Calendula Infused Oil for Skin Care: Blends With Essential Oils

Using calendula infused oil for skin care is a lightweight yet deeply hydrating option. You can use the oil alone as a facial moisturizer or body oil. Receive even more benefits by making essential oil skin care blends that contain calendula.

Note: As a member of the daisy plant family, calendula might cause a reaction if you are allergic to plants in that family. If you are new to calendula oil, do a skin patch test before using the oil extensively.

Content

• Dry, Inflamed Skin Oil
• Facial Elixir
• Wound Skin Care Oil
• Skin Cream
• Bath Bombs
• Sunburn Gel

Dry, Inflamed Skin Oil

• 1 teaspoon calendula-infused oil
• 1 teaspoon wheatgerm oil
• 1 teaspoon rosehip seed oil
• 3 drops palmarosa essential oil
• 1 drop lavender essential oil
  

Blend ingredients in a dark glass bottle. Massage a little of the oil into skin as needed.

Source: Essential Oils: All Natural Remedies

Facial Elixir

• 2 tablespoons calendula-infused oil
• 1 tablespoon carrot-infused oil
• 1 tablespoon jojoba oil
• 2 drops rose essential oil
• 5 drops neroli essential oil

Blend ingredients in a dark glass bottle. Massage a little of the oil onto your face.

Source: Jade Shutes. "Calendula Herbal Oil." NAHA Aromatherapy Journal, Spring 2014.1, p. 39.

Calendula Infused Oil for Skin Wound Care

Use this blend only on minor wounds.

• 1/2 tablespoon calendula-infused oil
• 1/2 tablespoon rosehip seed oil
• 2 to 3 drops vitamin E oil
• 10 to 12 drops lavender essential oil
• 5 drops niaouli essential oil
• 2 to 3 drops helichrysum essential oil
• 2 to 3 drops carrot seed essential oil
• 1-ounce glass bottle

Blend oils in the bottle. To use the blend, apply a few drops to a clean wound. Cover with gauze.

Source: Organic Beauty With Essential Oil

Calendula Natural Skin Cream

Note: Because homemade products containing water-based ingredients (such as hydrosols and aloe) are easily contaminated with bacteria, make sure all supplies are clean and sanitized when making lotions or creams.

• 1/4 cup (2 ounces) calendula-infused oil
• 2.5 tablespoons mango butter
• 1 tablespoon beeswax
• 1/2 teaspoon vitamin E oil
• 1/4 cup (2 ounces) rose geranium hydrosol
• 2.5 tablespoons (1.25 ounces) aloe vera gel

1. Melt calendula-infused oil, mango butter, and beeswax in a double boiler over low-medium heat until ingredients are well blended.
2. Remove from heat and transfer mixture to a blender to cool.
3. Stir hydrosol and aloe vera gel together in a bowl.
4. When the oil mixture has cooled to room temperature and looks creamy and semi-solid, add the vitamin E oil.
5. Turn on the blender containing the oil mixture to a medium-low setting.
6. Slowly add the hydrosol blend. Mixture will begin to emulsify and become creamy. Avoid overmixing. Cream will thicken a bit more as it cools.
7. Pour cream into sterilized glass jars, label, and store in the refrigerator. Use within two weeks.

Adapted from Mountain Rose Herbs

Calendula Bath Bombs

• 1 cup citric acid
• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 tablespoon calendula-infused oil
• 1/4 teaspoon may chang (Litsea cubeba) essential oil
• 1 tablespoon dried and shredded calendula flower petals
• Witch hazel in a spray bottle
• Silicone molds

1. Place a sieve or fine mesh strainer over a large bowl. Pour the citric acid and baking soda through the sieve to remove lumps (ensures the bath bombs have a fine texture).
2. Drizzle the calendula-infused oil and essential oil over the dry ingredients. Use your fingers to work the mixture into a fine consistency without clumps.
3. Sprinkle in the shredded calendula petals and mix well.
4. Spray the mixture with witch hazel, a few squirts at a time. Mix with your hands feeling for the right consistency—just moist enough so it will hold form when you squeeze it together. (If it's too wet, it will bubble up and fizz out of the mold.)
5. When the mixture feels right, pack it firmly into the silicone molds.
6. Let them sit overnight to become firm. Remove them from the molds and store in an airtight jar. Use these bath bombs within six months.

Source: Calendula: A Guide to Growing & Using it in Skincare

Note: You can substitute other bath-safe essential oils for may chang. Depending on the substitute oil, you may need to lessen the amount used.

Calendula Sunburn Gel

• 1/2 cup aloe vera gel
• 1 tablespoon calendula hydrosol
• 1 tablespoon witch hazel hydrosol
• 1.5 tablespoons calendula-infused oil
• 5 drops German chamomile essential oil
• 7 to 10 drops lavender essential oil

1. In a glass measuring cup or bowl, combine aloe vera gel, hydrosols, and infused oil using a stainless steel whisk.
2. Add essential oils and whisk until well combined.
3. Pour into a glass jar. Store in the refrigerator.

To use, massage gently onto areas of sunburn or inflamed skin.

Source: The Calendula E-Book by Jade Shutes

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