#Oiling

[luckshmi]

Ayurvedic Oils for Planetary Energy: Enhancing Wellness and Balance ✨🌿

In the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, oils are not just nourishing elixirs for the body but also potent carriers of planetary vibrations, offering a holistic approach to wellness and balance.

1/Sun Energy: Coconut Oil

Benefits: Harness vitality and strength with coconut oil. Its nourishing properties promote healthy skin, hair, and digestion, enhancing overall vitality and radiance.

How to Use: Incorporate coconut oil into daily cooking, skincare, and hair care routines for a boost of energy and vitality.

2/ Moon Energy: Almond Oil

Benefits: Embrace nurturing and soothing energy with almond oil. Its moisturizing qualities calm the mind and nourish the skin, promoting emotional well-being and tranquility.

How to Use: Massage almond oil onto the skin before bed or add a few drops to bathwater for a relaxing and rejuvenating experience.

3/ Mars Energy: Sesame Oil

Benefits: Channel fiery energy with sesame oil. Its warming properties stimulate circulation, boost immunity, and promote courage and strength.

How to Use: Use sesame oil for self-massage (abhyanga) or as a cooking oil to invigorate the body and mind.

4/ Mercury Energy: Jojoba Oil

Benefits: Embody communicative energy with jojoba oil. Its balancing properties support clear thinking, mental agility, and adaptability.

How to Use: Apply jojoba oil to the scalp and hair for hydration and balance, or use it as a carrier oil for essential oil blends to enhance focus and concentration.

5/ Jupiter Energy: Grapeseed Oil

Benefits: Align with expansive energy with grapeseed oil. Its light texture and antioxidant properties support growth, prosperity, and optimism.

How to Use: Use grapeseed oil as a moisturizer or massage oil to promote vitality and well-being, or add it to homemade skincare products for a radiant complexion.

6/ Venus Energy: Rosehip Seed Oil

Benefits: Embrace harmonious energy with rosehip seed oil. Its rejuvenating properties promote beauty, love, and creativity, nurturing inner and outer radiance.

How to Use: Apply rosehip seed oil to the face and body to reduce signs of aging and promote a glowing complexion, or use it as a natural alternative to moisturizers and serums.

7/ Saturn Energy: Castor Oil

Benefits: Embody disciplined energy with castor oil. Its detoxifying properties promote endurance, responsibility, and resilience.

How to Use: Use castor oil for oil pulling or as a massage oil to promote detoxification and grounding, or apply it to the scalp and hair for nourishment and strength.

8/ Rahu Energy: Neem Oil

Benefits: Harness transformative energy with neem oil. Its purifying properties help release toxins and negative patterns, promoting clarity and spiritual growth.

How to Use: Use neem oil as a natural remedy for acne or fungal infections, or incorporate it into skincare products for its antibacterial and antifungal properties.

9/ Ketu Energy: Frankincense Oil

Benefits: Embrace mystical energy with frankincense oil. Its grounding properties support meditation and introspection, promoting spiritual insight and inner peace.

How to Use: Diffuse frankincense oil during meditation or add it to skincare products for its rejuvenating and calming effects, promoting overall well-being and spiritual growth.

Incorporate these Ayurvedic oils into daily life to align with planetary energy, enhance well-being, and promote balance and harmony. 🪔🌿

[goblinbeetle]

[londondrafts]

my hair oiling routine ♡

I start my routine by deeply brushing my hair with a bamboo brush (5 minutes aprox)

Then, I put two oils in my hair

Gisou oil (20ml, 22€)

Handmade oil:

Ingredients:

- Rosemary branches

- Olive oil

- Water

- Honey

1st Put the rosemary in hot water and let it sit for 5 - 10 minutes

2nd Add 3 teaspoons of honey and some olive oil to the pot

3rd Let it seat for 10 minutes

Your Handmade oil is done

Should look like this

! The water shouldn’t be boiling or else you will burn the oil

!! Let it rest for at least 30 minutes before using

!!! The more organic ingredients are, better results you will get

I continue by doing a scalp massage

Lastly, I leave it for at least 1 hour putting it up with a claw clip

That’s it !!

