Calendula Cream

[Louise]

I’m not going to beat around the bush here, I am dizzy with excitement with my new calendula cream, freshly picked from the garden yesterday.

It is a little unfair to call it calendula cream, when it is also packed with nutrient dense Plantain. I will post the pictures of my process, but before I do, please be reminded this is home made, for me and not for resale to the public

I will post up some fantastic info about Calendula and it’s healing properties by the end of today, and put a link here.

My ingredients:
Fresh calendula heads, stems and leaves
Plantain leaves
Organic coconut oil.
Beeswax
Organic Shea Butter


I started off with drying the leaves after washing them thoroughly with lukewarm water



I gathered my Coconut oil, Beeswax and Shea butter - I guessed the amounts (It’s a learning curve)




I then added all of the ingredients into a glass bowl and sat it in a pan of water, once it just started to bubble I turned the heat down to 2 (electric hob) and left it for an our, occasionally stirring with a metal spoon and then testing the warm oil on my skin. By the time this had brewed I was looking like an oil slick, but my skin felt amazing



Once the hour had passed I transferred the oil to a sterile jam jar and left it to cool and steep overnight. This morning I reheated the oil gently, stirring occasionally. And than transferred the oil to three glass amber pots which I had sterilised earlier. I used my specialised sieving technique (tea strainer) although it has been recommended to use a loosely woven muslin cloth.
The left over bit of oil that remained in the jar had cooled so I slathered it over every bit over exposed skin I had, and then managed to get hubby who happened to walk by at this moment - uttering something about guinea pigs

Here is the finished product



I’d love to find a way to use this pulp, it is incredibly potent, any suggestions?