How do you make lavender oil with your own plants?

Answer 1

There are three ways.
1. Infusion - where you leave the leaves in oil a jar for 2 or 3 weeks in the sun. Shake the jar and pack the lavender in tight.
Alternatively, put the oil and plant material and heat to 65 degrees centigrade. Strain and bottle oil.

2. Enfleurage - leaving the leaves in Flora type sunflower margerine (not animal fat).
Spread 2 sheets glass with the marg with the leaves flowers you want to extract oils from. Leave overnight and put fresh leaves, flowers in until the fat smells of the plant. You now have a perfumed fat you can use to make a perfumed cream.
Next stage is to add alcohol (4 parts to one of your cream) and leave in a sealed jar. A few weeks later you should be able to skin off the fat.
Now you need to drive off the alcohol by heating whats left in a bain marie VERY SLOWLY.

3. Distilling - you need a kettle you can fit a plastic tube to, one and a half metres of plastic tubing that will fit your kettle, a bowl of ice and a jug.
Fill kettle with plant material and bottled water.
Fix the tube to the spout and arrange it so it passes through the ice in the bowl, which should be on a table or chair half the height of the stove. This cools the hot steam from the kettle so you might need to replenish the ice.
The end goes in the jug on the floor. The essential oils should end up here.
Turn on your kettle.
Don't throw away the water left in the kettle as it can be used for therapeutic purposes too.
Sadly it is illegal to buy still in this country (which is what you really need), or to import them

Answer 2

Here is one recipe for oil I found that has lavender in it:

Lavender and Peppermint Oil -

Crush the leaves slightly to help release the
natural oils and put them in a jar with 4
teaspoons of cider vinegar. Leave for 5
minutes. Top up with avocado oil then give
the mixture a good shake. Leave for 24 hours
before straining off the oil.

This can be used before going to bed or
anytime you feel your skin needs a little
soothing, simply pat on to your face. Use as
and when required.

I can't really think of why this method won't work with making just plain lavender oil.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

Soak the lavender flowers in unscented mineral oil for 2-3 days in a sealed container (do not open until then).

Answer 4

I have never tried this but it sounds like a nice great smelling combination.

Answer 5

clip the blossoms and steep in baby oil....... sort of like making tea

Answer 6

i would ground the laveder seeds and then blend with water