YOUNG LIVING DEEP DIVE | Essential oils company explained, truth about founder Gary Young
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2021
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That's funny. You only show the "bad side". But you're literally showing documents from the companies own websites.....😂😂😂 I love it.
Right?? I get SO many comments on my other deep dives like “this is so one sided, you’re not talking about the positives!” and I’m like……. I’m literally just reading directly from your company’s documents. Not my fault it doesn’t make them look too good 😂
@@HannahAlonzo right?! Hahahaha that's so entertaining.
It seems Young Living need to figure this one out for themselves!🤣 Without the consumption of kool-aid, these daft overpriced companies all make themselves look like complete donuts!🤣🤣🤣
The old 'false balance' bias - the idea that equal coverage ought to be given to all perspectives on a given issue, regardless of their relative merit. The evidence on MLMs doesn't suggest that the benefits outweigh the harms, or even that they are significant enough to be worth discussing. It's *reality* that's biased against the social and financial benefits of MLMs.
Don’t defend this company it’s really really bad as a former young living member it’s truely shit lol
I’m from Bulgaria and our country is famous for the rose oil production. It’s very difficult to make but I can assure you…It doesn’t cost THAT much.
Love your country! I’ve been there like 12 times, it’s the best! I’ve been to rose fields with a guide and they told us about how it’s produced. The Bulgarian rose oil IS super affordable and very high quality. If anyone wants to buy it, better buy it from Bulgaria!
I was in YL for 5yrs. The MOST I made was $300 in one month, minus what I spent that month it was actually -$400. My typical commission checks were $30/mo. And I busted ass. I had parties, shared, sent samples. I tried. It was terrible. I am so glad I’m out
Says most people that ever owned a business… Of any variety…
Congrats on getting out! I hope you're much happier now 😁
@@focusedfilmw2168 Most businesses aren't designed to fail like MLMs are. And she didn't own the business, she was a 1099 contractor who was taken advantage of by YL.
@@jenny6904 I have started up 11 Corporations/LLCs. The amount of business intelligence I probably have in the finger nail of my pinky finger is probably 10 times more than you possess.
She wasn’t taking advantage of, she is just simply a straight up idiot. It’s OK to be an idiot. There’s been billions of idiots throughout the course of history. The problem is when an idiot doesn’t understand they’re an idiot and acts like they are someone intelligent.
The work you put in, is what you get out. It’s very well compensated.
Their rewards programs always gives you free product. She did not work her ass off and make a small commission.
I have been with young living for 10 years and that has NEVER been the case. She is lying.
And new business owners sometimes do not turn a profit for a year or more. Commission based is a great opportunity.
It’s sad people think they have a few parties and talk to a few people and make $1000/month and call it “working their ass off”. It’s people like that, that give MLM a bad wrap because they think it’s a “quick” money maker.
Great video. You are officially my favorite anti mlmer. You are well spoken, clear, concise, fair, and respectful. You have short intros, get to your points in a timely and entertaining manor. You seem to actually want to educate rather than just wanting to hear yourself talk like some. Fantastic job. I hope your channel continues to grow quickly because you deserve it.👏👏👏
Nicole! This is such a kind and thoughtful comment, thank you! My professional career path is to become a teacher so I really appreciate that feedback 🥰
@@HannahAlonzo well how about that! I actually almost mentioned that I think you would make a great teacher/ speaker of some sort! Go for it!
Cheers to that! 🥂😎
Essential oils have been used for over 5000 years of recorded human history. I know what you mean… I can’t wait for this 5000 year stupidity trend of using essential oils to end.
And yeah Young living is one of the worst to buy from,. Have you compared the prices of Young living to Chinese prices? Wow 90% overpaying if you use young living versus the Chinese variety that is 90% toxic heavy metal syrup. But the Chinese label says it’s pure essential oil… So obviously the label can’t be incorrect.
Very good video made for concrete brained humans.
Still sucking on the heavy metals?
You should do Herbalife! I find that one interesting because it’s part of store fronts!
And the way your upline explains having to spend your money each month “it’s not fair or moral for us to sell products we’re not actively using- so spend and show how great they are and you’ll make all your money back”
So glad I woke up and got out
Attended my first YL event a few weeks ago. The medical claims made by the rep hosting the class, along with the reps attending, were CRAZY! (YL can cure & prevent cancer for starters.) The hosting rep said when she started YL over a decade ago, she was ## pounds overweight and in poor health, that YL fixed all of her health issues. Not dogging on her but she looked to still be ## pounds overweight and throughout the night said she couldn’t eat gluten and also mentioned other health issues she had. Huh? I thought YL cured her ailments? I do believe there can be a time and place for EO’s but they are NOT the end all to be all! After my own sporadic experiences selling for MLM’s and being a customer since 1992, I FINALLY opened my eyes in 2018 and wised up. (I’m a slow learner. 😂) I just had to go to this event to see what kind of claims they would make. Didn’t purchase a thing.
