Calendula Salve *Harvest Batch*

Welcome to harvest season once again! For this year's harvest-batch, we crafted an easy-to-apply calendula salve. Hand poured into push-up recyclable tubes and now JARS for you major calendula-heads! This salve is made from our garden grown calendula flowers, extra virgin olive oil, and beeswax. This simple recipe is fragrance free, gentle on skin and powerful on irritation and dryness. The perfect product to support your skin for the upcoming winter. 

How do we make the calendula oil? This is our fifth year making calendula oil in house and we believe we've found the best method to process the blooms into something truly robust, because when extracted correctly, these flowers pack a punch.

We plant the seeds in the spring and tend to them for the growing season, snipping the flower heads periodically to dry and store. For the most potent product, we do a heat extraction with extra virgin olive oil. Much of the beneficial qualities of calendula lie in the resin concentrated in the flower heads themselves and as it turns out, using heat is the best method to extract the resin.

Man, is this oil powerful! The antioxidants and fatty acids packed into these sunny flowers make for a topical salve that not only softens your skin but works to heal cuts, fight fine lines and diminish scars. This gentle and effective salve will smoothly usher your skin into the winter months. We truly believe calendula to be the most magical of all the medicinal plants and are confident that you will see their powers too - and maybe join us calendula-heads. 

Apply to heal and repair inflammation. Safe for total body application, safe for pregnant, breastfeeding mother and for babies. 

Application: A little goes a long way. Apply to soothe dry skin, eczema, acne, small cuts and bruises...the list goes on and on! Learn more about the magical and medicinal properties of Calendula on our IA Journal.