Healing Lavender Salve
This homemade lavender salve uses flower-infused oil from fresh or dried lavender flowers. Lavender is known for its calming scent, and some research suggests it may promote relaxation and improve sleep quality. It can also be used in topical applications to help moisturize the skin.
Servings 12 1/2 oz tins
Cost $12
Equipment
- Double Boiler
Ingredients
Lavender Infused Oil
- 1/2 cup dried lavender flowers
- 12 ounces olive oil
- 4 ounces refined coconut oil
Lavender Salve
- ½ cup infused lavender oil
- ½ ounce beeswax
- ½ ounce refined shea butter
- 12-18 drops lavender essential oil optional
Instructions
Lavender Infused Oil
- To make the lavender-infused oil, use a 16-ounce glass mason jar and fill it with 4 ounces of lavender flower buds.
- Pour in olive oil over the lavender flowers until the jar is ¾ of the way full. Top off the remaining with ¼ of coconut oil. Cap the jar and give it a little shake.
- At this point, you can do the slow infuse method and leave it in a cool dry place for a few weeks. Or you can do the quick heated method by using a pot with water.
- For the quick heated method, simply fill a pot with water and place your lavender oil jar inside the pot. Allow your pot to simmer on low for several hours, slowly heating the jar and oil inside. Turn off the heat from the stove and allow your jar to rest in the hot water bath for the rest of the day. Carefully remove your jar to get it ready to strain.
- Once the lavender oil has infused, strain out the flowers from the oil with a fine mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth over a glass measuring cup until it reaches the 1/2 cup line.
Lavender Salve
- Next, using a kitchen scale, measure out the remaining ingredients to create the salve.
- Once the ingredients have been measured out, use a double boiler or make one by filling a pot with water ½ way and placing a glass measuring cup inside the pot.
- With the stove on medium heat, add the beeswax first. (This ingredient takes the longest to melt, so it is best to start with this one first).
- After the beeswax has melted down to a liquid, add in the shea butter.
- Lastly, add in the lavender infused oil and stir all ingredients along with the optional lavender essential oil together until they have all liquefied.
- Now line up all the tins and carefully pour the liquid into each one. Allow the tins to cool on the counter for a few hours until completely cooled and solidified.
Notes
- If you don’t have a digital scale, you can convert the suggested ½ ounces into measuring spoons. For this recipe, the equivalent would be about 3 teaspoons.
- This recipe will yield about 12 half-ounce tins, or less for bigger tins.
- This salve is creamy and ultra-moisturizing and with the addition of shea butter, the smell is absolutely wonderful! Perfect for so many skin issues and a must-have to pack on the go.