by Susan M Parker | Jun 12, 2019 | Carrier Oils
When you’re working with essential oils, you need a carrier oil to dilute and carry your blend safely onto the skin. I’ve been working with, studying and teaching about carrier oils, fixed oils and lipid oils for over 20 years now, and here are a few examples of the...
by Susan M Parker | Sep 11, 2018 | Carrier Oils, Lipid Oils
The term carrier oil tells us as much how an oil is used, as what type of oil it is. All carrier oils, or the oils we use as carriers, belong to the class of lipid oils. These are the rich “oily” oils made up of fatty acids. Your olive oil, avocado oil and even the...
by Susan M Parker | May 15, 2018 | Carrier Oils, Lipid Oils
If you’re ever taken a class in herbalism or even read a few blogs on the subject you most likely know the herb calendula. In the United Kingdom and in most of Europe it was called marigold but as another, unrelated plant, the Mexican Marigold, gained popularity,...
by Susan M Parker | May 6, 2018 | Carrier Oils, Lipid Oils
In today’s post I want to show you an simple experiment to demonstrate the difference between lipid carrier oils and essential oils. If you’ve ever been uncertain about the difference, or if you know the difference but struggle to explain it to others,...
