DIY Healing Calendula Hand Salve

This DIY calendula hand salve is downright magical. It can be used to moisturize dry hands, calm inflammation, reduce scars as well as soothe irritation, eczema, burns, bug bites, rashes and more! 

Being thicker than an infused oil, this DIY calendula hand salve has extra staying power that’s amplified by the lubricating properties of beeswax and anti-inflammatory benefits of avocado oil. 

It also contains shea butter and two incredible essential oils – lavender and helichrysum. 

Let’s go into deeper detail with the ingredients used and how they make this hand salve special:

Ingredients in this Calendula Hand Salve 

🧡 Calendula Oil

Calendula is the all-star ingredient in this recipe. It is very healing and nourishing for skin. 

It is a great moisturizer for dry peeling and chapped skin, such as around the cuticles. It helps hydrate and soften rough palms. Calendula also keeps hand skin looking youthful by promoting skin cell regeneration, healing wounds and promoting hydration. 

🧡 Avocado Oil

A thick and nutrient-rich oil, avocado oil is excellent as a skin emollient. It contains fatty acids, Vitamin E, potassium, lecithin and other nutrients that ceeply nourish and moisturize skin.

🧡 Shea Butter

Shea butter is another ingredient needed in this DIY calendula hand salve. Its main components include oleic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid and more. These fatty acids quickly absorb into the skin as shea butter melts with body temperature. 

It also has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties that can be beneficial for many skin conditions including eczema, psoriasis, dry skin and more.

Shea butter is also filled with Vitamins A and E, which protect the skin from premature aging and dryness. Vitamin E also soothes dry painful skin and improves the skin’s elasticity which makes skin appear youthful instead of old and wrinkly.

🧡 Beeswax

Beeswax is a perfect moisturizing agent for dry hands. It seals moisture into skin cells with its emollient properties. This helps soften dry and chapped skin. 

🧡 Lavender Essential Oil

In the world of essential oils, lavender is known to be a very soothing oil. It  can help treat dry painful hands. It also replenishes lost moisture in the skin which makes it hydrating. 

Lavender essential oil also has powerful antioxidant properties which stave off free radicals that cause premature aging. 

🧡 Helichrysum Essential Oil

Helichrysum essential oil is an extremely healing oil. It is well known for its wound healing and scar removal properties. It helps fasten the rate at which wounds and scars heal by promoting skin cell regeneration. 

It also has antibacterial and antifungal properties. This protects your hands from skin irritating microbes. 

Helichrysum essential oil is also good for hydrating dry rough and leathery skin on hands. Another bonus is that it helps relieve itchy skin. 

DIY Healing Calendula Hand Salve

What you need 

• ½ cup of avocado oil (where to get it)
• 3 tablespoons of shea butter (where to get it)
• 2 tablespoons of beeswax (where to get it)
• 2 tablespoons of calendula oil (where to get it)
• 15 drops of lavender essential oil (where to get it)
• 15 drops of helichrysum essential oil (where to get it)
• Double boiler (where to get it)
• Amber glass jar for storage (where to get it)

Directions 

1. Create a double boiler system by placing the beeswax and shea butter in a glass bowl. Now place the bowl over a saucepan containing a couple of inches of water. The bowl shouldn’t touch the water. The saucepan should be placed on the stove over a medium flame. The steam from the water boiling will melt the two ingredients. 
2. Once melted, add the avocado and calendula oil and stir well. 
3. Remove from heat and immediately add the essential oils, drop by drop. 
4. Mix well and pour the melted oils into your amber glass jar. 
5. Allow your DIY calendula hand salve to set for about 10 minutes.
6. Once your hand salve turns to solid form, it is ready! 
7. Store in a cool dry place.
8. To use, scoop a suitable amount using clean fingers and rub it all over your hands. 
9. Your hands will instantly become moisturized – feeling and looking much better. 

Notes

• Since this hand salve contains essential oils, do a patch test in your inner forearm before applying it.

• You can store this DIY calendula hand salve for up to 6 months.

• Keep it away from direct sunlight. 

• Do not get water or other contaminants into the hand salve or it will spoil.

You’ll find yourself making a fresh batch of this DIY calendula hand salve every time it gets done because it’s that good!