Pure essential oils

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Hi, I want to buy some 100% pure Sweet Almond oil, but I don't know where to look.
Any suggestions (it needs to be pure though)?

Neals Yard Remedies. Or try a trade supplier like Essentially Oils.

BTW, sweet almond oil is a base oil rather than an essential oil . ( Just thought I'd clarify before you spend hours trawling through the lists of essential oils from suppliers and not finding it )

Right, cool thank you. How do you know for sure they are 100% pure a part from the fact that they say so? IYSWIM

Yes thanks, I realized I got it wrong after writing the title but I thought "oh well"

You will know because you can buy them by botanical name from good suppliers rather than the common name. The botanical for sweet almond is prunus dulcis. I would never buy an oil (essential or base oil) which is labelled with common name only because you have no idea what you are really buying. For example, something labelled as "lavender oil" is misleading as there are umpteen species of lavender - some of which are safe for all and others which are contraindicated (in pregnancy or with children for example). Furthermore, I never buy essential oils from anyone other than reputable trade suppliers (I am an aromatherapist).

Both NYR and Essentially Oils sell pure sweet almond oil. Tisserand also stock this product.

If a base oil has any other oils blended with it, it should be stated on the ingredients list. For example, I believe NYR does a blended "base massage oil" which contains several types of base oils (wheatgerm, grapeseed and apricot kernal.....I think).

You also often find very expensive essential oils blended with a base oil but sold in a regular "essential oil" sized bottle (10ml is standard although expensive oils tend to be sold in 5ml bottles). Rose oil and jasmine are commonly sold in this way. However, these should state that they are diluted in base oil.

Cool!!!! What an extensive post!!
Thanks for that. If I could ask you one more question, is it okay to cleanse the skin of your face with almond oil? Or olive oil on it's own?
I trust you then if you are an aromatherapist I'll get the stuff from essentially oils which are cheaper than the first one.

Are these ones alright?
www.essentialoilsonline.co.uk/
hermitageoils.co.uk/catalog/index.php

I see no reason why you shouldn't use almond oil to cleanse your face. You might want to blend a couple of base oils together to get the right mix for your skin in a 70/30 split. You can use an enricher oil (your 30% of the blend) according to your skin type or particular issue (mature, dry, combination, acne etc).

Are you intending to use the "oil cleansing method" which is so well-loved on here ? I think the recommended oil from that method is castor oil. Again, I would buy this from a trade supplier rather than from my local chemist. The chemist will be cheaper but the oil is more likely to have been refined and therefore lower quality than those supplied by companies I have already mentioned.

Of the two suppliers you link to, the first one is ATC affiliated so I would be tempted to say they should be fine but I have no direct experience of them. The second one, I have never heard of I'm afraid.

Hope this helps!

Yeah, perfect thanks!
Basically I tried the "oil cleansing method" last night. I couldn't wait and I only had olive oil at hand so I used that.
My skin felt and looked wonderful, even DH complimented on it this morning.
My sister has been going on at me about the goodness of oils for the skin, but I was quite reluctant as the skin on my face is rather oily, so I thought it would make it worse and clog the pores.
In fact the olive oil seemed to make my face less "greasy looking" afterwards. In fact this morning I just washed it with water and it looked lovely.
However I'm not going to carry on using just olive oil, I might try castor oil mixed with something else (is it sunflower seed oil they mention in the other thread for greasy skin?).