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I would love to see how you make your lotions. It never occurred to me to actually infuse my own oils with flowers from my garden, thank you for posting this.

Lovely oils, thanks for sharing! Please do share your cold cream making process too! I love to see different methods and preferences.

Oh oh Constance uploaded yay!

Rose petals are edible and you could use those in cakes and tarts. Would love to see the results if you do! Also, the almond oild infused with the rose petals is a very good makeup remover.

I love dying my hand spun yarns with alkanet! But my color results were usually more of a lavender blue. I never thought about it being a pinker shade when prepared as an oil infusion. Thank you so much for posting this!

Absolutely lovely. The light coming through the jars was beautiful. Thank you for the video 💐

takes me back 60 years to my first work as a 10 yr old with flower petal oils. Nowadays I use this technique most impotantly with fresh chopped Elder leaves solar infused in rape or almond oil, both of whom penetrate the skin better than olive, to use as a healing oil for wounds but also as a face and body oil after a bath on heavy gardening days. Meadowsweet and broomflower is nicely hypnotic but I save mine for wine.

Lovely to hear from you again! Will you be posting a video on how you make the creams plz?

I loved watching this! It made me feel like a witch brewing up potions 😊

Sticky poplar buds in olive oil is another nice one- it makes a mild analgesic, good for rashes et al.

I would have thought that the oils could go rancid sitting in a sunny window for so long. Thanks for sharing another tempting DIY idea. 😊

I've wondered where you have been. Ive been thinking about you this week and here you are. So glad. I might need to borrow some rose petals from my neighbors plants. Welcome back my dear Constance

How very beautiful. Fixed oils have different shelf lives, up to a year for almond oil before it begins to oxidise (and eventually goes rancid) and less for other oils. You could mix the left over oily rose petals with salt for a body scrub.

I love making herbal infused oils. I would typically use a mortar and pestle to release the oils from the plant first, and then add the oil. Thank you for sharing your video.

Wow, Constance! Your cinematography in this one is soooo good! my rose blooms are starting to go because of all the rain. I am going to have to try this. =)

Alkanet root is good for wounds (particularly burns) as it reduces inflammation, protects against infection, and has a cooling effect on the skin, so you may want to pop some in the refrigerator in case you have a cooking mishap or stay a bit too long in the sun! 💖🌞🔥 Lavender infused oil is another good treatment for minor burns, but I mostly use it on insect bites as I have a tendency to scratch them when I'm sleeping so the antiseptic properties keep me from making it worse, plus it really does help diminish the itch. Another way I've used it is to sooth eczema, though I'd be hesitant to use olive or coconut oil on such an irritation. Jojoba oil is my preference in that use but sweet almond works as well, especially if my skin is particularly dry. I very much hope you'll share with us how you end up using them!

Hello Lady, My goodness, it has been a long while. You make such lovely videos; I love watching you create. Not having any rose bushes, I will try to search for dry petals to try this myself. Your kitchen must smell wonderful! Have a great week, xoxo's Sandie

Dear Constance, Welcome back, my dear. Hope all is well. Sorry you kids lost the soccer game... I use an infusion of dried rosehips and oil as a daily moisturizer before bed. Smells lovely. This is fabulous. Thank you so much for adding the rose petals to my to-do list. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

I had a stressful day and this was a lovely counterweight, thank you.

Thank you.

Alkanet is a great choice for tinted lip color!

Roses are infusing...It was so easy to prepare, and the jars look great doing there thing ;) Can I look forward to a cold cream recipe maybe in the future ? Thanks, Constance! I'm thoroughly enjoying all your videos. You make me want to experiment, which is always a Great Thing.

Good to see you again, I was just thinking about your you and I haven't seen an upload and a few hours ago I got a notice but I've been so busy trying to catch up whew again, I just thought of a few and unique ways to use these oils :D, here's a hint by the light of a... not the kind you take outside. shhh, wink- wink.

How long will the infused oils keep generally?

Hi Constance! I tried following your process for drying the petals from my garden roses but very soon after I put them in a jar to store before putting in oil, the lovely rose smell changes to an unpleasant earthy/acrid smell. Any advice on how i could fix this please? When the petals are dry they smell lovely, it’s only if I put them in a (clean) jar that the smell changes. I’ve tried different jars but the result is the same 😩 xx

Hi,quick question,what is Alkanet? 💖

I would imagine this is edible. What kinds of recipes do you use it for?