How to make rosemary hair water at home

Making Rosemary Hair Water at home is easy and inexpensive.  This is a different process than we process on our farm, however for the at home DIY enthusiast this recipe below is a great way to support your hair, create stronger, healthier hair along with assisting in hair growth. 

At Mingle Hill Farm we harvest our Rosemary at the heat of the day from July to September.  We then dry our Rosemary in a warm but very dry dark space to prevent molding and to harness the highest oils in the plant.  Once the Rosemary is dried, we then infuse it into our hair oils, crush it into our spice mixes and teas and we steam distill it using our cooper distiller from Austria. 

Using steam distillation in a copper distiller is the optimal form of extracting the finest oils from a plant.  On average,  it takes 3 kgs of plant or flower to produce 20mL of oil.  
During the process of steam distillation, we are also creating a floral water.  This is created by the passing of the steam through the plant materials, condensing the vapor and capturing the water soluble compounds from the plant.  Our final product; Rosemary Water.   Of course this is difficult to produce in the average home, but the next best thing can be made easily on your kitchen stove. 

Rosemary Hair Water Recipe

Ingredients: 
Fresh Rosemary
Water
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Things you will need:
A pot
A strainer or cheese cloth
A spray bottle

Place the fresh rosemary in a pot.  Use as much or little as you desire.  Fill the pot with double the amount of water.  My suggestion would be to use at least 1 cup of rosemary to 2 cups of water.  
Bring to a boil and then take off the heat.  Let cool to room temperature.  Strain out the rosemary using cheese cloth or a fine strainer.  Pour carefully into a spray bottle.  This should be used within 3 month to avoid molds.  

Enjoy the wonderful smell of Rosemary in your hair and begin feeling the benefits of herbal healing.  Works brilliantly as a perfume as well.  Enjoy.