Massage Your Cares Away With Essential Oils

You’ve heard of mixed messages, but how about mixed massages?

Let’s delve into the English model of using essential oils today: massage.  And pre-mixed massage oils are a super-easy and efficient way of applying oils for this beautifully relaxing method of use.

Essential oils are globetrotting olfactory adventures!  Crack the lid and inhale deeply.  The scent you’re smelling likely comes from a far-off land, distilled from plants grown under the Provencal sun or maybe nestled in a lush, dense tropical jungle in Ecuador.  Travel the world with your sense of smell while the oil molecules travel throughout your mind, spirit and body via inhalation.  The effect of fragrance on our sense of smell connects to the hypothalamus and the limbic system. This is the German model of essential oil use.

When you add essential oils to a pure vegetable carrier oil and have them massaged into your body, you’re adding another dimension to your experience.  Now, along with inhaling their delicious fragrances and blissing out from their effects as they travel through your limbic system, you are applying their benefits to the largest organ in your body: your skin.

To create your own beautiful massage oil blend, choose a high quality carrier oil to use as a base and add 1-3 drops of your favourite essential oils into each teaspoon (around 5mL) of carrier oil.

Young Living V6 Enhanced Vegetable Complex is a gorgeous carrier oil base of fractionated coconut oil, organically grown sesame seed oil and olive fruit oils, grape seed oil, sweet almond oil, wheat germ oil and sunflower seed oil.   Or you can discover which single carrier oils are especially nurturing and nourishing in this post.

While it’s fun to play around with creating your own massage oil blends, I highly recommend exploring the ready-made ones you can order from Young Living.  Why?

• It’s easy and convenient (no measuring out oil drops, finding bottles to use to make up your mix: every Young Living massage oil blend comes with a pump so you simply open the bottle, tear off the seal, add your pump and you’re good to go: no muss, no fuss)
• Just one bottle of ready-mixed massage oil lets you enjoy the benefits of a number of single essential oils that complement each other and have different specific effects without having to order a bunch of single essential oils you might not ordinarily use often, some of which can be rarer and high in price, too
• Let the world-leader in essential oils do the formulating for you!  D Gary Young is renowned for both his technical expertise in the field and his remarkable intuitive connection with essential oils that combine to create something very special
• These ready-mixed massage oils can be used topically to target small areas, too.  They aren’t just for full body massages.  If you love moving your body, you’ll find the ‘sports’ blends listed below are tremendous for targeting your moving parts

Let’s jump in now and run through the qualities and attributes of each of these ready-mixed Young Living massage oils, all of which are formulated with a beautiful base of carrier oils to help with sensitivity and drive your essential oil dollar further.

Create a Toned Appearance

Cel-Lite Magic Massage Oil tones and nourishes the skin with pure vegetable oils, vitamin E and stimulating, energising essential oils including cypress and juniper.  Indulge in this as an all-over massage oil, and use it daily post-shower to help smooth your skin’s visible appearance on your thighs, buttocks, tummy and upper arms.  Please note it includes grapefruit oil which has UV cautions, so avoid applying to areas that will be exposed to sunlight within 24-48 hours or application.

Workout Warm-Up and Warm-Down

Ortho Ease™ and Ortho Sport™ Massage Oils include warming, energising essential oils that make a great companion to your fitness movements, whether on the gentle side like yoga and walking or really hitting a strenuous workout.  They both include wintergreen, peppermint, lemongrass and vetiver, plus a few others that are specific to each.  Ortho Ease™ shines in everyday use for any large and small areas that need physical TLC.   Ortho Sport™ takes the heat intensity up a notch with the inclusion of oregano.

Relaxation and Chillout Time

There’s nothing like a full body massage with Relaxation™ Massage Oil when you want to melt into the massage table and drift away.  The exquisite essential oils in this blend include lavender, tangerine and coriander which promote tranquillity, ease the frown from your entire body and restore your equilibrium and vitality.

Turn Up the Romance

Put Barry White on your playlist, dim the lights, light the candles and let Sensation™ Massage Oil inspire your senses.  Hubba hubba!  Including ylang ylang and jasmine for togetherness, this divine blend will rekindle your feelings of romance and leaves your skin feeling smooth, soft and deliciously touchable.  You can also add it to a bath for a quiet night in.  It makes a divine all-over moisturiser after showering, too.  Skip the perfume and let this enchant people in your wake.

Not all oils are created equal.  Far from it.  Quality varies immensely, so please ensure you are choosing a brand with complete transparency from seed to seal, such as Young Living.  Discover why we love them so much in this short video.

Essential oils are potent, so as always, please follow directions on the bottle and the usual guidelines for safe use of authentic essential oils.

Enjoy the good oil daily.

The information on this site does not constitute advice. Please consult with your health practitioner. When using any of the products mentioned throughout this site, please be sure to read the labels and follow their suggestions for safe use. We make commissions from sales via many of the products we recommend but we only suggest products we genuinely enjoy and want you to benefit from.  Product image used with permission © Young Living Essential Oils.