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Home » Herbalism » Herbal Bath and Skincare Recipes » Salves and Creams

Salves and Creams

Knowledge of homemade herbal skincare wouldn't be complete without learning how to make an herbal salve. Let us show you how simple it can be to make healing herbal salves like Dandelion Salve by infusing botanicals or herbs into natural oils and combining it with beeswax.

We will even show you how to take your DIY salve making skills to the next level to make a luxurious Calendula Cream.

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10 Herbal Salve Recipes for Natural Skin Care

Herbal salve recipes are easy to make and are wonderful for a variety of uses in your natural skincare routine. Salves can incorporate many different herbs and can help to soothe, calm, and ease the skin. Support and balance your specific skin needs with one or more of these herbal salve recipes! What are Herbal…

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Lavender Salve: Homemade Healing Skin Remedy

This homemade lavender salve uses flower-infused oil from fresh or dried lavender flowers. It is healing, soothing, and can help with sleep. With a lovely smell, using lavender for sleep makes for a restful night, and it will also soak into your hands or any area of your skin that needs moisture. If you want…

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Whipped Body Butter with Calendula

This whipped body butter recipe with calendula is thick, creamy, and loaded with powerful moisturizers. Calendula-infused oil makes a super soothing and healing base for this body butter and is a non-greasy addition to your natural skincare apothecary. Use this homemade body butter for a wide array of skin ailments including dry, itchy, or rashy…

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Chickweed Salve: Homemade Recipe for Dry Skin and Rashes

This chickweed salve made with infused oil is an easy recipe using the common chickweed plant. Chickweed is a skin-beneficial and healing weed that can be found growing wildly in most regions. Learn how to make infused chickweed oil, and use it to make a healing and soothing salve! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to…

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Arnica and Yarrow Skin Cream

Arnica and yarrow skin cream is a super soothing, thick and moisturizing cream that boasts amazing benefits for the skin. This is a wonderful homemade skin cream recipe that is easy enough for anyone to make, from beginners to seasoned herbalists! Botanical Skin Care Recipe Book by Herbal Academy I made this lovely and moisturizing…

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Calendula Salve: Homemade Recipe for Natural Skin Care

Calendula salve is one of the best homemade skin care remedies to have on hand. It is simple to make and has powerful benefits for the skin. It is gentle enough for the whole family to use, yet highly effective! Learn how to make this homemade calendula salve for dry skin, rashes, bug bites, minor…

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How to Make Calendula Cream: Homemade Skin Care Recipe

Homemade calendula cream is the perfect way to incorporate healing herbs into your homemade all-natural beauty and body care products! Calendula is well known for its medicinal benefits. It is a powerful medicinal herb, particularly for skin ailments and rashes. This all-natural calendula cream is an easy herbal remedy to make at home – even…

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Manuka Honey Salve with Propolis

Manuka honey is pretty amazing stuff! Not only is it good for your immune system, it is also very effective at healing minor wounds and scrapes. This makes it the perfect addition to a salve! Propolis extract gives this manuka honey salve an extra boost! Manuka Honey and Propolis Extract from PRI {This post is…

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How to Make and Use Dandelion Salve

Spring is a wonderful time of year, especially after the cold, dark, and dreary weather of winter. I’m always so excited to see the first dandelions pop up, as that means that warmer weather is on its way and I can soon make homemade dandelion salve! Wildcrafting Weeds eBook Before we get started with this…

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Foraging St. John’s Wort + How to Make St. John’s Wort Oil & Salve

When the sunny yellow flowers of St. John’s wort start to appear then I know that summer is here! It is such an unassuming little plant that often grows along roadsides, but it is a powerful herbal ally. It is a great plant to know how to forage for, as it grows nearly everywhere and…

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