How do I get lavender oil from lavender flowers?

Is it too complicated to do at home?How do I get lavender oil from lavender flowers?
not at home, use fresh cut cuttings around the house to make it smell good, buy or make mesh bags to place them in but for pure oil just go buy it.How do I get lavender oil from lavender flowers?
•Hydro distillation (also known as water distillation) is a process in which water and plant material are boiled together in a tub. The result is a “hydrosol,” rather than a pure essential oil. Hydrosols are the basis for a variety of retail products. Steam distillation uses dry steam to vaporize and extract the oil.








•Steam distillation is used in large-scale production of essential oils for commercial purposes. It is the method of choice for leafy crops like lavender that have specific gravity of less than 1.0 (lighter than water). Small-scale steam distillation can be accomplished with a pressure cooker on top of a kitchen stove, but only a few drops of oil are produced per batch. The process is described in some detail in Marcel Lavabre’s Aromatherapy Workbook. (5) Turnkey operations have only recently become available.








•Solvent extraction uses organic solvents to extract both essential oils and oleoresins, which are then separated. (Oleoresins complete the flavor profile of food-grade essential oils.) Use of many of the organic solvents would not be compatible with “certified organic” labeling.








•Supercritical extraction uses carbon dioxide under extremely high pressure to extract both essential oils and oleoresins. Essential oil produced as a by-product of the citrus industry requires a four-story fractionating tower. Oleoresins separated out at the beginning of the process are added back at the end. Citrus oils claim by far the biggest share of the essential oils market.


To produce essential oils or hydrosols, plants typically are steamed. As the steam passes up through the plant material – bark, stems, roots, or fresh or dried flowers (as in the case of lavender) – it carries both the oil and other plant essences into a receiving container. As the distillate cools, essential oil floats to the top and is siphoned away. The liquid left behind is hydrosol.
check this site out. it has a couple of recipes for lavender oil and how to extract the oil from the flower itself. it also has uses for the oil and how to make a headache relief balm. hope this helps!
sqeeze and squeeze and sqqueeze til all that juice comes out, theres your oil. :)





nah im kidding i have no idea, easiest way is to buy it i guess