# Macerated oils
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## Macerated oils and bases for your preparations
There are no essential oils or pressed vegetable oils here: there are **macerates and additives**, the piece that tends to be missing when someone starts formulating at home and the result is not what they expected.
### What a macerate is and why it is not a vegetable oil
A vegetable oil is obtained by pressing the seed or the fruit. A macerate is different: the plant is left to **rest inside a base oil** for weeks so that the oil takes on its active compounds.
- **Calendula**: the most versatile, for reactive skin and irritated areas.
- **Arnica**: the classic for massage after physical effort.
- **Juniper cade**: the most intense in aroma, traditional in hair and scalp care.
They are used just like a carrier oil, on their own or as a base to dilute essential oil.
### Glycerine and vitamin E, the two that change a formula
The other two products in this category do not add aroma, they add **texture and stability**.
**Vegetable glycerine** is a humectant: it holds water in the skin and softens soaps and gels. **Tocopherol**, which is natural vitamin E, is an antioxidant and slows the rancidity of your oils, so a home preparation keeps considerably longer.
Both are worked in at low percentages. More is not better: an excess of glycerine leaves a sticky feel and an excess of tocopherol adds nothing.
## Products (7)
- [Arnica Oil](https://www.essenciales.com/en/arnica-oil.md) — 6,95 EUR
- [Calendula Oil](https://www.essenciales.com/en/calendula-oil.md) — 10,95 EUR
- [Carrot Oil](https://www.essenciales.com/en/carrot-oil.md) — 5,95 EUR
- [Juniper Tar, Cade Oil](https://www.essenciales.com/en/juniper-tar-cade-oil.md) — 21,95 EUR
- [St. John's Wort Oil](https://www.essenciales.com/en/st-john-s-wort-oil.md) — 5,95 EUR
- [Tocopherol](https://www.essenciales.com/en/tocopherol.md) — 6,95 EUR
- [Vegetable Glycerin USP](https://www.essenciales.com/en/vegetable-glycerin-usp.md) — 3,95 EUR