We have a wide choice of base oil for helping you create your own essential blends for massage. Each one has general or specific uses so please use this information to help you select. Allergen information, IFRA certificates and safety data sheets can be provided upon request.
GRAPESEED OIL
Botanical Name: Vitis Vinifera
Origin: AW Grapeseed Oil, or Grape Oil comes from Spain. Found in the Mediterranean region as well as Asia, and it is believed that the Greeks were the first to consume grapes for their numerous health benefits.
Color and Smell: Its color ranges from clear to yellow to light green. Light. Slightly Nutty and Sweet.
Texture: Grapeseed oil has satin-like texture.
Shelf Life: up to 1 year
With its thin consistency, grapeseed oil is an amazingly light-weight moisturizer. It is lighter than coconut oil and jojoba oil.
Used as a moisturizer for fine hair. Few drops can be applied on hair strands before shampoo.
Grapeseed oil is high in Vitamin C and therefore has skin lightening properties. Also reduces spider veins.
Grapeseed oil is good for anti-aging. It helps restore collagen because of it contains OPCs (oligomeric proanthocyanidins).
HEMPSEED OIL
Other Names: Hemp Oil
Origin: India
Color and Smell: Its color ranges from Light to Medium Green. Faint. Slightly Nutty
Texture: thin and dry consistency
Shelf Life: 1 year
Hempseed Base oil itself is just as useful. In it's refined form it is generally used in cosmetic and personal care products and in Aromatherapy. The oil is a great skin moisturiser.
Our Hempseed Base Oil is sourced from Indonesia and made with cold pressed extraction method.
FRACTIONED COCONUT OIL
Botanical Name: Cocos Nucifera
Other Names: Copra Oil
Origin: Philippines
Color: and Smell: water clear with coconut smell and taste
Texture: pretty easy to pour and appears to the naked eye with a cloudy texture.
Shelf Life: 1year
Coconut Oil in it's purest form is solid at room temperature. The process of 'fractionating' the oil removes some of the proteins and fatty acids from the oil and in the process makes it a liquid.
Coconut Base Oil is widely used in a number of applications. It is a good moisturiser for the skin and when applied to hair it helps to retain proteins.
Our Coconut Base Oil is sourced from Indonesia and made with fractionated extraction method. We use one of the UK's top Base oil wholesaler
APRICOT KERNAL OIL
Botanical Name: Prunus Armeniaca
Other Names: Apricot oil
Origin: Spain
Color and Smell: A clear, pale yellow liquid that is virtually odourless.
Texture: light and absorbs fast; even faster than jojoba and argan oil
Shelf Life: 1 year
The oil is great for the skin and easily absorbed. It is said to be useful for itching and eczema.
Apricot Kernel Base Oil is sourced from Spain and made with cold pressed extraction method. We use one of the UK's top Base Oils wholesalers.
SWEET ALMOND OIL
Botanical Name: Prunus Amygdalu Dulcis
Origin: The Almond Tree is native to the Middle East and South Asia but has since been grown in various other areas including southern Europe and the warmer parts or United States.
Color and Smell: Colourless to pale yellow. Odourless.
Texture: Very Light Oil.
Shelf Life: 1 year
Our Sweet Almond Base Oil is sourced from USA and made with cold pressed extraction method. The fruit of the tree is not actually a nut but a drupe, which means a fleshy outer skin with a hard shell inside it that contains the seed.
Sweet Almond Oil is very similar to Peach Kernel and Apricot Kernel. It is suited for nourishing dry skin and also for various other skin complaints like eczema and dermatitis. It also has mild anti-inflammatory properties.
Almond Oil is a popular professional massage oil. This super light oil helps the hands glide across the skin and has the ideal speed of absorption for performing massage. It stays on the skin long enough to perform the massage, keeping the skin moisturised not oily.
As Almond Oil is a nutritious and emollient oil, it makes an excellent all over skin moisturiser. It helps nourish the skin and this helps your skin look radiant and healthy. Being rich in fatty acids, particularly Oleic acid (Omega 9) and the natural antioxidant vitamin E, soothing Sweet Almond Oil is an excellent choice for those with mature skin.
RAPESEED OIL
Botanical Name: Brassica Campestris
Origin: France
Color and Smell: golden yellow, no scent
Texture: light texture
Shelf Life: 1 year
Sourced from all over the world this Rapeseed Oil Base is sourced from France and made with solvent extraction method. We use one of the UK's top Base Oils wholesalers.
Supplied in 100 ml glass bottles and all 100% natural. Base oils are ideal for diluting essential oils before using them on the skin.
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