Massage Oil
Almond oil and Apricot kernel oil are the most common carrier oils used for massage.
Make Your Own Massage Oil, add your skin friendly, most loved essential oil
These oils can be used alone or you can add an essential oil or blend.
If you're using an essential oil you want to use it at around 0.5% - 1%.
Adding 10% Polysorbate 80 helps with wash off, particularly useful for cleaning sheets.
Example formula
Ingredients
Makes 100g
89% | 89g Almond oil
10% | 10g Polysorbate 80
1% | 1g Essential oil
Method
- Weigh your ingredients in a beaker or dish.
- Stir to combine
- Pour and store in glass bottle
Create a larger recipe: Use the percentages in this recipe, in Go Native NZ's Batch Size Calculator to easily adjust the volume of your batch.
