Massage oil is one of the easiest bath and body DIY projects. Simply mix skin-loving oils with fragrance and you have boutique-quality massage oil at home. The Massage Essential Oil Blend gives this oil a rich and spicy scent.

This massage oil is made with some of the most sought-after exotic oils: argan, jojoba, and moringa seed oil. Fractionated coconut oil is added to give the oil a lighter feel. If you don’t have one of these oils on hand, you can use a substitute. Just keep in mind that it will change the texture and moisturizing properties slightly.

The Massage Essential Oil Blend is a complex blend of pure essential oils. It was specifically formulated for massage and body oils. It contains more than 10 essential oils, including peppermint, rosemary, cinnamon, lavender, and elemi. Learn more about the blend here. This recipe contains enough essential oil for a light to medium scent. If you’d like a stronger scent, feel free to add more. Use the Bramble Berry Fragrance Calculator to help find the right amount.

Looking for more essential oil blends? Check out the Deodorizing, Spa, and Outdoor Essential Oil Blends. 

What You Need:
3 oz. Argan Oil
3 oz. Jojoba Oil
2 oz. Moringa Seed Oil
2 oz. Fractionated Coconut Oil
30 drops Massage Essential Oil Blend

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ONE: In a small container, mix together the argan oil, jojoba oil, moringa seed oil, and fractionated coconut oil. Use a spoon to mix the oils together.

TWO: Add the Massage Essential Oil Blend to the oils. Adjust the amount of essential oil depending on your scent preference. Use a spoon to thoroughly mix the essential oil into the oil mixture. Carefully pour the massage oil into your bottle or other container. Store in a cool, dark place.

THREE: Once you’re ready to use, pour a small amount of oil into your hands to warm it up and massage into skin. You can also place a small amount of oil in the microwave to warm it up before use if you like your massage oil hot.

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Make Essential Oil Massage Oil

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 10 ounces

Author Soap Queen

Ingredients

• 3 oz. Argan Oil
• 3 oz. Jojoba Oil
• 2 oz. Moringa Seed Oil
• 2 oz. Fractionated Coconut Oil
• 30 drops Massage Essential Oil Blend

Instructions

• In a small container, mix together the argan oil, jojoba oil, moringa seed oil and fractionated coconut oil. Use a spoon to mix the oils together.
• Add the Massage Essential Oil blend to the oils. Adjust the amount of essential oil depending on your scent preference. Use a spoon to thoroughly mix in the essential oil to the oil mixture. Carefully pour the massage oil into your bottle or other container. Store in a cool, dark place.
• Once you’re ready to use, pour a small amount of oil into your hands to warm it up. You can also place a small amount of oil in the microwave to warm it up before use if you like your massage oil hot.

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Sweet almond oil is not to be confused with bitter almond  oil, which is produced from a different type of almond tree and is considered an essential oil. Bitter almond oil and sweet almond oil have very different applications. Bitter almond oil is often used for it’s scent and taste, while sweet almond oil is used for its wonderful moisturizing properties. A word of caution: bitter almonds (Prunus amygdalus) contain cyanogenic glucoside amygdalin (phew!) which produces cyanide, so bitter almond oil is to be used with extreme caution in all applications.
Because of its high fatty acid content, sweet almond oil is a popular ingredient for lip products and scrubs. In the Exfoliating Kisser Tutorial, it’s used alongside avocado oil and sugar to create a product that leaves lips feeling silky smooth. If you are looking for a great lip balm recipe using sweet almond oil, the recipe used in the How to Make Lip Balm video on Soap Queen TV nourishes lips during winter months.

Because the oil absorbs quickly, it leaves skin feeling hydrated and incredibly soft. In the Emulsified Sugar Scrub Tutorial, sweet almond oil is emulsified with water and Natural Liquid Soap to create a creamy product. If you are looking for an easier scrub recipe, the Sweet Summer Scrub made with sweet almond oil and Foaming Bath Whip is perfect for anytime of the year.

