Hi there.......at the moment i use a large metal case that opens up like a workmans tool box (think i actually got it from wicks).
there are 2 layers on the top and there are several compartmrnts in the base. I store my 5 and 10 ml oils in the top but they have to be placed on their sides. The base holds larger eo`s, carriers,hydrolats,creams and bottlers to make blends.
However i am not happy with the way i am storing the eo`s.......i am sure some of them are leaking and i found my german chamomile`s lid had split....sure this is because the oil had leaked into the lid a little over a long period of time.........
So how do you transport yours??? I have lots of oils so a small box aint an option !!!:)
One of my colleagues uses a fishermans tool kit - sounds very similar to the one you are using, but it is quite small and compact - it has little compartments that keep the oil bottles seperated. It is plastic, so she can wash it out easily if she spills anything.
Hi,
I have a largish wooden box which is big enough to contain oils, carriers, bowl, compresses, eye pads. However, I rarely use it as it is so heavy I tend to rely mostly on a very lightweight canvas purpose made holder which I purchased from Culpeppers a few years ago now. I like it because it is lightweight this is important to me.
Binah
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Just to let you know, I've not used them myself yet, but Base Formula have got a sale on cases this month:
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Base formula are very good and very helpful, especially when you ring up.
I have a small wooden box for 20 oils. The oils have enough properties that you can work very well with a smaller range, then as you get to know your client you can grab extra oils you think they may benefit from later.
I've got a wooden box, about 40cm x 25cm and it is about 20cm high. It has slats across about 4cm from the bottom that slide along, so you can adjust the spacing of the slats, this means you can fit in 5ml bottles up to 100ml hydrosols with the spray and they're held quite securely as long as it is kept level and you have the rows reasonably full - if you have one bottle in one row and jiggle it around it will fall over and slide around, but if you have it reasonably well stocked it probably won't have enough room for things to fall down. If you have one row of big pottles (base oils etc) I usually fitted about 50 essential oil botttles in the rest of it, I think it says it can hold up to 70 or 80 EO sized bottles. I've not been able to find anything like online, plus I'm not in the UK anyway, so don't ask where I go it 🙂
Another idea might be a nail polish carrier - I've seen a very cute OPI nail polish carrier that holds 48 nail polish bottles and it opens apart like a beauty case and has an open general area under the nail polish compartments - that could hold a base oil or 2 on it's side....
Having said all that, I used to lug the whole box around for home visits, but it gets a bit weighty lugging that many oils, and a table, and linen, and sound system, and everything else around. I tend to take a fairly basic set around these days, including a few high quality essential oil blends (relaxing, invigorating, muscle, PMS, detox, etc) some more obscure oils (eg ginger CO2), and if I've seen the client before I might include something a bit more specific for them, but I don't worry about getting too prescriptive with the essential oils for the first visit for home visits, so I don't need the whole lot. I have a fabric roll for the bottles, rather than a box, bit easier to handle, I've usually got about 10-15 essential oil bottles in the roll. about 4-7blends, 7-10 more specific oils....
I still use my big box in the clinic 🙂 with little stickers on the top of each lid so I don't have to lift the oils out to read the label.
Just to let you know, I've not used them myself yet, but Base Formula have got a sale on cases this month:
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Thank for the heads up, Just been and had a look as decided to start doing my Massage again and hoping to do some new courses. Would love the £25.00 one, but think i'll go with the next one down for starters.;)
Rach x
You can try Essential Oils Direct.
I bought my box from them and it holds loads. I know it's expensive but it stores them well and looks good too! It holds 5/10/30/50mls essential oils so is really versatile, plus it holds the larger carrier oil bottles too. There's also room for some measuring pots, cotton wool pads, hopi candles, etc.
Their delivery time was really fast and everything was well wrapped up and safe.
Claire