Everyone is talking about ESSENTIAL OILS and for good reason!
For me, it all started with a bottle of lavender essential oil over 15 years ago. Before I knew about Young Living, I was fine with using essential oils from natural food stores.
And then I smelled a bottle of Young Living lavender essential oil and I finally understood there is a difference.
Ready to start using essential oils? Read this first!
Essential oils have completely changed my life – and trust me, I was a skeptic when I was first introduced to them. How could sniffing a scent or rubbing an oil on my skin help to improve my health or wellbeing?
Let me explain what they are and why they’re so amazing!
What are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are the oil of the plant from which they were extracted. They’re basically concentrated herbs! They contain all the goodness that protects and maintains the plant, and we can use them to help support our own bodies’ health and wellness.
There are many different kinds of oils out there, and they all have different properties and uses. From well-known plants like Lavender, Orange and Bergamot to unusual and exotic ones like Frankincense (my favorite), Vetiver and Geranium, there’s an unfathomably huge range to choose from – and they each provide all sorts of different therapeutic benefits and uses.
How can essential oils help promote the health and wellbeing of you and your family?
There is ample research to support the therapeutic benefits of essential oils, but you’re probably more interested to know how essential oils have helped my loved ones and me.
Why I Got Started with Essential Oils
Before I had my first daughter, I decided that I wanted to do everything possible to make sure I would be giving her a good start. For me that included changing my lifestyle – not only my diet, but also what I put on my body, what I used in my home and around the home.
I changed my diet overnight, ditched processed foods and started eating only real food. I also got rid of all of my skincare and body products and household chemicals (both home and garden) including chlorine bleach.
But buying organic, store-bought body and home products isn’t cheap! I knew I needed to find another way to clean my home and care for body and skin … and that’s one reason essential oils became a big part of my life.
- If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know I’m a busy mommy of two little loves. Lavender, Stress Away, Citrus Fresh, Orange and Frankincense are my go-to oils for balance: they relax me, calm me down, brighten my mood and make everything possible. I diffuse them, wear them in my diffuser necklace and mix some of them with Dead Sea Salts or epsom salt for a nice, relaxing bath.
- Lemon and Purification diffused together in the evening is one of my favorite diffuser combos. My family usually diffuses it after dinner time. I love how it freshens the air plus eliminates odors. It’s a nice family ritual … my Little Love says it makes a “happy” smell. I also like to diffuse Thieves after my daughter gets home from school to help support the immune system. Yes, essential oils can give your immune system a boost!
- I love to make tons of DIY homemade recipes with my essential oils! From hand soap, to oral hygiene, to natural body products, to laundry care, etc. I love being able to use my essential oils to replace toxic home and body products.
Those are just a few examples, but essential oils have also replaced many everyday products that I used to spend a fortune on. Now I clean my home with oil-infused natural cleaners rather than toxic chemicals from the supermarket. I cleanse my face with oil-infused natural products too. And my family benefits from using calming essential oils in the diffuser before bedtime!
My whole family loves essential oils and uses them daily, my husband included! My oldest daughter even diffuses kid-safe essential oils in her classroom every day with the diffuser and essential oils I gave to her teacher. Each morning she picks out a blend to diffuse and she loves this routine.
Why Can’t I Just Buy Oils on Amazon or Natural Food Stores? Can’t I just use any essential oils?
In my opinion, no. I’ve done a lot of research into this and found that many of the essentials oils found in health food stores, specialty stores, boutiques and even online stores are NOT 100% essential oils. They’re simply not the same quality as Young Living.
The plants used to make them may be exposed to pesticides and other toxins, even if they’re organic they may be processed with chemical solvents or even combined with synthetic fragrances thereby degrading their therapeutic quality. You never really know what you’re going to get.
Many store-bought oils have been adulterated with synthetic chemicals or contain cheap essential oils produced from crops with pesticides. Check the labels – they typically say not for “internal use” or “do not put directly on the skin”.
I even challenge you to smell the difference. Peppermint, for instance, shouldn’t smell sweet or like candy. It should smell like a fresh-cut herb. When you compare Young Living’s Peppermint with another company – there’s simply no comparison.
Unfortunately, Amazon is no better either. There are imposter oils that are sold online labeled as Young Living, but those are fake oils. Young Living does NOT sell on Amazon, you can only buy their oils through the actual company or an independent distributor (like me).
If you ask me, there’s one particular brand that stands head and shoulders above the rest: Young Living.
Why Choose Young Living Essential Oils!
There are many reasons why this brand is so great, but here are my three favorites:
1: The source matters
One of the most important things I’ve learned in my journey to healthy living is that it’s not just what something is – it’s where it comes from, how it’s grown, and how it’s processed. Whether it’s blueberries fresh from the farm, or cows on green pasture, I know that the source matters.
