{"id":1561,"date":"2009-04-08T20:17:40","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T02:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2010-05-20T10:54:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T16:54:49","slug":"infused-herbal-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/infused-herbal-oils\/","title":{"rendered":"Infused Herbal Oils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1560\" title=\"Life is a Journey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lifeisajourney.jpg\" alt=\"Life is a Journey\" width=\"415\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lifeisajourney.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/lifeisajourney-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today I used the last of my facial oil and when I went to replenish my bottle, I discovered I was out of my favorite infused herbal flower oil. It was definitely time to make some more!<\/p>\n<p>I use the old simpler&#8217;s method for making my herbal preparations. I prefer this method because it&#8217;s easy and the way it&#8217;s been done by folk herbalists for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<p>The whole process of growing my own herbs or collecting what I need from a local herb store is very enjoyable for me. I like making my own tincture preparations instead of going to the store and buying them off the shelf, never mind the fact that I save a lot of money by doing this. I also make my own facial oils, creams, skin toners, facial cleansers and herbal masks for the same reason.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1565\" title=\"Herbal Flower Infused oil\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/facialoil2.jpg\" alt=\"Herbal Flower Infused oil\" width=\"288\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to make my herbal flower infused oil<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill a clean, dry jar half way with dried organic calendula flowers, rose petals, and lavender flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the menstrum (olive oil) over the flowers. Fill the jar to the top, making sure the olive oil completely covers the dried flowers. Seal with a tight fitting lid.<\/li>\n<li>Place the container in a dry, warm dark place. Let the oil &amp; flowers macerate for six weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Place your jar in a bowl to collect any seepage.<\/li>\n<li>When it&#8217;s ready,\u00a0 strain the oil into a clean dry jar. Squeeze the saturated herbal flowers, extracting as much of the remaining oil as you can.<\/li>\n<li>Store the oil in a cool dark place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I use this infused oil to clean and moisturize my face daily. I apply a teaspoon or so of the oil to my face and massage it gently into my forehead, cheeks, chin, then wipe it off with a warm damp wash cloth. I follow this with a herbal infused witch hazel toner, and repeat this process daily in the morning and before bedtime.<\/p>\n<p>Olive oil has been used for centuries to nourish and moisturize the skin and it&#8217;s been one of my favorite for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I used the last of my facial oil and when I went to replenish my bottle, I discovered I was out of my favorite infused herbal flower oil. It was definitely time to make some more! I use the old simpler&#8217;s method for making my herbal preparations. I prefer this method because it&#8217;s easy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,19],"tags":[434,8,432,63,435,433],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}