Use water and water-based lubricants to make water-dispersive massage oils.
The expression "like oil and water" is used to describe things or people that are simply repellent for a reason: oil and water, frankly, don't mix. However, this doesn't mean there aren't a few workarounds for this chemical dilemma. If you have massage, aromatherapy or essential oils, you can use water or water-based lubricants to make them more water-dispersive. Oils, however, are not water soluble.
Instructions
1. Make an emulsion. An emulsion is a mixture of two liquids that cannot be blended, such as oil and water. Fill a clean and dry glass container with a small amount of room-temperature water, preferably distilled or purified. Begin with about one fluid ounce of water. Add one to three drops of aromatherapy/massage/essential oil to the water and blend vigorously with a whisk. The essential oil will continue to be suspended in the water as long as the emulsion is occasionally agitated. The oil and water will separate if left to settle but can be emulsified once again simply by stirring. Dab a small amount of the emulsion onto pressure points for a quick and additive-free perfume.
2. Blend massage oils or essential oils into unscented, water-based personal lubricant to make a massage oil that's much easier to wash off. For a body massage covering a large expanse of skin, squeeze a tube of unscented personal lubricant, such as KY Jelly, into a clean and dry class container. Add a few drops of essential or massage oil, one to three drops at a time, and mix the two together with a glass stirrer or slim spoon until the lubricant is as strongly scented as you want it to be. The lubricant will suspend the scented oil more easily than water, and the resulting mixture can be warmed in a microwave to make it appropriate for personal massage.
3. Wash off the scented lubricant or emulsion with soap and water. Because of the presence of the oil, neither solution will be entirely removed with water alone. For completely water-soluble scent solutions, mix alcohol-based scents and perfumes with personal lubricant. The physical chemistry of essential oils, and other oils used in massage and aromatherapy mean that they cannot be totally dissolved in water.
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