Oils Only Recipes & Methods

Turn your favorite ingredients into custom skincare recipes & formulas

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Ready to create deeply nourishing, handcrafted skincare — without the complexity of emulsifiers or preservatives?

In Oils Only: Recipes & Methods, you'll learn the art and science of making salves, balms, whipped butters, and body oils using only pure lipid ingredients.

This is your guide to mastering natural formulation — simple, clean, and deeply effective.

Put your herbal and botanical infusions to use in recipes and formulas

In the Oils Only Recipes & Methods course, you'll learn how to:

  • Master oil-based skincare – Create balms, salves, whipped butters, and solid lotion bars with confidence.
  • Work with plant-based ingredients – Use botanical waxes, carrier oils, and butters for effective formulations.
  • Work with infused – Unlock the power of calendula, violet leaf, and other botanicals for skin-nourishing products.
  • Perfect your formulations – Understand ingredient ratios, melt points, and stability for professional-quality skincare.
  • Explore natural scenting & coloring – Use fragrant waxes, essential oils, and botanical extracts to enhance your recipes.
  •  Customize your creations – Adapt and tweak formulas to suit different skin types, textures, and preferences.

Step-by-Step Formulation – Learn by doing with video lessons, tips and methods

Core lessons 

Ingredients Guide

  • Making vegan skincare with botanical waxes 
  • Working with traditional beeswax
  • Botanical, carrier and lipid oils
  • Working with rich plant butters
  •  Lecithin in natural products
  • INCI - guide to ingredients

Core lessons

Color & Antioxidants

  • Use pigmented CO2 extracts to add color and antioxidants
  • Create color and texture with clays and powdered botanicals
  • Harness the natural color found in the unsaponifiables of oils and butters
  • Develop rich pigment with natural botanical infusions

Core lessons

Rich Plant Butters

  • Using saturated butters for salves, balms & whipped recipes
  • Using 'dry' butters to create dry feeling salves and balms
  • When and how to use butters in place of a wax
  • Creating 'melts' with saturated butters

Core Lessons

Tools & Techniques

  • Getting started: what you need
  • When and how to use butters in place of a wax
  • Techniques for creating 'melts' with saturated butters
  • Methods for for whipping oils into rich butters

Core lessons

Forms & Molds

  • Making and shaping lotion bars and solid perfume
  • Pouring off and cooling salves and balms 
  • Working with food grade silicone molds
  • Making stand-alone balms 
  • Working with natural color in oils and butters

Core lessons

Body Butters & Whipped Butters

  • Techniques for creating successful whipped butters
  • Temperature and how to prepare your base oils
  • Adding color and scent to whipped body butters 
  • Making soft spreadable body butters
  • Storage, temperature and melt points
  • Making soft body balms 

Core lessons

Natural Scent Ingredients

  • Working with fragrant waxes 
  • Bonus booklet with guide to waxes melt points
  • When and how to add essential oils
  •  Making solid perfumes with fragrant waxes

33 Page Bonus Recipe Book Included!

33 page Bonus recipe book included!

Oils Only Recipe Book

Inside the Oils Only Recipe Book you'll find recipes and recipe templates, charts, tutorials and diagrams for formulating and making skincare using only carrier oils, lipid oils, plant butters and fragrant lipid waxes. 

  • Calendula Salve – A soothing balm with calendula-infused oil, shea butter, and beeswax, great for cuts, burns, and rashes.
  • Wild Weeds Balm – A nourishing blend of helichrysum, comfrey, violet, lemon balm, yarrow, and dandelion-infused oils with rich butters.
  • Violet Leaf Salve – A gentle balm with violet and calendula oils, plus rose wax, ideal for pain relief and skin repair.
  • Cayenne Balm – A warming salve with cayenne oleoresin and chili-infused oil to ease muscle and joint discomfort.
  • Rose Salve & Solid Perfume – A floral balm with rose wax and rose-infused oil, scented with rose otto essential oil.
  • Whipped Body Butters – Light, airy butters made with mango, shea, cocoa, and cupuaçu butter for soft, spreadable hydration.
  • Solid Lotion Bars – A mess-free blend of beeswax, butters, and oils, molded into convenient bars.
  • Violet Leaf Infused Oil – A botanical infusion known for its soothing and skin-repairing properties in balms and serums.
  • Herbal Infused Oils – Instructions for infusing calendula, rose, dandelion, comfrey, and lemon balm into oils.
  • Massage Oils – Blends for relaxation, skin repair, and inflammation relief using oils like pumpkin seed, meadowfoam, and jojoba.