This video is spot on. A few years ago I was a freelance writer for their marketing team, before I had any idea what YL was or that it was even an MLM. I did various projects for them for about a year (promo videos, mostly). When Gary passed, I was roped into attending his funeral. I left the funeral after about 2 hours of eulogies, songs, etc. (I was told it lasted about 5 hours). I sat through story after story of Gary communicating with animals, miracle healings, and his "saving people." I thought it was odd and that he was just a really eccentric guy, but then I attended the YL convention (again, for work). I don't want to hate on people who are into oils. I'm just saying that Gary and Mary Young weren't just selling snake oil-they worshiped it and encouraged others to as well, at the expense of thousands of dollars for the majority of their members.
Hi Cassandra, I appreciate you sharing your thoughts & experiences. I have been purchasing YL oils for 15 years now and can no longer justify their pricing nor shipping . I know there has to be other companies that are pure as well as safety tested. Would you mind sharing what oil company you are currently using. 🌿💛🌿
@@stevenmcvey7363 Sorry, I don't use oils.I just worked for corporate.
@@stevenmcvey7363not the original commenter but just saw your comment - tisserand is a lovely essential oil brand!
Can you PLEASE do a deep dive in Scentcy. My Ex Best Friend is a rep. I tried talking to her when we were talking. She thinks she is making money, but yet she doesn’t do a profit & loss document. She paid 99$ for a kit. She was so happy she made 200$ I told her no you did not you need to deduct your kit & the other shit you buy . Ugh HELP these huns are all around me . I found a catalog in my mailbox from my neighbor . I need to share on my social media.. PLEASE
I'm pretty sure you only make 20 or 25% commission...which means you have to sell $1000 to "make" $250...then pay taxes on that
I second this, I need a deep dive in Scentsy. Them and LipSense are SUPER prevalent in military spouses circles, so I personally see them all the time.
I actually make great money with Scentsy. I've never made less than $250 in commission and I only recently left my full time job to spend more time on it and my own business. If you're not making money with Scentsy because you aren't tracking your costs that's your own fault. There's a million videos on RUclips and in the Scentsy training that show you how to track everything.
@@vanessawall7814 you do realize when you have to defend your MLM and tell ppl on social media you make great money it looks bad. What 9-5 person have you EVER seen come on a platform and and talk about their salary? We don’t because we are use to getting paid . It’s not a surprise to us . Hmmm 🤔 you are just proving my point.
@@shanncimakasky6836 imagine having people shit on you 24/7 because of what you do for a living... Tell me you won't once want to defend that. It's a living hell because people don't know what they're talking about and constantly take it out on us like what they're saying is 100% fact when it's not.
Great video! When I first started dating my wife 10 years ago most of her family and friends were into Young living, which I had never heard of. It took one talk for me to use the term "pyramid scheme" and immediately say I wasn't interested. I was in their bad books for years but eventually they found out.
For clarification greenwashing isn't just capitalizing on the demand for environmentally conscious products, it's when companies exaggerate how green their products are in order to get customers to pay a premium for products because they are making the customer think they are environmentally better when they really aren't. Its really messed up because it takes market share away from products that actually are environmentally conscious and do make impacts on recycling, energy and water use, etc. Sadly, this isn't only common in MLMs- examples of greenwashing are Keurig, H&M, Shein, Dawn Soap, etc. Sorry for the ranty comment this is just something I'm really passionate about lmao
I subscribed to the cleaning kit with YL and it didn’t matter how many times I reached out to the rep I went through or YL themselves, they kept trying to charge my card. Honestly that turned me away more than anything. Their cleaning stuff is okay but it’s more aesthetically pleasing than anything.
Please do a deep dive on Cutco! It is so predatory, praying on high schoolers/ college students.
My son sold CUTCO right after graduating from high school and he made excellent money. They have a wonderful sales training program. It’s a great opportunity for young teens to learn sales techniques and do presentations. I highly recommend this company. Their products are truly the best on the market.
I went to a health fair and someone was selling young living. They were so proud that Gary Young swam in the lavender oil.
Ever since I watched illuminaughti's video on Young Living and learned about the alleged death of his child, I dropped all support for the company. I'm anti-MLM but yet wanted to still buy their oils because I thought it was my only way of getting them. But that video had me saying that even if I never got another bottle of essential oils again, I couldn't support a guy who has that kind of history, whether it was intentional or not.
I'm sure that many people have had adverse reactions to the oils. They say you can ingest them when you shouldn't and often they will say that allergic reactions are just your body detoxing other toxins out because of the oil. I believe it can support some people but you have to be incredibly careful and it never needs to be ingested.
