 50% in free oils!

I don't have all the oils yet, but I discovered that some oils are "must haves", so I always have those. Many times I buy mixes, which already have expensive oils in them, like Rose, only for a fraction of the cost.

Hope this helps.

Eugeniya

Hiya Tisha,

I cannot say I dislike the YL oils...I've never actually tried them myself. First of all, in my opinion, they are way overpriced. Because of quality?? NO, because of all the hands out for profits. Another reason, Gary calls himself a Doctor. He is NOT a doctor...he has a degree as a Naturopath...which he PURCHASED at Bernadene University.

Their ethics bother me a whole lot. Distributers are given pamphlets and viola...you can prescribe oils for all different ailments without any proper knowledge of what exactly it is they are doing.

When I first began really studying essential oils on more than just a 'hobby' basis, I was frequenting some message boards. One of them turned out to be a YL message board on yahoo. At first I really thought these people knew what they were talking about. But then I began noticing messages the were referring people to different oils for serious ailments INSTEAD of going to get actual medical treatment. They were actually discouraging people from seeing a doctor. To me, treatment should come on different levels...treat both the body and the mind ~ the physical and the spiritual and the mental. I believe they are all connected. I work in a hospital AND I believe in alternative medicine. I believe that they should compliment each other, not override each other.

One person posted about something pretty serious. She was having female problems that was causing her to bleed constantly. She was beginning to feel weak...could not eat, etc. She got a gazillion messages about what oils to use to treat this affliction. And she was buying into it and kept coming back..."I tried 'such and such' oils, and the pain and bleeding has not subsided" She would then get another message "Oh, well, it must be caused by 'this', try 'this'" My message was YOU NEED TO GET TO A DOCTOR RIGHT NOW!!! Well, that board is moderated and my message never made it to the board...I tried posting it several times before finally I privately emailed the woman. I was literally sick to my stomach that I could not get through to her. About a week later, she emailed me back thanking me for the email, she went to the doctor and it was fibroids and she was hemorrhaging from them because they had gotten so large. She was having them removed... which is not a big deal these days. She later emailed me again to tell me that she had the procedure done and she's good as new. One day, in and out with a one week recovery time. Another message I found was from a person who's elderly father was having hearing problems. She was instructed to drop a certain oil in his ear NEAT!!! OMG, that's dangerous...even if it was lavender or tea tree...which they were not even those.

I just recently came across a website run by YL. They gave instructions for a massage therapy...ummmm...raindrop therapy?? I think. Anyway, part of the instructions was, 'drop the oils directly onto the skin, start with then go on to It may start burning, but that's ok, it's just the toxins being drawn out'...Ummm...it may start burning because you are dropping pure essential oils on the skin without a base oil!!! You can get serious actual burns on your skin from some essential oils...there is even the possibility of overdosing on them. Herbs are drugs...EO's are close to 1000 times the concentration of the herbs/flowers.

Ok, this is getting long, lol...sorry I went on a rant.

Any more questions ROFL...

Kim

 

 

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