Recipes for macerates from spices and herbs. School of natural cosmetics Lesson 3

Maceration is a method of extracting essential oils and other active components from plants.

Macerate combines both the properties of the base oil and the properties of the infused plant. During the infusion, the oil is saturated with aromatic substances and biologically active components of the plant, which do not pass into ether. Also, the maceration process is indispensable for extracting useful substances from those plants that are not esse…