Sweet almond oil is pressed from the kernel of the almond, and it is the most beginner-friendly oil in this index. It is light enough not to leave your feet slipping inside a sock, rich in vitamin E, and mild enough that it rarely upsets sensitive skin.
On feet it does two jobs. Alone, it is a straightforward moisturiser for dry, flaking, or tight skin. Mixed with an essential oil, it becomes the carrier — the neutral base that dilutes something concentrated down to a strength skin can tolerate. Almost every essential oil on this list needs a carrier, and this is the default one.
The warmth it brings to circulation is the reason it turns up for cold feet and for burning feet alike — it is not heating or cooling in itself, it simply helps whatever you have mixed into it move and absorb.
