Body oils are pricey in the store, salon or spa. Making your own body oils at home is not difficult or time-consuming. It can be a little messy, so prepare the oils in the kitchen where it's easy to clean up. Adding essential oils to the body oils gives them a scent. Use citrus essential oils for energy, lavender to relax and rose for romance. Color is attractive and plays up the scent and use of the body oil. Does this Spark an idea?
Oil Base for Coloring
Put the dried powdered herbs in a stainless steel pot. Try dried cranberry for pink, tumeric for yellow, paprika for orange and parsley for green. Start with 1 tbsp. of herbs. Cover the herbs with 1 inch of a base oil. Another coloring agent choice is mica, but it's more difficult to find.Heat the oil for two hours so it is warm but not hot. The color from the herbs will be absorbed by the oil.
Strain the oil if the color isn't dark enough after two hours. Repeat the process with fresh dried herbs until you reach the desired depth of color.
Add the colored oil to the body oil recipes a few drops at a time.
Energizing Body Oil
Place 4 oz. of almond oil in a bottle.Add 2 oz. of coconut oil
Shake well and add five drops each of lemon, orange and grapefruit essential oil.
Add yellow or orange colored oil.
Relaxing Massage Oil
Place 4 oz. of avocado oil in a bottle.Add 2 oz. of grape seed oil.
Shake well and add five drops each of clarey sage and lavender essential oil.
Add green colored oil.
Tips
- Experiment with different oils, herbs and essential oils.
Warning
- Food coloring doesn't work to color oil. It stays separate.
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