You can get them from legit companies like Mountain Rose Herbs and Bulk Apothecary. They won't have the proprietary blends but I suppose you could blend your own. I don't think all oils do anything but I have a couple that I do use for specific purposes.
I guess he didn’t have to show his “medical license “ when he was opening all these medical offices. What is wrong with this world.
I found your channel last week and I have been binge watching since. My BFF’s wife got hooked into YoungLiving and I will never forget her up line trying to tell me her oils would heal my lupus. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Yes!! I literally have had multiple people tell me my RA will be cured by these oils. Sheesh
One of my Facebook friends was a Young Living rep. "I don't sell anything, I just help people" is what she wrote when I mentioned it. One day, she wrote that her child was sent home from school with a possible strep throat, and she was so proud that HE KNEW which essential oils he should be smelling to cure himself. One of her friends commented, "I'm glad my child isn't in your son's classroom."
“It takes 10,000 pounds of roses to produce one pound of rose oil.”
How can they even pretend to care about the environment?
Think of all the land, water, electricity, and gas (for transportation) it takes to make these oils. It’s a huge waste.
I’m not anti-essential oil. I think small amounts for aromatherapy can be great and I have some for that reason. But please, use real lemons not lemon oil. Some sage and rosemary leaves straight from the plant is a lot safer, cheaper, and more eco-friendly than the essential oil versions of these edible plants.
And if you like the smell of roses, please just plant some rose seeds or bouquets. Put a little vase in your kitchen. Looks nice, smells nice, supports local businesses, and is much better for the environment.
Not to mention that artificial scents are not inherently evil.
You understand nothing about essential oils or how this company takes care of the environment and yes artificial scents are very harmful to you and your pets. Do some more research.
@@jeannaanderson573 Ive done lots of research and studied environmental science in college. But, you don’t need a degree to understand that wasting 10,000 pounds of anything just to smell nice is not being mindful of our planet.
@@jeannaanderson573 "Do some more research" 🤓
If you buy Bulgarian rose oil, you're supporting a major industry over there. Land, water, electricity, and gas are used for everything we consume.
Omg Behind The Bastards did a two-parter on Gary Young and it is UNHINGED!!!! Thoroughly recommend it! I was over here happily planting on my verbenas and listening to you in the background when the story of Gary Young started to sound a bit familiar....😂
I did know all this about Gary Young already.
BUT *thank you* sooo much for breaking down the income disclosure like that! I watch a ton of other antiMLM creators and *no one* has ever broken one down so succinctly like that. I finally understand all those ridiculous abbreviations they all use 😅
There were several moms at the church I used to attend who were either pushing Young Living or doTERRA, and they were making these kind of outlandish, borderline 'practicing medicine without a license' claims. One of the women was adamant these oils could cure autism. She had an autistic son, and she was trying everything to "fix" him. That was all I needed to know about these companies.
I'm finally home for the evening. Perfect timing!
One thing I noticed - and it's particularly strong with the oily huns (YL/Doterra) - is how they tend to push Jesus and MLMs together, something that particularly gets my goat.
I was in Salt Lake City, UT recently and drove past the Young Living headquarters & looked on the opposite side of the road and saw doTERRA. There are so many MLM companies there!
Yes. It's terrible. I grew up surrounded by them.
I have heard that Mormons are big in MLM
It would be interesting what you have found or find about DT since they are a "sister" company of YL. Thank you for sharing your breakdown. It has been helpful for sure.
When I was listening to you talk I finally figured it out that’s exactly the reason why the MLM products are so outrageously priced they’re not really designed to be enticing to the average customer.
They can’t rope you in to sell the products as opposed to just the subscribe and save that a lot of companies off for today without the cost of the product being so high that the average person can’t afford for themselves unless they can also find 5 more people who also will purchase it.
So if you think about it these people are more like a group buy that goes to a wholesaler and says OK if we buy 100 of these we can get them for this price instead of what you sell to the general public.
Again the biggest point here being the brand partners or reps or Huns whatever you wanna call them they’re all just actually VIP customers or wholesale customers except with a ton of rules that wholesalers don’t have to follow bc once the product is there’s they can do what they want with it sell it for any price have any kind of sale etc.
I know this video is old, but I wanted to share an experience with this MLM.
Back in the day when I used to watch family vloggers and Facebook posts, facebook suggested this adorable girl with trisonomy 13, so I really liked the mom, she woukd share daily routine and medical journey. One day she asked for ph#, and I'm not 100% sure, because this was like 6- 8 years ago, but I think it was for a newsletter or notification on new blogs, and a while later I started to get texts from her selling Young Living. I felt it was disgusting to use her daughter's medical history to get # 's and use them like that. And it was super annoying as well, sending like 3 messages a day, until I figured it out how to block her on my phone,and of course to un follow her from social media.
