The Formulators Toolbox
Your Creative Companion in Herbal & Oil-Based Skincare
The Formulator’s Toolbox is your creative companion and studio space for making herbal and oil-based skincare. With practical guides, tested recipes, and a searchable database of 180+ oils and butters, it’s designed to help you create, learn, and experiment.
Turn Your Favorite Ingredients into Custom Skincare Formulations
Your Toolbox Dashboard
Here’s a closer look at some of the resources waiting for you inside:
The Oils & Butters Database
180+ carrier oils and plant butters with detailed profiles, fatty acid data, and more
The Recipe Box
Trusted recipes for facial oils, body oils, balms, and herbal infusions
Iodine Value
Find iodine values for hundreds of oils and butters — essential for determining heat sensitivity.
Sap Value Chart
Look up sap values for 180+ oils and plant butters — perfect for your soap making projects.
Measurements & Equivalencies
Easily convert your recipes with this handy chart.
Guide to Oils for Herbal Infusing
Learn which carrier oils are best for infusing (and which to avoid), plus essential methods and best practices.
Botanical Waxes & Plant Butters
Learn which carrier oils are best for infusing (and which to avoid), plus essential methods and best practices.
New Recipes & Resources Every Month
Fresh projects and ingredient spotlights to keep your curiosity alive
Thank you Susan and Olivia for your constant new information on oils. Plants and oils, what a fascinating world. I’m looking forward to learning more and expanding my formulating fun.
~ Michelle Satchell
Start Creating: A Look at What's Inside
In addition to the full toolbox dashboard, you'll also get a growing collection of guidebooks and recipe projects. Heres a small sample of what's inside:
The Recipe Box
Here’s a sample of projects in the Recipe Box — a growing collection of recipes and formulas for herbal balms, facial oils, body butters, massage oils and
Ready to explore? These are just a few of the projects waiting for you in the Formulator’s Toolbox. Inside, you’ll find fresh inspiration and simple tools to turn your favorite ingredients into beautiful herbal and oil-based skincare. Join month to month and cancel anytime, right inside your account — no pressure, lots of possibilities.
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“Susan's programs have helped me use carrier oils as part of the synergy of essential oils to give a quality product. I am a certified aromatherapist and this program has helped me to synergize the essential oil world with the lipid world for a full spectrum of knowledge of the products that I produced”
~ Janics Cyre
FAQ
When you subscribe, you get instant access to all current and future Toolbox resources. You’ll also receive new recipes and tools every month.
Yes! If you choose the monthly subscription, you can cancel anytime before your next billing cycle—no commitments, no hassle. If you choose the annual plan, you have a 7-day window to explore the Toolbox and decide if it’s right for you.
You’ll retain access until the end of your current billing period. After that, your access to the Toolbox resources will end unless you resubscribe.
The annual plan comes with a 7-day money-back guarantee. If you decide it’s not the right fit within that timeframe, just reach out, and we’ll process a full refund.
The Toolbox is for skincare formulators, herbalists, aromatherapists, and DIY skincare makers looking for trusted resources on carrier oils, herbal infusions, and oil-based skincare formulation. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to better understand carrier oils, plant butters, and botanical extracts, whether you're just starting out or refining your skills.
Still have a question? Reach out anytime at admin@lipidoils.com — we're here to help!
Who we are
We’re Susan and Olivia — a mother-daughter team dedicated to sharing the rich world of herbal and oil-based skincare. With decades of experience studying plant oils, formulating, and teaching, we created the Formulator’s Toolbox to be a warm, supportive space for makers like you.
Susan brings decades of herbal knowledge and hands-on experience, and Olivia brings a fresh perspective on digital tools and creative business building. Together, we believe that skincare can be simple, beautiful, and rooted in nature — and we’re here to help you explore it all.
“Susan has given me my greatest insight into the carrier oils and the many benefits and effects they can bring. I have thoroughly enjoyed this new knowledge and gained great inspiration. Carrier oils have now opened a whole new world to me and given me a greater understanding of blending.”
~Beverley Higham
