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I used to think that essential oils were a scam, but I ended up finding out that they are a great resource for your natural medicine cabinet for issues such as headaches, ear infections, tummy aches, viruses and bacterial infections, and more. But I eventually felt I needed to figure out where to buy essential oils that I could trust and that I could reasonably afford.

I spent a ton of time calling companies, asking questions, sampling oils.  Literally, it was a ton.  And it was very exhausting.

I've learned a lot with all the time I've spent researching oils companies and I've covered a lot of what I learned here in this essential oils series, some of which I wrote while I was still trying to figure out which company I was going to be using and recommending.

Where to Buy Essential Oils you can trust

In this post, I'll talk about the company that I decided to purchase our oils from.

It's also the one that I recommend to you as having the best essential oils for the money, with natural healing qualities and no additives or adulterating.

Confused about essential oils? What this blogger found out will surprise you. She tried to find out which essential oils company is best and found out some VERY interesting things about oils and the companies that sell them, including Young Living and doTERRA.Pin

How I Chose Where to Buy Essential Oils for My Family

This all started with my not being happy with the way questions were (or were not) answered by Young Living and doTERRA. So I started contacting a bunch of other essential oils companies and asked a lot of questions.

If you remember, when I started trying to figure out where to buy essential oils, I mentioned the following about Native American Nutritionals (now Rocky Mountain Oils) in Part One of the series.

“Looks like they carry good products, but they are a bit expensive.  Their prices, for a number of oils, in fact, are almost identical to the MLMs in this group, Young Living and DoTerra.  And I don’t see any difference on the surface in the quality department.”

In this post, you can see that I ended up recommending them, but this was really a surprise for me. After thinking that I was writing them off, I got a call back from the owner of Native American Nutritionals, and I talked with him for a few hours, which turned into many hours after that, and I felt that he really knew his stuff.

I was intrigued by what he had to say about his company and the oils industry in general.

We had countless conversations from March 2012 – January 2013, and I literally grilled him about his company and others to figure out which company I wanted to recommend, and if his, was in fact, good enough for my family and for all of you.

I now can say that I feel very comfortable recommending this company to you and am now using their oils almost exclusively (only because I have a few bottles of other brands left over).

I hope you check them out and I'd love to hear about your experience.

(Disclaimer.  I did not choose this company because I was able to become an affiliate for them, but I am one. I decided to work with them and then we made an partnership agreement. I was the first affiliate for the company.)

Why I Chose Rocky Mountain Oils

Please note: since this series was written, Rocky Mountain Oils purchased Native American Nutritionals. Native American Nutritionals was the original company, then the two companies had a partnership. Then Rocky Mountain Oils (RMO) purchased NAN. I am even more confident in the quality of oils now that this all has taken place.

Here are some of the qualities that make Rocky Mountain Oils a solid place to buy your essential oils from.

1.  Experience

The owner of Native American Nutritionals Paul Dean, was in the oils industry since 1997, being first introduced to essential oils about 30 years ago.  He started his first full-time essential oils business in 1998.

Rocky Mountain Oils was founded in 2004 by two essential oil enthusiasts, Michael and Leah Vincent. With years of experience in essential oils, the acquisition of Native American Nutritionals, and 14 years of company growth, RMO has become one of the leading direct-to-consumer essential oil companies in the world.

2.  Purity

Quality Oils – all oils have been third party GC/MS tested.

Certificates are available upon request by easily entering in the batch number from any bottle.

Almost all of the oils come from plants grown in remote locations where no pesticides, herbicides, or harmful chemicals are used and only natural fertilizers are used.

3.  Indigenous Plants

All oils come from plants grown in their indigenous locations (where they grow naturally).

4.  Oils from Small Farms

Almost all oils from NAN were sourced directly from small farms (many are from third-world countries).  Mr. Dean contracted with locals in the countries from where he sourced the oils, finds a quality farm, sets up a distiller, and extracts the oils.  The oils are then sent to Native American, then sent for testing, and bottled.  The only oils at NAN that are not from small farms are mainly the organic citrus oils.

Since Rocky Mountain Oils purchased Native American Nutritionals, some of the sourcing has changed as the company felt they had to make some changes to put a higher priority on the purity and quality of the oils sold. They source from small farms and also from leading experts in the industry.

5.  No Solvents

They use no solvents for distillation except when necessary, as in the case of absolutes like vanilla and jasmine (since the cost of those essential oils is otherwise prohibitive.)  Update 2015: they now sell a vanilla extracted with CO2.

6.  Affordable Pricing

They have affordable prices (not as expensive as the multi-level marketing companies, but not “too good to be true” either.)

7.  Quality Pure Oils

I have a lot of standards for quality and making sure that you are purchasing quality oils. See this post on pure essential oils for that information.

In addition, I prefer buying organic whenever I can, and that includes essential oils. Recently (Nov 2017), Rocky Mountain Oils has included an organic line of oils in their lineup and should be expanding it soon.

8.  Transparency

Details for oils are listed clearly on their site (including the Latin name and country of origin).

The company is working on how to indicate the growing method now that they sometimes have a variety of sources for some oils.

9.  Reasonable Shipping Costs

Rocky Mountain Oils offers Free Shipping domestically in the U.S. and reasonable shipping internationally, with free shipping over $199.

