Fragrance & Oils : How to Make Lavender Oil

Lavender oil is great for relaxation, and it can be made by putting dried lavender leaves in a jar with sweet almond oil or olive oil. Find out how to store a jar of lavender oil to achieve the desired effect with help from the creator of a line of aromatherapy products in this free video on making oils.

Expert: Lauren Roy
Contact: www.sugarhollowfarm.org
Bio: Lauren Roy has been in the natural living business for about 15 years.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Tags:

• oils
• fragrance
• aromatherapy
• volatile
• ethereal
• alternative
• medicine
• mint
• lavender
• sage

[nodwayne]

This is an oil infusion using lavender, not lavender essential oil. To call it an essential oil, it should be 100% essential oil, which has to be distilled from lavender.

[girl112791]

what if I use a bottle that's not so dark but keep it away from sunlight? would that work?

[sharifdubai1]

@Littlecutefishy u can only use baby oil

[Littlecutefishy]

Can I use canola oil for making these oils?

[omissdominique9]

@nodwayne

I was trying to find a HOW TO for lavender essential oil for cleaning purposes..do you know any?

Would oil infusion still be ok for my homemade cleaning products? It would be great if you can help :)

[annkus3]

Sunflower oil is better to make infused oils, as it has no scent. Olive oil is no good as it has a scent that will mask your herbs.

[mariogabrielg]

excuse me, but none of your recipes are real "essential oils", they are just cooking oil infused with the fragance. To make essectial oils you need a still to extract the oils.

[mothanahussein83]

@Sunnydaysalwayz isn't she essentially macerating the oil. Distilling the leaves seems like the only way to go to achieve pure lavender oil.

[Iamabeautifulgirl]

This is not the way how to make lavender oil. This information is incorrect.

[platepluscup123]

will it work if i use sunflower oil?