Create Your Own Massage Oils

Massages are a great way to unwind and is a green way to spice up your sex life but the official massage oils can be quite expensive, so why not create your own? Its cheap, easy and the home made oils are just as good as the high quality oils you can get from places like NaturallyThinking.

General Principle

There are two things which make good massage oil: carrier oil and essential/fragrance oil. In fact you could just have the carrier oil if you wanted unfraganced.

Carrier Oils
These are used to dilute the concentrated essential oils and slow down the evaporation and aid absorption of the essential oils. Carrier oils are suitable for vegetarians as they are vegetable based. You may be surprised to hear that you probably have some carrier oil already in your kitchen, some good carrier oils include: sunflower, olive, sesame, sweet almond, grapeseed, canola, safflower, wheat germ and peanut oil.

Fragrance Oils
Are exactly what you would think: smelly oils. These can be found all over the place and you can get vertically any smell you can think of especially if you talk with a company like Fragrance Oils who will be able to cook up a custom smell just for you. For the more everyday fragrance a good site to start is The Body Shop.

Essential Oils
In the words of Wikipedia “An essential oil is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants.”
Essential oils are used in aromatherapy for their claimed healing effect and many common essential oils have medicinal properties that have been applied in folk medicine since ancient times. Every oil has a different use, it is quite interesting and when making your own massage oil you can mix different combinations of essential oils to help out with different ailments. A World Of Aromatherapy is a really good site which lists several of the oils and their properties, well worth a look when you are coming up with your own massage oil recipes. Quick safety note: essential oils come in concentrated form so should never be applied directly to skin without mixing with carrier oil. Some essential oils are toxic in large doses.

Basic Message Oil Recipe
This recipe gives you the proportions you want to use, after that you can let your creative juices flow.
Ingredients

• 6 teaspoons carrier oil of your choice
• 8 drops of essential/fragrance oil of your choice

Method
The method is simple, just blend the ingredients well.

Just two words of warning:

• If you use Ginger, lemon, orange and Bergamot in your recipe do not go out in the sun for at least 6 hours after using as they can cause skin irritations if exposed to sun.
• Do not use on pregnant women or children under the age of two.

Video Guide
Here is a little video that gives a nice overview:



That should be enough to get you started, we will be posting some oil recipes we like but if you have any favourites just leave us a comment.