Are doTERRA Oils Expensive?

That is a great question! I've had so many people tell me they can't use doTERRA oils because they are expensive.

Expensive is a relative term. Everyone has a different standard as to what expensive is to them. I tell my friends this:

If you buy the 35.00 membership for doTERRA, it pays for itself in 1-3 orders depending on what you buy.
I purchased:

PastTense for 18.50
Lavender for 21.00
Purify for 18.00
Breathe for 20.00

Total: 77.50

These oils I purchased in April and May (I didn't purchase them all at once) and I still have them. They have lasted me almost 4 months. Just one month of my medication was over 100.00. I no longer have to purchase my migraine medication or ambien. Plus, oils are safe and easy on your body. My liver LOVES me.

So yes, oils can be a bit of an investment, but they have saved me so much money in the long run! It all depends on how you look at it.

I also did a lot of research about doTERRA before I decided to purchase the membership. If you are new to essential oils, just be careful of the ones you purchase. The ones you can buy in a drug store or on Amazon (the really cheap oils) are full of carrier oils and chemicals. They can be harmful. doTERRA is 100% pure therapeutic grade oil.

Don't get me wrong, carrier oils are okay to use. I use fractionated coconut oil to make them go further. I also make homemade "lotion" with organic coconut oil and add a few drops of essential oils. It makes application much easier this way.

I'm simply saying:

Please do your research first! You get what you pay for, that is for sure!

OH MY ALLERGIES...

My husband is even more skeptical than I was about essential oils. He would not let me use them on him because he already knew they wouldn't work.

I recently purchased a diffuser. I couldn't afford a name brand one, so I just purchased mine off of Amazon. I love it! It changes colors, you can keep it on one color, or you can turn the light off. I find it relaxing watching the colors change, but that's just me.

Anyway... Back to the story.

My husband has horrible allergies. He has tried most allergy medications with no relief. So I look up online what oils would be good for allergies. I ended up purchasing Breathe and Purify (at this point I already decided it would save me money to sign up the membership). I finally get them and I immediately open them. I have to smell everything when it comes to oils!

He gets home from work and his eyes are watery and he is sneezing like crazy. He goes upstairs for something and I put a few drops of Breathe and Purify in the diffuser. He comes back downstairs and he wanted to know what that smell was. He liked it. I told him they were some new oils I got. He started doing homework and within a few minutes I noticed he wasn't sneezing anymore. He hadn't sneezed in quite some time. I asked him how he was feeling and he said he felt pretty good.

He went back to homework and I turned the diffuser off. It wasn't long and he was sneezing again. I then walk back over to turn the diffuser back on. A bit of time goes by and he isn't sneezing. I looked at him and said how are those allergies. He stated that he felt relief. I had a huge smile on my face and he wonders what I've been up to. So I told him what was in the diffuser and he was in disbelief. Now we keep Breathe and Purify on hand.

Oh, So Skeptical!

It was horrible. I was having daily migraines. It impaired my ability to work, live, and be happy. I also suffered from insomnia. The two together were a bit unpleasant.

I was on ambien for insomnia and I have tried every migraine medicine under the sun without any true relief. They would take the edge off, but it would not get rid of my migraine. The doctors were at a loss and since I lived in Utah, it was out of the question to try medicinal marijuana. 

I was talking with a friend one night and she mentioned using essential oils. I kind of laughed it off. Yeah. Right. Oils aren't going to work, especially if the medical industry couldn't help me. Right? 

She introduced me to PastTense by doTERRA. She told me to apply it to my forehead, temples, and the base of my neck when I had a migraine. I woke up in tears one morning because the migraine was so horrible. My husband wanted to take me to the emergency room. I asked him to get the oil out of my purse. He brought it back upstairs and I applied it as directed. Within a matter of minutes my migraine was gone. It didn't just take the edge off like the meds, it was completely gone. 

I was shocked. I was in disbelief. I was in denial. 

I knew it just had to be a fluke thing. So I read up about essential oils and I discovered that lavender was a good relaxing oil that helped you fall asleep. Or at least relaxed you enough that you could go to sleep easier. So I made my first ever doTERRA purchase. I purchased PastTense (I wanted to really put it to the test) and I got some lavender. 

My order came in and I was still a bit skeptical. That night I opened the lavender, dripped some into the palm of my hand, and applied it to my chest. I went to bed. I was wide awake. I was not relaxed. I told my friend that the oils just really don't work. She asked how I applied the lavender, so I told her. She asked me to try it again and this time apply the oil to the bottoms of my feet. I think I laughed in her face. Yeah, right. That's not going to work. However, It was worth a shot so I did try it again. That night when I went to bed I whipped out the lavender and applied to the bottoms of my feet. Low and behold it put me to sleep in about 10-15 minutes (I'm not sure it even took that long) 

The next day at work I felt a migraine setting in. I got my handy dandy PastTense and applied it. Again, it took the pain away. 

Now I've used the PastTense and the Lavender, they both worked. That was reason enough for me to keep them on hand!

doTERRA to me is Simply and Essentially Magical!