[lookingforherrr]

me and my girlfriend as kuromi and my melody!!

[007-bodybuilding]

[flayote]

how do you know how much oil to use on a pelt? i seem to have a tendency of either using too much or too little, i don’t really know what i’m doing differently each time though so i haven’t figured out how to do it right

hmm i'm not sure how to describe it, it's kinda just one of those things you get a feel for? i don't really measure the exact amount of oil i use on each pelt, beyond having a vague idea that the half cup of oil and water i mix up to start with is usually enough for one average fox for example.

when i'm applying the oil, i'll brush more onto thicker areas of the skin, and less on thinner areas. a paper thin fox belly just gets one thin stroke, and a thicker raccoon neck will get a couple heavier strokes. i don't add so much that it's pooling on the skin, just enough that the entire skin is slick with oil. i think when i'm doing it i'm kinda imagining how much water it would take to saturate the skin (if it was dry) without being drenched, and applying a similar amount of oil.

what are the 'symptoms' you've noticed of too much or too little oil? if you use roughly the same amount on similar skins and they turn out differently, it's possible that the issue is actually something else. for example, if the skin feels oily to the touch, it might not be have been degreased properly rather than too much oil used. or if it isn't softening up well, it could be that it's not shaved enough rather than too little oil used.

[pyrynverstas]

210x108cm tabletop, walnut, oiled with charcoal Osmo & colorless Osmo hardwax oil.

It turned out pretty alright.

[inkeyjay]

Falin, Oil on paper and digital

[oliviawhen]

Happy 3rd birthday Brioche!! Here are some Brioche identifying characteristics: Only one eyebrow, 3 tiny white hairs on his forehead, and lil gloves and two-tone beans!

[sisyphusshrugged]

Dan Hays Colorado Snow Effect 4 (with detail) 2007, oil on canvas

[bebs-art-gallery]

Art by Arcano XV

[phantomrose96]

My sort of maybe embarrassing “late to the game” thing I’m learning now is how to tell if oil has gone bad.

I feel like most other foods have obvious visual tells like mold or they end up smelling foul and obviously bad. But I was googling about oil and the internet says “if it smells like crayons, it’s bad” which would not have been my first guess. And I tested it out on my somewhat old sesame oil and was like “by god, I would describe this as smelling like crayons”

Anyway protip if your old oil smells kinda like crayons it’s probably no good 🖍️

[lookingforherrr]

drawings made by me and my BEAUTIFUL wife!!!

she made the one on the right:3

[007-bodybuilding]

[flayote]

Are there any accessible/household products I can use to oil a tanned pelt?

(apologies for the very late response, not sure if it'll still be helpful but i wanted to answer anyway just in case you or others can still get something out of it)

as far as i know, there are no common household products that are effective for oiling a tanned pelt. things like neatsfoot oil and mink oil are often recommended since they're readily available, however they are not effective at softening leather, they can only condition the surface of the leather. oils need to be specifically treated (sulfated or bisulfited) in order to fully absorb into the leather and bind to the fibers, providing the lubrication needed to aid in pliability. otherwise, the oil mostly just sits on top of the leather, which provides a protective coating for leather goods like boots, saddles, etc, but does not make the leather more supple. i've tested this myself with neatsfoot oil; i had some leather scraps trimmed off coyote paw keychains i was making so i oiled one piece with neatsfoot and another with rittel's proplus. the one with neatsfoot oil was noticeably more stiff and oily to the touch, while the one with proplus was more supple and dry to the touch. so i can only recommend using oils specifically formulated for softening tanned pelts such as rittel's proplus or trubond's lubristretch.

that said, there are natural fat liquors (aka softening oils) such as egg yolk and brains, which have proteins that allow it to bind to the fibers of the skin and make it supple. however i'm not personally familiar with these methods, and i don't know how well those would work on a tanned pelt. in traditional tanning methods these fat liquors are applied when the hide is still technically raw- after it’s all fleshed and scraped and then rehydrated, the fat liquor is applied and the hide is dried and broken, then tanned with smoke. i don't know enough about these methods to say whether they still bind effectively if the hide is already tanned, so i can't personally recommend using egg or brain on a tanned hide