How To Make Jojoba Oil

Jojoba is a plant that it native to the Southwestern USA. The Jojoba plant is a woody shrub with a grey green flat leaves and produces a brown seed is the subject of this page. The plants come in either male or female genders unlike most plants that are both. Jojoba plants grow to about 4 to 5 feet tall forming a very wide bush.

Native Americans used Jojoba oil for healing and medicinal and cosmetic purposes. The uses of Jojoba did not stop there though. During WWII Jojoba Oil was used to lubricate motors and transmission and even machine guns. The cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries later embraced the Jojoba oil for its own purposes.

Jojoba seed is about 50 percent high quality oil. Unlike many other natural oils, it does not degrade by bacterial activity, which is great because this means it will store for long periods of time. We can as individuals use it for cosmetics, lubricants and for cooking.

Harvested seeds have the hulls removed and then run through a press to extract the oil from the seeds.

Once you collected and hulled your seed all the seed to dry for a couple of weeks. You can expect to turn 10 pounds of dried seed into about a pound of Jojoba oil. Run your Jojoba seed through an oil press. Learn about that here: (Oil Press).

Next purify the jojoba oil if you like by forcing it through a filter such as a cloth. Store in a jar and it will last a long time.

How to use the oil? People with acne-prone skin can use the oil. Jojoba oil improves the look and health of skin. Jojoba oil helps but does not cure eczema or psoriasis, helps to fill in wrinkles and smooth dry skin, facial moisturization, body oil or use as shaving oil and a lip conditioner.