The 3 Questions You Should Ask Before You Use Essential Oils

You want to take care of your family's health.  And there are a lot of essential oils out on the market.  But how do you know that you are getting the best quality and best value for your dollar?  Here are 3 questions you must ask before you purchase any essential oil on the market today.   ways to know that you are giving your family the highest quality available.

3 Questions to Ask about Essential Oils

Is it organic or wildcrafted?

When it comes to essential oils, organic matters.  If your oil comes from a farm, you might want to reconsider.  Think of it like this, all the chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fumigation and genetic alterations are concentrated in the oil and are 100 times more concentrated that the original plant. If you are working to a healthier lifestyle, concentrated chemicals are not the way to go.  Separation of the chemicals in distillation simply doesn't occur.

Wildcrafted plants are grown alone in nature.  No human help at all.  These are harvested from the wild habitat and are harvested in the wild.  This is a pure form of the plant giving you a high quality, premium oil in distillation.  

Who recommended this essential oil to you?

Do you know a Certified Medical Aromatherapist?  If you have ever wondered about essential oils, get to know one.  Holly Draper, is one of the few Certified Medical Aromatherapists in the USA and the only one in the state of Utah. If you lived in France, you could go to the doctor and Draper could provide you a prescription in an essential oil form, rather than a chemical prescription.

Holly Draper, Certified Medical Aromatherapist

Draper only recommends and supplies medicinal grade essential oils, the highest quality available.  When you follow recommendations of a Certified Medical Aromatherapist, you provide your body with more vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals than other oils. Your body will be able to heal itself more quickly and safely. 

Has this oil been through chromatography testing?

Okay, here goes the science lesson of the day.  To evaluate the value or richness of a product, chromatography testing is used.  In essence, the chemist passes a mixture dissolved in the mobile phase through a stationary phase, separating what is being analyzed from the other molecules.  This way, the actual molecules are being isolated and measured.  Gas chromatography is used for substances that will not decompose at high temperature.  The process is simple.  An oil sample is put in the heating chamber of the gas chromatograph machine, and heated until it evaporates.  As the oil vaporizes, it is measure for  the amount of time and the concentration of the molecule. Premium  medicinal grade oils have these test results on hand.  As a consumer you have access to see these charts to know you are receiving a premium product.  And if you are unsure, simply request to see a copy of the chromatography testing.

If you can confidently answer that you know where your oils come from, who has recommended them, and how they have scored on the chromatography testing, you have a premium, certified organic oil.

Purify Skin Therapy Pure Organic Oils has the chromatography testing results ready to show you, they use only organic or wildcrafted oils.  Use them wisely and they will help you in your quest for your family's health.

Giveaway Winner ~ Get Your Summer Body with Lighten Up Blend

We have a Winner for the Lighten Up Blend

The Lighten Up Giveaway

Memorial Day has passed and we are in the full summer swing of things!  Lighten Up Blend is a premium grade, organic essential oil, the perfect addition to supercharge your weight loss plan. 

Purify Skin Therapy's new oil blend, Lighten Up, is specifically formulated to boost your metabolism and improve your health. With one drop of Lighten Up oil added your water with a quick shake before drinking. The combination of oils provide a higher level of hydration to each cell in your body. Your body can actually perform at optimal levels. In addition, Lighten Up Blend triggers detox enzymes that rid your body of toxins. So, you can maximize the good and eliminate the bad for your body. 

Remember, make sure that oils going into your body are certified organic. This is found by looking on the ingredient list on the side of the bottle. Citrus oils, in particular, are cold pressed from the peel of the fruit. If that fruit was sprayed with pesticides, those pesticides in concentrated form are going directly into your body- that's not going to help your body work at optimal level.

Lighten Up blend will be available this week and today we are happy to announce giveaway winner: 

Jenni G.

Congrats!  

We will be contacting you directly to  send you a free 15 ml bottle of Lighten Up blend. Thank you to all who entered.  We have much more great giveaways coming to you this summer- so stay tuned. 

Giveaway ~ Get Your Summer Body with Lighten Up Blend

On this memorial day, we would like to thank all the men and women who have died fighting for our freedom. Your service is not forgotten. 

We have some exciting things happening at Purify Skin Therapy. We will have several new single oils and new oil blends available for purchase over the next few weeks. We will be posting about them all and the great benefits they have. Here is the list of new oils to be watching for:

• MRSA Blend 
• Candida Cleanse Blend 
• Bay Laurel
• Dill Weed
• Jasmine
• Mountain Savory
• Petitgrain
• Sandalwood
• Coriander
• German Chamomile
• Juniper Berry
• Roman Chamomile
• Digestion
• Allergy Relief
• Asthma
• Cough Care Blend
• Lighten Up
• Tooth & Gum
• Premium Shave Oil

Lighten Up Giveaway

Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and it's the perfect time to get rid of some extra pounds. Using premium grade, organic essential oils is the perfect way to supercharge your weight loss plan.

