You only need simple ingredients to make a Skin Salve with essential oil. Skin-safe wax, carrier oils, and essential oils, and you can also add cosmetic butter for extra skin nourishment. Mango Butter gets deep down into the deeper layers of the skin to facilitate healing. Beeswax, carrier oils like Tamanu, and Castor oil have all been historically used for healing wounds. Add potent essential oils like Frankincense, Helichrysum, Tea Tree, and Roman Chamomile to boost the potentiality of your Skin Salve with essential oils. Let us show you how to make Boo Boo Salve For Kids, a Soothing and Cooling Salve & a Warming and Relieving Salve for your aching muscles and joints. Target hard-to-heal wounds and cracked, dry skin with Cracked Skin Salve, and pop a Natural First Aid Kit Salve in your box for emergencies!
What Is Skin Salve With Essential Oils?
There are many different types of Skin Salves with essential oils and they often get called other names. Let's have a look, there are a few you might recognize and some you may not. Essentially, they are all very similar, if not the exact same thing!
| Ointment | Cream | Balm | Pomade | Embrocation |
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| Unction | Unguent | Balsam | Rub | Emollient |
A Salve is usually a combination of wax and carrier oils. The carrier oils are often also infused with natural plant material, to enhance the healing properties.
A Skin Salve with essential oils uses essential oils to further add to the active components.
It is not unusual to find cosmetic butters in recipes too. These add extra soothing, nourishing, and hydrating qualities, as well as softening the overall texture.
The ingredients you add will inform the best application of your Skin Salve With Essential Oils.
- First Aid salves need essential oils with constituents that have antibacterial properties to kill any bugs and anti-inflammatory actions to soothe swelling or skin damage.
- Salves for dry and cracked skin need to be rich in heavier oils like Castor carrier oil and skin healing essential oils like Myrrh and Helichrysum.
- A Salve for dry and cracked lips, or HPV, must be a little more delicate. This would benefit Rose and Melissa essential oils to soothe, hydrate, and regenerate cell production which facilitates healing.
What Can I Use Skin Salve With Essential Oils For?
When you make your own Skin Salve with essential oils, your first question needs to be:
“What do I want my Skin Salve with essential oils to DO?”
- Do you need a healing salve to address broken, irritated, or upset skin?
- Are you in need of a skin salve aimed at hydrating and smoothing dry skin?
- Perhaps, you need a salve for cracked heels or dry skin on the feet and toes?
- Maybe, you overdid it in the sun and need some cooling and hydrating relief?
- If you have cold hands or stiff aching joints and muscles, you might benefit from a warming Salve designed to get the blood moving and warm you up, and give you some relaxation and relief.
The beauty of making your Skin Salve with essential oils is that you can tailor it exactly to your needs.
Why Make Your Own Skin Salve With Essential Oils?
For me, making my own Skin Salve with essential oils is about being empowered over my choices and taking control of what goes on to, and into, my body.
Natural Ingredients
I want my Skin Salve with essential oils to be stuffed full of luscious natural ingredients and organic where possible. I want to avoid needless chemicals that go onto my skin and get absorbed into my body.
It allows me to source my ingredients in line with my principles. I can take the time to research suppliers, manufacturers, and producers and buy directly if need be.
I can choose to source more locally, more ethically, and more sustainably and make better choices for myself, my family, my community, and the planet.
Cost/Budget
One thing I love about creating my own Skin Salve with essential oils is that I can do it really cheaply with quality ingredients. I don’t always have to compromise quality to suit my limited budget.
You can make very small amounts and it can last a long time as a Salve tends to go quite a long way. This is where you can gather a group of like-minded people and do a bulk buy and portion out the ingredients between you all. Saving you money and allowing you to maintain quality.
If all you have is Olive Oil in your kitchen and a tiny bit of Beeswax, you can still make a Salve. I’ll show you how as we go through the article.
Peace of Mind
I fully admit, I am on a bit of a mission at the moment. I am very focused on what goes into my body in terms of my diet to boost my gut health and immunity after a rather virulent infection laid me extremely low.
I am just as mindful of what goes into my Skin Salve with essential oils. When you apply a product to your skin, it sinks in, it doesn’t just sit on your skin. Therefore, any chemicals and toxins are absorbed into your skin and your bloodstream. This is the whole premise of using essential oils on your skin, you WANT them to be absorbed and get into your bloodstream. But do you want those nasties found in some commercial preparations too?
When you make your own Skin Salve with essential oils, you have control over EVERY single ingredient and if you do your due diligence with sourcing, it will give you peace of mind.
There is a lot to be said for peace of mind at the moment!
If you are curious about what is in your skincare and toiletries check out EWG’s Skin Deep Database for more information…..how healthy is your current skincare?
Tailoring to Exact Needs
Tailoring a bespoke Skin Salve with essential oils cuts out unnecessary waste and is more sustainable in the long run.
If you have a long-standing condition, then make a bigger batch. But, if you have a skin injury that will heal in time, just make a small amount instead.
