Essential oils are highly concentrated oils extracted from aromatic plants. While essential oils can be very expensive to buy, they are relatively cheap to distill at home. Creating your own essential oils allows you to design custom fragrances, save money and ensure the oil’s purity. Do you want to learn how to make essential oils at home? Here are the steps to follow.
Things You’ll Need
- 1/2 cup sweet almond oil
- Liquid vitamin E
- 1 cup packed fresh herbs or 1/4 cup chopped fruit peel (orange, grapefruit, lime, lemon, etc.) or 1 cup freshly cut flowers
- Pot or bakeware
- Cheesecloth
- Mason jars and lids
Step 1 First of all, if you want to succeed in making your own essential oil, you need to carefully select the different plants depending on the plant essence you want to use. There are some very popular plants to add in the mix are: the rose, coriander, lavender, cinnamon, eucalyptus, sage, oregano, cloves or the Lilac.
Step 2 Prepare the plants that will be used for the fragrance. Wash them thoroughly to remove any dirt, trace pesticides or other chemicals.
Step 3 Place the almond oil, two drops of vitamin E and herbs, fruit peel or flowers into a pot on the stove. Vitamin E acts as a preservative. Gently stir and place on low heat for four to eight hours. Do not bring the mixture to a boil.
Step 4 Strain the cooked mixture through a cheesecloth into a sterilized Mason jar.
Step 5 Seal the Mason jar while the mixture is still warm. Mark the creation date on each jar.
Step 6 Store any jars that will not be used immediately in a cool, dark area to prolong shelf life. If stored correctly, the normal shelf life for homemade essential oils is six months.
Many users will often make their own essential oils at home using fresh herbs and fruits. Creating your own essential oils allows you to design custom fragrances, save money and ensure the oil’s purity.However, be warned- it is not that easy to get a quality product, but with little practice and tenacity for sure anyone can produce natural essential oil of great quality .