The Carrier Oil Companion
A Practical Guide to Working with Carrier Oils in Skincare, Herbal Preparations, and Aromatherapy
Each carrier oil brings its own unique chemistry, fatty acid profile, absorption rate, oxidative stability, and therapeutic compounds, all of which affect how it feels on the skin, how it performs in your formula, and how long it will last.
Whether you're making skincare, herbal infusions, or aromatherapy blends, understanding the oils you’re working with is essential to creating products that nourish, protect, and hold up over time.
Inside The Carrier Oil Companion, you’ll learn how to choose oils based on:
Whether you’re crafting a healing herbal salve, a nourishing face oil, or a therapeutic aromatherapy blend, The Carrier Oil Companion shows you exactly which oils to use—and why—so your formulas are effective, stable, and skin-supportive.
“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
What’s Inside
This course provides a clear, structured foundation in carrier oils, helping you choose the best oils for your specific projects, craft well-balanced blends, and create truly exceptional formulations.
Lesson 1: Carrier Oils vs Essential Oils
Understand the key differences between carrier oils and essential oils. Learn how they’re extracted, how to use them safely, and how each one functions in a formula.
Lesson 2: The Basics of Carrier Oil Chemistry
Explore fatty acid composition and how it influences absorption, skin feel, and product stability.
Lesson 3: Understanding Carrier Oil Structures
Learn how saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated oils behave in skincare, aromatherapy, and infusions.
Lesson 4: Oxidation and Shelf Life
What makes an oil fragile or stable? Discover how to protect your oils and extend their shelf life through proper storage and smart formulation.
Lesson 5: Bioactives and Healing Properties
Go beyond the fatty acids. Explore unsaponifiables, pigments, antioxidants, and the therapeutic compounds that make each oil unique.
Lesson 6: Refined vs. Unrefined Oils
What’s lost in refining? When should you choose unrefined? This lesson breaks down the impact of processing on performance and results.
Lesson 7: Building Your Carrier Oil Collection
How to stock your lab with essential base oils, stable carriers, and antioxidant-rich specialties—without overbuying or wasting money.
Lesson 8: Formulating with Carrier Oils
Put it all into practice. Learn how to work with oils to create effective, skin-supportive products like face oils, salves, massage blends, and more.
Your Special Bonuses
“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
Discover the Therapeutic Properties of Simple Carrier Oils
Tap into the healing properties of lipid oils for all your formulation projects, from herbal salves and skincare serums to essential oil blends. Create synergistic, skin-healing, and deeply nourishing products with simple, natural ingredients.
Discover the Therapeutic Properties of Simple Carrier Oils
Tap into the healing properties of lipid oils for all your formulation projects, from herbal salves and skincare serums to essential oil blends. Create synergistic, skin-healing, and deeply nourishing products with simple, natural ingredients.
Here’s what you’ll get with the Carrier Oil Companion
Susan M Parker your teacher and guide
Author of Power of the Seed: Your Guide to Oils for Health & Beauty Co-founder of the Lipid Oils Academy
I’ve spent decades studying and working with carrier oils, and I’ve seen firsthand how these remarkable oils can transform both skincare and wellness products.
My passion for carrier oils comes from deep, hands-on experience understanding how different oils perform, how they feel on the skin, how they interact with herbs and essential oils, and how they contribute to the effectiveness of a formula.
In the Carrier Oil Companion, I’ve distilled everything I’ve learned into a clear, approachable foundations course that will give you the tools to create your own beautiful, effective skincare, herbal infusions, and aromatherapy blends.
Whether you’re just getting started or looking to deepen your understanding, this course is designed to meet you where you are and guide you every step of the way.
I’d love to welcome you inside!
“I love studying with Susan. She has created groundbreaking material that is fun to learn. Her work has been critical to me to uncover my special passion using lipids in combination with other additions to a multitude of topical preparations. If you’re serious about developing your skills with carrier oil selection or even more complex Lipid based products, Susan Parker’s workshops and materials can’t be beat!!!.”
~Liz Zucco
“This course gave me a thorough understanding of how carrier oils work, and the differences between them so that I can effectively formulate skincare solutions. For anyone who wants to have a thorough understanding of how carrier oils work, the differences between them, and how to utilize them effectively and efficiently in order to formulate skincare this is the course for you.”
~Lori Satter
