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Massage Oil Magnesium is the only formula in this range that starts with water. Water sits first on the label, which makes this an emulsion, and it spreads thinner and absorbs faster than the fifteen oil-based blends beside it. Interesting fact: the magnesium sulfate in it is Epsom salt, named after the town of Epsom in Surrey, where a well dug on the common in 1618 turned a bitter mineral spring into one of England's earliest spa towns. Avocado, grape seed and sesame oils carry the glide, and beeswax closes the session with a matte finish that sets within a few minutes. The scent sits close to neutral, which suits clients who react to essential oils and rooms that have to stay scent-free. It is also the only one of the sixteen you shake before the first pump, because the phases settle while the bottle stands between clients.

• The only water-based formula of the sixteen, so it goes on thinner than the oil blends.
• Near-neutral scent for clients who react to essential oils, and for buildings that stay scent-free.
• Matte finish within a few minutes, so a client dresses and walks into an afternoon meeting.
• Magnesium sulfate, sesame oil, elastin and beeswax are in no other product in this range.

The water and oil phases break down under the warmth of the hands and the blend spreads thinner than a straight oil. Magnesium sulfate is dissolved in the water phase and gives the finish its mineral, lightly powdery character. Avocado and sesame oils hold the glide through long, slow strokes, while grape seed keeps the weight down. Elastin and allantoin close the list and their job is skin comfort across a weekly schedule.

1. Application: Shake the bottle, then warm 15 ml in the palms. The phases settle between clients and the blend needs mixing before the first stroke.
2. Massage: Work slowly and keep the strokes long. The blend absorbs quicker than an oil, so plan on a second 10 ml application around the halfway point of a 90 minute session.
3. Tip: On an evening or pre-sleep protocol, finish at the feet and calves and give the matte finish a minute to set before the client puts socks back on.

500 ml pump bottle. At 10 to 20 ml per full-body session that is 25 to 50 treatments per bottle.

Water, Magnesium Sulfate, Avocado Oil, Grape Seed Oil, Sesame Oil, Elastine, Allantoin, Beeswax.

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Massage Oil Tai carries five aromatics, more than any other oil in this range of sixteen: sandalwood, green tea, ylang ylang, jasmine and vetiver, over a four-oil carrier base of sweet almond, grape seed, safflower and avocado. Interesting fact: jasmine is harvested between midnight and sunrise, with picking crews starting around two in the morning, because the flower's volatile output peaks before dawn and falls away through the day. It takes 700 to 800 kilograms of blossom to produce a single kilogram of concrete, and roughly half of that concrete converts into usable absolute. That harvest window is the reason jasmine sits where it does on a price list. On the skin this blend behaves in layers: green tea and ylang arrive in the first minutes, jasmine holds the middle of the session, and sandalwood and vetiver are still there when the client sits up.

• Five aromatics, so the scent changes across the hour.
• Four carrier oils, including avocado and safflower.
• Sandalwood and vetiver at the base, which is what makes it last to the end of a 90 minute protocol.
• Nine ingredients, four carriers and five aromatics, for the treatment you charge most for.

The carrier base is what separates this from the five-ingredient oils here. Safflower seed oil is one of the highest-linoleic oils in cosmetic use, which makes it light and fast, and avocado oil sits at the other end with a large unsaponifiable fraction that gives body. Sweet almond and grape seed sit between them. On the aromatic side the molecules sort themselves by weight: the light green tea and ylang components evaporate first, jasmine sits in the heart, and the heavy santalols and vetiver sesquiterpenes are the last to go.

1. Application: 15 ml, and give the client a moment before you start. The opening of this blend is part of what they are paying for.
2. Massage: Long protocols. Anything under an hour cuts the session before the base notes have done their work.
3. Tip: Do not stack it with a scented candle or a diffuser. Five aromatics is already a full composition and a sixth from the room makes it muddy.

500 ml pump bottle. At 10 to 20 ml per full-body session that is 25 to 50 treatments per bottle.

Prunus Dulcis Oil, Grape Seed Oil, Safflower Seed Oil, Avocado Oil, Sandal Wood Essential Oil, Green Tea Essential Oil, Ylang Ylang Essential Oil, Jasmine Blossom Essential Oil, Vetiver Essential Oil.

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Zen Massage Oil runs on eleven ingredients, four of them carrier oils and five of them essential oils. Interesting fact: the juniper in it is not distilled from a berry, because juniper does not make berries. What looks like one is a galbulus, a seed cone whose scales stay fleshy and fuse together around the seeds instead of drying out and opening like a pine cone, and it takes about 18 months on the branch to ripen from green to purple-black. Only the ripe cones go to distillation. Around it sit vetiver, green tea, tangerine and lavender, so the aroma opens with citrus, turns resinous and green in the middle, and settles dry. The carrier base is what makes this one usable on any protocol: safflower runs light and fast, avocado gives body, almond and grape seed sit between them.

• Four carrier oils, so the slip stays even on a 45 minute back and on a 90 minute full body.
• Five essential oils, giving the aroma a shape across the session instead of one flat note.
• No phototoxic component, so no sun caution to give the client.
• The everyday oil of the professional range, priced against the four-carrier blends.

Safflower seed oil is one of the highest-linoleic oils in cosmetic use, which is why it feels light and absorbs quickly. Avocado oil sits at the opposite end, with an unsaponifiable fraction reported as high as 12 percent against 0.6 to 3 percent for olive oil, and that fraction is what gives the blend body under sustained pressure. Sweet almond and grape seed fill the middle. On the aromatic side the tangerine is a cold-pressed top note that arrives first, juniper and green tea hold the middle, and vetiver is the last thing left on the skin.

1. Application: 15 ml. This blend is the least fussy in the range on dose and on temperature; it works cold or warmed.
2. Massage: Any protocol. The four-oil base holds through fast work and slow work equally, which is why it belongs in the room you use most.
3. Tip: Keep it as your default and reserve the single-aromatic oils for treatments a client has booked by name. It costs less to stock one workhorse well than five specialists badly.

500 ml pump bottle. At 10 to 20 ml per full-body session that is 25 to 50 treatments per bottle.

Prunus Dulcis Oil, Grape Seed Oil, Safflower Seed Oil, Avocado Oil, Aloe Vera Extract, Seaweed Extract, Vetiver Essential Oil, Green Tea Essential Oil, Tangerine Essential Oil, Juniper Essential Oil, Lavender Essential Oil.

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