Herbal oil infusions are an excellent way to capture the benefits of herbs in your skincare, and a quick way to do this is to use alcohol as an intermediate.
The alcohol method makes a lovely quality oil that is very shelf-stable too.
The alcohol draws out some of the healing substances of the plants and makes it more readily to the oil.
Even though the oils and herbs are only in contact for a short time, the quality of the final product is fantastic.

With this technique, you need to use DRIED herbs only.

You can use this herb-infused oil recipe for bath and skincare products and other topical uses like massage oils, salves, lip balms, facial serums, hair treatments, body creams, soaps, and more!

I love to use hibiscus and rose petals in my homemade skincare products like face masks and oil infusions because of their unique properties.
Both flowers also have gorgeous colors when you extract them in water and alcohol, but unfortunately, that color will not transfer into the final oil product - as you’ll notice.

Note that this oil is NOT suitable for eating—even though most of the alcohol will evaporate off during the process, a detectable and unpleasant taste will remain.

PROPS:
Kitchen scale [ Ссылка ]
Mason jars [ Ссылка ]
Bullet blender [ Ссылка ], stick blender with grinder [ Ссылка ], blender, or coffee grinder
Jelly strainer [ Ссылка ] or cheesecloth [ Ссылка ] and a mesh strainer
Blender

INGREDIENTS
½ oz. rose flower petals (organic)* [ Ссылка ]
½ oz. hibiscus tea (organic)* [ Ссылка ]
½ oz. alcohol (I use vodka as it has the most neutral flavor [ Ссылка ] or grain alcohol [ Ссылка ])
8 oz. of carrier oil, e.g. Olive oil [ Ссылка ], MCT oil [ Ссылка ], Peach Kernel Oil [ Ссылка ].
*) Or a total of 1 oz. of your preferred herbs.

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