Can anyone help me as i am looking for cheap base oils but all the website i have been to the oils are expensive. i am about to rent a room so i need to find oil that is cheap.:p
Massage oils
Hi, Grapeseed is probably the cheapest base oil there is.
When you gain more experience, you may like to look into the other base oils as they all have wonderful properties which may benefit your clients conditions and complement their whole massage experience!
I use grapeseed, wheatgerm and sweet almond from www.baseformula.com but they're not the cheapest.
I've used cheap oils in the past and found it a false economy because they either soak in too quickly or at worse go watery after a while. My clients like being able to choose which oil I use on them, and appreciate the quality.
By all means control your costs, but remember the oils you use have direct contact with the client and are absorbed into their skin, and therefore it's part of the chain of care. For that reason I don't cut corners on the quality of my massage oils.
Myarka
I get most of my oils from Tesco's! Not Crisp n Dry though...
but seriously, you can get organic, cold-pressed, not messed about with oils from your local supermarket. I get the more esoteric oils (jojoba etc) from Purple Flame.
I looked in my local Tesco Extra the other day and they even sold Indian Head Massage type oils - Amla's the one I can remember. How times change!
I have mostly used organic cold pressed vegetable oils as a carrier oil for body massage. I buy these from a health shop. I have in the past bought Sweet Almond Oil for massage but I have found it a bit too viscous and now a prefer Sunflower Oil with a bit of Olive Oil. When I worked at a spa we used to use a seaweed based oil which was really nice as a massage oil (non aromatherapy) I think it was made by Thalgo.
Binah
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I get most of my oils from Tesco's! Not Crisp n Dry though...
but seriously, you can get organic, cold-pressed, not messed about with oils from your local supermarket. I get the more esoteric oils (jojoba etc) from Purple Flame.
I looked in my local Tesco Extra the other day and they even sold Indian Head Massage type oils - Amla's the one I can remember. How times change!
I'm quite amazed that amla oil is sold at a tesco's extra. Although a woman in my local supermarket did say she found dabur vatika oil in a tesco or sainsburys near where she lives.
A word of warning though, most amla oils i have seen in the grocers contain mineral oil. Dabur vatika is a mineral oil base, KTC amla oil doesn't even contain any amla extract....i'm copying the ingredients here to demonstrate
Amla Hair Oil - KTC - 165ml
By: KTC
Ref: HBE147
Net Contents: 165ml
KTC Amla Hair Oil: For external use only.
Ingredients: Paraffinum Liquid, Parfum, CI 40800.
Hello,
It's been my experience that 'you get what you pay for'. It's definitely worth spending a little bit more for good quality oils to use on clients, and that generally this means...oils that aren't made for the food industry.
A couple of good online companies I'd recommend are www.newdirectionsuk.com and www.oshadhi.co.uk.
Hope you find something you like 🙂
A friend of mine who does Ayurvedic massage recommends sesame oil.
I see the newdirection grape seed oil is food grade solvent extracted. WRT supermarket oils, if something is safe enough to eat............................
A friend of mine who does Ayurvedic massage recommends sesame oil.
I would be careful using ayurvedic oils as each oil is suited to a body type or dosha, i personally would stick to sweet almond or grapeseed oil.
grapeseed oil. You can buy it from your local salon distributor - i buy mine in 5 litre drums from sally salon services
I mainly use a home-blend of 2 parts grapeseed to 1 part fractionated coconut oil. The grapeseed is Tesco - I take the view if it is good enough to be ingested, it's more than good enough for rubbing!