We love working with botanicals and herbs to create powerful, healing blends! Infusing herbs into oil is an ancient practice and time-honored tradition of harmonizing the plant and oil. By doing this, the carrier oil becomes infused with the medicinal herb, and the remaining oil can be used directly on the skin. This is a simple, effective way to extract the healing powers of plants in blends for skincare or to ease physical discomfort.
This past summer, my partner and I were hiking through the San Juan National Forrest in Colorado when we came upon a towering Douglas Fir tree covered with golden resin cascading down the bark. I quickly gathered supplies from my pack and scurried up the bank to collect what I could.
There are many preferences and different methods for making body butters, but this is a way that has personally been successful for me.
I like to go just a little further with my herbal infusions to include crushed juniper berries.
There is just something about opening that golden jar of sweetness and tasting all the work of our bees, the aromatics plants, and sunshine dancing together.
Pairing a botanical such as lavender buds to the perfect carrier oil ensures a beautifully infused end product.