Essential Oils

[stasichick]

Hello BYC fam


anyone make their own essential oils? I want to get into it and would love some advice / tips/ etc.

 

[kunemama]

It takes a lot raw material to make essential oils. Different oils need to be extracted in different ways too so if you wanted to extract say, lavender and clove oils you'd need to use two different methods and two different sets of equipment. That's why most people don't do it at home.

This site has some basic information about it. http://www.experience-essential-oils.com/methods-of-extracting-essential-oils.html

And if you want - here's a DIY distiller if you're handy. http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Essential-Oil-Extractor-Distiller/

 

[stasichick]

thanks so much for the info! I am waiting for a kit to come in... Ill let you know how it goes!