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How to Make a Calendula Balm Recipe with Calendula Infused Oil

Learn how to make calendula balm using calendula infused oil. This natural remedy helps to promote healing when used on minor cuts, bruises and insect bites. 

Natural Herbal Calendula Balm Recipe made from Harvested Botanicals, Raw Local Beeswax and Olive Oil! Use this natural herbal calendula balm recipe to help promote healing with the power of calendula when used on minor cuts, bruises & insect stings.

Natural Herbal Calendula Balm

With spring here I decided to finally take advantage of the natural botanicals that grow in my area as the weather starts to turn warmer. Some common ingredients you can find right now include plantain and wild violets. The leaves of both of these plants actually have healing properties making them great for inclusion in a natural balm recipe.

My yard was short on plantain, however, there were plenty of wild violets. So I picked wild violet leaves and combined them with some organic calendula petals and blue vervain leaves in olive oil and made an herbal infusion. I then combined my infusion with locally sourced, raw unfiltered beeswax from my local farmer’s market to create a balm. However, you can also buy calendula herbal oil.

You can use this natural herbal calendula balm recipe topically to treat minor cuts, bruises, and stings. If you don’t have these plants available to you, or if it’s just the wrong time of the year, they can all be purchased from Mountain Rose Herbs.

Following is my natural herbal calendula balm recipe. Feel free to make substitutions to get your own perfect, custom product.

DIY Natural Herbal Calendula Balm Recipe! Use this natural herbal calendula balm recipe to help promote healing with the power of calendula when used on minor cuts, bruises & insect stings.

Herbal Calendula Balm Recipe

© Rebecca D. Dillon

Ingredients:

These are the ingredients you will need to complete this calendula balm recipe:

Natural Herbal Calendula Skin Balm Recipe! Use this natural herbal calendula balm recipe to help promote healing with the power of calendula when used on minor cuts, bruises & insect stings.

Notes on this Herbal Body Balm

The vitamin E and rosemary extract are optional in this natural herbal calendula balm recipe. While vitamin E is naturally healing, both the vitamin E and rosemary extract will help to extend the shelf life of your oil.  The essential oil is optional as well or you can substitute with your favorite organic essential oil based on the properties you’re looking for in your balm.

How to Make Herbal Infused Oil for Making a Natural Herbal Calendula Balm!

How to Make a Calendula Oil Infusion

Here is how to make calendula infused oil for a natural skin care balm:

  • To make your infusion, fill a mason jar about 3/4 of the way full of olive oil.
  • Add equal parts of dried blue vervain leaves, wild violet leaves and calendula flowers to the oil until it reaches the same level of the oil. (Feel free to sub with herbs of your choosing.)
  • Store in a cool, dark location for 3-6 weeks, then strain through cheesecloth.

If you’re in a hurry, combine the ingredients in a double boiler or in a mason jar inside of a pot filled about 2/3 of the way full with water. Heat on warm to low for 3-4 hours, then remove from heat and allow to cool. Strain the oil through cheesecloth back into your mason jar.

Natural Herbal Calendula Balm Recipe! Use this natural herbal calendula balm recipe to help promote healing with the power of calendula when used on minor cuts, bruises & insect stings.

How to Make Calendula Balm

Here is how to make calendula balm using the pre-prepared calendula oil infusion:

  1. Using a digital scale weigh out the beeswax and melt in double boiler. Then weigh out the herb infused out and stir into the melted beeswax.
  2. Next, use graduated transfer pipettes to measure out the vitamin E, rosemary extract and chamomile essential oil.
  3. Stir into the liquified beeswax and oil mixture then pour into glass salve jars or tins.
  4. Allow to cool completely then use as desired wherever your skin needs a little extra love!

Cocoa Calendula Balm from Buttercup & Jake. This handcrafted buttery balm gently soothes and protects dry, irritated skin with organic cocoa butter and organic vanilla beans. It's made with golden Calendula flower oil - locally and sustainably produced in the Hudson Valley - it's truly all-natural, preservative-free and 86% organic.

Where to Buy Calendula Balm

Don’t want to make your own? There are a lot of wonderful sellers on Etsy that sell their calendula balms and salves! For kids I’m partial to the Cocoa Calendula Balm from Buttercup & Jake. This handcrafted buttery balm gently soothes and protects dry, irritated skin with organic cocoa butter and organic vanilla beans. It’s made with golden Calendula flower oil – locally and sustainably produced in the Hudson Valley – it’s truly all-natural, preservative-free and 86% organic. You can buy it here.

Calendula Balm from The Home Apothecary made with handcrafted organic calendula oil.

I also like the Calendula Balm from The Home Apothecary made with handcrafted organic calendula oil. You can get it here. Also be sure to check out The Home Apothecary’s other amazing products including their Peppermint Mocha Body Balm and amazing Black Drawing Salve. Shop The Home Apothecary here.

More Calendula Skin Care Recipes

If you like my recipe for calendula balm, then be sure to try these other calendula skin care recipes made using a calendula oil infusion:

Or try this chamomile calendula bath salts recipe made using dried calendula petals.

For more natural skin care recipes be sure to follow my DIY Bath and Body Pinterest board. You can also find and follow me on Blog Lovin‘, FacebookTwitter and Instagram!

5 Comments

  • Melissa {Vandicrafts}

    April 28, 2014 at 11:09 pm

    Great recipe! Also I had never thought to put cheesecloth on a mason jar with the ring for straining! Thank you for that. 🙂

  • TheArtBug

    April 29, 2014 at 2:42 am

    Wonderful! thanks for sharing:)

  • Zylo

    April 29, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    That sounds really interesting. Does rosemary extract smell like rosemary? I’m just imagining a bouquet of florals with all those petals and oils.

    1. Rebecca D. Dillon

      April 29, 2014 at 5:16 pm

      No really. It’s mostly used to extend the shelf life of other oils. It’s hard to explain how it smells exactly but it’s not strong. This balm however does smell very “green” like the outdoors simply from the infused oil alone.

  • Cybele @ BlahBlah

    May 14, 2014 at 8:20 am

    This sounds amazing. Calendula is my favourite x

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