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by Chicago Lady on July 5th, 2009
I have read about several methods. This is the one that I've seen most frequently, where you start with a dish of oil, add in the leaves from a lavernder plant, cover and set it in the sun, strain and repeat.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lavender-Oil
by cooknwoman on October 7th, 2009
http://video.about.com/beauty/How-to-Make-Mint-Oil.htm
the title says mint but the video is about lavender - it says to let it rest for one week but I saw another article that said one month - it also said you could use the leaves and stem for a more pungent fragrance.
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oh, I thought there was some way to actually extract the oil from the lavender plant - I mean ONLY lavender oil. Do you use that method with Rosemary as well? I love those 2 scents!!! Thanks
by cooknwoman on October 7th, 2009
ty!
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