Purify Skin Therapy's new oil blend, Lighten Up, is specifically formulated to boost your metabolism and improve your health. Put one drop of Lighten Up oil into your water and shake it up. As you drink, the combination of oils provide a higher level of hydration to each cell in your body. In addition, it triggers detox enzymes that rid your body of toxins. Remember, make sure that the oils going into your body are certified organic. You can find out by looking on the ingredient list on the side of the bottle. Citrus oils, in particular, are cold pressed from the peel of the fruit. If that fruit was ever sprayed with pesticides, those pesticides in concentrated form are going directly into your body- that's not going to help your body work at optimal level.

Lighten Up blend will be available later this week and today we are hosting a giveaway! The winner will receive a 15 ml bottle of Lighten Up blend. To enter, leave us a comment below. For a second entry, Like us on Facebook, then leave another comment on this post that you did so. We plan to host many more giveaways in the future, so you won't want to miss them!

Giveaway ends at 5pm Mountain time on Tuesday, May 27.

Homemade Antibacterial Wipes Recipe

Disposable cleaning wipes are convenient, but are laden with harsh chemicals that can be harmful to pets and children. You can make your own anti-bacterial cleaning wipes that not only work better than commercial brands, but are also safe for your pets and children. You can get your kids involved in making the wipes and then put them to work to wipe down your doorknobs, light switches and even the toilets.

Here is what you will need:

• Empty cleaning wipe container cleaned and dried
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 paper towel roll - Bounty brand recommended for durability
• 5 drops lemon essential oil
• 5 drops lemongrass essential oil
• 5 drops tea tree essential oil

Use a serrated knife to cut the paper towel roll in half to make a shorter roll so it is the height of your wipe container. Mix the water and essential oils together in a glass jar and shake it. Stuff the paper towel roll tightly into the container and pour liquid over papertowels. Once wet, the cardboard roll pulls easily out of the middle of the paper towels. Remove one paper towel out of the middle of the roll at a time for cleaning. You can get this recipe and others for free with the Cleaning Pack of essential oils.

Safely Heal Sunburns

Summer season is here and although the Vitamin D the sun provides is good for your health, sunburns can be painful and dangerous. The best preventative measure for sunburns is to wear a wide brimmed hat, wear loose, light clothing to cover your skin and avoid being outside mid-day when the sun is at its hottest. If you must be outside, choose a natural sunblock since most commercial brands are full of harsh chemicals that can actually do more harm than good.

In the event that you or someone you care for does end up with a sunburn, Purify Skin Therapy offers a natural product to assist in the healing and soothing of your fragile skin called After Sun Serum. Never put straight essential oils onto a sunburn. Doing so can put you into shock. The essential oils need to diluted with a quality carrier oil. After Sun Serum is made from the highest quality oils including grapeseed oil, kakui nut oil, hempseed oil, sea buckthorn oil, lavender oil and peppermint oil.

This mixture of oils is safe and gentle to heal the sunburn quickly and restore the skin. Ready for use right out of the bottle, these oils relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and moisturizes and repairs the skin to reduce peeling. This oil blend is safe for the use on children, but not recommended for use on their faces. It also would not be recommended on young infants. Please keep your babies in the shade with a sun hat to protect them.

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Skin Care ~ Made Fresh to Order

Purify Skin Therapy's skincare products are made from 100% Natural Certified Organic and Wildcrafted ingredients. There are no chemicals or synthetic ingredients added. The organic ingredients are hand selected for their healing, restorative and anti-aging properties. The skin care is literally therapy for your skin!

The best part? There also are no preservatives in the skin care. When you order, your skincare is mixed by hand from fresh organic ingredients and shipped directly to you. For guaranteed freshness, it is packaged in 30 day supply bottles and you can have your skincare auto-shipped to you. We guarantee you will love the way your skin feels using Purify Skin Therapy's products or your money back.

Pain Ease Blend Testimonial

Pain Ease is a blend of essential oils formulated for deep pain where there is no broken skin. If you are suffering from arthritis, bruising, joint pain, sore muscles, torn ligaments, phantom pain and/or deep tissue pain, this oil will provide much needed relief.