It was nice to watch a deep dive without getting yelled at by personal opinions. Loved this video!!
I was just watching your videos and it was literally interrupted by an ad wanting to teach me how to sell candles from home.
I love your videos so much! They're conversational, yet professional and informative. I feel like I'm back in college listening to my favorite professors and its the best!
Edit: The price of that rose oil had me hollering! Sticker shock is right!
If someone wants a rose scent geranium is pretty close, actually a lot of Rose essential oils are cut with geranium because it is so cheap. But a really nice smelling blend is Geranium, clove and vanilla, I mix it in coconut oil as a carrier oil and use this as moisturizer, it smalls so nice. My husband loves this blend. But some people and sensitive to clove so it is best to use clove leaf oil because it’s not as sensitizing to the skin. I use clove bud because it does not bother me though. Of course I buy cheap brands on Amazon and now essential oils in the store… not MLM!!! lol
To be a brand partner and qualify to get commission on your sales you MUST have a minimum of 100 PV ( personal volume) of product you buy each month. Otherwise no commission or pay. You pay them to work for them. In Australia that equals about $180-$200 AU dollars a month to spend each month on products to qualify for your pay. Also you can’t make real money unless you recruit sellers under you who all spend 100 P.V each basically you make all your money from your downlines purchases plus add in a few customers here and there. ( most customers are the brand reps). In AU it is as above 👆
Young Living sucked my mother in for a bit, I had to tell her what he did to the baby for her to understand these are not good people🥺 They are so vicious if you just quit without telling them, people she knew all her life (they started her on that journey) my own godmother ghosted her, it’s truly a cult. Thank you so much for making these videos!
I’d like to see an usborn books deep dive. This one really targets moms!
Interesting too bc it’s not like baby showers, birthdays, etc can’t have a book theme sans any MLM overpriced nonsense… Several family friends have hosted such parties where we simply messaged the sister, mother, etc what books we were planning to buy (so there were no duplicates) and us guests all brought books that actually meant something to us as presents.
Yes they do but I actually love love their books especially as a homeschooling family 😂 Never sold or anything. They’re actually one of those MLMs that are good quality.
Well done! I had no idea Gary Young’s past was that dark.
There is a follow up interview with Gary done shortly after his infant daughter died wherein he adamantly defended his decision to deliver his daughter underwater. The coroner reported that the child died of cardiac arrest. His wife nearly hemorrhaged as a result of the birth.
When I was looking into joint an mlm. I researched young living because a friend had joined. And I found this info on line about the founder. Scary stuff. I had forgotten about it until now. 😦
They should include the mandatory fees in their income disclosure statement to show clearly that the vast majority of people is actually losing money on a monthly basis. Guess you have to ingest a lot of essential oils to make it make sense.
This was a fascinating video, because I know several people who were in Young Living for several years, including my cousin and my sister (she's probably a whole horror story of her own). But my cousin started selling it, was completely sold on the snake oil, because she had young sons with lots of health issues, and went full-on into essential oils to "help them." My sister definitely bought it for a while (I don't think she ever sold it) and she still uses the Thieves cleaner for everything. She gifted me a bottle of it once, and while it smells nice, I'm not sure if I believe it cleans better than my Clorox. She also gave me a bottle of peppermint oil once when I had a horrible chest cold. I didn't know I was supposed to dilute it. It didn't irritate my skin, but my cat went berserk over the smell and tried to eat my chest. 🤣 I have no idea if my cousin still sells YL or not, but my sister has moved on to using Lemongrass.
Accurate, extremely impressive presentation !!! Thank you for all your hard work keeping us aware and informed of all these scams.
Thanks for your kind words Joe!
I just watched a true crime video on Daniel Gary Young and now I’m watching his company deep dive
If a young living rep would ever talk to me I'd just be like, Are Utah-lking to me? Hoodoo they think they are >.
Omg please do doTerra!! My moms is a rep and she won’t listen to anything I say.. and I can’t find hardly any other videos on them!
Yes please doterra
Omg! When I came to an anti MLM video, I was genuinely wondering why it wasn’t at least 95% PRO MLM. So strange! 🤔 lol I can’t even. 😜
I love the top you’re wearing in this video! And with your hair tied back and those hoop earrings?! *chef’s kiss* Great look!
Thank you so much! 🥰
Found you just a couple hours ago, and I have been loving your content. You're very easy to watch and listen to as you're very well groomed, appropriately dressed, and you articulate yourself in a way that makes it easy to understand what you're saying even when it's about very complicated compensation programs.
