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If you are a member of the Using Essential Oils Safety Facebook group you know we’re all about safety. Recently I started compiling a list of various blends from several companies, checking the essential oils that make up the blends against the information in Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand and listing the concerns.

Do you use pre-made blends? Then you will want to check out the documents in the group files (you have to “join” the group in order to read them). I have the list available as a pdf download, .odt format, and just plain text for you to read right there. If you don’t see a blend you use listed, please let me know so I can add it.

Yesterday a woman posted about an adverse reaction she had with a sample of oils she recently obtained. She placed 1 drop of a blend “as is” as her consultant suggested and had a rash which spread to other areas of the body. She ended up going to Urgent Care it was so bad.

Just this morning she found out what was in the blend she received (it was a sample, not labeled with safety information). The first ingredient is Bergamot, highly phototoxic. This blend was one I had warned about in the group files. This blend can be safely diffused without risk of phototoxicity, but if used topically it needs to be heavily diluted. This woman was not advised to dilute.

If you use blends, do your research! Look up the essential oils individually in Essential Oil Safety like I did so you know what you are dealing with.

If you have any adverse reactions, please contact the company directly. They may be unaware there are any issues, as very few people report adverse reactions. Or, they report to their sales rep, who may neglect to pass it on.

Please note: I am not saying any of these blends should never used. I am saying that you may have to adjust how you use them. Some are best diffused and avoided on the skin.