Base Oils for Aromatherapy?

Are oils from a grocery store, ie Grapeseed Oil, good for adding essential oils? Or should the oil be from a health food store? Or does it matter at all?Base Oils for Aromatherapy?
I burn a lot of aromatherapy oils to scent my home...and these are the oils I have bought (most regular grocery stores carry them): Sweet almond oil (unscented), and vitamin E oil, and grapeseed oil (unscented). Make sure that the carrier you use is unscented...beleive it or not I found some that have fragrances added to it and that will interfere with the whole aromatherapy concept.


I used to buy mine from this website: www.bodytime.com or even the www.bodyshop.com





But they are pretty expensive. Now I am using sweet almond oil (unscented) which I bought at Bartell's (kinda of like a Longs or Rite-Aid) for 1/3 the price and it's working just as well.





So to me, it doesn't matter where you buy them from. Just whatever you can afford.





Some tips for the aromatherapy oils you may use:





I like to burn peppermint or eucalyptus in the bathroom while I am getting ready to go to work or just get up in the morning.





I save lavender for the bedroom because its very calming.





Other florals are good for around the house to just freshen up...they seem to work a lot better than scented candles and room sprays.





Good luck!Base Oils for Aromatherapy?
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Yes, grapeseed is a great base oil for use with essential oils to make a body oil or massage oil. It is odorless and good for all skin types and applications. You may have more choices at a health food store, but many ordinary grocery stores carry 'gourmet' cooking oils. You should find Hazelnut and Grapeseed easily. Quality and freshness are things to look for when buying your base oil. The can be fragile and oxidize quickly.
Apricot Kernel Oil: Lighter in color than Sweet Almond Oil, but as easily absorbed. Highly beneficial for all skin types.





Avocado Oil (Refined): A light, premium base oil. Ideal for salt rubs (saturate 4 ounces of sea salt with Avocado Oil to use as an exfoliant body scrub)





Coconut Oil: The ideal choice for massage if you are concerned about soiled sheets, as Coconut Oil washes out easily. Solid at room temperature, it liquefies to the touch or can be gently warmed by placing bottle in warm water for a few minutes.





Grapeseed Oil: Silky and highly absorbent, this lovely pale green European oil is an excellent base for aromatherapy massage and often recommended for infant massage.





Hazelnut Oil: A luxurious and subtly fragrant, silky body oil. Easily absorbed; allows the body to retain moisture, leaving a smoother, more supple skin tone.





Jojoba Oil: [(ho ho bah) (lightly fragrant) The definitive base used by the perfume industry. As little as a few drops of your favorite essential or fragrance oil to one ounce of Jojoba Oil will create a definitive essence. This precious oil is actually a liquid wax; use on hair, face and feet to soften and nurture dry skin.





Sweet Almond Oil: A very nurturing and luxurious, pure vegetable oil. Use alone or add 12 drops of essential oil per ounce for a custom-blended body oil that will give you softer feeling skin and soothe your soul. Sweet Almond Oil is also an effective, non-irritating makeup remover.





Wheat germ Oil: The natural source of Vitamin E, which is an anti-oxidant, Wheat germ Oil can reduce surface wrinkles, nurture dry skin and soften scar tissue formation. It can also be added to massage oil, salves %26amp; ointments to prolong shelf life.





Macadamia Nut Oil: A luxurious element in aromatherapy, Macadamia Nut Oil is very nourishing to dry %26amp; mature skin. Ideal for sun preparations and massage blends.





The vegetable oils should be cold-pressed, as the oils on the supermarket shelves may have been processed with a chemical agent.
It really depends on what you are going to use it for and what your preference is
Please do a lot of reading on the subject. Grapeseed is an inexpensive oil that should be kept refrigerated since it goes bad quickly.


There are also apricot oil and so may others. i wouldn't recommend olive oil since it has such a strong aroma on it's own.





Have fun.
I prefer the E Sutras line of oils from iamshaman.com


and particularly like the grapefruit oil, and vetiver root oil.