Wholesale ordering Please contact us for login and password. Wholesale ordering Please contact us for login and password. Many essential oils are too powerful and concentrated to be used on the skin undiluted. They should be mixed with a vegetable oil, commonly called a carrier oil. Unlike essential oils, vegetable oils are greasy, fixed, do not evaporate and will leave an oily mark on absorbent paper.
Most carrier oils are pale in color and have a faint odor.
For massage, they provide the lubrication needed for the therapist's hands to move freely over skin. For the purposes of aromatherapy, cold or expeller pressed oils are preferred over hot solvent extracted oils which use hexane. As it turns, the oils are squeezed out and then filtered. All carrier oils contain vitamins, minerals and fatty acids in varying proportions and benefit both the skin and overall health. Unlike essential oils, the molecules in vegetable oils are too large to pass through the skin and must be ingested to provide internal health benefits.