Product Overview

In this lecture, you'll learn about the Pure-ssage Lotions, Creams, Gels, and Butters including what makes them unique, their features and benefits, and which massage modality style fits best with their textures and consistencies.

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Takeaways:

Product Overview

• Lotion, cream, gel, butter, and oil formulations have important commonalities and unique differences
• All products (excluding essential oils) are unscented, allowing for customization with aromatherapy
• All Pure-ssage lotions, creams, gels, and oils are perfect bases for salts, herbs, and other exfoliants

Lotion

• Water-based formula with minimal glide and absorbent nature allows for better grip
• Lotions offer ample control (when compared to creams, butters, oils, and gels) and are non-greasy
• Better grip (compared to oils, gels, butters) allows massage therapists to apply more direct pressure to penetrate more deeply into muscles, fascia, and tissues

Skin Nourish Lotion

• Light face and body lotion rich in therapeutic natural extracts plus a trio of skin-loving oils
• Combination of evening primrose, rosehip, and jojoba oils encourage healthy-looking complexions
• Excellent for facials, silicone cupping, and Swedish massages

Coconut Lotion

• Silky, non-greasy texture with great absorption to leave skin feeling silky and moisturized
• Perfect for working smaller areas- will need to reapply for continued glide
• Excellent for ashiatsu, deep tissue, facial, reflexology, trigger point, prenatal, and lomi lomi massage

Creams

• Absorbs less quickly than lotion and provides less glide than oil, allowing for several minutes of workability
• Deeply moisturizing leaving clients' skin feeling hydrated
• Great for use on dry skin as creams help to provide skin with a protective moisture barrier

Essential Massage Cream

• Overall body cream that offers the benefits of both a lotion and an oil- deeply hydrating with extended glide
• This creamy emulsion offers several minutes of workability for various modalities
• Excellent for deeper modalities, sports massage, ashiatsu, and reflexology services

Coconut Cream

• Coconut based body cream that deeply nourishes and hydrates the skin
• Luxuriously thick texture allows for extended glide and workability
• Great for ashiatsu, deep tissue, reflexology, sport, trigger point, and prenatal massage

Butter

• Butters are thicker than creams with less water content, offering a little more glide (but still controlled)
• Rich in fatty acids that help to retain moisture in the skin. Perfect for sensitive and dry skin
• Excellent for ashiatsu, deep tissue, trigger point, sport, and reflexology

Cocoa Butter

• Research suggests that cocoa butter is rich in skin-healing phytonutrients
• Great for small areas, especially for use on stretch marks and mature, aging skin
• Excellent for deeper modalities, sports massage, ashiatsu, and reflexology

Gels

• Marries the texture of oil and lotion, offering the perfect glide, even over hair
• No-mess application perfect for a variety of modalities
• Gels tend to be very economical due to their hybrid nature and long-lasting workability

Unscented Massage Gel

• Excellent glide for long effleurage strokes, but allows enough resistance to perform deeper therapeutic work
• Very cost effective- stays on the body longer and doesn't require a lot of re-application
• Excellent for ashiatsu, deep tissue, hot/cold stone, reflexology, silicone cupping, sports, and Swedish massages

Coconut Gel

• This lightweight gel offers the skin nutrient benefits of coconut with superior glide
• Provides a stable layer full of saturated fats that can keep the skin from drying and cracking
• Excellent for deep tissue, trigger point, swedish, sport, reflexology, silicone cupping, and lomi lomi

Oils

• Longer glide and absorption rate than lotions, creams, and gels
• Helps clients skin retain moisture and stay hydrated
• Excellent for hot and cold stone, lomi-lomi, silicone cupping, and Swedish massages

Essential Massage Oil

• Lightly textured, this oil offers superior glide and slow absorption for longer manipulation time
• Therapeutic plant oils plus arnica and green tea extracts soothe and deeply moisturize
• Perfect base for salts, herbs, and other exfoliants

Golden Jojoba Oil

• A little goes a long way! Jojoba oil absorbs into the skin at an optimum rate, preventing continuous application
• Naturally light and non-greasy, jojoba is very similar to the skin's natural oils, making it excellent for acneic and sensitive skin and facial massages
• A lovely option to blend with essential oils and exfoliants

Fractionated Coconut Oil

• Fractionated coconut oil goes through hydrolysis then is stream distilled to remove long chain triglycerides. The result is a very stable, easy to store oil
• Light on the skin and very moisturizing, but doesn't leave a greasy feel
• Unlike regular coconut oil, fractionated coconut oil stays liquid at room temperature, making it much easier to use

Hydro-Dispersible Oil

• Hydro-Dispersible Massage Oil launders out easier than non-water-soluble oils, making it easier on linens
• This oil combines luscious plant oils with arnica extract to enhance massages
• Blends well with essential oils and is a great base for salts, herbs, and other exfoliants that again, won't stain your linens

Hempseed Oil

• THC-free, CBD-free, and rich in omega-6 fatty acids, including GLA, making it a great option for dry, devitalized skin
• Use with Pure-ssage CBD Massage Concentrate to customize and enhance your massage treatments
• Excellent for ashiatsu and deep tissue massage

Rice Bran Oil

• Powerful but easily absorbed, Pure-ssage Rice Bran Oil is extraordinarily light and gentle, offering serious hydration without clogging pores
• Contains rich levels of vitamins, antioxidants, and proteins, including a large percentage of fatty acids- which make it an excellent moisturizer for the skin
• Ideal for dehydrated, flaky, mature, and fragile skin. Perfect for gliding and Swedish style massage.