About Carrier Oils
Carrier oils are dilution oils that are also referred to as based
oils or vegetable oils. For many who aren’t very familiar with
essential oils, here’s what carrier oils are used mainly for. Before
applying essential oils to the skin, the carrier oil must be
combined with the essential oil in order to dilute the essential
oil. Besides usage for diluting regular essential oils, carrier oils
are also used to dilute CO2s and absolutes for this purpose.
The reason you select certain carrier oils may depend on the
therapeutic benefits you need as certain carrier oils will offer
different benefits. Carrier oils come from the fatty parts of a
plant and are usually cold-pressed vegetables oils. Although carrier
oils may be somewhat similar to essential oils, they really aren’t.
Essential oils will evaporate while carrier oils do not evaporate.
Also, carrier oils do not pass on a concentrated aroma, in which
essential oils do and are known for doing so. Carrier oils include
such oils as sweet almond, grapeseed, avocado, peanut, pecan,
sesame, evening primrose, walnut, wheat germs, apricot kernel, and
macadamia nut. Although carrier oils may sound familiar to you as
cooking oils found at grocery store, they’re different as most oils
found at supermarkets and food stores are not cold-pressed.
Other differences between essential oils and carrier oils are that
carrier oils can go rancid, in which essential oils cannot. When
looking to purchase carrier oils, you should purchase those that are
natural and unadulterated, with the exception of carrier oils that
have natural vitamin E added. Why? Well, the addition of Vitamin E
is a natural preservative which will more likely make the carrier
oil less likely to spoil sooner.
Mineral oil is not a natural product and is therefore not used in
aromatherapy.
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