An es­sen­tial oil is ac­tu­ally a highly con­cen­trated plant com­po­nent, rather than an oil. They can be dis­tilled from var­i­ous parts of a plant, in­clud­ing leaves, flow­ers, fruits, woods and seeds. Be­fore I de­cided to in­vest in es­sen­tial oils I wanted to know more about qual­ity, which is a deal­breaker for the end ef­fect. I did my own re­search, landed on a cou­ple of brands, and Young Liv­ing def­i­nitely won the con­test. Why?

Plainly and sim­ply – not all oils are cre­ated equally. Un­for­tu­nately, some es­sen­tial oils are laced with syn­thet­ics or wa­tered down, mean­ing that you may not get the ex­pe­ri­ence you are hop­ing for. The qual­ity and func­tion­al­ity of an es­sen­tial oil is de­ter­mined by the source plant, its dis­til­la­tion and test­ing. Be­hind every bot­tle of 100% pure and nat­ural es­sen­tial oil there is so much work! Young Liv­ing has been in the es­sen­tial oil in­dus­try for nearly 30 years, they have their own farms all over the world and they are in charge of the pro­duc­tion process, from the seed plan­ta­tion to dis­til­la­tion. That means, they are the only ones in the world who can con­trol the en­tire process and they set their own stan­dards and norms for qual­ity. This process is called Seed to Seal.

Young Liv­ing do not buy their plants for es­sen­tial oil pro­duc­tion, rather they grow them at their own farms in more than 30 dif­fer­ent coun­tries. The plants can thrive in suit­able con­di­tions which is cru­cial for the strength and po­tency of a plant. The se­cret of qual­ity and pu­rity of es­sen­tial oils, stands on farms and dis­til­leries where grow­ing, har­vest­ing and dis­till­ing is care­fully over­seen.

YL es­sen­tial oils are highly con­cen­trated, so you only need few drops and your home in­stantly smells like heaven. But es­sen­tial oils are not just beau­ti­ful scents, they pri­mar­ily have ther­a­peu­tic ben­e­fits so it is very im­por­tant to in­vest in high qual­ity oils.