From our live class archives. This episode was originally recorded as a live blending session with the Natural Living Club community — so you'll hear questions, recipes made in real time, and a few "watch my screen" moments. We've pulled together everything you need below so you can follow along by ear.

📝 A quick heads-up: this class was recorded live during one of our holiday sales, so you'll hear mentions of limited-time deals — our Memorial Day sale, free gifts with purchase, and weekly giveaways. Those promotions have since ended, but we always have fresh deals waiting for you in our Sale Bin: https://www.aromatics.com/collections/on-sale

Ever stood in front of jojoba, rosehip, and sweet almond and wondered which one your blend actually needs? This session walks you through how to choose the carrier that best supports your skin, your climate, and the essential oils you're working with — and we make two carrier-only recipes along the way.

What you'll learn:

• Why carrier oils are far more than "just dilution" — they shape skin feel, absorption, shelf life, aroma, and purpose
• The 4 decision points for choosing a carrier: texture, shelf life, purpose, and formula type (oil, water-based, soap, butter, or balm)
• The golden shelf-life rule: a blend only lasts as long as its shortest-lived ingredient — so a stable base like jojoba can't rescue a blend once the rosehip has turned
• Why delicate, antioxidant-rich oils (rosehip, pomegranate, cranberry) are best bought small and used fresh
• Why water-based bases (aloe vera gel, hydrosols) change everything about preservation

Carrier cheat-sheet from this episode:

• Jojoba — technically a liquid wax, not an oil; closely resembles skin, absorbs easily, very long shelf life. The everyday anchor that stabilizes more delicate oils. If you keep one carrier on your shelf, make it this.
• Argan — lightly nutty, golden, absorbs with no residue. (Megan's 10-year facial cleanser: half argan, half aloe vera.)
• Rosehip seed — light, regenerative, great for facial blends; use at 10% or less.
• Pomegranate & cranberry seed — highly antioxidant and skin-regenerative; a little goes a long way.
• Trauma Oil — three herbal-infused carriers in one (Arnica, St. John's Wort, and Calendula infused into olive oil); a shelf staple for sore muscles, pain, and inflammation, even with no essential oils added.

Recipes made in this episode:

Whipped Shea & Kombo Butter (yields ~9 oz)

• 4 oz shea butter
• 2 oz cocoa butter
• 2 oz kombo butter
• 1 fl oz jojoba
• Melt the shea and cocoa butters in a double boiler. Off heat, stir in the kombo butter and jojoba. Chill/freeze until the top firms, then whip until light and fluffy (about 20–30 min total).

Mature Skin Glow Facial Oil (10 ml bottle)

• 7 ml jojoba
• 1.5 ml argan
• 1 ml rosehip seed
• 0.5 ml pomegranate (or cranberry) seed
• Combine and stir. Soaks in beautifully with no oily residue — lovely as an evening facial oil.

Resources mentioned:

• 📘 Free Carriers Field Guide (16 pages, 6 recipes, shelf-life chart):
• 🌿 Shop carrier oils: https://www.aromatics.com/collections/carrier-oils
• 🏷️ Shop the Sale Bin for current deals: https://www.aromatics.com/collections/on-sale
• 🏡 Join the Natural Living Club: https://www.skool.com/natural-living
• 🎓 Learn aromatherapy with Aromahead Institute: https://www.aromahead.com

🎥 Watch the video version of this class on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaqr5ZNNY_Y

Hi Jenny from Aromahead here, I want to warmly invite you to register for our upcoming live online training on how to become an essential oil expert. Essential oil experts use both the art and the science of aromatherapy to get reliable transformational results from their essential oils.

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I can't wait to see you soon.

Feeling unstable, energy all over the place? This blend can help bring that scattered energy down to earth with an intentional application, a simple visualization technique, and a few deep breaths.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:43 Review and Grounding
9:00 The blend
10:53 What's the tea?
12:18 The recipe
19:10 The masterclass
22:35 Preview
25:44 Substitutions
28:37 Outro

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-----All ingredients used-----
Frankincense (Boswellia carterii)
Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
3 drops Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanoides)
Jojoba wax
Amber bottle with cone cap