Homemade Calendula Salve

Homemade Calendula Salve

2 Cups Calendula Petals (not the entire flower “heads”)

1 Cup Hemp or Olive Oil

1/4 Cup Beeswax Pastilles/Pellets

10 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
Pour calendula petals into a stainless steel pot, and add oil. Turn on low heat, and stir to combine. Watch for tiny bubbles in the oil to gauge the temperature- it should not get any warmer than the “tiny bubbles stage!” 


Continue stirring occasionally over the next 2 hours, keeping the oil gently warm.Meanwhile, begin gently melting the beeswax in the top of a double boiler (don’t let this get too hot; you’ll want it to be a similar temperature as the oil, when you combine the two).


After 2 hours, strain the petals from the oil. (You can use a fine-meshed strainer, tea filters, or cheesecloth.) Squeeze/press out as much of the oil as you can into a bowl. Then slowly pour the oil into the melted beeswax in the double boiler, stirring to combine. Then stir in the drops of lavender essential oil. (The oil acts as a “preservative,” as well as being a healing and calming ingredient.)


Pour the warm oil into small jars/containers, and allow to cool. Avoid using clear glass, if possible. 


Choose containers (such as white plastic cosmetic containers or amber/cobalt-colored glass jars) that will help protect the salve from sunlight. (I repurpose containers from purchased shea or cocoa butters.) 


Store in a cool place.