The Formulators Toolbox
Your Creative Companion in Herbal & Oil-Based Skincare
With the Formulator’s Toolbox, you’ll find everything you need to turn your favorite herbal and botanical ingredients into beautiful, effective skincare. Access ingredient guides, trusted recipes, and a comprehensive database of 180+ oils and butters. This is your place to create, experiment, and bring your ideas to life.
turn your favorite ingredients into your own custom skincare
What's Inside Your Toolbox
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned maker, the Formulators Toolbox gives you everything you need to create effective, herbal and oil-based skincare at home.
Get instant access to:
Searchable Carrier Oils & Plant Butters Database
Explore 180+ carrier oils and plant butters with detailed profiles, fatty acid data, and unique skin benefits. Instantly find the perfect oil for any blend, infusion, or formulation.
Herbal & Lipid Skincare Recipe Box
Access a growing library of trusted recipes for facial oils, balms, body butters, and herbal infusions with new projects and seasonal inspiration added monthly to spark your creativity.
Iodine Value & Heat Sensitivity Guide
Quickly check iodine values for hundreds of oils and butters, vital for understanding heat sensitivity and ensuring your formulas stay potent and stable.
Cold Process Soap Making Tools & Guides
Look up SAP values for 180+ oils and butters, and get our exclusive “How Oils Become Soap” guide. Perfect for creating lipid-rich luxury soap with unique oils and butters.
Measurements & Equivalencies
Effortlessly convert between grams, ounces, and milliliters. Our handy chart takes the math out of recipe scaling and formulation.
Botanical Waxes & Plant Butters
A complete guide to botanical waxes and fragrant waxes, including melt points and usage tips for perfecting the feel and stability of your creations.
Herbal Infused Oils & Botanicals for Skincare
Comprehensive guides to the best herbs for skin, selecting and using carrier oils for infusions, and step-by-step instructions for creating your own herbal oil infusions and macerations.
Guide to Carrier Oils for Aromatherapy
A guide to selecting and using carrier oils to safely dilute essential oils, enhance absorption, and maximize the therapeutic benefits of your aromatherapy and skincare creations.
New Recipes & Resources Every Month
Stay inspired with new recipes, ingredient spotlights, and exclusive resources added every month.
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 Guidebooks Library
Your Toolbox subscription comes with a collection of practical guidebooks, trusted resources to help you explore oils, formulation techniques, and herbal infusions, all in one place.
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.
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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
