{"id":20230,"date":"2025-09-17T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=20230"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:37:33","slug":"molded-massage-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/molded-massage-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Molded Massage Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<ul>\n<li>4 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons solid\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cocoa Butter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons solid\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coconut Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beeswax<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon paraffin wax<\/li>\n<li>10 drops\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/aromatherapy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essential Oil<\/a>\u00a0(or whatever you like)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heat all the above, except\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/aromatherapy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essential Oil<\/a>, in a microwave (power 7) for approximately 3 minutes or melt in a double boiler.<\/p>\n<p>Stir until liquid. If you want them colored, add a crayon or wax dye. Beat for several minutes until emulsified and slightly thick. If it isn\u2019t thickening, place your bowl in ice water as you beat it with an electric mixer.<\/p>\n<p>Add\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/aromatherapy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essential Oil<\/a>. Pour into metal or lightly oiled plastic\/glass molds. (Chocolate molds work well and are about the right amount for a body massage.) Refrigerate until set.<\/p>\n<p>Wrap in plastic and store in a cool place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-teaser\"><b><a title=\"Permanent Link: Molded Massage Oil\" href=\"\/alternative-therapies\/aromatherapy\/aromatherapy-recipes\/molded-massage-oil\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the rest of this post here<\/a><\/b>\u00a0(237 words, estimated 57 secs reading time)<\/div>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, make sure you\u00a0<a href=\"\/feed\/\">subscribe to my RSS feed<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening 3 tablespoons solid\u00a0Cocoa Butter 2 tablespoons solid\u00a0Coconut Oil 1 tablespoon\u00a0Beeswax 1 tablespoon paraffin wax 10 drops\u00a0Orange\u00a0Essential Oil\u00a0(or whatever you like) Heat all the above, except\u00a0Essential Oil, in a microwave (power 7) for approximately 3 minutes or melt in a double boiler. Stir until liquid. If you want them colored, add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aromatherapy-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}