Massage Oils #2 - Biotone

[Crazy Baboon!]

After reading the long thread about oils, I ran to grab the two bottles of biotone I'm using now.  One of them, Clear Results, with jojoba & aloe, contains dimethicone!!!  That's silicone!  The other, Nutri-Naturals, with avocado & carrot extracts, smells wonderful, and it doesn't seem there's anything bad in it, but it's last ingredient is "fragrance."  My guess is that it's a chemical fragrance, since if it were an essential oil, it would be listed as an oil like everything else.  Like some of you, I also have very sensitive skin, and sometimes when I use my oil on myself, it bothers me, and I seriously couldn't understand why!  Now I know, and feel kind of stupid for trusting biotone!  I used a light extra virgin olive oil for a while, and I may go back to it.  A lot of you seem to make your own stuff.  Are those recipes you are willing to share, or are they trade secrets?  

 

[nersespurses]

Massage Oils #2 - Biotone

I bought a large bottle of their lotion which I was using a lot for a while. I noticed my hands were getting really chaffed after a while, and no amount of lotion was helping. I went back to just oil and it seems to have gone away.I've been using Nutri-Naturals, thinking they were all natural. Now I begin to wonder. "Fragrances" sounds like that escape clause, like "natural flavors" in prepared foods.

 

[Abdel]

Organic almond oil seems to work well for me.  I have some grapeseed also, which I heard is very very light, so very smooth, and absorbs - this is good, but might mean you need more of it.  Jojoba is supposed to be very non-greasy and good for the skin, but I haven't tried it.  I haven't any training in aromatherapy, so I wouldn't be insured to mix it, but I have a couple of premixed organic natural blends of plant oil with essential oils, in case a client likes a fragrance.  Anyone have cast-iron suggestions for what to use if anyone has a nut allergy?  I like to avoid anything that doesn't come straight from a plant, with minimal processing - I don't REALLY know what it's doing for my client's skin, or mine, with long term exposure, whereas anything that's edible as a plant oil is going to be safe.

 

[Love Life Simply]

Massage Oils #2 - Biotone

What kind of Nutri-Naturals are you using? Creme, oil, or lotion? There are ingredients lists at http://www.upclosepersonal.net/Specials/biotone.htmlI'm thinking it has to be the oil for you to say "it doesn't seem there's anything bad in it", as the creme and lotion both contain parabens and other chemicals.For the oil, I'd be worried about "Vegetable Derived Water Dispersant". What is the name of the actual ingredient please? Being vegetable derived only means it's not consuming petroleum resources. It doesn't make it safe. Cocaine and heroin are derived from plants, too. ;-)"Fragrance" immediately puts it in my "do not use" category. It is synonymous with "chemicals". Many people are allergic to fragrance chemicals, and many of the chemicals can precipitate or aggravate chemical sensitivities. They have zero benefits over real essential oils save one: they're cheap.Anyway, it'd be easy enough to purchase some or all of the oils listed (you could even get them in organic and/or unrefined form, perhaps) and mix them yourself.

 

[Boo Boo Kitty]

Massage Oils #2 - Biotone

yes, stay away from clear results. If this does not affect your hands, consider yourself very fortuanate because I know so many therapists wher it does. Isn't it so crazy that that product is so heavily pushed on people in massage school, and it sucks so bad. Teaches you to pay attention to labels. My hands are FINALLY back to normal and I intend to never put them in crappy product again(excema sufferer). I dont care where I work and what they make me use, I will spend whatever of my own money and sneak it in. I dont care. My hands became so rough that one client actually called the head office of the company I worked for (a natural body) and complained. Granted she was a jerk that just wanted something for free, my skin was a little rough. But it had been worse. When I was using biotone, my hands got so bad I had to have a cortasone shot and then I ad to wear gloves when I massaged. It sucked! After an hour with gloves on your hands sweat to the gloves and make all kinds of squeeky noise. Not relaxing! I always try to educate people on that product and usually they say "I was wondering why my hands have been breaking out" Crazy.

 

[valley9]

I like to use the products from Natural Selections.  One of the great gals here recommended them.  The products and the customer service, both excellent.  They carry pure oils all the way to mixed lotions, cremes, laundry detergent with enzymes, etc.  Yes, they do carry mineral oil.  I know a gal who does in-room massages at a resort and she carries mineral oil for people who know they can tolerate baby oil but aren't sure about anything else.  Believe me, neither she, nor I, nor anyone I know condones electively using mineral oil! The website is: http://www.natural-selections.combyw- they will send you a generous amount of samples and their catalog lists all the ingredients.  The specials they run are also nice!!(Can you tell I am a big fan?)I use their snow leopard lotion instead of biofreeze when I can and my clients notice.

 

[geezer]

Thanks for the site!  It seems to be down right now, but I'll keep checking back.

 

[allenrubink]

Massage Oils #2 - Biotone

I just tried the site too and it is still down requesting a login.Did a google search, and this is the only site I found that mention "Natural Selections":http://www.oilsbynature.com/

 

[Jeanmarie]

oops!  My mistake...  It's http://www.natural-formulations.com

 

[Thebringeroftruth]

The website doesn't have the ingredients listed but the catalog does.