I did many hours of research to find an essential oil company that I felt I could trust with my family’s health. Young Living is that company: they truly care about quality. If I’m going to be putting products on my family’s skin and around our home, I want to know they’re pure and unadulterated!
They have been around for more than 20 years and the only essential oil company that owns farms all over the world (including France, Oman, Ecuador, and here in the U.S.) and oil distilleries. In fact, Gary Young, the founder of Young Living, built the first essential oil distillery in the U.S.
Their commitment to quality is called Seed to Seal. To ensure the purity of their oils, the team at Young Living set the highest standards for planting, harvesting, and distilling on the farms they own and co-op. They never use chemical pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers on the plants used for essential oils, which means there is never any concentrated pesticide residue in your essential oils. And best of all, you can see it first hand. Young Living members are encouraged to visit the farms to experience Seed to Seal.
Store-bought essential oils are not required to include the ingredients on their labels and the term “natural” or “pure” is not regulated by any governing body. So store-bought oils may say “pure” and “natural” but they may still have synthetic additives. Almost all store-bought essential oils contain a warning “do not ingest”… this is usually an indication that they are not pure. Young Living essential oils are one of the only essential oils that are cleared as dietary supplements … this also means that they are regulated and required to disclose all ingredients on the label, which is always unadulterated oils.
2: You become part of a big, friendly community
As a Young Living customer, you automatically become a member of a big oily family that will give you all the support and advice you need! It’s a wonderful feeling to know you have the help and reassurance of a generous and caring community of moms, experts, and lifelong users.
I’ve been using my oils for a long time, but I still reach out to our close-knit community for their advice and expertise!
3: The Young Living Premium Starter Kit is the best introduction to essential oils {and it’s such great value, too!}
No other essential oils company offers such a great-value and comprehensive range of products to get you started. And let’s be frank, while quality is super important, so is the cost!
Of all the essential oil companies out there, I’ve found that Young Living is HANDS-DOWN the best and most affordable starter kit.
You can purchase Young Living therapeutic-grade essential oils in one of two ways: as a Wholesale Member or Retail Customer. I recommend buying Young Living essential oils by joining as a wholesale member. Why?
It’s the best deal! You’ll get to choose a starter kit at nearly half off retail prices AND you’ll get a wholesale membership. Think of it like Costco, but way better. You’ll get 24% off retail prices for all future purchases. There are NO monthly minimums or fees.
And when you sign up with me, you’ll get personal support – by phone, email, text and through my Crown Diamond upline’s members-only Facebook group – and a FREE BONUS GIFT from me.
Grab Your Premium Starter Kit Now!
So why get a kit? It’s the best way to get started! Think of it like this … you’ve got more than just salt and pepper in your spice cabinet right? Each spice has a different purpose. It’s the same with essential oils. The Premium Starter Kit is VERSATILE – you can use it for everything from skin care to wellness to cleaning to body care to sleep and even getting the kids to calm down before bed.
Here’s what you get in the Premium Starter Kit:
- Twelve 5 ml bottles of essential oils – Lavender, Peppermint, Lemon, Frankincense, PanAway, Thieves, Citrus Fresh, Raven, DiGize, Peace & Calming and Valor. Plus a bonus bottle of the popular Stress Away blend.
- Dessert Mist Diffuser or Dew Drop Diffuser – I use mine everyday {or you can upgrade diffuser styles for an additional fee}
- Aroma Glide roller fitment {to turn any oil into a roll-on}
- A sample packet of Thieves Household Cleaner – which can easily make 2-3 bottles (use just 1-2 tbsp in a large spray bottle and add water to dilute). This all-purpose, super-concentrated cleaner cleans better than any other natural cleaner out there. I use it all the time and it lasts forever!
- Two NingXia Red 2 oz samples (an antioxidant drink concentrate supplement for supporting health and wellbeing)
- A bottle of Thieves Hand Purifier – my husband and I take this everywhere we go
Total Value: $300+
You Pay $165 plus tax and shipping – that’s nearly 50% off!
So that’s 12 bottles of essential oils (your oily basics) and a diffuser and other goodies. That’s the best deal out there! Plus, Young Living has the biggest selection of single essential oils, essential oil blends and oil-infused products.
In fact, just the Everyday Oils Set (with the 10 essential oils and nothing else – no diffuser, no extras) is $170 at retail prices.
It’s cheaper to get the Premium Starter Kit (and you get WAY more stuff) than retail!
And remember … once you’ve purchased the kit, you automatically become a wholesale member – which entitles you to 24% off all future purchases from Young Living! There are NO monthly minimums or fees + no obligation to sell the essential oils.
Not only is the Premium Starter Kit the most affordable option out there, the oils themselves are versatile and very potent. One 5 ml bottle contains 75 drops of essential oil. I typically use 1-2 drops of oil per use and I use about 5 drops in my diffuser. So you can see that a little goes a LONG way.
Ready to get started?!
