I’m so excited to finally use some of these tinctures and infusions that I decided to show you how to use these in Melt and Pour soap. I have collected my supplies and I’m ready to start. Supplies for Melt and Pour Soap • Melt and Pour Soap • Infusions […]
Botanicals
Now that I have collected a few items, I will go over some basic supplies that are needed when making water and oil infusions. Water infusions – I have decided to make my water infusion with Double Green Matcha Tea; I cut open four of the tea bags and used […]
Making Infusions – Supplies Needed
I just finished up making tinctures and decided that I would show you how to make some infusions, both water or oil types. When making an infusion it is done by steeping dried plant parts (such as dried leaves, flowers, or powders) in oil or water. Simmering to boiling water […]
Making Infusions
2 Spring is here! Snow has melted and plants are starting to push their way up through the soil, budding and turning green. I am reveling in every moment I can steal outside in the sun. It has been fantastic! What do you have blooming outside? Just outside my door and […]
Spring has sprung!
3 I left the Ground Vanilla Beans tincture in the cupboard for approximately two weeks, during which I noticed that the liquid turned a beautiful coppery-brown color. After the two weeks I checked it and decided to leave it in longer, I wanted to see if I could get more color […]
Tincture – Vanilla Beans, ground
The rosebuds and petals tincture was the fastest to make approximately three days and I felt that the process was completed. The dried material broke down fairly fast and the rosebuds turned into a faded pink color. All the color ended up in the liquid portion exactly what we were […]
Tincture – Rosebuds & Petals
1 I left the peppermint leaves tincture in the cupboard for approximately two weeks, while I did notice that the liquid turned a dark green color fairly quickly the leaves did not break down and change in color as fast as the rosebuds. After the two weeks I felt the process […]
Tincture – Peppermint Leaves
4 The tinctures have been sitting in the cupboard for a few days to three weeks now, this has been a fun project. I going to show you how to finish the process, then in some future blogs I will be taking the tinctures and using them in recipes. After putting […]