Essential Oils
I used to sell soaping supplies!
The health food store has an astronomical markup on essential oils. There are different grades of many essential oils however, so sometimes what you see is because it’s a higher grade than one say, for making soap or for cleaning supplies. (Lavender being the best example)
For smaller amounts, there are a lot of sites you can try! Shop around because some places are much, much more than others.
http://www.herbalsoapsbyrj.com/ is where I always shop first! Price is great and she does regular ‘buys’ on bulk items.
www.fromnaturewithlove.com is pricey but they have any kind of essential oil you could ever want, the quality is higher than the health food stores and the price is comparable. If you are making top quality cosmetics or treatments for yourself, the prices are worth it.
The best savings come from www.lebermuth.com but: that is if you buy in large quantity. If you are wanting mass amts of say lavender for soap, you can buy a couple of pounds for about what 8-16 oz would cost at a comparable shop. Tea Tree Oil at the health food store for example, will cost you 5-10 times as much on a per-ounce basis than if you bought a full pound elsewhere. Patchouli gets better with age so if you buy several pounds of it, it will stay good in glass for a long long time. Other oils however are more volatile and might not weather a long storage as well, like tea tree oil for example. I keep bottles of this with droppers to treat all our scratches and infections but, it does not keep ‘forever’ so I buy it in smaller quantities. Lavender for soap, I buy a few pounds at a time when I can get a good deal on it, and it keeps a long time. Adding Vitamin E is a popular suggestion to ‘preserve’ the essential oils but this does not work.
If you want bulk amts. to make soaps or bath items or cleaning supplies, go where you can get it cheapest. The grade does not matter for cleaning supplies, for the most part.
AVOID Wellington Fragrance! They have ‘amateur’ quality, at best. On everything.
Good luck!
Angie
The health food store has an astronomical markup on essential oils. There are different grades of many essential oils however, so sometimes what you see is because it’s a higher grade than one say, for making soap or for cleaning supplies. (Lavender being the best example)
For smaller amounts, there are a lot of sites you can try! Shop around because some places are much, much more than others.
http://www.herbalsoapsbyrj.com/ is where I always shop first! Price is great and she does regular ‘buys’ on bulk items.
www.fromnaturewithlove.com is pricey but they have any kind of essential oil you could ever want, the quality is higher than the health food stores and the price is comparable. If you are making top quality cosmetics or treatments for yourself, the prices are worth it.
The best savings come from www.lebermuth.com but: that is if you buy in large quantity. If you are wanting mass amts of say lavender for soap, you can buy a couple of pounds for about what 8-16 oz would cost at a comparable shop. Tea Tree Oil at the health food store for example, will cost you 5-10 times as much on a per-ounce basis than if you bought a full pound elsewhere. Patchouli gets better with age so if you buy several pounds of it, it will stay good in glass for a long long time. Other oils however are more volatile and might not weather a long storage as well, like tea tree oil for example. I keep bottles of this with droppers to treat all our scratches and infections but, it does not keep ‘forever’ so I buy it in smaller quantities. Lavender for soap, I buy a few pounds at a time when I can get a good deal on it, and it keeps a long time. Adding Vitamin E is a popular suggestion to ‘preserve’ the essential oils but this does not work.
If you want bulk amts. to make soaps or bath items or cleaning supplies, go where you can get it cheapest. The grade does not matter for cleaning supplies, for the most part.
AVOID Wellington Fragrance! They have ‘amateur’ quality, at best. On everything.
Good luck!
Angie
posted by Tawra Jean at 9:30 PM
2 Comments:
Would anyone know where to get oils (like LorAnn for flavoring candy) at a reasonable price? Are essential oils the same thing or are they inedible?
Thanks!
Dawn
Dawn,
Yes, most "essential oils" are intended for fragrance and are inedible--you have to find "food grade" oils.
I like cooking with lavender oil, but it's expensive, so I just use the dried blossoms instead (also "food grade," since I don't want blossoms with "fragrance" added, like the blossoms used for potpourri). I'm sorry I don't have a good source recommendation for you! Best of luck!
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