Name: Hand Crafted Calendula Oil Salve
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 20 grams beeswax pellets (or 2 Tablespoons); 20 grams shea butter (or 1 1/2 Tablespoons); 23 grams calendula oil; 20-30 drops eucalyptus essential oil ((optional))

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The only hand crafted calendula oil salve recipe with a unique applicator. No more tin cans. Only three ingredients with optional essential oil.

This recipe will make one 2.2 ounce cylinder that has a twist up design for easy application. No more having to dip your fingers into tin cans. Just remove the cap and gently rub the calendula oil salve on skin. Find free label template at end of recipe.

What is Calendula Oil

Calendula oil is a natural oil that is either extracted from flower seeds or infused with dried calendula officinalis flower buds and petals resulting in a yellow gold oil. This salve recipe is made with my hand crafted infused calendula oil recipe. I’m all about doing it myself if I can. It’s so simple to make. I use dried calendula flowers and a carrier oil, let it infuse for several weeks, strain and viola.

What is Calendula Salve

There are different ways of making calendula salve but this recipe is made using a combination of beeswax as a binder, shea butter and calendula oil. Oh yeah, I add eucalyptus oil as an added benefit. The ingredients are melted together and then poured into a cylinder container for easy application. It’s kind of like a huge lip balm tube.

What is Calendula Oil Salve Good For

Calendula salve has many benefits but is mainly focused on helping to heal skin issues. Calendula oil has antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. Below are a few ways calendula salve can be used.

Hydrate and nourish dry or chapped skin
Soothe sunburns
May relieve diaper rash
Reduce Eczema symptoms
Reduce inflammation caused by Psoriasis
Heals Cuts/scrapes quicker
Aids in wound healing
May soothe bug/tick bites
Soothes bee stings
Reduces scarring
and much more

Some people with sensitivities or allergies to pollen, ragweed or marigolds, may experience allergic reactions to calendula as a side effect of their underlying allergy. That is something to look out for before you start exploring the exceptional benefits calendula oil salve has to offer!

Calendula Oil Salve Recipe

Ingredients:

20 grams beeswax pellets or 2 Tablespoons
20 grams shea butter or 1 1/2 Tablespoon
23 grams calendula oil or 2 Tablespoons (for this recipe I use my calendula infused safflower oil. Find that recipe here)
20-30 drops eucalyptus essential oil (optional)

Directions:

Measure ingredients

It’s best to measure out your ingredients using a kitchen scale that has gram measurements. Measure the beeswax first to 20 grams, then add shea butter to the beeswax to get a total weight of 40 grams then add the calendula oil to make 63 grams. If you are not making your own calendula oil you can order it online here.

If using the Tablespoon measurements please note that you will have some extra salve. You may want about 5-6 small containers like these 3-gram round containers to put any extra salve into. If using the gram measurements you too will have a smaller amount of salve left over.

Melt Ingredients

Place beeswax, shea butter and calendula oil in a small pan over medium heat until melted. Remove from heat and add eucalyptus oil and pour melted ingredients into a paper coffee cup. I used this type of cup because you can pinch the middle of the cup together to make a clean pour.

Pour

Carefully pour warm oil in a 2.2 ounce container to the brim taking care not to overfill. Leave the container on the counter until liquid cools and sets. Do not move it until the salve has set.

I am not a fan of salves being in tin cans mainly because I don’t think its a good hygiene practice to keep dipping fingers into a container. Therefore I prefer to put my calendula salve in these plastic containers.

This recipe will make one 2.2 ounce container.

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