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Welcome to our recipes page. As time goes on we hope to add additional
recipes for simple products that you can make at home. These recipes
will tend to focus on some of our products (such as our Amber Essence
and Amber Essence Oil), which can be made into your own unique products
at home. In addition we hope to provide useful information on the blending
of essential oils and how to make simple natural cosmetics.
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AMBER
RECIPES
Make Your Own Amber Oil
Here is a simple method for making your own true amber oil at home.
The result will likely be a nicer and more natural amber oil than you
are likely to find in any store. We say this because most amber oils
are a simple blend of essential and/or synthetic fragrance oils. These
types of blends are easy to make and inexpensive but lacking in depth
and the subtle euphoric quality of a true amber oil. Depending on the
ingredients used these types of oils can also be quite irritating to
one's sense of smell.
To make 8 ounces of a true amber oil you will need:
- 60 grams of Eden Botanicals' Amber Essence
- 60 grams of Eden Botanicals' Premium Dark Amber
- 10 ounces high oleic acid sunflower oil (or almond oil, apricot
kernel oil, or your favorite vegetable oil)
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Chop the amber into small pieces with a strong knife (a cleaver works
best), and place in a quart size canning jar. Place the lid on the jar
and let it sit for at least a couple of months in a dark place. You
can stir or swish the jar every once in a while. The oils in the amber
will slowly diffuse into the vegetable oil. After a few months strain
the oil through a piece of clean cotton muslin cloth. The result will
be a fresh smelling, true amber oil that you can use as is or as a base
for your own massage oil, body oil, or natural perfume blends.
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If you don't want to wait a few months as
suggested in the above recipe, you may speed the process by heating the
oil as follows. Once you add the vegetable oil to the amber, place in
a double boiler and heat over very low heat until the amber pieces dissolve.
Stir the oil frequently and do not heat over 100 degrees F. When the amber
pieces dissolve, remove from heat and let cool until the oil begins to
thicken (as the amber will start to recrystallize). Pour though the muslin
and let sit overnight, then strain again. |
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