FAQs

Essential oils are highly concentrated botanical extracts. They are usually obtained through a process of steam distillation.

Carrier oils comes from nuts, seeds, and fruit. Because carrier oils are emollient they soften and smooth the skin. Carrier oils protect the skin and prevent trans epidermal water loss. Carrier oils help the skin absorb other active ingredients such as essential oils.

Essential oils should be packaged in dark colored glass, since this filters out the suns ultra-violet light. Until quite recently, dark amber was always the color of choice in glass bottles as can be seen from old-style medicine bottles.

No matter what the color of bottle is, you should never leave oils in a place where the sun will shine directly on them – like on a window shelf in the bathroom, for example. Over a period of months this will dramatically speed up the process of oxidation (deterioration) due to them continually heating up and cooling down.

Choose a cool, dark place to keep them safely away from heat and also inquisitive children – safety point number one.

Citrus essential oils are the most prone to oxidation, so to avoid the damage caused by temperature variations you could store them in the refrigerator if you have the space.

Scatters Oils does not recommend the ingestion of any essential oils without advice from a medical practitioner on proper use and dosage.

100% organic essential oils are natural and uncontaminated. Our Indigenous, Conventional, and Organic essential oils are 100% natural, unadulterated, and from a single plant origin.

INCI is the acronym for “International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient”. You’ll find INCI names on all of our product pages. The purpose of an INCI name is to ensure that cosmetic ingredients are consistently listed using the same ingredient name from product to product. INCI names are assigned to ingredients based on their chemical structure and composition.

Steam distillation is a special type of distillation. This separation process is for temperature sensitive material like natural aromatic compounds. After distillation the vapors are condensed. Usually the immediate product is a two-phase system of water and the organic distillate, allowing for separation of the components by decantation, partitioning, or other suitable methods.

Steam distillation is employed in the isolation of essential oils, for use in perfumes, for example. Eucalyptus oil and orange oil are obtained by this method on the industrial scale.

“Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils is a Potentially Misleading Claim. No governmental agency or generally accepted organization ‘grades’ or ‘certifies’ essential oils as ‘therapeutic grade,’ ‘medicinal grade,’ or ‘aromatherapy grade’ in the U.S.”

A product is considered natural if it is made of naturally-occurring ingredients that are processed using natural processes such as cold-pressing.

CAS Registry is the most authoritative collection of disclosed chemical substance information, containing more than 123 million organic and inorganic substances and 66 million sequences. Each CAS Registry Number is a unique numeric identifier, designates only one substance, has no chemical significance, and is a link to a wealth of information about a specific chemical substance. A CAS Registry Number can contain up to 10 digits divided by hyphens into three parts.

Approximately 15,000 new substances are added each day.

A CAS Registry Number, however, is unique and specific to only one substance regardless of how many other ways the substance can be described.

The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) was established in 1976 by the industry trade association. At the time this organization was known as the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association but it is now known as the Personal care Products Council.

The CIR review and assess the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics in an open, unbiased, and expert manner.

A product is considered natural if it is made of naturally-occurring ingredients that are processed using natural processes such as cold-pressing.