Lavender Oil: How to Make Lavender Oil at Home
One of the most popular multi-purpose essential oils is lavender oil. Learning how to make lavender oil at home is an extremely easy process. Keep reading to understand the steps.
Lavender oil is one of the most commonly used multipurpose oils, and one of my most favorite essential oils. Lavender oil is an excellent aromatherapy oil, and also acts as an analgesic. Lavender oil can be added to the bathtub, some drops can be added to a pillow, or it can be used for massage. It has relaxing properties, and it can also be mixed with a carrier oil and used over burns and cuts, as it has an antibacterial action. Not only does it heal the skin, but it also helps in scar-free healing! The fragrance of lavender essential oil is halfway between a spicy herb and a little flowery scent. Lavender also helps in sinus problems, and this oil can be inhaled deeply to reduce congestion. This multipurpose oil is a great alternative medicine which should be present in every household. Lavender oil costs around USD 10, for a bottle of 30 ml. But, why spend so much money when you can make lavender oil at home. The process of making lavender oil at home is fairly easy, though it is time consuming. All you need is a small quantity of lavender herb, a good carrier oil, and some basic materials available at home, and you can learn how to make lavender oil at home.
How to Make Homemade Lavender Oil?
If you want to know commercially, then you should know that companies use the steam distillation process for the same. This process is a type of distillation process used for natural aromatic materials, wherein steam or water is added to the aromatic compounds, so that their boiling points is depressed and they are allowed to evaporate at lower temperatures, because such compounds tend to decompose at high temperatures. However, the process of how to make lavender oil at home is fairly easy, wherein you just have to let the lavender herb soak in a carrier oil and then strain it. If you wish use learn how to make lavender oil from fresh lavender grown at home, then read are the things you require and the stepwise instructions you should follow.
Things you will need:
Step #2: Now take a carrier oil in a saucepan. The quantity of the oil should be enough to fill the glass jar. Slightly warm this oil, and then pour it slowly in the jar, till it has nicely covered the jar. The are many choice of carrier oils. The most suitable is olive oil, as it can be used for skin care and massages too. My favorite choice is as it a non-greasy oil which gets soaked by the skin easily. But jojoba oil is not a preferred massage oil, as it doesn't have the slippery effect. Another good choice for carrier oil is almond oil, as it is good for skin care and has a high amount of vitamin E in it.
Step #3: Take a piece of cling film, and wrap it around the opening of the jar. Secure the plastic cling film using a rubber band.
Step #4: Let this steep for a month. Keep shaking the bottle lightly everyday, to let all the ingredients mix well. Store the bottle in a cool and dark place.
Step #5: After a month's period, take out the jar and strain the mixture and use a spoon to press the lavender flowers, to completely separate the precious oil from the flowers.
Step #6: Pour this oil in an amber colored glass bottle, and close it using a cap. There, you have it; your own homemade lavender oil.
Want to more about lavender plant and its essential oil? Go through:
How to Make Homemade Lavender Oil?
If you want to know commercially, then you should know that companies use the steam distillation process for the same. This process is a type of distillation process used for natural aromatic materials, wherein steam or water is added to the aromatic compounds, so that their boiling points is depressed and they are allowed to evaporate at lower temperatures, because such compounds tend to decompose at high temperatures. However, the process of how to make lavender oil at home is fairly easy, wherein you just have to let the lavender herb soak in a carrier oil and then strain it. If you wish use learn how to make lavender oil from fresh lavender grown at home, then read are the things you require and the stepwise instructions you should follow.
Things you will need:
- One big bottle of carrier oil
- Bunch of lavender flowers
- A small glass jar
- Rubber band
- Plastic cling film
- Strainer
- Saucepan
- Spoon
Step #2: Now take a carrier oil in a saucepan. The quantity of the oil should be enough to fill the glass jar. Slightly warm this oil, and then pour it slowly in the jar, till it has nicely covered the jar. The are many choice of carrier oils. The most suitable is olive oil, as it can be used for skin care and massages too. My favorite choice is as it a non-greasy oil which gets soaked by the skin easily. But jojoba oil is not a preferred massage oil, as it doesn't have the slippery effect. Another good choice for carrier oil is almond oil, as it is good for skin care and has a high amount of vitamin E in it.
Step #3: Take a piece of cling film, and wrap it around the opening of the jar. Secure the plastic cling film using a rubber band.
Step #4: Let this steep for a month. Keep shaking the bottle lightly everyday, to let all the ingredients mix well. Store the bottle in a cool and dark place.
Step #5: After a month's period, take out the jar and strain the mixture and use a spoon to press the lavender flowers, to completely separate the precious oil from the flowers.
Step #6: Pour this oil in an amber colored glass bottle, and close it using a cap. There, you have it; your own homemade lavender oil.
Want to more about lavender plant and its essential oil? Go through:
Lavender essential oil is one of the most popular of the essential oils. It is extremely versatile, smells wonderful, and is inexpensive and easy to use. Lavender essential oil is excellent for the skin. Adding its extract to soaps and bathwater gives off a fresh fragrance.
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