Salves designed to be left in Natural First Aid Kit benefit from using carrier oils with long shelf lives, like Sweet Almond for example. It is also worth considering adding a natural-based preservative to help it along.
Make a healing salve or a skin salve for dry, cracked skin. Make what you NEED, in an amount that can be used up relatively quickly.
It also allows you to design a product in line with your exact needs. No more standing in front of store shelves, wondering if something is suitable and trying to weigh up which one might help. Alleviate all of that confusion and make your own!
Best Essential Oils For Skin Salve With Essential Oils
The best essential oils to use in your Skin Salve with essential oils very much depends on what you want it for.
First Aid
Skin Salve with essential oils for a First Aid Kit is the perfect product for the kids' knocked knees and cuts and grazes. Antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory essential oils like Tea Tree are a boon here. Lavender, Roman Chamomile, Thyme, and Oregano all have properties and actions for fighting bugs and soothing the skin.
If you are making a salve with children in mind, watch your safety data, especially with strong oils like Oregano and Thyme. If your salve is only for adults, you can use a little more essential oils.
Have a go at making your own Natural First Aid Kit with Empower Your Health: Crafting A Custom Essential Oils First Aid Kit.
Dry & Irritated Skin
If your skin is dry and irritated it needs moisture and hydration. Lock those in with a protective barrier. Beeswax and carrier oils are perfect for this. Rose and Frankincense essential oils are wonderful for soothing dry skin, making it feel and appear more supple and firm.
If you have skin conditions like Eczema or Dermatitis plump for soothing essential oils like Geranium, Roman and German Chamomile, and Rose essential oil.
Need more choice? Consult 10 Best Essential Oils For Dry Skin: Rejuvenate Your Skin Naturally.
Cracked, Very Dry, and Hard Skin
If the skin on your hands and feet has gone hard and dry, you need to get the big guns out. Essential oils with reputations for knitting skin back together, and for wound healing, are what you want here. Myrrh, Helichrysum, Frankincense, and Geranium are all wonderful for this.
Opt for rich cosmetic butters like Shea or Mango alongside protective Beeswax for a really nourishing Skin Salve with essential oils.
Curious why Helichrysum is so good? Check out - What Are The Benefits Of Helichrysum Essential Oil?
Cracked Lips and Cold Sores (HPV)
I am most likely to get cracked or chapped lips, as the seasons start to change, rather than in winter itself. That liminal space between seasons seems to be the difficult point for me.
Cracked lips need a more delicate Skin Salve with essential oils. Rose, Roman Chamomile, and Lavender can be invaluable.
If you suffer from cold sores or HPV then Melissa is your go to and it IS worth the price tag. Like magic in a bottle! Find out why in Melissa Essential Oil: The Elixir Of Life For Calm And Uplift.
Soothing and Cooling
You can make a wonderful Skin Salve with essential oils if you experience hot, red skin, or hot muscles and joints.
Hot joints can be indicative of conditions like arthritis and rheumatism. My knees are so hot to touch sometimes and I turn to essential oils like Lavender and Juniper which breaks down the buildup of uric and lactic acid, which contributes to these conditions.
Essential oils like Spearmint, Peppermint, and Eucalyptus can be wonderfully cooling on the skin and bring welcome relief.
If you have sunburn, I would always plump for an After Sun first but a Salve is usefully applied over it, at night, to lock in that hydration. Find my favorite, and most effective, After Sun recipe in Radiant Beach Body: Unlock Beauty With Essential Oils Kit.
Warming and Relieving
If you want a Skin Salve with essential oils that will warm tired, aching muscles, plump for essential oils like Black Pepper and Ginger, they are sure to get your blood moving.
Don’t forget to add essential oils with anti-inflammatory and relaxing properties like Lavender and Copaiba to make it more effective.
Get more information on which essential oils are best for certain types of pain in Healing Touch: Top Essential Oil Lotions For Aches And Pain Relief.
Best Carrier Oils For Skin Salve With Essential Oils
Tamanu
Tamanu carrier oil is my first choice of carrier oil to use in a Skin Salve with essential oils that will go into a First Aid Kit. It has both cicatrisant and anticoagulant properties, which make it invaluable in wound care and healing.
Pribowo (2021) says Tamnau is ‘proven to have potent anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, analgesic, and even wound-healing abilities’.
We want all of those qualities in our Skin Salves for First Aid.
Sweet Almond
If you have to store a Skin Salve with essential oils for some time, or use it only occasionally, then choose something like Sweet Almond carrier oil that has quite a long shelf life.
Sweet Almond oil is rich and nourishing and very good for hydrating the skin. It is particularly good for skin that has become coarse and lifeless.
Blaak (2022) concluded that Sweet Almond, Evening Primrose, and Jojoba oils, ‘They are effective ingredients for skin care preparations to strengthen stratum corneum integrity, recovery, and lipid ratio’.
The stratum corneum is the skin's outermost layer.
Reach for Sweet Almond oil for crusty elbows and knees, persistent hard skin on the feet, and cracked and chapped lips.
I’d also choose it for babies when they have nappy rash because it's delicately gentle and soothing.
