DIY • Rosemary Salt Oil Lamp

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Rosemary Salt Oil Lamp

Have you ever found yourself in the dark with no candles available? No steady source of light? This happened to us years ago when a strong typhoon hit our country. The power was out for a week with no candles for light during the night. We found a way to light up the cold, dark night.

Today I will share with you a great light source by using everyday materials that everyone has at home. I will show you how to make your very own Rosemary Salt Oil Lamp.

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The fuel that we will be using is used vegetable oil from the kitchen. I would suggest not using oil that was used to fry fish, it somehow gives out a fishy scent. I used oil that was used to fry fried chicken and pork chops. You could also use any type of cooking oil and even use a fresh batch if you prefer.

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Everyone has salt at home and used less expensive rock salt but any type of salt would work.

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Find an empty jar. For this project, we use a small empty sardine bottle. You can also use a bigger jar if you want the lamp to last for hours.

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Fill up almost half of the bottle with salt.

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You will need to make your wick and a thin stick would do since our bottle is small.

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To wrap the stick we will need some cotton.

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Carefully wrap the stick with cotton and make sure the wrap is not too thick.

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Once the stick has been completely wrapped with cotton. This is what it should look like. Make sure it is tightly wrapped and would not fall off.

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Place the wick in the middle, reaching the bottom of the bottle.

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Pour the oil into the bottle and soak the entire wick in oil while pouring.

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As long as you have a part of the wick still showing, this amount of oil should be enough.

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To add fragrance while the lamp is burning we will use dried rosemary. It is better to use fresh rosemary but since we don't have it this will do. Leaving the rosemary soaked for days will give out a better scent. But you could also use other herbs for this project. The best way to know what works best is by experimenting. So try other variants.

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Now it is time to light up our lamp. It would be a bit difficult lighting the wick so I suggest you use an oven lighter.

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Our Rosemary Salt Oil Lamp is done. A quick, easy light source that would cost you almost nothing with the materials from home. This small one should last for a few hours but a bigger lamp can last up to 12 hours.

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If ever you find yourself in the dark with no candles available, just remember that you could always make light amidst the dark cold night. Not only that, if you have a romantic mood tonight, just make a few of these lamps, play some romantic jazz and for sure your night will be magical.

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Thank you for joining us today and I hope you enjoyed the process that we shared with you. We hope that it would help you when the time comes. Always remember it is better to recycle whenever we can.

Hope to see you again soon and stay safe.

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All photos are original and taken with

Lumix GX85 and Olympus 45mm f1.8

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Amazing creativity, the rosemary would just make it all perfect.
This is excellent, thank you Mhel & Family👪❤️
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Much love from the Philippines @queenstarr the rosemary was a great addition.

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Yes i believe, I do add rosemary to my cooking, I fry abit in oil just before adding other spice and the aroma just takes over.
Really awesome initiative, when I make mine, I'll post and let you know.
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That is awesome. I will look forward to it.

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It's better to use fresh rosemary and I tried planting multiple times already. I always died on me so I eventually gave up planting and used dried ones from the supermarket lol.


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What a great idea! This is a useful thing to know! ✨

Hey Kitty. Thank you. I hope you could use it when the time comes.

I actually shared this post during a curation show on Discord a couple days ago, and it was well-received by everyone! So, your idea might help many people, thanks to **#pypt** (PimpYourPostThursday), hosted by @shadowspub 🙂

Thank you kitty. I appreciate it. Curation show on discord sounds interesting. I may drop by just to listen on one of the sessions.

Welcome to the great Do It Yourself community, thank you for showing us how to make this fantastic candle. I will save the tutorial to make one for myself as I love aromatherapy very much.

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Thank you @equipodelta for spending time to check my DIY. I am glad that you liked it. Do try it and use fresh rosemary if available. Maybe lavender would smell amazing.

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Oh! @mhel increíble tu idea de cómo hacer una vela en casa. Los materiales muy fáciles de conseguir, me gusto mucho el toque final del aroma. Gracias por compartirnos estas grandes ideas. Excelente trabajo.éxitos✨💕

Muy fácil de conseguir los materiales. Espero que lo pruebes. Gracias y tenga un gran fin de semana.