Herbal Infused Oil. A question or two.
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:23 pm
Hello.
Last night I made up an herbal oil blend for the first time.
I am concerned and wondering a few things about it. Firstly I will list ingredients here to help with answering my questions if a list of ingredients would help:
1. Coconut Oil.
2. Olive Oil.
3. Rose Petals.
4. 3 Cinnamon Sticks.
5. Marigold.
6. 1 Crushed Sandalwood Incense Cone.
7. Ground Orange Peel.
8. Salt.
9. 3 Large Pinches Lavender.
10. 3 Large Pinches Peppermint.
11. 1 Dose Ground Nutmeg- or 1 Shake of Container.
12. 2 Large Handfuls Flaxseed.
13. Oil of 3 Cod Liver Oil Pills.
14. 3-4 Small Orange Peelings. Non Ground.
15. Pepper.
Alright those are the ingredients. My questions are I have noticed a bit of separation of oil at the top of the liquid in the mason jar. What is it this could be? It is a small amount of discolored oil. I used no water at all in my recipe, and made sure the pan had been wiped down before use. Is this a separation of the different oils? Could it be more likely that it is the cod liver oil separated?
My next question is, could this type of infused oil be used in an oil diffuser at all without having to separate the oil at the top and using that? (Especially if it is a case of the Cod Liver oil haha).
This could be used as an aromatic massage oil correct?
Finally, I have been looking to pick up an oil diffuser. Yet I am not entirely sure how they work, and the store I plan to pick them up from does not actually have directions of usage printed on the items, not even on the paper tags on them. This may sound like a stupid question, but personally I don't believe in stupid questions- I find questioning things more so a good quality to have- but how do you use an oil diffuser? I've not used one ever, but have used wax warmers. I have read you use water in it, with some drops of the scented oil in the water and it is then warmed ( The water oil mixture) with a tea light candle for a heat source which may create steam and disperse the scent of the oil being used. But and this may be an utterly ignorant question here- where does the water and the candle go? Do you put the water and oil mixture in the top area, and the candle underneath? This seems to make more sense to me, or is it something else entirely?
Thank you all for your patience and time reading.
Blessings.
Last night I made up an herbal oil blend for the first time.
I am concerned and wondering a few things about it. Firstly I will list ingredients here to help with answering my questions if a list of ingredients would help:
1. Coconut Oil.
2. Olive Oil.
3. Rose Petals.
4. 3 Cinnamon Sticks.
5. Marigold.
6. 1 Crushed Sandalwood Incense Cone.
7. Ground Orange Peel.
8. Salt.
9. 3 Large Pinches Lavender.
10. 3 Large Pinches Peppermint.
11. 1 Dose Ground Nutmeg- or 1 Shake of Container.
12. 2 Large Handfuls Flaxseed.
13. Oil of 3 Cod Liver Oil Pills.
14. 3-4 Small Orange Peelings. Non Ground.
15. Pepper.
Alright those are the ingredients. My questions are I have noticed a bit of separation of oil at the top of the liquid in the mason jar. What is it this could be? It is a small amount of discolored oil. I used no water at all in my recipe, and made sure the pan had been wiped down before use. Is this a separation of the different oils? Could it be more likely that it is the cod liver oil separated?
My next question is, could this type of infused oil be used in an oil diffuser at all without having to separate the oil at the top and using that? (Especially if it is a case of the Cod Liver oil haha).
This could be used as an aromatic massage oil correct?
Finally, I have been looking to pick up an oil diffuser. Yet I am not entirely sure how they work, and the store I plan to pick them up from does not actually have directions of usage printed on the items, not even on the paper tags on them. This may sound like a stupid question, but personally I don't believe in stupid questions- I find questioning things more so a good quality to have- but how do you use an oil diffuser? I've not used one ever, but have used wax warmers. I have read you use water in it, with some drops of the scented oil in the water and it is then warmed ( The water oil mixture) with a tea light candle for a heat source which may create steam and disperse the scent of the oil being used. But and this may be an utterly ignorant question here- where does the water and the candle go? Do you put the water and oil mixture in the top area, and the candle underneath? This seems to make more sense to me, or is it something else entirely?
Thank you all for your patience and time reading.
Blessings.