Wanna know a cool new trick to try out with essential oils? It’s DIY essential oil-infused honey!
What is essential oil-infused honey, you ask? Well, you must have heard of infusing herbs in honey right? It’s the same concept. Only instead of herbs, we shall be using essential oils! Since ancient times people used to infuse herbs into honey to create healing salves for the skin or for culinary purposes.
If you have never done this before, you gotta give it a shot! I’ve ever infused fresh ginger slices in honey for its cough and cold healing properties. It was very effective and delicious as well! Other herbs or spices you can infuse in honey include cinnamon, cardamom, lavender buds, rosemary, garlic, rose petals, powdered turmeric, mint, lemon balm, chamomile petals and more!
Infusing Essential Oils in Honey
Infusing herbs or spices is honey is mainly done for culinary or medicinal purposes. However, essential oil-infused honey is not edible. That’s because essential oils are not edible. Even if organic food grade oils such as lemon oil, oregano oil and peppermint oil can be consumed, it’s best to avoid consuming essential oils because they are too potent.
For example, for consumption purposes, you’d rather infuse fresh lemon rinds into honey than add lemon essential oil. That’s because approximately 3,000 lemon rinds are needed to produce just 2 pounds of lemon oil! So imagine the potency of one drop of lemon oil. Long story short, avoid consuming essential oils because they are too powerful.
Uses of Essential Oil-Infused Honey
Why would you infuse essential oils in honey? Here are some of its benefits:
- DIY Face Mask. Store a small jar of essential oil-infused honey in your bathroom cabinet. Any time your face needs some pick-me-up, use a tsp of it as a DIY face mask.
- Treating Acne. You can use your DIY essential oil-infused honey as an acne treatment. Apply 1 tsp of essential oil-infused honey on your face. Let it work its magic for 5 minutes then rinse it off. This reduce acne inflammation, calms painful red acne and minimizes acne scars!
- DIY Face Wash. Do you know about the honey only face wash method? It involves using honey as a face wash. Adding essential oils to your honey face wash by making your own DIY essential oil-infused honey is a perfect way to boost your face wash with more nourishing and cleansing properties! All you need to do is get 2 tsp of the infused honey and apply it on your face for 2 minutes. Then rinse it off with tepid water.
- Healing Wounds. Naturally treat wounds using essential oil-infused honey! Honey has natural antibacterial properties and it has been used as a natural treatment for wounds since centuries. Adding antibacterial essential oils will boost the healing and antibacterial powers of the honey.
- Eczema and Psoriasis. Calm down flare-ups by applying soothing essential oil-infused honey to your eczema or psoriasis patches. This will speed up healing, moisturize skin and reduce inflammation.
- DIY Shampoo. Just like honey face wash, there’s something called DIY Honey Shampoo. You use honey as a shampoo. But instead of using plain honey, try mixing your honey with essential oils for an added boost! Use essential oil-infused honey as a shampoo.
- Promotes Hair Growth. That’s right! Honey promotes hair growth by nourishing and stimulating the hair follicles! Apply essential oil-infused honey as a hair growth promoting mask.
- Soothing Bath. Adding honey to your bath is a nice way to beautify and moisturize your skin. Honey is also a good emulsifier for essential oils to add to your bath. Add about ¼ cup of essential oil-infused honey, two handfuls of colloidal oatmeal and 1 cup of milk to your bath every week.
- For Skin Irritations. Calm down any kind of skin irritation by applying essential oil-infused honey on it. Whether it’s bug bites, blisters, sores or skin rashes. Simply wash the affected area, pat dry then apply a suitable amount of essential oil-infused honey. Cover the area with a cotton gauze.
Essential Oils to Infuse in Your Honey
- Lavender essential oil (where to get it) – skin soothing, antibacterial, moisturizing, good for skin irritations, reduces inflammation
- Tea tree essential oil (where to get it) – powerful disinfectant, treats acne, for inflammatory skin conditions, relieves itching
- Geranium essential oil (where to get it) – balances skin’s sebum, beautifies skin, boosts collagen production, good for hormonal acne
- Lemon essential oil (where to get it) – lightens skin, fades blemishes, for hyperpigmentation, fights acne, treats dandruff
- Chamomile essential oil (where to get it) – calms skin irritations, reduces inflammation, for sensitive skin
- Frankincense essential oil (where to get it) – for pain relief, fades scars, for anti-aging
- Peppermint essential oil (where to get it) – treats sunburns, numbs pain, soothes skin irritations, cools down skin, tones skin
How to Make DIY Essential Oil-Infused Honey
What you need
- ½ cup raw honey (where to get it)
- 10 drops lavender essential oil (where to get it)
- 10 drops tea tree essential oil (where to get it)
- 10 drops frankincense essential oil (where to get it)
- Mason jar (where to get it)
Directions
- Pour ½ cup of raw honey into a mason jar then add the required amount of essential oils.
- Your DIY essential oil-infused honey is ready! Let the essential oils infuse for at least 2-3 days before using. Store in a cool dry place. Do not get any water into it. It’ll practically last forever – it has an indefinite shelf life.
IMPORTANT: Label your essential oil-infused honey jar so nobody thinks its normal honey and stirs it in their tea or licks it up! It’s not edible!
