Homemaker’s Hand Salve
Homemade calendula and lavender hand salve made with shea butter, jojoba oil, coconut oil, calendula oil in olive oil, and beeswax. This 26.2-ounce batch is planned for sixteen 1.5-ounce tins, with extra for transfer loss.
Yield: 16 1.5 oz tins
Equipment
- heat-safe pouring vessel,
Materials
Ingredients for calendula hand salve
- 8.82 oz Unrefined shea butter 250.0 g
- 6.3 oz Jojoba oil 178.6 g
- 6.3 oz Coconut oil 178.6 g
- 1 oz Calendula Oil
- 3.6 oz Pure beeswax 103.6 g
- .125 oz Lavender essential oil 3.6 g
Instructions
- Weigh the shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil, calendula oil in olive oil, and beeswax into a heat-safe vessel. Set the lavender essential oil aside.
- Melt the mixture gently over a double boiler, stirring until the beeswax is fully liquid.
- Remove the vessel from the heat promptly. Let the mixture cool slightly while it remains fully liquid.
- Weigh in the lavender essential oil and stir for at least 60 seconds.
- Tare each tin on the scale and fill to 1.5 ounces (42.5 g) net weight.
- Leave the tins uncovered and undisturbed until completely cool and firm. Cap only when no warmth remains.
- Label the tins with the ingredients and batch date. Keep water out of the salve.
Notes
Leave tins uncovered until completely cool and firm; cap only when no warmth remains. Keep water out. Discard if odor, color, or texture changes noticeably.
