MAKING YOUR OWN ESSENTIAL OILS | oil infusions at home | DIY sustainability
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- Making your own essential oils / oil infusions at home DIY sustainability
The at home gardener dives into the practice of herbalism. This is such an easy way to DIY sustainability.
Making your own essential oils/ oil infusions at home is easier than you could ever believe! Music to the ears of those who want to DIY sustainability!
Use these oils in soaps, lotions, salves, baths, in your cooking, to make candles... The options are endless for making your own essential oils. If you haven't yet, you need to make oil infusions at home!!
Making your own essential oils / oil infusions at home is not the same as distilling essential oils but it still has incredible benefits that you can reap! This is a small easy step to DIY sustainability.
Purchasing essential oils can rack up quite the hefty bill and if you're growing your own herbs / plants at home you definitely should use them for making your own essential oils/ oil infusions at home.
If you decide to make your own essential oils / oil infusions at home please let me know! Get creative and upcycle an old container to store your oil infusions to make this process even more sustainable! Cheers for DIY sustainability!
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marigolds
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black seeded simpson lettuce
spinach
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sugar snap peas
radishes
watermelon radishes
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romaine
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Thank you. I used coconut oil that made an equally delightful aroma. I enjoyed your personality as well, you are a charming young lady which makes a good teacher.
Just wanna say thank you for sharing!, but the result is not called essential oil. Any carrier oil infused with herbs or plants is called an infused oil or herbal oil. Yours would be Lavender infused Avocado oil to be exact. This kind of oil might contain less than 1% essential oil from the plants.
Yes that’s what I was about to say. I wonder if it still have medicinal properties. Also you really want to have dried flowers as the moisture in the plant matter will turn the oil rancid in a matter of weeks
@@noahshort8514 Yes! The infused oil will also have medicinal properties! It's not only the essential oil in the plant that have medicial properties, there are properties that aren't carried over when steam-distilled, and they also have great properties. I'm not sure exactly what because I'm not an herbal expert, but at least the aroma is still a good "aroma"therapy eventhough it won't be as strong as the essential oil since it is more concentrated.
Thank you for your great ideas. I have some dried lavender that I use to make lavender simple syrup for drinks, and am going to try to make an infusion with it now. A little something something to make my weekly hot soak in the tub more enjoyable and relaxing!
@@noahshort8514 The moisture of the plants will disappear while cooking it. This is why I cook my Garlic oil. Afterwards it is stable to store without fridge. The problem is to ajust the heat, because you don´t want burn the plants or destroy the good cold pressed carier oil... So better don´t do it directly in a pot. Use a slow cooker or a jar inside of hot water. Watch the process closely. It is also not necessary to heat it for 6 hours. You can heat it for some minutes and then just let it sit in a jar for 2 days, than strain and filter it.
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Thank you for the great information.
Thank you for this. I've been wanting to do a particular sage that I can't find anyone making that smells right!!! I don't have the budget for a $200 steam rig and wasn't wanting to spend that kind of money. I love this process and I'll be going TODAY to pick some wild white buffalo sage and making this! I have started making my own MCT beard oil, and this is perfect for the scent I want!!! A dash of clove and I'll have the scent I want! You're awesome!
How'd that work out? Is a steam rig supposed to be more effective?
Oh I love that you're making your own beard oil!! You just gave me ideas for my husband 🤗
@@consciousfreshness7677 people have had apothecarys way before modern day so it might be a easier way steaming it but I don't think it's much different.
Nice simple oil infusion video. It makes me want to start making my own.
I have just started growing herbs in my garden and have enjoyed watching your video! I look forward to saving my herbs for oils, not just to keep pest out of the garden. Thank you for showing us a inexpensive way to make oil for future use!
12:12! Magical number! Did you sleep really well that night? Smelling that would’ve put me out! Great video 💜
ugh, yessss so good!!
Oh this is suuuuper cool!!! I’ve never done an infusion for essential oils! Thanks for sharing this! Definitely going to try this out sometime! I bet your house smelled amazing too 🤗
Totally gonna try this soon!
mmmm yes girl was smelling soo good I had to edit out so many clips of me saying it smells so good hahahah cause I just kept saying it! let me know what you use to make your infusion!!
Essential oils are done through distillation. The proper term for this process is the “fast method” for an infusion. Typically one infuses oil from 4-6 weeks. You also need to explain the sanitation of your jar and lid. You cannot exchange the term essential oil with infused oil. They totally different processes.
Just bought an Enfusium 420 for infusions and a Vevor 50l Distiller for the essential oils themselves, seems pretty complex. Someone commented that heat can degradation quality, thank you for the tip. Anyone else use these two pieces if equipment? I haven't done it yet cause I'm trying to learn first. I have leukemia and am hoping my Italian oregano and rosemary can help with symptoms.
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Thanks
wow, thanks so much!
