How to Make Peppermint Oil

Essential oils are a natural way to add scent. You can add them to lotions, shampoos, or use them to add fragrance throughout your home and you can even make them at home. Peppermint oil refreshes and revives your senses with a quick whiff of its fragrance, and you can very easily make it at home.

Things You'll Need

• 8 oz. glass jar
• 1 bunch fresh peppermint
• 1 cup carrier oil, also called base oil or vegetable oil
• Pot
• Frying thermometer

Instructions

1. Chop up the peppermint herbs.

2. Pack the jar with the herbs.

3. Heat oil to 160 degrees F in a pot. Test with a frying thermometer.

4. Pour over herbs.

5. Store for a month out of the light.

6. Strain the herbs.

Tips & Warnings

• Peppermint oil is good to rub on strained muscles.

Resources

• Essential Oil Recipes