Bonus Guide & Downloadable Charts

Waxes & Butters Guide

Get this printable guide to melt points for waxes and butters with charts and tables for easy reference. Keep a copy on hand for all your formulating projects. 

  • Wax and Butter Melt Points – A comprehensive chart detailing the melting points of beeswax, plant waxes, pseudo-waxes, and plant butters for formulation stability.
  • Essential Oil Dilution & Measurement Charts – Easy-to-follow dilution guides for essential oils, including drop-percentage equivalencies for different formulation sizes.
  • Storage & Packaging Best Practices – Guidelines for properly storing bulk ingredients and finished products using glass, plastic, and other containers.
  • Tools of the Trade – A list of essential equipment for making skincare and body care products, from saucepans and spatulas to measuring cups and stirring sticks.
  • Cleaning and Sanitization Methods – Instructions on maintaining hygiene when working with waxes, oils, and butters, including alcohol sanitization techniques.
  • Useful Extras & Workspace Setup – Recommendations for deli paper, parchment, and other workspace organization tools to ensure efficiency and cleanliness in formulations.

Exclusive BonUs! ($27 value)

Illustrated Guide to Herbal Oil Infusing

Take advantage of our Exclusive Bonus: the Illustrated Guide to Herbal Oil Infusing, featuring:

  • Choosing the Right Oils for Infusions – A detailed guide on selecting stable oils and butters for effective and long-lasting infusions.
  • Infusion Techniques – Covers heat, cold, and solar methods for extracting beneficial plant compounds into oils
  • Fresh vs. Dried Botanicals – A comparison of the pros and cons of using fresh or dried plant material and best practices for each.
  • Step-by-Step Infusion Process – Instructions on preparing, macerating, and pouring off infused oils for optimal potency. 
  • Troubleshooting Infusions – Solutions for common issues like mold growth, oxidation, and unwanted residues in infused oils.
  • Enfleurage and Aromatic Infusions – An introduction to capturing plant scents in oils through the ancient enfleurage method.
  • Selecting Botanicals for Skincare and Wellness – A curated list of beneficial herbs, flowers, and roots for therapeutic oil infusions.
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Oils Only Recipes & Methods

Turn your favorite ingredients, infused oil, botanical waxes, lipid oils and plant butters into salves, balms, whipped body butters, massage and body oils, delicate scrubs and lotion bars.

  • 8 core video lessons 
  • Recipe downloads & tutorials
  • 33 Page Recipe Book
  • Recipes & Formulas
  • Permanent course access
  • Certificate upon completion 
  • 7 day money back guarantee
  •  Bonus Guide to Butters & Waxes

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I really enjoyed studying the Oils Only Recipes & Methods course with Susan. 

Amy Scott - Oils Only Student

I really enjoyed studying the Oils Only Recipes & Methods course with Susan. It gathers together all the core information on getting to know the plant characteristics and chemistry of a wide range of oils and it provides helpful tips on how to formulate different oily products. The course has lots of valuable references, descriptions and comparisons. 

I liked the opportunity to study at my own pace. Some of the exotic oils sound wonderful and I hope to explore all the oils further!"



We're susan & Olivia 

We’re Susan and Olivia — a mother-daughter team passionate about helping you discover the vast and beautiful world of plant oils and lipid-based skincare.

Susan, researcher and author of Power of the Seed, brings decades of study, teaching, and hands-on experience with oils, butters, and botanical formulations.
Olivia handles the behind-the-scenes magic — supporting students, managing the tech, and helping everything run smoothly so you can focus on learning and creating.

Together, we’re here to guide you as you explore the art and science of working with natural oils —
creating skincare that’s simple, nourishing, and deeply rooted in the beauty of plants.

Happy making,
Susan & Olivia

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