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• March 16, 2011 at 2:21 am Guest I would like to make my own camellia oil. Is it the same process as making calendula oil by soaking in a carrier oil over a couple of weeks then repeating the process. Then heat and add grated bees wax Reply to comment 1 • March 17, 2011 at 5:27 pm SpaFromScratch Camellia oil is produced by cold pressing the seeds of C. Oleifera mainly, but also from C sinensis and C. japonica. If you have enough seeds from your plants, you can extract it with a mortar and pistil. The seeds contain somewhere between 40% to 50% oil. You can also extract oil from leaves. The concentration of oils in the blossoms and leaves are in much lower concentrations. There are a number of extraction techniques which I won’t cover here. You can infuse C. sinensis in a carrier oil by using high quality green tea. Green tea is C. sinensis. Hope this helps.
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