I have a very good friend who sells Young Living. I told her if she really is my friend she will not ask me to join lol. She never has. She claims that she makes enough money to live on but I’m very skeptical. In the past the company has flown her out to different countries to see the farms and the process of making the oils.
Donna’s baby was in that tub for an hour…. an HOUR!
Rose Absolute is one of the most expensive oils out there (from any source) but are they serious?! That’s a grocery bill for a family with growing kids for something that ostensibly just smells nice… and it’s such a strong/potent oil that it’s not even something great to put into a diffuser - unless you want to feel like you’re being choked to death in a Renaissance garden…
You look so pretty in this video!! Love your work keep it up please we need you😢
Hi Hannah! I just watched this video and my youtube app auto-played an official YL video about peppermint oil right after. 😅😅 Hope the same thing in reverse happens to anyone who's honestly looking into this company!
Some of the ladies at church peddle this stuff like it's a Christian right to passage. It is if you want to be in a clique .
Recruits are called “legs”? Tables, tripods, and bike races have legs. Holy dehumanization, Batman.
Woah! The Gary Young info is new to me!
Found this late - but there's catharsis in watching this. Years ago someone invited me to a "party" that I thought was about our friendship and meeting their family but it turned out to be an expo of sorts where outlandish claims were made that oil cured a participant's cancer and some scanning machine would detect what oils I physically needed. I was struggling with my own health issues but I refused to believe tossing money down a well to purchase magic juice would cure what I struggled with. That person is no longer my friend and seemed EXTREMELY angry I disbelieved YL's claims then, telling me when I looked up Gary Young's past that those are paid propaganda pieces from YL's enemies. Given that you are anti MLM it's clear you are not one of those competing oil company 'enemies.' So, thank you for affirming what I always sensed about YL...
Most hun bots go through the stages of grieving when you expose their beloved mlm. Good work, the more people know about these shady practices the better
I had a parent into YL when I graduated college. She took me to a few events where the rep made bold claims about the oils reducing tumor sizes. Then another rep said to filter fluoride out of kids’ water. I told her my degree was in dental hygiene and why it was a bad idea. She brushed me off, so I never went back. I will say that I diffused a blend of oils that got rid of my months-long cough overnight. The reps tried to warn against using any oils but theirs since they were the only “certified pure” oils and only their diffuser actually worked. 🤦🏻♀️
You should do a whole anti-Psychic Playlist. Exploit that absolute scam if a business too ♡♡
Not RUclips autoplaying a young living “training” after this video 😂😅
Wow I knew some of this but not all the details about the founder. I often attend a live theatre company in Utah that named one of their performance stages after “Young Living” (most likely a major donor) This concerns me to know that this not only is a MLM company but also the history behind the founder is sickening and makes my stomach churn! How does this live theatre company not know about their major donor or do they simply not care? Either way, this is sick and deceptive all around! Thank you for sharing this video.
Takes one ton of rose petals to make 1 liter of rose EO. I'm an aromatherapist. As a hobby. I buy direct with the supplier who buys direct with the manufacturer. It costs about $250 AUD for 5 mls on Rose EO. However, you should look up the story of how the founders of both LY and doTerra were mates, then had a fight, parted ways and make their own companies. Their businesses were founded due to an argument between the two. Keep your "bad energy"!! Pfft!!
I remember some documentary show on Netflix, where each episode was dedicated to something else that people do and think is “healthy”. And first episode was about essential oils. One girl was selling it, and said she had a brain tumor and oils saved her life! But there was also some health care professionals, that admited, that some smells of oils can help keep autistic kids calmer. Not cure them, calm them
Wow. Just wow. Thank you.
Some people can commit such awful crimes and continue their life undisturbed. Faking being a doctor, treating people with EO, the guy is nothing but a capitalist.
Your deep dives are so good!! I love your work!
This is not a true story. But better a Capitalist than a communist. LOL
I looked it up and found that from Quarter 1 2021 to Quarter 2 2021, Young Living went from about 58 Royal Crown Diamonds, the highest rank, down to 39 Royal Crown Diamonds. That means 33% of the the highest rank lost rank, some lost two ranks, down to Diamond. I’m certain they lost even more in Quarter 3 2021, however, they stopped reporting their numbers. In Quarter 3 2021 is when they launched their new website and new comp plan and they lost a ton of members. I think so many people lost rank that Young Living is embarrassed to publish it, although they have been reporting these numbers for at least 10 years. It’s interesting that they just now chose not to publish it. Something is definitely going on behind the scenes.
