What are Carrier Oils used for?

Carrier oils ensure that essential oils applied topically are comfortable. Dilution with a carrier oil does not dilute the effect of the essential oil, and prevents waste duet to excessive application. Vegetable shortening, butter, margarine, or petroleum derivatives (petrolatum jelly) should NEVER bemused as carrier oils. Some say to avoid olive oil as a carrier oil because of its strong aroma and thick viscosity.

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What are carrier oils?

Carrier Oils are fatty oils and can be referred to as vegetable oils, fixed oils, or base oils.

NON-DRYING OILS (DRY SKIN):

1. Almond Oil
2. Castor Oil
3. Cocoa Butter
4. Olive Oil 
5. Palm Oil 
6. Peanut Oil 
7. Rape Oil (Canola Oil)

SEMI-DRYING OILS (NORMAL TO OILY SKIN):

1. Corn Oil
2. Cottonseed Oil
3. Croton Oil
4. Sesame Oil
5. Sunflower Oil

DRYING OILS (OILY SKIN):

1. Linseed Oil
2. Hempseed Oil
3. Soybean Oil
4. Tung Oil

OTHER EXAMPLES OF CARRIER OILS:

1. Apricot Kernel
2. Argan
3. Avocado
4. Borage
5. Camellia
6. Canola
7. Castor 
8. Coconut
9. Cranberry Seed
10. Evening Primrose
11. Flax
12. Grape seed 
13. Hazelnut
14. Hemp
15. Jojoba 
16. Kook
17. Macadamia nut
18. Marula (Sclerocarya Birrea) 
19. Olive 
20. Palm kernel
21. Peach kernel
22. Peanut
23. Pecan
24. Pistachio 
25. Pomegranate Raspberry seed
26. Safflower
27. Sesame
28. Soybean
29. Sunflower
30. Sweet Almond
31. Walnut
32. Wheat germ

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