Blending dilutions for bathing

[adypers]

Right I'm studying aromatherapy and really enjoying it but I could do with some advice. I can get my head round all the top, middle and bass notes and I usually blend together a dilution of 6 drops to 15ml of base for bathing, with a ratio of 3top:2mid:1base. Where I start to struggle is when I want to make a blend with 4 oils instead of three or use one carrier oil in small dilution with another one. Can any of you wiser people out there help me??

Thanks
Moonflower x

 

[Santa In Your Panties]

Hiya

I think the key thing is the amount of drops, so if you have 8 drops you divide it by 4 oils so 2 drops per oil, as an example.

I'm not sure about using a carrier oil actually in the bath, though. The thing about essential oils is that they're volatile, which mean they're not really oily, whereas carrier oils are oily. That means they will float on top of the water. What about using one as a pre or post bath massage?

 

[Griminchel]

If you mix a blend using a carrier oil and essential oils - or if you want to use up left-overs from a massage blend - dilute the oils with an equall amount of milk, shake it up and pour it into the bath at the last minute. That should allow the oils to disperse in the bath water.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Thanx, I usually use milk aswell as i find it helps with mu eczema!

 

[Kayt5]

You can get a particular type of oil ( i think it's oil anyway) to use as a a blend for the bath. I can get it here in Ireland anyway from Bomar.