Thank for your tutorial I pruned all my lavender last week and through them in the garden and it’s funny I was thinking this should make good essential oil and to see you use them to draw out the aroma is just wow
Hi, thanks for sharing. I would like to comment on this process; essential oils are very sensitive to heat and most of them evaporate or degrade over 45-50 C degrees. If you boil them or even heat over 50 degrees, you do not have any essential oils in the mixture anymore. If you would like to give it a try, traditional way is to infuse without heating, just putting the buds and oil in a jar 4-6 weeks in a cool dark place, it will be a potent infused oil without degredation. Quicker way is to put the jar under sunlight, maybe in front of a kitchen window for a couple of days and then a week in a cool place, you will get also good results. Just be sure not more than a couple of days under direct sunlight, and never boil :)
Thank you to the original poster and to you, for the info on degrading oils in high temps. I am definitely going to try it with several of my garden herbs!
Good to know. What would the shelf life be after a successful infusion?
I planted lavendar this year and I cannot wait to make this with my plant!
Thanks for the video. I was just taking care of my plants as a decoration, now I'll add value to them and make use of their products . My question is, what makes the oil to be essential? I don't know the difference between ordinary oils and essential oils. Anyone please help
what temp do you try to keep it at? A induction cooktop would work great.
Ur awesome! Im so excited to try this! We have jasmine that grows like crazy but only lasts a short time so I figure this will work great!
This was so helpful I actually want to do a cucumber 🥒 essential oil for cleaning make my own cleaning products. Since I have been using dried cucumber peels to effectively get rid of bugs 🐛 🐜 naturally. I figured step up my game and use it for cleaning as well.
Can you please share how to use the cucumber for cleaning
Thanks Jen for this valuable video. I will try it tomorrow with dried rose and mint. Let's see how it will turn out. Regards from Canada.
Thank you for the bright idea..Godbless!
Thnx you for sharing
Btw that is the cutest crock pot eeeeveeeeer!!!!
Thanks a lot for sharing your videos. Now, I can make my own oils.
Take care and have a wonderful day.
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Thank you so much for showing me how to make my own essential oils! I’ve been purchasing my essential oils for years but I love the idea of growing my own herbs (which I have) and making my own oils! Fantastic! I have one question...how long will essential oils last? Thank you again!!
infusions and essential oils are not the same thing. making essential oils requires a ton of special equipment.
I’m impressed with the volume of yield in this process.
Have you considered adding pure ethanol to your separatory funnel ( 30ml ) and evaporating the ethanol off in a warm water bath? I’m thinking that this would increase the oil capture/yield.
im interested to hear more about this method if you wouldnt mind
@@monad3448 Hello! This is a method found in “Standard Methods” for water and Wastewater Analysis. It’s an N Hexane removal method. However, Hexane leaves a toxic residual, whereas Ethanol would not.
We have three huge Lavender bushes I am so going to do this!
You gave me some good ideas. But, to you---the pan should be dedicated to that task as it will hold the scent/flavor if you plan to cook food in it. Also I am planning to simply get a small crock pot and let it simmer with leaves in it all day.
Thank you for sharing this with us
thank you for watching!
I'm going to try this! Thanks for the tips. (I'm a good hoarder too!) Look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you it was very helpful, I was looking at the distillation videos and it was way too much, this infusion process is so much easier and still very effective👍👍
I will be making oil from my peppermint for flea sprays and to keep bugs away and mice in the winter. I will be using sweet mint although I don’t know what to use it for
Wow ang galing!
Very amazing... I learned and will make my essential oil like this in my village.GBU sister.
Thank you sooooo much! So helpful! You go girl!
Hi! You’re amazing I love your plant 🪴 so beautiful 🤩 I’m trying to oil I just started thank you so much for sharing omg 😱 you’re the only one that makes sense for me this is so easy simple and you make so much better for us who are just starting! Thanks again. Right now I have mejorana plants rosemary, oregano, basil and mint🌿 I’m trying to find the lavender plants
I also have roses
Just watched you make this. Although I don't have a garden, I plan on trying this.
This looks like a great thing to do. What about flowers: can you use gardenia, roses, etc? When do you pick those?
Wow , thank you so much ! Great video ,very helpful
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much, I will be trying this.
Thank you for this video.
Now i know how to strain through cheesecloth.
How can she pick flowers and not rinse bugs and dust off and use it in main oil?
Was wondering cause all plants have bugs or aphids on them.
Good job 🙏🙏
thank you for watching!!
Thank you & what cute little crock pot 😊
Good video and your sweetness smile make it attractive,
Dear is hommade essential oil and market same quality?
thank you so much!! the oil infusion is not the same as a distilled essential oil but it works for many purposes and you can save the good stuff for other purposes!
LOTIONS would be good for this use?
Hi, I love your video after you put your oil in jar do you refrigerate it, or put it on a shelf
Hello from PA thanks for the 🎥
Great video! Loved it!
thanks so much for watching!
I'm trying to make my own oils this summer
Thank you! Amazing!!! 🙏🏻🕊
Fabulous thanks. I'm making rosemary oil. Thanks
I have done it,l like it ❤
Omg I love this video thank you for it super easier than the other videos I saw where you use a distillation! Do you have or if you dnt have a video already make one how we use this oil when making lotions or soaps ??? Pretty please !!