Interesting. I think it’s much more common knowledge that Gary Young had a checkered past, to put it mildly. Additionally, with the onset of COVID-19, I saw people touting essential oils as cures for or protections against it. Undoubtedly, these preposterous claims made essential oils easy joke targets and may have given YL a bad reputation within the company as well as without. Unable to recruit new downlines or sell products, people would have wanted to get out. That’s my theory anyway. I could be off base, but we all know these MLMs cannot sustain themselves. See LLR. I hope those former home office employees get to watch Deanna and Mark hauled out by police/federal agents from that restaurant across the street lol.
Do you not think any other company had theses issues during the last 2 years of Covid. This is an unintellegent comment.
@@jeannaanderson573MLMs actually did better during the shutdown as people looked for ways to earn money from home. People were not going out to shop in stores either.
I do not now nor have I ever sold YL or any other products. That said, I struggle with supporting them as a company, but some of their products DO make the most sense for me personally. First & foremost, their foaming soap is the ONLY soap I can use without my skin bleeding. (Long story.) That alone makes it worth every cent. Then there's their Thieves cleaner - it works beyond well and bonus, it doesn't stink! It smells nice and unlike most cleaners it doesn't trigger my migraines or stink the place up. It's also safe for kids & pets to be around and we have a cat who has to walk on the floors after we clean them (and has been known to counter-surf despite our best efforts!) so that's important to us. I know of no other alternatives that make sense for me specifically. Finding those two YL products has been a literal blessing for me. It's hard to be in that position.
i went shopping downtown (in a very small city/town) with my mom last week and we saw a sticker on the window of one store saying that young living oils were sold there
so i told my mom they sold mlm products there and we avoided that store entirely (despite her being potentially interested in the other stuff they sold)
it's not a selling point and i was actually happy for the helpful warning sign lol
it was a larger store compared to most there, selling a whole bunch of different stuff, but i just did not even want to interact or maybe end up buying some other mlm product i hadn't heard of or something
That's so sad
YL sales people in my life were all about - natural wellness and whole foods for a while. Then YL started coming out with supplements and nutrition bars. “Oh, never mind! These bar foods are great!”
My mom started with young living probably 6 or 7 years ago, I was probably like 11 years old so I don’t remember much but I do remember her hosting a couple young living events at our house and going to events with her friends and having pictures of crown diamond rank people on her wall next to her desk. Even promoting young living to our dentist receptionist. She is no longer an affiliate of young living but she still supports and buys their overpriced products for our house and is completely absorbed into other aspects of the greenwashing industry.
I was a “member” for the last 4 ish years. I truly did like the products. I didn’t think they cured anything, I just enjoyed mixing and matching scents. I like their hand soap refills. I had a different full time job and made a tiny fraction in the beginning by adding people “under” me.
But.
For the last few months I had various red flags pop up about their values. For one, the new terms of service I had to accept. It literally laid out that we can post against BLM, political posts and that members can post all the religious BS they want. It’s no secret that most YL members are Uber religious, white and hold extreme views on everything from home schooling, to conspiracy theories re: Covid to q anon. It’s so toxic.
Second red flag was I no longer wanted to support the people I was signed up under… for the exact above reasons. I didn’t want them making money off my purchases at all. Gross.
When it tried to delete my account, it took WEEKS. In the end, I had to submit, in writing, that I wished to leave the company. Run around!
There’s been so much drama surround YL lately with droves of huns leaving - some for modere. Hmmmm.
I use the Young Living oils. I love them but I in no way want to sell them or try to recruit anyone into the business. I didn’t join to make money I didn’t join to push any products or have parties at my house. I joined to get a discount on my oils. I’ve also been a member for 5 yrs.
I was asked to go to a fun event to win great products and free gifts.
I left half way thru bc it was a sales meeting in learning techniques to get new members. I was extremely disappointed
When ppl want to try products I give them to try. I’m not interested in making money off of ppl esp my friends and family members.
I have a ton of medical issues, serious health issues that significantly hinder my life in many way.
While I love the oils I have been thinking about videos and started doing a little research myself. Thank you for the opportunity in doing the research and digging for me❤️
Everyone needs to let the sprit lead in every decision. Gods resources which that includes money should be used wisely. Everyone has an opinion but why do some want to gain popularity from it ?
Young livings prices are super inflated. :/
I’m really happy with my oils and other products and I get a lot of free products too as I’m enrolled in the essential rewards. And I do make money monthly so I feel it all works out!! I guess that’s what makes this world go round we all have what we feel is best for us.
I can’t find hardly any videos on Usborne books and I’d love that lol
Can't wait for a doTerra deep dive!!
I realize this is an older video so my comment will probably get lost, but on the income disclosure statement, I just wanted to emphasize something that got downplayed a little. It's not less than 1% of the company that makes it into each of the top 4 ranks. It's less than 0.1%. Less than 1% of the company makes it into each of the top 7 ranks, which is bad enough, but when you realize the top 6 ranks don't even add up to a full percentage point? In a ten rank system? Bruh.
