Lavender is one of my favorite scents ever. It is so calming and relaxing! I found a wonderful source at my farmers’ market this year for fresh lavender and I decided I wanted to try making some lavender vinegar with it. I use vinegar for so many things around the house (like practically all of my cleaning, my hair rinse, fabric softener, etc.) if it smelled like beautiful lavender instead of potent vinegar I would be thrilled.
All you need to make this is a bunch of fresh lavender (dried would probably work also, but I have never tried it), white vinegar, and some ball jars. Basically, you are just going to slowly infuse the vinegar with the lavender, which will leave you with a wonderful smelling vinegar that has tons of great uses!
Ingredients and supplies:
- 1 bunch fresh lavender (around 5 ounces)
- 1 gallon white vinegar
- 2 half gallon ball jars or 4 quart size ball jars
Preparation:
With sharp scissors or with a sharp knife and a cutting board, cut your lavender (including the stems) in half from top to bottom.
Distribute evenly between the ball jars. Fill jars to top with vinegar, covering all of the lavender. Cover jars with a plastic lid or with a layer of plastic wrap between the lid and the vinegar if all you have is a metal lid.
Let sit for 4-6 weeks until it has reached your desired level of potency. Once the vinegar is done, strain the lavender from the vinegar and use as desired.
You may wish to dilute the vinegar with some water, depending on what you are using it for. Enjoy!
Uses:
- Clean mirrors, windows, sinks, floors, etc.
- Hair rinse,
- Body splash
- Facial toner
- Laundry rinse
- Air freshener
- Add a little to your bathtub
- Try using some in your salad dressing!
Do you have any other ideas for ways to use lavender vinegar? I would love to hear them!
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Hello! Thanks for linking up at Simple Lives Thursday! I really like this post… do you use regular white vinegar? This would be great to have for my laundry rinse!!
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Hi Mare, yes I do just use regular white vinegar, and yes I think that you would love it for your laundry rinse. Let me know if you try it!
Hi Mindy,
I grow a ton of lavender in my front yard. I dont use vinegar around the house very often. Can you recommend a good website so I can see how to use it as a laundry wash, hair rinse, facial toner etc? All those uses sound lovely!
Hey Natalie, here is a website with tons of vinegar information called Vinegar Tips. They have a lot of different ideas for using vinegar and they go into detail telling you how to use it. I just keep it simple and put 1 part water-1 part vinegar in a spray bottle and use it for pretty much everything. It is my all-purpose cleaner, my laundry rinse, and my hair rinse. I only use the hair rinse about once a week and it works great! Hope this helps
Can I use dry Lavender? Thanks!
Yes, Wendi. Dried lavender would work fine.
I don’t have easy access to fresh lavender, but I have TONS of rosemary. Do you think that would work just as well?
I think rosemary would make a great infused vinegar, Heather! I think I will have to try that one myself!
I love this idea i just thought of it in the bath tonight. I wonder what give s he vinegar a cleaning agent? Its made from corn….you would think that would be sugary and sticky. But its fermented some how. I cannot wait to make this lavender vinegar for myself and for a gift for my neighbor!
Thanks for posting. I cam across it looking for assurance that could mix the two.