(light music)
- Hi, I'm Andrea Butje
from Aromahead Institute.
Welcome to my YouTube channel.
I wanted to show you three
different ways to use peppermint.
We'll make three products.
One with peppermint hydrosol
and two others with
peppermint essential oil.
So the peppermint hydrosol is the water
that comes through the distillation
of the peppermint leaves.
And so when we distill we get both
the essential oil and also
the water-based hydrosol.
So hydrosols are very fun
to use and smells great,
very pepperminty.
And it's wonderful on your skin,
very easy to use on your skin.
And so I have a two ounce spray bottle,
a pretty frosted one,
and I'm simply going to pour the hydrosol
into the spray bottle.
And this just couldn't be easier.
I love having peppermint hydrosol around
because it's so cooling and refreshing
and smells so good.
And believe it or not,
that's the whole thing.
It's just peppermint hydrosol.
And so I use this to spray
in the summer for refreshing,
the bugs don't really like it
so you can use it to
spray to kind of avoid
some of the bugs and
mosquitoes a little bit.
It's not a repellent,
but it still helps.
And you can use it as a
bathroom refreshing spray.
You can use it as a car spray
because peppermint is really
uplifting and invigorating.
You can use it to clean the counters,
put a little vinegar in it and you're set.
There's so many wonderful ways to use it.
The next product is a cleaning spray.
And I've just filled this spray
bottle with filtered water
and I filled it most of the way,
I left a little room for the
vinegar and the essential oils.
So we're gonna add to it just
a teaspoon of white vinegar.
And I know not everyone
loves the aroma of vinegar,
so the essential oils
are really gonna help
sort of hide the vinegar smell.
Just in case you don't like it.
Okay, now you can measure this
or you can just put a little dash in,
it's really not that exact.
And it's a cleaning spray,
so it's not going on your skin.
So in this case I'll just measure,
but normally when I make this
I simply add a little dash
right into the bottle.
Okay?
All right.
Then we're gonna add the essential oils
and I'm gonna use 10 drops of peppermint.
And peppermint is so great to clean with,
it's great for killing germs
and it is so invigorating and
the smell is so refreshing.
It's amazing in the bathroom,
in the kitchen,
I really love it.
So I'm gonna add 10 drops of peppermint
into this spray bottle.
Okay, there we go.
10, okay.
And then and you know this
is personal preference
if you end up making this and you want
more peppermint or less,
you can always adjust the drops.
Then I'm gonna add more
essential oil to this
and you can choose
whatever really wonderful
cleaning oils you like to use.
I tend toward citruses and conifers
so I've chosen orange,
sweet orange essential
oil and Siberian fir.
I'm gonna add two mils of each,
but again, you could
use lemon or grapefruit.
You could used distilled lime.
Any citrus you like,
you could use any conifer you like.
You could use a fir or a spruce.
It's totally up to you.
A pine or what whatever
you have around is great.
So I'm gonna add a total of four mils,
two mils of each oil.
And I have this great
little graduated cylinder
and again, you can measure,
but if you don't happen to
have one of these around
you can just add about 50 drops
of each oil into the spray.
That's approximately two mils.
So since I have this I'm gonna use it
and I'm gonna bring this to 2 mils.
And it's a pretty orange color.
Okay, two mils it is.
And I'm just gonna add that right in.
Already it smells so good.
So bright and beautiful.
And then I'm gonna add my
two mils of Siberian fir
and I love Siberian fir.
It just smells like being in the forest.
Incredible.
So refreshing,
such a good cleaning oil.
Wonderful for you to be smelling
these oils while you clean
as opposed to commercial products
that maybe aren't so supportive
for your health while your cleaning.
So then I'm gonna put the
two mils right in here.
Now of course the water
and the oil's not gonna mix
and so you'll see it right at the top.
You'll see that little line of
essential oil right at the top.
And if you want you can even put
a little more water in here
or a little peppermint hydrosol
would be nice to add to it.
(shaking)
So before I use it I just shake it up.
So simple.
Now the oil is just dispersed
and I'll just spray the counter. (sprays)
Oh my gosh,
it smells amazing.
And I'll clean with a rag and I'm all set.
And so each time I take
it out I'll clean with it,
I'll shake it up and clean with it.
And I usually make these
fresh maybe every two weeks,
because there's no preservative in here
and it's a water-based product.
So if you're not gonna preserve it,
you have to make it fresh frequently.
So I just make it fresh every two weeks
and I change up the oils I use.
It's so much fun.
I can decide to use whatever I want.
This is definitely one
of my favorite recipes
so I hope you enjoy it.
The third product I wanted to show you
how to make that has
peppermint essential oil in it
is a jojoba based blend
in a one ounce bottle,
it's a nice cobalt blue bottle,
that's great for reducing pain.
Really nice if your muscles are sore,
if you're achy,
for whatever reason.
Maybe it's from working out,
maybe it's 'cause you're sick,
maybe you're just at the computer all day.
Whatever it might be where you're feeling
just achy and sore this is
gonna be a great blend for you.
So we're gonna grab the jojoba,
I have a whole gallon of it with this
wonderful top that makes it really easy
to just press and get one ounce.
Right there.
So I filled it just up here to the neck
so I have room for the essential oils.
And jojoba is a liquid
wax and it has a very,
very long shelf life so this is great
because given the essential oils
we're gonna add into this,
you could probably keep
this around for a year
without any problems as long as
your essential oils are fresh.
So we're gonna add peppermint,
frankincense and spike lavender.
Such a nice combination.
So we're gonna add eight drops
of peppermint to this blend
and it's gonna smell so refreshing.
All right, so let's try
to get eight drops out.
Here we go.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven and eight.
Perfect.
Just that by itself,
so beautiful.
Then, woops,
then we're gonna add five
drops of frankincense.
So grounding, calming,
wonderful for easing pain,
for easing stress.
Really we're just relaxing your muscles,
it's so good.
And it smells amazing with the peppermint.
Five drops, okay.
And then we're gonna add
five drops of spike lavender.
And spike lavender's very camphoraceous,
it has a really kind of eucalyptusy aroma
and very invigorating.
It goes great with the
peppermint and the frankincense.
Five drops here.
Okay.
I think it's starting to come,
there we go.
Two, three, four, five.
Okay, excellent.
Great, so then I'm just gonna cap it
and give it a little shake.
And of course label it.
And then you have this
wonderful blend for pain,
for aches,
for soreness,
and you can just label
it and leave it around
and you can use it
anytime you feel the need.
So anyway,
I hope you enjoy all three of
these wonderful peppermint products.
(chuckles) Bye for now.
