Since I published my book, Lovin’ Soap Studio Cold Process Recipe Book, which features 64 essential oil blends, I get asked a lot where I get my essential oils.
The easy answer is…it varies!
I don’t have a single source; I use many sources.
I get most of my stock from Theresa Mendez at Wandering Thistle Studio. She sells essential oils to soapmakers and since I’m in Dallas occasionally I can pickup and save on shipping.
My two other favorite sources are Liberty Natural and Rainbow Meadow.
UPDATE! I forgot about Camden-Grey. I’ve ordered many smaller quantities of expensive essential oils from them.
Vanilla Oleoresin seems to be one that people ask about most often. I bought some from Theresa and I’ve also purchased it from Rainbow Meadow, but it seems they are out.
I don’t stray too far away from the above sources for essential oils. I go through them slowly since I don’t sell product (I just teach classes). So I’m not ordering every month.
So I’m wondering…where do you get your essential oils? Thanks for your input!
-Amanda Gail
I’ve been using Young Living Essential Oils for years, I found them to be the best for therapeutic purposes.
I use them and consult but waaaay too expensive for soaping. Plant Therapy are well tested, Dr Tisserand is involved and they are.much more resonable for larger sizes. 100% pure and you can research the testing not just relying on the companys “seed to seal promise”.
HI Amanda,
I have come back to your post a few times as I’ve grown in my soaping journey :). From time to time I check on these suppliers and find they are still extremely expensive compared to getting EOs through Brambleberry or Lebermuth, etc. I wanted to see if you knew why that might be? The price difference is quite significant, but all the suppliers say they are selling 100% pure EOs.
Thank you for any light you can shed on the topic!!! 🙂
From my research i learned that an essential oil (in Canada and US) need to have a minimum of 5% pure essential oil to be labelled as 100% pure.
Hi Amanda!
I get my essential oils from Mystic Moments in the UK I am in Canada and I find they have the best prices and shipping is very reasonable as well !!
Hey there,
Here in Australia I like to use Escentials of Australia! Well priced. 🙂
Thanks for sharing! I’ll have to make a list for different countries. That would be very helpful.
Bulk Apothecary and Bramble Berry are the two online sources I use the most. I really like Bramble Berry because they test everything so if something will accelerate or discolor, it’s included in the the description of the oil.
I’m a little late to the party, but I use WSP for a lot of my EOs. I like Camden Gray for rosemary, corn mint and lavender 40/42, and New Directions for lemongrass, tea tree, peppermint, and a couple of EO blends that they make. My patchouli comes from Theresa Mendez. I used to blend the dark and light patch from NDA, but Theresa’s is the best.
I forgot to add in my previous post that the only downside to New Directions Aromatics is that they have a $100.00 minimum order policy. But they give an automatic 3% discount for online orders. They are located in Ontario, Canada but also have a warehouse in New York
I buy the majority of my essential oils from New Directions Aromatics. They have quite a large selection, great prices, and fast shipping.
I totally agree on MMS. The quality of their EOs is tops but the prices are not. However, the Amazing Dozen Kit is awesome. You choose twelve 1-ounce bottles of Fragrance Oils, Essential Oils, Extracts or Flavor Oils and you get FREE shipping. I’ve used that a few times — esp. when I need a mix of extracts, flavor oils and EOs.
I’m in Indiana so everything is shipped from afar. My usual supplier is thesage.com I trust this company and have used it for years..even before I started making soap 6 yrs ago …My sister used them 15 yrs ago so I feel safe with their products. That being said Camden Grey looks pretty good and I like the small amounts you can buy. Will try them for some of Amanda’s recipes…I got my Bramble Berry order of powdered things now for the EOs I don’t have.
I sometimes use Camden Grey as well. They have excellent info on each EO and their Orange EO (5-fold or higher) always seems to be the best price. Shipping from FL to CO is a killer for me tho — both price-wise and time-wise.
Amanda,
In one of your pictures you had bottles of Camden Grey essential oils are you not using this company? I went to their website and their oils looked good, nice price and eco aware.
Margaret
I totally forgot about them. I ordered small sample sizes from them. I’ll update my list. Thanks!
I like Sun Pure Botanicals on Ebay. I’m in CO and they are in NM so shipping is fast.
http://stores.ebay.com/Sun-Pure-Botanicals
The really neat thing is the variety of sizes — which is great for EO Blends. For example, I can make a blend using six oils to make a 4 oz. batch — rather than having to buy 4, 8 or 16 oz. of each oil.