You kind of remind me of Sabrina from the Sabrina the Teenage Witch show from the 90s/2000s :)
My frend is in young living. She proudly shared their income disclosure statement, showcasing the amazing income possibilities 😳🤯 All I saw was the majority making NOTHING. All She saw was the massive income of the top of the pyramid. Like are we looking at the same document?!?!?
A past coworker/ friend of mine was all into YL.... she even went on a trip to Utah..... good thing I didn't bite the bullet to get into it 😊
I was involved with the mlm IT Works when I was in high school. They targeted me because I was fat and I didn’t have any money. It was awful and I didn’t make a cent.
I knew so many ladies who used young living when I lived in the yoga community in Sacramento, one has the infamous wall of oils, probably close to 100 bottles😬
The Netflix documentary series “Unwell” also provides a lot of insight on this topic.
Exactly what I need on this rainy Friday evening. 💜
Everything about the founder is new to me!
I researched and found all this out about Gary Young a few years back because my mom got involved with Young Living (She’s been in at least 8 MLMs that I remember, and I haven’t spoken to her in 3 years… so there are probably more.) If I’m remembering from my research, the ‘degree’ he had was purchased from a fake front college and he never really went. He also draft dodged and went to Canada, where he then claimed that he was paralyzed and healed from that paralysis by using essential oils. Later in the mid 2000s he was fired from Young Living as an attempt by the board to get away from his negative reputation, but he allegedly showed up at the office with an ax and threatened everyone in the boardroom (including his wife) if they didn’t hire him back. They did end up hiring him back, but I believe that is around the time that some of the board left and ended up starting Dotara (although I may have that timeline wrong.)
This might not all be true, but it was stated in a couple different videos I watched when I was doing research into the company and also how horrible essential oils actually are for you. Either way, he’s a conman and a terrible person.
This video helped me keep a friend out of YL. THANK YOU!
This MADE MY DAY! 🙌🏼
@@HannahAlonzo It gets better. She is planning to convince the friend who recruited her to leave as well.
Did you just send her this video? I also know someone, already involved though. Even involving her daughter to make videos. From what I've learnt so far, being in such a sales role cannot be good for your self esteem, metal wellbeing and almost for sure not financially. I don't know how to approach this???
@@mo-sy9ws I showed her Hannah's video, the YL income disclosure statement & we had a long talk. This was *before* she joined. I think, if your friend is open to listening, it might be best to watch the video and discuss it together. If this is an internet pal, tread carefully. She may be in too deep to be open to anything "negative" about MLM. I know it can be a hard thing to watch.
please please do one for Lipsense! My MIL has spent sooo much of her money and time trying to become a millionaire but hasn't made anything. I keep telling her every time she goes into one of these MLM 'companies' is to show me the money and i will think about joining. Never has she ever been able to show me the money...just more product.
Ooh yes LipSense is a good one!
Yes! SeneGence is such a scam. And they literally attack you for saying anything against them. They also claim to have clean products and they don’t.
Oh no, poor ex-Mrs. Young. Losing a child like that must've been devastating.
I had no idea about the history of the young living founder. Knowing that I will go out of my way to avoid the products. I'm unwilling to support someone like that
Oh yeah I’ve heard it all, I joined young living 2 years ago, and just quit, what a waste of my money.
So happy to hear you’ve quit! ❤️
Lol about the supplements, I like using essential oils on the outside I bet I'll like using them on the inside too.. plus your expressions while saying it, it was really funny
I imagine the people who founded these mlms in a boardroom planning out the compensation plans almost like a social experiment, as if they wanted to have fun seeing people in the MLM justifying the unjustifiable (like having to buy oils every month just for yourself)
I get so annoyed when MLM reps say that the first level of their income disclosure statement isn't accurate because it includes people who "joined just for the discount." OK, so even your own company isn't willing to disclose how little (or how much) first ranks are making? That's probably because the amount is so little, it looks really bad! I refuse to believe a company isn't able to track that information. If those companies aren't transparent with their numbers, that's because it is intentional and purposeful.
Yes yes yes!
I am so happy you posted this! My friends and I can see their exaggeration or just plain lies and it seems that no one is calling them out legally. Yes, we can report their videos when they make false claims but it doesn't seem to make a dent or we hear that any of them were charged with this illegal practice. How many of us have seen COUNTLESS B.S posts from the huns with the wild claims of money, bonuses, cars, trips, etc. We all know it is negligent misrepresentation and fraudulent inducement but the cycle continues. We don't see any consequences for these statements so I think the huns who do this aren't scared so they keep doing it. If I made false claims about income and future income potential as an absolute fact, I would be fired so fast and hope I am not sued!
