Press n' Dry

 Pressed Columbine flowers and leaves!

 Sliced and drying Cumquats that i'm going to make solid perfume with soon.

Drying Chocolate Mint.

DIY balm

A few days ago I made my own blam. Next time I will probably use Jojoba oil instead of coconut oil because though I loved the results, the coconut oil over powered the sent of the herbs and ended up smelling like coconut cookies, which isn't a bad thing, but I really was hoping for the minty Yerba Buena and apple-y Chamomile to be the main scent. Oh well! Here is a step-by-step of my process.


Ingredients:
-coconut oil
-unfiltered bee's wax
-Marshmallow root
-Yerba Buena (Satureja douglasii, California native)
-Chamomile
-mint oil

Step One:

Crush up 3oz of herbs of your choice.

 Marshmallow root, Yerba Buena, and Chamomile

 Chamomile

Yerba Buena

All crushed up

Step Two:

Mix herbs into a pot with one cup of coconut oil and heat on low (NOT BOIL) for 3 hours, stirring every so often.

Step Three:

After the 3 hours have elapsed, strain the contents leaving only (or mostly only) the coconut oil herby liquid. While no longer being heated, add about a 1/4 or less cup of bee's wax and stir till fully melted.

Step Four:

Now choose some hella cute jars to put it all in. Those little jam sample jars you see at breakfast places (like the one with the black lid below)  work perfectly.  I'd use more of those if I had more. Anyways, pour the liquid into the jars through another strainer and funnel. 

Step Five:

Finally, put them in the fridge until they are cool and you're done!

Now just label them and enjoy :)!

 (I know, I spelled Chamomile wrong on the jars :| )