5 Best Places to buy Essential Oils

We spent the last 3 months testing essential oils to find the 5 best places to buy Essential Oils.  We tested doTerra, Young Living and many others and found the best ones.  We ranked them on quality of oils (most important of all), price, ease of ordering, and education.  Here are the 5 best essential oils brands:

1.  REVIVE ESSENTIAL OILS

REVIVE Essential Oils  earned the #1 spot and is our favorite essential oil brand by far. We used their oils on our entire family (dogs included!) and had great results. Sleep, energy, pain, allergies – you name it and there is a Revive essential oil or blend for it. 

Quality: ★★★★★. Having used Revive Oils for 3 months, I can tell you they are as high quality as doTerra oils I was using.  And there’s science that backs that up!  Dr. Pappas (a pHD Chemist who has been testing essential oils since 1996 and previously worked for doTerra and Young Living) performs independent 3rd party testing on every batch of every Revive Oil.  He verifies Revive Oils are as high quality, pure, & potent as doTerra and YL.  You can see GC/MS reports from Dr. Pappas on the Revive website.  He ensures through GC/MS testing & 20 other tests that Revive Essential Oils are 100% pure therapeutic grade, natural with no fillers or fragrances. Revive Oils are so high quality that we can actually ingest their oils (I quit diet coke and drink lavender sparkling water every day!). And we were glad to see we weren’t alone – we love all the great reviews that Revive EO has earned, including one from us!

Price: ★★★★★. Revive prices are great! Thieves blend for $14. Frankincense for $18! I was a doTerra customer before but I was spending more than $1,000 a year because it’s so expensive. Revive isn’t an multi-level-marketing company. That’s how they offer the same quality Oils but at a lower price!

Ease of Ordering/Gimmicks: ★★★★★. REVIVE offers FREE SHIPPING & RETURNS. I don’t purchase things online without this! I like that their return policy is almost as good as Costco (a mom’s disneyland!) and that they offer a 100% money back guarantee. There are no membership fees or pressure to keep ordering. I order what I want based on what I actually use. I also like their kits which are a great deal. Our favorite kit is their best value – 10 bottles for $76.50 with the NEWCUSTOMER10 Coupon Code) – the REVIVE Starter Kit.

Education: ★★★☆☆. They post little “fact sheets” on their page but I would like more posted material. An upside is they have a chat feature on their page and an aromatherapist will respond to all questions about their products.

Overall Rating: 18/20

 

2.  DoTerra

 

doTerra is an essential oil company that started in Utah. The doTerra CEO left Young Living and started doTerra. I was a former doTerra customer for years! Ultimately, I grew tired of the pressure to keep buying and how expensive it is.

Quality: ★★★★★. doTerra essential oils are natural and high quality. My complaint about their GC/MS testing is you have to enter a lot number on their website, which you can only get from a bottle of oil you have already bought.

Price: ★★☆☆☆. DoTerra is really expensive. People think it’s expensive because of quality but it’s expensive because of the MLM (multi-level-marketing) – up to 50% of my purchase price goes to the pyramid of doTerra advocates who make money every time I purchase. And I didn’t know this but doTerra makes $300 million dollars a year in profit (1)!

Ease of Ordering/Gimmicks: ★★★☆☆. Even more than the price, I grew tired of the pressure to keep ordering. I’ve been pitched by my neighbor, another swim mom, and a stranger in a grocery store! I ended up ordering Oils I already had to keep my subscription and Loyalty Rewards alive.

Education: ★★★★☆. I love the education I can get from doTerra through the MLM. This is where doTerra stands out. I’ve learned so much about how to use Oils and Blends. doTerra didn’t get the 5^th star because a I’ve discovered that a lot of doTerra MLM advocates will make claims that aren’t true.

Overall Rating: 14/20

 

3. Young’s Living

 

If you’ve bought essential oils, you’ve likely heard about Young Living products.

Quality: ★★★★★. Young Living essential oils are natural and high quality. Like doTerra, they don’t share the GCMS reports on their website which I wish they did. But I believe Young Living oils are high quality.  I’ve personally used Young Living’s Thieves blend and found it to be high quality.

Price: ★★☆☆☆. Like DoTerra, Young Living is really expensive. It’s expensive because of the MLM and because Young Loving makes $400 million dollars a year in profit. Even at wholesale price, Young Living Essential Oils are marked up 400% to 600% (this is how jewelry gets marked up).

Ease of Ordering/Gimmicks: ★★★☆☆.  Alongside the personal pressure from friends to keep ordering, you’ve to pay for Shipping!

Education: ★★★★☆. I love the education I can get from Young Living through the advocates. I’ve also found Young Living advocates to be more truthful.

Overall Rating: 14/20

3. Rocky Mountain

 

Rocky Mountain essential oils used to be called Native American Nutritionals. They are also based out of Utah.

Quality: ★★★★★.  They have high quality oils and easily accessible GC/SM testing for every item! I love it!!

Price: ★★☆☆☆. Rocky Mountain Essential Oils has expensive oils. And opposite to instincts, more expensive does not always equal better quality. They are the same price as doTerra but are not doing as many community events as Young Living and doTerra. They have high quality oils like the 4 companies listed above but cost alone cannot be used to describe the quality of something.

Ease of Ordering/Gimmicks: ★★★★☆.  I love that I can order from Rocky Mountain and they have quick shipping. I love even more that it is free shipping. I get a little overwhelmed with how many different lines, and kits that they offer.

Education: ★★★☆☆. They have good information for each essential oil in easy to consume little drop down menus. It is not as extensive as Young Living or doTerra websites.

Quality:       ★★★★★
Price:           ★★☆☆☆
Ordering:   ★★★★☆
Education: ★★★☆☆

Rocky Mountain overall 14/20

5. Melaleuca

 

Melaleuca started in 1985. They have a lot of different products from weight loss to windex to essential oils. Instead of trying to be the best in one category, Melaleuca ends up being OK in lots of categories. They sell Essential Oils under the brand Pure Essential Oils. Weirdly, Melaleuca says they are a “shop club” but and have to login and become a member. Their prices are high, and they require you to be a member to purchase.

Quality: ★★★☆☆.  Melaleuca oils are good quality. But Melaleuca doesn’t share the GCMS reports of their oils on their website.

Price: ★★★☆☆. They call themself a selling club but that just means you can’t shop directly and have to use “the person who referred you” to melaleuca to shop. This just means their prices are inflated.

Ease of Ordering/Gimmicks: ★★☆☆☆.  The require you to join and have benefits for subscribing which just makes getting the best price complicated. Their selection is limited. They want you to buy $50 a month of things that you may not need just to fill the quota.

Education: ★★★☆☆. They have limited information on their website about EO usage and blends.

Quality:       ★★★☆☆
Price:           ★★★☆☆
Ordering:   ★★☆☆☆
Education: ★★★☆☆

Melaleuca Overall: 11/20