Healing calendula salve
Price range: $15.00 through $25.00 +GST
A soothing and nourishing all-purpose moisturiser for daily use on your face and body. Handmade in Tarntanya (Adelaide), this calendula salve is crafted from four simple ingredients: beeswax, coconut oil, and olive oil infused with calendula flowers grown here in my urban permaculture garden.
Ideal for dry, itchy, chapped, eczema- and dermatitis-prone skin. Organic ingredients. Fragrance-free.
About this product
Calendula salve is a gentle yet powerful natural remedy. It’s so thoroughly all-purpose it’s become a catchcry among my family and friends: “Have you tried putting salve on it” is said for everything from eczema and cracked lips to splinters and grazes.
The four-ingredient recipe is deliberately simple: just flowers, two oils and beeswax.
First, I grow calendula flowers organically in my urban permaculture garden. Once picked and dried, I infuse the petals in organic olive oil for at least a month. This calendula-infused oil is then mixed with coconut oil plus a little beeswax from my backyard Warré hive to create the perfect texture.
This healing plant-powered balm is suitable for all skin types and everyday use:
- Nourishing for dried and chapped skin and lips.
- Calming for eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis and other skin irritations.
- Healing for wounds, cuts and bruises.
- Generally makes your skin feel damn awesome and super soft.
I keep a pot handy for just about everything — and I think you’ll love it too. No weird chemicals, no fuss. Just a beautifully simple balm to support your skin naturally.
Medicinal properties of calendula salve
- Antifungal
- Anti-inflammatory
- Wound healing
- Scar and stretch mark-reducing
Ingredients
Organic calendula flowers (calendula officinalis), organic olive oil, certified organic coconut oil and organic beeswax.
Free from fragrances, dyes and preservatives.
Packaged in recycled tin containers.
Directions for use
Take a small amount and gently massage it into dry skin as needed. A little goes a long way — use just enough for the salve to fully absorb within 10 minutes.
Shipping
Postage: Shipping is charged at a flat rate of $12 for all orders, Australia-wide. Parcels are sent by Australia Post, usually within about a week of you placing your order.
Local pick-up: If you live in Adelaide and are happy to collect your salve, select ‘Local pickup’ when checking out. Free shipping will be applied to your order. I’ll then contact you with the details on where and when to collect.
Calendula salve recipe
Want to see exactly how this is made? Or prefer to make your own? Cool. Take a gander at my easy healing calendula salve recipe — deliberately simplified so no special equipment is required.
Additional info
| Size | 25ml, 60ml, 95ml |
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Price range: $15.00 through $25.00 +GST
About the maker: Koren Helbig
Hey there! I’m a sustainable city living educator, organic gardening journalist and founder of the permaculture-infused digital marketing company, korenhelbig.com, helping ethical small businesses amplify their impact and income online.
From my small home in Tarntanya (Adelaide), South Australia, I explore ways to live more lightly in the city.
I’m deeply into small-space food gardening, DIY and homemade, sustainable business approaches, and urban permaculture.
Craigus McVegas –
Absolutely love this stuff — I use it for scrapes, dry skin, rashes, everything really. Super useful, beautifully made, and totally local. Everyone should have a jar.
Nicolette –
A true all-natural all-in-one life-saver in a (recycled) tin :) have used this as moisturiser, lip balm, nappy rash salve, put it on dry spots and itchy bites. Is there anything it can’t do? A little goes a long way.
John –
I was tidying up some roses recently, and, I wouldn’t normally bother with scratches etc, but tried the salve to see what would happen. I was surprised how it stopped or reduced the redness and reduced or eliminated the infection I sometimes get from rose prickles. It also helped with the chapped skin on my thumb from using secateurs in the wet weather.
Sally –
Calendula balm is a perfect natural remedy in a pot. So useful in our home and on the farm. From dry itchy elbows, rough cracked hands and dry skin anywhere on the body.
I also have a pot in the milking shed to treat dry cracked teats on the dairy cows.
We call it magic balm.