Why our family chose Young Living? watch this first
This is a topic of great interest and I get this question all the time! Why did we choose Young Living? How does Young Living compare to other companies? Etc. While I address a lot of these questions in the attached video, I do want to preface all of this with my heart on the issue of “other companies”. I do not believe in building my business while taking another down. What I mean is, I will never talk “trash” about another company to get a sale. It’s not in my character, nor is it necessary. Young Living’s purity, open book policy and quality speaks for
Check out their seed to seal promise here.
I will however share what was the defining fact that brought our family to Young Living.
When researching what essential oils are, how they are used, and how a company acquires them, I found that Young Living blew me away! They don’t just produce oils, they discover them! Their farms span the globe, because they distill them from the land in which they thrive the best.
A list of their global farms here.
They have full control of the process: from purchasing virgin land, to bottling the oils. Young Living even takes steps not necessary, to ensure they were the best therapeutic grade oils possible. One such example is that they submit their oils to AIRASE for purity testing and are the only company to do so!
Read more about AIRASE here.
Since I get so many questions about Young Living vs DoTerra I will give an unbiased side-by-side, factual comparison for you.
Young Living vs doTERRA at a glance:
Number of Singles:
doTERRA -48
Young Living-86
Number of Blends:
doTERRA -25
Young Living -121
Year Founded:
doTERRA -2008
Young Living -1993
Years Selling Oils:
doTERRA -9
Young Living -24
Source of Oils:
doTERRA – Direct/Broker
Young Living -1st/direct
Distill on site:
doTERRA -no
Young Living -Yes
Farm ownership:
doTERRA -no
Young Living – Yes
Co-op Farms:
doTERRA -yes
Young Living – Yes
Partner Farms:
Both – Yes
Open to Pubic:
doTERRA -no
Young Living – Yes
Farm Control:
doTERRA -no
Young Living – Yes
Seed Control:
doTERRA -no
Young Living – Yes
Still Tops cone or dome:
doTERRA -Dome
Young Living -Cone
Number of tests:
doTERRA -7/9
Young Living -9/9
3rd Party Testing:
doTERRA -Essential Oil University (which is owned and operated by Robert Pappas who is also paid by DoTerra to represent them in some way as an independent contractor.
Young Living -CNRS France
Organoleptologist:
doTERRA -Yes
Young Living – Yes
Side by side Testing:
Both – Yes
CA Available – certificate of analysis:
doTERRA -no
Young Living -Some
Pesticides:
doTERRA -no
Young Living -no
Synthetic Free:
Both – Yes
Organic:
Both – Yes
USDA Organic:
Both – No
Dedicated Internal:
doTERRA -no
Young Living -Yes
DS labeled- diatary supplement:
doTERRA -some
Young Living – Full Line
Labeled:
Both : As per oil
Child Safety Caps:
doTERRA -2
Young Living -7
Direct Sales:
Both : Yes
Retail Stores:
doTERRA -no
Young Living -12 stores
Online Retail:
Both : Yes
Lemon Cost:
doTERRA –$5.49/15ml
Young Living – $11.25
Frankincense Cost:
doTERRA -$69.75 15/ml (a blend, not pure frankincense)
Young Living – $73.50
Lavender Cost:
doTERRA -$21 15/ml
Young Living – $23.50
