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A funny question for you all....

If you were at your home and you had to do a massage in the next hour, and realized you were totally out of all of your oils, creams, etc. what would you find around your house to do your massage?

Second question: If you were stranded on a beautiful tropical deserted island and had no access to your oils and creams, what in nature would you use to do a massage?

(I am smiling because I know we are an awesome group of professionals and we are serious about our work, but I also know this may have been a difficult year in a lot of ways, so time for a little laugh and fun. What do you say? (smile)

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Deborah E-Platt on December 30, 2009 at 5:23pm

Aside from never making that error...I always have various oils on hand for cooking & could certainly use them. Then there's the hand creams I always have around.

As to that tropical island, if they had coconuts I'd somehow find a way to get the natural oils from them or some palm trees!

Permalink Reply by Donna C. Agrinsonis, LMT on December 30, 2009 at 7:27pm

Oh wow a coconut oil massage on a tropical island beach sounds heavenly right now! Excellent Deborah!

Permalink Reply by Paula Hulen, CMT on December 31, 2009 at 7:56am

Donna, Thanks for the questions! I would use some of the virgin coconut oil I just got for an at-home massage, and on an island, hopefully there would be some avocado trees, would blend it with some coconut water, that would be an interesting mix!

Permalink Reply by Erica Olson on January 4, 2010 at 5:13pm

Hmmm. Around the house, I would grab a bottle of olive oil. I actually have a gallon of rosemary-infused olive oil that use for a scalp massage treatment and have also incorporated into hot stone massage.

On a deserted tropical island, I would probably use the rendered and clarified fat of whatever animal I managed to grab ahold of and eat. Either that or spit. ;D (Yes, I'm kidding.)

Permalink Reply by Donna C. Agrinsonis, LMT on January 4, 2010 at 7:37pm

LOL. Very creative ladies! Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Joseph Matties on January 26, 2010 at 1:28pm

Around the hose if worse came to worse butter or vegetable oil, lol.

On an island I would start of with a body scrub with the wet sand that was filled with salt from the sea. Then wrap the body in seaweed. After washing it off I think I would massage in the coconut cream from inside the nut which would also make a good sunscreen. I guess it all depends on what you have access to.

Permalink Reply by Donna C. Agrinsonis, LMT on January 26, 2010 at 4:16pm

Wow! It sounds delightful!

Joseph Matties said:

Around the hose if worse came to worse butter or vegetable oil, lol.

On an island I would start of with a body scrub with the wet sand that was filled with salt from the sea. Then wrap the body in seaweed. After washing it off I think I would massage in the coconut cream from inside the nut which would also make a good sunscreen. I guess it all depends on what you have access to.

Permalink Reply by Eeris Kallil CMT on January 26, 2010 at 11:38pm

I like how creative you are Joseph! butter, sand scrub...

Ok around the house- no oils left? I hope i will have some avocados, or bananas... maybe whipped cream???
On the island- I will use my feet..
fun question..

Permalink Reply by Laurie on February 2, 2010 at 8:59am

Corn starch makes a wonderful lubricant, I occasionally use it on feet, but it works well on the whole body. Easy to dust-off afterwards, too.