Jennie Kinder recently wrote us about her experience:

"I was in absolute back pain, including my sciatic nerve flaring up, down my backside, down the back of my leg and balling up in my calf. I lived with this for months and then finally had a back operation. After my operation the pain was exactly the same as before the operation. Being on pain pills was no good for working condition - I was only able to work four-hour days and then the pain would hit. Then my daughter's friend introduced me to Pain Ease by Purify Skin Therapy. It was about time to take a pain pill but I wanted to give the Pain Ease a fair chance. My daughter rubbed five drops onto my back, five drops on the back of my leg where my sciatic nerve balls up and then five drops on my calf which also is balled up by my sciatic nerve. I immediately felt the peppermint tingle in my muscles and the heat relaxing my muscles. I stood up and there was no pain. The pain stayed away for 36 hours. I was amazed and promptly bought a bottle. I use it daily and am now able to work my regular eight-hour shift. Thank you Purify Skin Therapy. You have definitely made a change to my life. I truly believe I would still be in pain without it."

Provide yourself some relief by ordering Pain Ease HERE.

Migraines

Do you suffer from migraine headaches? Migraines can cause intense throbbing in one area of the head and are commonly accompanied by nausea and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. Migraine attacks can cause significant pain for hours to days and be so severe that all you can think about is finding a dark, quiet place to lie down.

Migraines are believed to be caused by a hormonal imbalance in the body. Clary Sage essential oil balances those hormones and eliminates the migraine. Certified Medical Aromatherapist, Holly Draper, used to suffer from migraines to the point it would make her vomit. She began using Clary Sage and it cured her migraines from every returning. She has not had a migraine in years. When you feel a migraine coming on, simply breathe in the essential oil for 5 to 10 minutes until the migraine is relieved. You can do this as often as is needed.

You can purchase certified organic Clary Sage essential oil HERE.

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Essential Oils for Children

In a previous post, we briefly discussed that not all essential oils are safe for use on children. The human liver is not fully developed until age 9 or 10. Strong oils, even when diluted, can actually harm a developing liver. We want to use essential oils to heal the body, not harm it. Understanding age appropriate oil safety is so important, as is using certified organic and certified wildcrafted oils.

Purify Skin Therapy has created an oil blend called Kids Immune. It is made of the best oils to heal younger bodies. Kids Immune cleans and clears the lymphatic system fighting bacterial, viral and fungal infections. In addition to healing infections, it can be used in a preventative manner as an overall immune system booster. You can apply Kids Immune to the bottoms of their feet and/or down the spine sending it into their bloodstream to quickly fight infections.

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What to look for in an essential oil

 The use of essential oils is becoming a popular practice. It is a natural and less expensive way to care for your health. In Europe you can purchase essential oils at the corner pharmacy. With the popularity of essential oils growing, so are the number of companies distributing them. However, not all essential oils are created equal. Here are three questions to ask as you look for the highest quality essential oil:

• Does the label state that the oil is Certified Organic or Certified Wildcrafted? Organic plants have been grown on unpolluted land without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fumigation or genetic alteration. Wildcrafted plants have grown without human intervention and are harvested from their natural or "wild" habitat. One drop of essential oil is 100 times more concentrated than the plant it came from. Essential oils from non-organic plants contain chemicals and pesticides that are also 100 times more concentrated. The chemicals and natural plant oils cannot be separated during the distilling processes. If the label does not state that it is certified organic or wildcrafted, than it does have chemicals and pesticides in it.
• Are the oils sourced by a Certified Medical Aromatherapist? Certified Medical Aromatherapists supply medicinal grade essential oils. It is the highest quality of essential oil available containing more vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals than lower-grade oils. Medicinal grade oils heal the body more quickly and safely.
• Every company says that their oils are the best quality, how do I know which oils really are? A high quality supplier will have each batch of essential oil gas chromatographed (tested for quality). Every bottle of Purify Skin Therapy essential oils contains the batch and lot numbers, providing proof that it has been tested for quality by an independent lab.

Purify Skin Therapy's Essential Oils meet all of these standards and more! These oils are packaged in cobalt blue bottles to better protect your oils from harmful UV rays. As a privately owned small business, when you purchase oils through Purify Skin Therapy, you are paying for the highest quality oils and not for high commissions and company consultants.

Get More Sleep With These Organic Essential Oils

You know those nights when you are so tired but you just can't seem to shut it off and get some sleep? You're laying there, thinking about all that needs to be accomplished tomorrow and just dreading it because if you don't get to sleep soon, you know you'll be dragging all day long. With new projects going on, in life, it gets harder to power down the mind to get some rest. But what about the chemicals found in a drug solution? And what about waking up with a hangover from your sleep aid? You certainly didn't want that. Natural therapies is just what we're looking for! Certified Medicinal Aromatherapist, Holly Draper, has a natural solution to help you get that much needed shut eye.

Prepare for sleep
Before you head to bed, breathe in 100% pure premium grade, organic Spearmint Oil from Purify Skin Therapy for 5-10 minutes. This oil works directly with your limbic system to release and calm the mind, making it easier to turn off the spinning wheels and prepare for bed. This practice helps you relax, tells your mind it's time to turn in and prepares you to fall asleep.

