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Before you go...if you want to start making oil based and herbal skincare right away we've got a special offer for you

Digital Toolbox

& Recipe Guides

A curated collection of tools, templates, formulas, recipes & guidebooks for making your own 100% natural oil based and herbal skincare

regular $19/mo

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Whether you are infusing herbs for future formulas, making herbal balms and lotion bars or formulating a therapeutic massage oil, the Formulator's Digital Toolbox has everything you need.

Inside you'll find quick reference guides, tutorials, tips, recipes, formulas and ideas for oil based and herbal skincare projects.

And, we're adding new recipes and resources monthly so there's always new materials to keep your creative juices flowing!

A few of the resources inside your toolbox

Carrier oils for herbal infusing - make infusions that are absorbent, light on the skin and shelf stable with a list of good infusing oils (that go beyond olive, sesame and other traditional favorites)
INCI - guide and searchable database so you have the right information whether you're researching an ingredient or building your labels for a new formulation
Guide to melt points for botanical waxes & plant butters so that when you substitute an ingredient in a recipe your balms, salves and whipped butters still come out right
Measurements and equivalencies - a quick reference guide for building your formulas
Completely searchable database of 170+ carrier oils and butters with fatty acid profiles, pie charts and essential data
Dedicated SAP value database for the soap makers! Get KOH and NaOH for 150 + carrier oils

Turn your favorite ingredients into oil based and herbal skincare formulations!

Recipes, Guides & Formulating Projects

Herbal salves including violet leaf salve, calendula salve, wild weeds salve
A cayenne salve for sore muscles and recovery
Recipes and templates for making solid lotion bars and melts
Body oil recipes including an anti-inflammatory formula, scarring and repair, and more
Massage oil recipes using anti-inflammatory plant oils
Guide to making whipped body butters
NEW recipes and projects added monthly!

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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, so far limited, formulating fun.

Michelle Satchell

What's included...

Recipes & Templates

Get recipes to use as is or as a template to create your own! Herbal balms, salves, body and massage oils and more

Ingredients guides

Guides to waxes & butters melt points, oils for infusing, herbs for skincare and the searchable carrier oils database to name just a few

SAP Value (for the soap makers)

Get SAP value, both KOH and NaOH for over 150 different carrier oils and butters.

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NEW resources added every month

We're adding new recipes, resources and tutorials every month!

Guidebooks Included in Your Subscription

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get your research done in seconds with our searchable carrier oil database!

Search INCI, Fatty Acid Profiles, Iodine Value, SAP value, and more essential data on 170+ Carrier Oils & Plant Butters

Find similar carrier oils & substitutions

Compare fatty acid profiles for 170 + carrier oils to find similar oils and substitutions.

Get a snapshot of a carrier oil in seconds!

INCI, SAP Value, botanical family, common names, bioactives and more. Get a snapshot of any oil you're interested in just a few seconds.

Iodine value gives you a guide to heat tolerance for plant oils

Iodine value gives us a guide to oils that can tolerate heating vs those that can't. You'll find iodine value for close to 200 carrier oils and butters in the searchable database.

The Carrier Oil Database is your go-to resource for quick searchable reference on over 170 different oils and butters. Look up oils by dominant fatty acid, INCI, common name, botanical family, SAP value, Iodine value. Cut your research time, avoid the hours sifting through conflicting information or going down rabbit holes, and have the confidence of knowing that you are getting the most accurate, up-to-date information on every oil in our database.

Get the Searchable Carrier Oil Database included in your Digital Toolbox subscription

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Your subscription includes:

Recipes and recipe templates
Guide to Oils for Herbal Infusing
Searchable SAP value table
Botanical waxes melt points guide
Herbal Salves & Balms recipe guidebook
Herbalists Guide to Carrier Oils

Searchable database of 170+ carrier oils & plant butters
Ingredient guides
Guide to Herbs & Botanicals for Skincare
Body & Massage oils recipe guide
Whipped butters recipes and methods
New resources, recipes, & tools added every month

9/mo

month to month cancel anytime

*get 1 months free when you sign up for annual

enrollment special

Your subscription includes:

Recipes and templates
Guide to Oils for Herbal Infusing
Searchable SAP Value table
Botanical waxes melt points guide
Ingredients guides
Guide to Herbs & Botanicals for Skincare

Completely searchable database of 170+ carrier oils & plant butters
Herbal Balms & Salves
Herbalist's Guide to Carrier Oils
Body & Massage oils Guide
Whipped Butters Recipes & Methods
New resources, tools & recipes added each month

97/year

7 day money back guarantee

*get 1 months free when you sign up for annual

FAQ.

Who is the subscription for?

The subscription is for anyone who loves working with plant oils and herbs. Our focus is on the carrier oils and plant butters, but with a background in herbalism incorporating herbs and botanicals into our work comes naturally. Experienced formulators will find quick reference guides and tools, and those just starting out can explore the guidebooks and recipes.

What if I want to cancel?

You can cancel any time right inside your membership portal on the monthly plan. For annual members, 7 days to try out the subscription and request a refund if you find it is not right for you.

Can I pay for the year? I don’t want to have little amounts taken out each month?

YES! You can sign up with the annual plan and you'll get 2 months free. When you sign up for annual, you have 7 days to make sure its a good fit for you and request a refund if not.

Is all of the content available or do I have to be a member for a certain length of time to see the content?

You get access to everything right away and retain access as long as you are subscribed to the toolbox

What if I am new to carrier oils, will I be able to understand so much information?

Yes! this subscription is for everyone interested in making oil based skincare

What if I join and don’t end up using it enough?

That you’ll have to decide for yourself but by making the Lipid Database a home screen icon on my iPhone and iPad I find I use it regularly when formulating a new product or writing an article or blog post. Information at your fingertips.

Quick note: You can cancel at any time but you will lose any grandfathered in monthly rate if you decide to rejoin at a later date.

We're susan & Olivia

Co-founders of the Lipid Oils Academy and mother-daughter team committed to bringing you accurate and innovative tools, research and information on botanical oils, lipids, plant butters and anhydrous skincare formulating.

Sustainability, knowledge, community & healing.

With warmth, Susan & Olivia

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Susan is THE teacher you want to study with if you really want to dive deep into the world of lipid oils and butters.

Angie Koenigsberg