I'm not into mlms but seed the seal actually does mean something. It says that because they grow their own plants and fruit to create to oil. Especially when they let people come and see, the field of lavender is a real thing. Again, not supporting mlms just explaining the facts.
This is one of Shea Whitney's side gigs, I want you to do Scentsy, Mary Kay, and Pampered Chef. I know about these... I was once a Mary Jay consultant mostly for the 50% off makeup, but I was a poor college student just needing an extra few bucks. Lol
I really can't remember where I heard about Gary Young as well!! Omg... That poor woman 😭
My mom was a PC rep, she loved it and it’s crazy but all the cookware and stuff she bought when I was like 5… is STILL good and I’m 26 😂 so I gotta say, the quality is actually decent!
I didn't know much of this... but I have been a bit critical of YL since I saw them claiming things like you should drink their oils in teas and such... I remember talking with an actual Herbalist at our health store who insisted you should never drink essential oils, even diluted in a tea (especially things like Lavender) as they are very strong and some can actually damage your stomach lining.... yikes!
Yeah. I know a woman who used to or still does buy empty capsules and put oils in them to swallow 🤔 😬🤢
Lemon eo has the potency of 100 drops of lemon juice. And I was told to take a drop on my tongue every day for allergies by a doTERRA rep. with spearmint and lavender eos. Please don't ever do that anyone it can eat at your stomach lining.
I asked her why they didn't just sell the herbs in a tea blend and I forget what they said exactly but I think they tried to blame it on potency.
THey are approved by the FDA and Health Canada to be taken internally. You have been ingesting essential oils all your life. THey are in gum, candies and thousands of food products!
@@valentinagadjaloff992 Food grade essential oils used as flavoring are consumed in very small amounts with products like candy and gum. The FDA does have a list called the GRAS list of oils that can be safely used in food, but essential oils are not ‘approved’ by the FDA for ingestion in any other way and should absolutely not be consumed in water, tea, capsules, or under the tongue. If an oil is food grade it will be labeled as such and a reputable company should also include instructions on how much to use. Essential oils not labeled as food grade used in aromatherapy are extremely concentrated and can cause serious problems when consumed. Quantity is everything. It doesn’t matter if something is natural or not, it can still harm and even kill you.
"...and now they sell floss."
That got me 😂
I am dentist and MAAAAAAN a girl from YL tried to sell me floss for 45 bucks. I mean wtf
7:38 just want to point out the hilarity of naming their $12 dental floss /thieves/
There are good parts of an mlm? 😜 When I was diagnosed with endometriosis I had a young living consultant tell me they had oils that would cure me. If only it were that easy.
Yeah my mother tried to say dragon time (seriously that's what they call this oil) would work and god bless her she was just trying to help but it was just as effective as taking tylenol. It didn't do nothing, but it didn't do much.
OMG, have a similar story, but the rep turned out to be a close friend from my past. She reached out to comfort me when I shared on social media about my fight with two insurance companies to get a surgery for one of my most painful pelvic conditions, and how the constant pain caused me to retire early from a career I loved. I was at my absolute lowest, so hearing from her meant a lot to me. However, on our second phone call she basically shamed me for using conventional medicine and touted the wonders of essential oils. She went into a spiel about YL, and I was immediately disheartened to think that someone who had been a dear friend for many years would exploit our relationship and my vulnerable state to pitch an MLM. It was disgusting. I told her that I was not interested as essential oils are in no way proven by any studies to cure illnesses (and may in fact be harmful to some people), but she later messaged me with information, asking me to reconsider and get back to her. The gall, the nerve, the sheer audacity. I blocked her on all social media after I saw that her blog, which had previously been devoted to clean eating and recipes, was full of YL essential oils garbage. Ughh. People can be so disappointing.
@@jenl7094 That is awful.❤️❤️❤️
I used to purchase oils from YL. Now I'm trying some nonMLM oil companies because the oils do help me with meltdowns but not supporting an MLM for any reason even though my friends who are still in it are still great I just do not feel comfortable with it.
Actually, Rose Otto is an exception to what I've written below. They are about $50. more than a few other companies, but it is really expensive across the board to purchase Rose Otto.
I was told the reports against him were made by people who stood to gain from his ruin 🤦🏻♀️ kicking myself for believing it. While there are a couple products I truly did love, I can find substitutes elsewhere.
I'm just starting this and I *really* hope you touch on the fact that this company rakes in enough to send a full six horse hitch (which usually means 6 + several spare horses) across the country each year to compete in driving competitions, which wins them even _more_ money and runs a sort of amusement park ranch you can visit which they host shows at. It's an enormous, big-money operation for a friggin MLM. A lot of locals (hello from Utah) also view the whole operation as kind of a cult.