10.  No Adulterating

Oils are not heated, mixed with anything else, or adulterated in any way.

Unless declared on the label, the oils are pure. The only things added would be a carrier oil to make the oil or blend easier to use right out of the bottle.

What About Other Companies?

I often receive inquiries asking me what I think about other essential oils companies.

Please read this post on Essential Oils Testing and Quality and this report on 10 Things You Need to Know About Essential Oils to see if a brand measures up.

There are more and more companies out there on a daily basis. It truly seems that every day there is a new company selling essential oils and many are making claims that they are the only pure oils out there, which is not true.

My standards are high. I don't just want a company that says they are pure. When deciding where to buy essential oils, I want to make SURE I'm getting pure and not just a song and dance.

More Essential Oils Posts

Here are other posts that you might want to check out in this series on essential oils.

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  1. Hello! I see it’s been over a year since you wrote this series in your blog. First off let me say that I believe you did a great job 🙂 I ran across NAN recently and just started digging into them when I came across your blog. I was interested in they way you compared them to the other big name companies. Now, I’m going to tell you something, but I don’t want you to stop reading my comment afterwards………I am a YL distributor…No wait…please!…keep reading 😉 lol.. I have been with them for more years than I can remember at this point. At the time I joined they were the best option for EOs. I joined them for my own personal benefit and not to make money or grow a business. To this day I still do not have any people under me (much to my upline’s disappointment). Like you, I have a child with a special needs. My 11yr old son was diagnosed with the terminal, life shortening, beast that I hate with every fiber of my being (take your pick ) disease Cystic Fibrosis. I won’t get too much into that, but just say that it took eight yrs (his age at time of diagnosis) of fighting with everything in me to keep my son as healthy as possible using whichever means I could till we finally had answers. I truly believe that homeschooling and EOs have helped keep him in the best of health he has ever been in. I have some questions for you about your choice of Native American Nutritionals…. 1) Are you still with the company today? 2) Are you still happy with their product and the quality of it? If I continue to like what I see, I may be making a huge change concerning EOs soon. Thank you!

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    1. Hi there. And of course I kept reading :).

      I am still working w/ this company and am more convinced than ever. They have grown and their staff has proven themselves to be high quality and I love their diffusers. I am using the Home one right now. Happy to answer any other questions you have. Glad to hear how well your son is doing. I am still working on my son’s health. Thanks for stopping by. Oh, did you see the new guide I came out with and this new post?

      https://wholenewmom.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-essential-oils-before-you-buy/
      https://wholenewmom.com/health-concerns/essential-oils/

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  2. I’m just getting into essential oils and have decided to try them, but I’m still figureing out the best ones to buy. I read your whole series and noticed these posts are a few years old. So im wondering, do you still fell the same way now? Thanks!

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  4. Adrienne- I just want to say I spent about 2 hours reading almost all of your essential oils posts and I’m so grateful for all your research. I see this is over one year old but I stumbled across your site after looking up natural ways to cure my sons severe acid reflux. Thank you so much for your time and I’ll be happily looking into Native American nutritionals 🙂 have a lovely day

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  5. Thank you for the full story of how you were introduced and all your research. One more educated mom here!

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  6. Thank you!!!. 🙂
    You’re awesome. Thanks to all your hard work and passionate research for the truth of this whole deal, you saved me so much trouble. I very much appreciate the way that posted the information step by step. I know what company I am going to try now.

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  7. I have been reading through comments. I saw the comment about RMO and NAN merging and then another comment that it hadn’t gone through. Can you clarify and tell me if this has changed your stance on the compAny. I apologize in advance if you already answered this? Thanks

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    1. Hi there. No, this hasn’t changed my thoughts at all. If I remember correctly, they were planning to merge but decided it made better sense to keep the companies separate but to maintain their partnership. Sounds like a very practical move to me. They still work very closely together.

      Thanks and let me know if you have any other questions.

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    1. Hi there! I am planning to write about that soon so good question! I have a doTERRA one but I don’t care for it so I am going to sell it. Native American carries several diffusers. I am currently testing out the Aroma Cloud Spa and Home and I love them. The Breeze is for more intense diffusing. I am going to try that next. The CloudSpa covers a broader area whereas the Home would be better for a smaller room.

      Oh – I do think that they are currently out of stock but they hope to have them later this month or early December. :)/

      In case you missed it here is my new guide to EOs.

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  9. I have just recently been introduced to eo. I am really wanting to start using them more and had a couple YL and DT reps contact me about signing up. One thing they said is that NAN didn’t claim that they were therapeutic food grade, that they only offered topical and aromatic. Can you shed some light for me? I would love to sign up to save money and maybe make a couple bucks too, but I rather use the better eo.

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    1. Native American does claim that their oils are therapeutic and that you can ingest them (for oils that can be ingested). They just say to be careful since some of the antibacterial oils might kill good bacteria. That appears to be a debatable issue, but I take a probiotic and limit my intake internally. Hope that helps. I am surprised that they said that. It is completely not true at all. There is no membership at Native American. Rocky Mountain carries the same oils and they have free shipping today. https://wholenewmom.com/RockyMountainOils (affiliate link)

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  10. I have been really wanting to learn about essential Oils, but was really overwhelmed by all biased information out there. I found your blog for the first time tonight and have been reading for almost 2 hours. Thank you so much for all your time and research. I will be regular on your site now!

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