Great video and super informative! Can we do anything with the rest of the plant? It has such an amazing aroma so why not use it ?
Extracting Essential Oil is very different than infusing oils with herbs. Essential oils take a process called steamed distillation. It can take pounds of herbs to make 1oz of Essential oils.
And she used old blooms.. you want fresh flowers they have thee most oils
She does mention toward the end of the video that it is not the same as distilling essential oils, and that it is an oil infusion. 😊
@@helly52 I see that, what I'm trying to say that it's a little misleading. Only at the end of the video it is noted that it is an infusion. The video can be labeled "How to make an oil infusion" people will click on it thinking she will talk about how to make essential oils.
Can a crockpot be utilized from the beginning of the process? Thank you and I love this video. #FutureHerbalist
What did you use to remove the clue from the bottle?
Olive oil does a good job of removing the glue.
Rewatched your video and noticed that you use a product called ‘goo gone’
Thank You for this
This is interesting and helpful. COULD you go with the crockpot to begin with?
But doesn't the olive oil change the smell of the lavender oil? Suppose i want just natural lavender? Thanks
Could you use orange blossoms using this method?
Can I add a drop of the essential oil into my water for drinking?
Thank you for this! :)
Im thinking of making peppermint oil and doing it just like you said instead of lavender .....
Would you say that rosemary flowers are stronger for scalp use than leaves?
Thank you for simplifying it really well. Two questions: I have those same pots, and fear is not getting rid of the smell or residue in that pot set, which is what I use daily for our food. Do you also cook with these? Also, I want to do this with mint and picked the leaves instead of using stems-does that matter?
Thanks for watching Tara!! and subscribing 😍 that means the world to me!! I do cook with these pans for our regular cooking needs and I did not have any issues with residue/smell lingering on the pan! I wash with blue dawn dish soap and it takes away all that oil with no issues!! And you should be absolutely fine using your mint leaves!! make sure you let me know how it comes out ❤
Would these sorts of oils be safe to use for candles or is it going to still be very reactive to the flame?
Hi and thanks for a very informative video
Can I do this with my oranges from my garden?
Can you use dried lavender
Could you used hemp oil
Like that thanks very much
Can we use the slow cooker
Honestly great video but could you kindly use some other genre of music please for your future videos?
Hey nice tut! I tried it and at first the smell was so cool i left it and it start boiling and didnt realized it and i fried my herbs.. 🤣🤣 Can you tell me the standar heat in celsius? I will finish the job in the oven.. thanks in advance!!!
You don´t need much heat at all. You will also destroy the nice benefits of avocado oil. In my area avocado oil is very expensive, like 16 bucks for 500 ml. I would never put it on a flame, afterwards it would have no benefits of this cold pressed gem.
Thank you for sharing? What brand is the digital scale that you have please?
How long does it last, and does it need to be stored in the fridge?
Vthank you so much for this
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In Brasil we dont have the crok pot! Have another way To do this recipe?
Try it on the stove but watch your heat closely, you don't want it to get too hot! My stove is really hot so it got away from me quickly
Not sure if someone asked but can you put this in air wick wall diffusers? Would I Have to dilute with water?
Thank you for sharing and subscribe done too🥰. I have questions, I just do my lemongrass essential oil. I do ground the lemongrass ( less 1 kg lemongrass and 2liter oil), and do double boil. My question is why I didn't smell strong lemongrass? Thanks for advance advice.
Try to boil lemongrass in water. Let it sit over night. You need much lemongrass and only few liquid. This works much better for me. With Oil I get nearly no result with this plant (The leaves are much stronger than leaves from Mint or basil).
Do you wash your material first?
If using this for cold processed soap as a fragrance, how much would I use?
Hello .. can i use this with peg-40 and use it on a humidifier?
The most relaxing thing I know of is the salvation of Christ, I know even if I die that Heaven’s real & I’ll be with God for eternity! (He made essential oils for us. ♥️)
does it make moisture on the crockpot lid or not?
Where did you get your oil diffuser?
same question..
I got it at target or walmart yearsssss ago! my daughter recently broke it hahah
Hey people who have tried already, can you tell me how things turned out, I’m a bit pensive about if I want to infuse what I have in oil
This is probably a really stupid question but can I use dried ingredients with the method 🤔
hey im gonna use pandan leaves is that okay to use
Can you use this recipe ratio for essential edible herbs
Can palm kernel oil be used
Thankyou
What oil are you using with the herbs?
dose this have a expiration date
Does anything go for helichrysum flowers?
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I wish I had a nice place & home. I live in old effc & the stove could old no digital to say. I have a small pot for this not food cooking one.
what oil did you use?
Can you use this in candles?
How about using flowers?
What oil do you use?
Hello;
I have a question after you make the lavender oil, what can I do to the flower residue?
Can give it back to the earth , bury it
Works better with double boiler you are cooking the herbs