| Not only for Baby nappy rash, Calendula oil or balm is | | | | preserve for a year without going rancid. |
| also very useful for soothing and healing the skin for | | | | Calendula oil can be used alone or as the first step in |
| eczema, dermatitis, and all type of wounds. They are | | | | making Calendula Healing Balm. |
| a must in your emergency kit ready to heal any little | | | | Recipe Calendula Healing Balm (100grs) |
| daily wounds and bruises. | | | | 1/4 (25grs) Beeswax and 3/4 (75grs) Calendula |
| Recipe Calendula Healing oil | | | | Healing Oil |
| Ingredients: -1 cup Calendula dried flower petals -1 | | | | Instructions: Put the beeswax and the Calendula oil |
| cup Olive oil. | | | | into a Pyrex double boiler. Heat very gently until the |
| For very dry skin you can use Sweet almond oil | | | | mixture is totally melted. Remove while still warm, |
| For Oily skin you can use Grape seed oil or Jojoba oil | | | | and pour into clean and pretty containers and leave |
| For Mature skin you can use Macadamia oil | | | | open until completely cool. |
| Instructions: The basic here is enough oil to largely | | | | Label each jar with contents and date, be sure to |
| cover your quantity of dried calendula flowers. Put | | | | note date your herbal oil was made if it is much older |
| into a Pyrex double boiler and heat the oil and | | | | than your cream. It should stay fresh for a year or |
| flowers for 1 to 2 hours, very gently, keeping | | | | so. |
| temperature well below boiling and stir often. Strain | | | | These two recipes are very useful to give as |
| the oil through a clean cloth into a sterile pretty dark | | | | presents for every one, but especially for Mum with |
| glass bottle with a pump. | | | | a very active toddler, or for Grand Ma very sensitive |
| Add 20 drops of vitamin E per cup of oil to the oil | | | | skin, bruising so easily. |
| after the heating process, your healing oil will | | | | |