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Base Oils for

Massage, Skin & Hair Care, Bath or Shower, Salves, Ointments and Balms

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These pure, unscented base oils improve circulation while nurturing skin or hair for elasticity and balance. Use alone or as the base—or primary—ingredient to create your own special aromatherapy or healing recipe. Be sure to visit our other pages for Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Blends

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Apricot Kernel Oil with Vitamin E: Lighter in color than Sweet Almond Oil, but as easily absorbed. Highly beneficial for all skin types. $3.95 for 2 oz.

Avocado Oil (Refined): A light, premium base oil. Ideal for salt rubs (saturate 4 ounces of sea salt with Avocado Oil to use as an exfoliant body scrub). $3.75 for 2 oz.  

Coconut Oil: The ideal choice for massage if you are concerned about soiled sheets, as Coconut Oil washes out easily. Solid at room temperature, it liquefies to the touch or can be gently warmed by placing bottle in warm water for a few minutes. $5.00 for 4 oz.  

Grapeseed Oil:  Silky and highly absorbent, this lovely pale green European oil is an excellent base for aromatherapy massage and often recommended for infant massage. $3.25 for 2 oz.  

Hazelnut Oil: A luxurious and subtly fragrant, silky body oil. Easily absorbed; allows the body to retain moisture, leaving a smoother, more supple skin tone. $3.95 for 2 oz.  

Jojoba Oil:  [(ho ho bah) (lightly fragrant) The definitive base used by the perfume industry. As little as a few drops of your favorite essential or fragrance oil to one ounce of Jojoba Oil will create a definitive essence. This precious oil is actually a liquid wax; use on hair, face and feet to soften and nurture dry skin.  $5.95 for 2 oz.  

Sweet Almond Oil:  A very nurturing and luxurious, pure vegetable oil. Use alone or add 12 drops of essential oil per ounce for a custom-blended body oil that will give you softer feeling skin and soothe your soul. Sweet Almond Oil is also an effective, non-irritating makeup remover. $3.75 for 2 oz.  

Wheat germ Oil:  The natural source of Vitamin E, which is an anti-oxidant, Wheat germ Oil can reduce surface wrinkles, nurture dry skin and soften scar tissue formation. It can also be added to massage oil, salves & ointments to prolong shelf life.  $5.95 for 2 oz. 

Kukui Nut Oil:  High in linoleic & linolenic acids--which are essential for healthy skin--this Hawaiian plant oil is easily absorbed by the skin and considered to be very nutritive for damaged or slow-growing hair. Mixes well in massage blends. Available at this time only in special collection blends with essential oils (see Aromatherapy Blends )

Macadamia Nut Oil:  A luxurious element in aromatherapy, Macadamia Nut Oil is very nourishing to dry & mature skin. Ideal for sun preparations and massage blends.  Available at this time only in special collection blends with essential oils (see Aromatherapy Blends )