| There is absolutely no need to be spending your hard | | | | even candles. |
| earned money by buying essential oils, because | | | | Take the flowers and place them in the storage bag. |
| making them yourself is a very easy process. All it | | | | You will take the mallet and gently tap the bag until the |
| takes is a little know-how and some basic supplies and | | | | flowers have become slightly mashed. You do not |
| you will have the basic essential oil for your body | | | | want them pulverized. The next step is putting the |
| lotions, soaps, candles or bath salts in no time at all. | | | | cheese cloth over one of the empty jars. The crushed |
| The process is simple enough that your children can | | | | flowers will go into the cheese cloth and you will pour |
| do it, with fantastic results. You can give away the | | | | a cup of grape seed oil over them. Each day, for three |
| things you make, such as pillar candles or massage oils | | | | more days, you will take a fresh batch of flowers (1 |
| for birthdays, anniversaries or as gifts for special | | | | cup each time) and keep pouring the oil back and forth |
| occasions. | | | | over the cheese cloth. The fourth day you will have |
| Making the oil starts with flowers. Most aromatherapy | | | | your finished product which you can store in the |
| essential oils are made up of scents from flowers so | | | | decorate jars. Making essential oils is that easy. |
| that may be the best place for you to start. Begin by | | | | Those decorative bottles of essential oils will make the |
| picking out a flower that you love. Roses, lavender and | | | | perfect gift for someone on your list. Who would not |
| honeysuckle are very popular flowers because their | | | | want such a personal gift from someone they care |
| scent is so strong. A flower with a strong scent is | | | | about? The process is inexpensive, easy and the |
| your ally in this process. You will need an oil base such | | | | results are absolutely wonderful. You can always |
| as grape seed oil, cheese cloth to strain the oil/flower | | | | create other things out of the oils such as bath salts, |
| mixture, jars for the process and pretty jars for the | | | | body lotions and even your own personal massage oil. |
| final product. You will also need to have a mallet, | | | | Keep them or give them away. Either way you will be |
| storage bags with a zipper, and a funnel to pour the | | | | immensely pleased at the results of your |
| essential oil into the containers which can later be | | | | aromatherapy hobby. |
| mixed to make body lotions, bath salts, soaps and | | | | |