Order Your Premium Starter Kit Now!
Step-by-Step: Purchase Your Premium Starter Kit
1. Click on the link below to, which will take you over to the sign-up page.
Click Here to Order Your Starter Kit
2. Select “Sign up as: Young Living Wholesale Member” – which will allow you to purchase the Premium Starter Kit.
Remember: you’re NOT obligated to make any further purchases after this. Wholesale membership simply allows you to buy the Premium Starter Kit at a huge discount. You do not have to sell the oils to be a wholesale member. It’s similar to a buying club or a Costco membership and as a wholesale member you get 24%OFF! The premium kit is NOT available to retail customers. You pay 24% higher costs as a customer and are NOT eligible to receive my sign up gifts as a retail customer.
3. Fill out your name, billing address, shipping address, and contact information. {You’ll be asked for your social security number in case you want to become a distributor of Young Living products in future. This information will never be shared with anyone.} My member number should already be filled in for you, but if not, enter 2761430 in both boxes for sponsor and 2761430 for enroller.
4. Create your password and pin – which you will use to log in to your account and order any future oils.
5. Select your Premium Starter Kit.
6. Optional: Sign up for the frequent buyers’ club called Essential Rewards {ER}. When you join, you’ll start accumulating rewards points for everything you buy, which can be used to get free products on future orders. There’s no need to join right away – you can purchase your Starter Pack first and join the ER club later if you prefer.
BONUS: If you enroll in Essential Rewards with an enrolling order of $200 PV or more at the time of joining, then you will also receive $25 worth of essential oils goodies from me for FREE. Not sure how to do this? Just email me at [email protected] and I’ll help you. You must email me to to claim this bonus prize.
7. Agree to the Terms & Conditions.
8. CONFIRM YOUR ORDER! I’ve had many folks miss this step and end up not fully checking out – and I don’t want you missing out on your oils! If you do not finalize your enrollment with a premium starter kit in the same month you start the enrollment process, you will not be eligible for a goodie bag.
That’s it! I’m so happy you’re starting your essential oil journey! I’ll be sending you a “welcome” email soon, which contains lots of resources + information about getting started with essential oils.
My Gift to You!
Anyone who enrolls with a Premium Starter Kit will get some oily goodies or a $25 Young Living product credit along with other materials to help you get started!
*The starter gift and/or Essential Rewards gift is only eligible for US residents. If you are outside of the US and order the premium starter kit you will get a $25 Amazon gift card or $25 Young Living product credit (I cannot ship outside of the US).
Click Here to Order Your Starter Kit
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why should I become an Young Living Wholesale Member?
In addition to the wholesale pricing (24% off retail price), you also have the option of sharing the oils with your friends and family in order to earn commissions and participate in promotions for free oils. If this is something you are considering, please email me at [email protected] I will be more than happy to help you get started!
2. Is there a monthly order minimum?
No. You do not have to order monthly in order to benefit from being a Wholesale Member.
3. I don’t really want to sell essential oils. Do I have to sell Young Living products to be a Wholesale Member?
Of course not. Since there is no monthly order requirement you can simply just order whenever you and your family need it. There is no requirement to have a business.
4. What do I need to do to get started?
To begin as a Wholesale Member, you start with buying an enrollment kit. Just choose a diffuser option, and then you’re set. This is the same kit I purchased to get started on my essential oil journey.
5. What is Essential Rewards?
Essential Rewards (ER) is an optional loyalty program. When you join, you’ll start accumulating rewards points (10-20% on your qualifying order) for everything you buy, which can be used to get free products on future orders. You can join the ER program later – but believe me, this is great to join from the get-go. Young Living has oils for hormone support like Progessence Plus for women and Shutran for men, supplements like NingXia Red and Master Formula (multivitamins), beauty products (I love the ART skin care line), and even toothpaste (trust me, Thieves toothpaste will change your life).
Benefits of Joining Young Living
Community – Be part of a like-minded community to share testimonials, participate in giveaways, and build lifelong friendships with others. When you join, you’ll be a part of this members-only community.
Support – You will get support from both me and my amazing Crown Diamond upline’s essential oils leadership team – including calls, Skype or Facetime, text and/or email. We connect with you how you want to communicate. And we have leaders all over the US and the world to help you no matter where you live.
Education – No matter what your experience is with essential oils, we’re here to help. We have educational calls and video chats, reference materials, a lively online community, videos and much more. Our mission is to help you learn how to use your essential oils for vibrant wellness.
Training – It is completely optional to pursue Young Living as a business (and you’ll never get pressured from me), but if it’s something you do decide to do we have all the resources and training you need for a thriving essential oils business. Training includes extensive educational materials, weekly calls and video chats, online leadership communities, leader challenges, giveaways and much more! We can help you to host your own class – everything from printed materials to class scripts. Email me at [email protected] if you’re interested in pursuing the business right away.
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