Top row: How to Make Lip Balm on Soap Queen Tv, Exfoliating Kisser Scrub
Bottom row: Sweet Summer Scrub Tutorial, Emulsified Sugar Scrub (from Scratch) on Soap Queen Tv

The lightweight texture of sweet almond oil works well in other skin care products such as lotion and shaving cream. In the Fresh Face Lavender & Aloe Lotion, as well as in the Handmade Lotion Soap Queen TV video, it creates a non-greasy, hydrating product. Sweet almond oil is added to the Green Tea Shaving Cream to help keep skin comfortable while shaving.

Top row: How to Make Lotion from Scratch on Soap Queen Tv, Fresh Face Lavender & Aloe Lotion
Bottom row: Green Tea Shaving Cream 

Sweet almond oil is a fantastic option for dispersing colorants for cold process due to its light consistency and color. When dispersing micas and oxides for cold process soap, use a usage rate of 1 tbs. oil to 1 tsp. colorant. If you’d like more information regarding how to prepare colorants for cold process soap, check out the Soap Queen video below! In addition to sweet almond oil, sunflower oil and canola oil are other popular options to disperse pigments.

Learn to Prepare Colorants for Cold Process Soapmaking from Soap Queen on Vimeo.

In addition to dispersing pigments, sweet almond oil is an excellent choice when infusing oils with herbs. In the video below, sweet almond oil is infused with calendula petals to produce an oil that contains extra soothing properties. This oil can then be used to make a lip balm as shown in the video, or in massage oils as shown in this Baby Massage Oil Soap Queen TV video.

How to Make Infused Lip Balm from Soap Queen on Vimeo.

Do you enjoy using sweet almond oil in your recipes? I would love to hear your thoughts, as well as any sweet almond oil usage suggestions! =)

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This massage oil is part of our Romance Gift Ensemble, which includes tutorials on how to make bath salts, whipped shea butter, a spruce-scented candle and a pink salt scrub. Scroll to the end of this tutorial to learn how to make all four! Our Midweek Mayhem continues this week too, so be sure to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on various social media outlets to be the first to hear about all the deals.

What You’ll Need:

7 oz. Jojoba Oil

1 oz. Fractionated Coconut Oil

6 drops Santa’s Spruce Fragrance Oil

4 oz. Bottles with white disk caps

Dropper with Suction Bulb

Optional: 16 oz. Funnel

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ONE: Pour about 3.5 oz of Jojoba Oil into one of the 4 oz. Plastic Bottles. You can free hand the pour, but we like using a funnel to avoid messy spills.

TWO: In  glass container, combine .5 oz of Fractionated Coconut Oil with 3 drops of Santa’s Spruce Fragrance Oil. Stir the mixture and then pour into the bottle. Repeat this process for the second bottle.

Your oil is ready to use right away, enjoy! If you like this project, you may want to try your hand at all the tutorials in the Romance Gift Set. Going clockwise, they include:

• Soothing Bath Salts — On Facebook we shared this recipe for homemade bath salts that are perfect for a relaxing home spa evening. Scented with fresh-smelling Santa’s Spruce Fragrance Oil and colored with our improved LabColors, this is a wonderfully pampering gift.
• Whipped Shea Butter — On our Tumblr blog you’ll find whipped shea butter. It’s a luxurious gift that can be (literally) whipped up in a matter of minutes! We added Argan Oil to this recipe for an extra special, skin-loving touch.
• Winter Woods Candle — Over on Instagram you can add a touch of holiday glow to any room with the Winter Woods Candle. We embellished one of our 14 oz. Glass Candle Jars by cutting a few of our 12″ Brown Reeds and then hot gluing them around the jar.
• Pink Sea Salt & Aloe Scrub — On Teachsoap your find the recipe for a Pink Sea Salt Scrub that is mild and gently exfoliating. It’s made with our Sugar and Salt Scrub Base and beautiful Small Pink Sea Salt, and we added a little Chamomile and Aloe extracts to make it even more soothing.

Try your hand at making these projects individually or give the entire set as a gift!

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