Relax or Release Blend to get to Sleep
Now, look at what is keeping you from getting those Zzzs. There's a couple types of stress that keeps us from resting, physical and emotional. Feeling like you need to go hit the treadmill or having a bit of tummy troubles? Try the Relax Blend to help your body unwind so that you can focus on counting those sheep! See, Relax Blend is an excellent way to soothe the body. People have used this oil blend to help calm those suffering with ADHD and get focused.

Release blend works differently. Some stress is so internal that the answer just seems to be "Have a snack, and cuddle up in front of the TV." When you feel this way, your body is ready for Release Blend. This oil blend works with emotions so that you can let things go, and get the rest you need. This formula helps you rid the anger, frustration and inner turmoil so that you can ease your mind and get some rest.

Get the Kids to Bed
Those moments when you are aching for sleep and the kids can't settle down are especially brutal. We have been there! Try letting them breathe in a bit of Spearmint Oil so that they can unwind, too. A couple of sprays of this premium grade oil could be the secret to blissful night's sleep. Aah, can you feel it now? Relaxation is just a few moments away.

Count those Sheep
By using the combination of organic Spearmint Oil with either Relax or Release Blend oil and you will find your way to dreamland quickly. You can find these premium essential oils through Purify Skin Therapy by linking here.

Purify Skin Therapy Skin Care System Testimonial

Who doesn’t love great skin? After years of tanning, living near the water and not using enough sunblock, I didn’t have the smooth skin I once enjoyed. My cheeks were broken out, red and blotchy from all the damage. I thought crazy chemical treatments were the only way to get some life back into my skin.

However, I have found something extraordinary! It is different than anything I’ve ever tried. Purify Skin Therapy was created by a Certified Medical Aromatherapist. You know, someone who went to school for eight years to learn how to use essential oils to help heal the body, kind of aromatherapist. In fact, if we were in France, you could go to the doctor, and she could prescribe an essential oil heal remedy rather than a prescription. This aromatherapist is not just one of the few in the United States, she is also my close friend, Holly Draper. She has been very dear to me for a couple of decades. Holly is the real deal, a great Mom and wife, in addition to being a Certified Medical Aromatherapist. Someone who I trust. I have worked alongside her in many capacities and have been in awe of her dedication to give her all until late in the night, only to get up early and do it all again. Holly created this skin care line for herself, never intending to sell it.  But the word got out. And people can’t get it fast enough.

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Purify Skin Therapy is 100% Natural and Organic. There’s a long list of all the stuff that isn’t in these products, you can find that here. What you do find here is the good stuff, like Organic Essential Oils, Rosehip Seed Oil, Kukui Nut Oil, Peppermint and Spearmint (both great for healing.) You even use it differently.

Step 1: Organic Tea Tree Creamer Cleanser & Makeup Remover

Wow, I love how fresh my skin feels after using this cleanser. At the end of the day, I take a little bit, rub it into my skin WITH my make up still on.

I rub it over my eye make up all around my face, then with a warm, wet washcloth I cover my entire face. It’s like  a mini steam facial, then wipe it off. From the first time I tried it, I couldn’t believe how it removed the make up so well, but was so gentle to my skin.

Step 2: Tangerine Blast Toner

Who wants giant pores showing through makeup? This toner comes in a spray, misting lightly.

Hands down, this is the very best toner I’ve ever used on my skin. The tangerine aroma really energizes you, while it works to shrink pores, helps balance your skin’s pH and tighten that skin, revealing fresher, younger looking skin. This may be my favorite part of this skin care system.

Step 3: Silk Face & Body Daytime Moisturizer

I give the toner a minute for my skin to fully absorb it, then the moisturizer blends right in. This light moisturizer is healing and is absorbed by the skin quickly so you won’t have that heavy feeling. My skin feels soft, but not greasy, exactly what a moisturizer should do.

Purify Skin Therapy offers this skincare system in a pack, saving you 10% off!

Bug Repel

As we approach summer, one thing you may be wondering about is how to protect your family from insects in a natural way. Purify Skin Therapy's Bug Repel is an effective 100% natural insect repellent.

This powerful blend contains geraniol, citronellol, and eucalyptol which are the strongest insect repellents and are in their whole complete plant form (the whole 100% pure essential oil). These oils are effective against all kinds of insects: mosquitoes, flies, ants, ticks, chiggers, etc. You can apply a few drops of this oil to exposed skin, or you can make a mister of this to spray on.

To make a mister:
In a 2 oz. glass mister bottle, add 1 oz. water and 15 drops Bug Repel Blend
Shake well and mist over the skin
Be careful not to get it in your eyes

This blend is safe for pregnant women and infants. For infants dilute it more:15 drops in 2 oz. water, just do not get it in their eyes.

Click HERE to purchase Bug Repel ~ 100% Natural and Organic Insect Repellant