Castor
Castor Oil has a reputation for healing that goes back centuries.
It is wonderful for very dry, cracked skin for its ability to permeate through the deeper layers of skin. Likewise, it is often used in skin salves designed for eczema and dermatitis. Applying heat makes it absorb even better.
Jojoba
Jojoba carrier oil is a misnomer, it is actually a wax, but its consistency closely resembles sebum. It’s a good choice for oily skin and breakouts.
It is a great choice for combination skins and is a great choice if the skin needs balancing.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E capsules are just the right size to squeeze into a magical little pot of Skin Salve with essential oils.
Keen (2016) says that Vitamin E is widely used in cosmetic products to protect the skin from the harmful effects of solar radiation. It acts as a free-radical scavenger. Experimental studies suggest it may have photoprotective properties, meaning it can reduce the effects of ultraviolet radiation and potentially reduce related skin damage and skin cancers.
Best Ingredients For Skin Salve With Essential Oils
You will want very few other ingredients for your Skin Salve with essential oils, but you do need a wax. Cosmetic Butters are not essential to a Salve, but they are definitely welcome additions.
Waxes
When you make your own Skin Salve with essential oils, you need a wax base to mix with your carrier oil and essential oils. Which type of skin-safe wax you choose is up to you.
Beeswax (Cera alba)
This is one of my favorite waxes for Skin Salves with essential oils. It is a beautifully hard wax that is superb on the skin. It is jam-packed with its own skin-nourishing and protective qualities all of its own!
Beeswax is a 100% natural product, eco-friendly, and biodegradable. Note that vegans generally decline to use beeswax, so choose something else for a vegan-friendly product.
Soy Wax (Glycine wax)
Soy wax is sourced from soybeans, it is a relatively sustainable option. However, you do need to be aware that soybeans are notorious for being exposed to pesticides and herbicides. If you can, always choose organic.
Hemp Wax (Cannabis sativa oil & hydrogenated vegetable oil)
Less well-known is Hemp Wax, but it is rising in popularity. I love it for Lip Salves and Balms.
Hemp wax is popular with people whose skin is prone to conditions like psoriasis, acne, and eczema. It is often recommended for people with inflammation, swelling and varicose veins.
It will be interesting to watch the emerging science and research on this exciting wax option.
Hemp wax is becoming much more prevalent in the commercial production of lip care products, body butter and lotions, and skincare preparations.
Cosmetic Butters
Skin Salves with essential oils can be enhanced by adding rich and nourishing cosmetic butters.
They certainly have their place in Salves as they are often really high in helpful fatty acids.
Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Cacao)
Cocoa Butter is a hard butter that is jam-packed with fatty acids to hydrate and nourish the skin. Used over a period of time Cocoa Butter can help permeate the deeper layers of the skin and consequently, improve the elasticity of the skin.
Cocoa Butter also forms a protective barrier over skin, like wax does, which helps by locking in moisture and hydration.
Mango Butter (Mangifera Indica)
Mango Butter is a semi-soft butter with a reputation for superb absorbency. It will sink down into the deepest skin layers, whilst it hydrates the skin, making it look plumper. It will also help to lock moisture into place, making the skin appear more supple and healthier looking, which is perfect for your Skin Salves with essential oils.
Mango Butter is loaded with vitamins A, C, and E, bursting with Omega 6 and 9 and other important fatty acids that your skin will thank you for.
Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii)
Unrefined Shea is a soft butter that is brimming with glorious antioxidants, often associated with anti-aging qualities. Super rich in vitamin E, which is brilliant at boosting the skin’s moisture levels.
Rich in marvelous nutritious fatty acids, it is ideal for damaged and irritated skin, because of their anti-inflammatory properties. Be aware that refining processes do affect the antioxidant levels, so try and buy unrefined where you can.
However, some people prefer to use refined shea as the unrefined version can have a rather distinctive aroma. I will always use unrefined and choose my essential oils to compliment the aroma. I want to make the most of all of those glorious antioxidants!
For super duper top-quality products, seek those made by hand in indigenous communities in West Africa. They may cost more, but you do get an unsurpassed product.
Can I Use Fragrance Oils in Skin Salve With Essential Oils?
Yes, of course, you can use VINEVIDA Soaps and Candles fragrance oil in Skin Salve with essential oils.
You do need to bear in mind that fragrance oils do NOT have the same active properties and benefits that essential oils do. You are simply adding a product to make it smell nice.
It can be useful where you want a cooling scent like NO. 1112, Inspired By: Eucalyptus Spearmint By Bath & Body Works without the contraindications of the essential oils themselves.
You can happily combine both fragrance oil and essential oils in Skin Salve with essential oils. However, fragrance oils should not be used in Lip Salves and Balms.
Fragrance oils all have their own set of IFRA data, and they are pretty much always different from one to the next. Therefore, you need to check each one individually. We show you how, in How To Use Vinevida Oils.
Recipes for Skin Salve With Essential Oils
This is the exciting bit of Skin Salve with essential oils, the recipes! Now I have tried to give you variety in terms of uses and different kinds of bases for you to try.
You can swap and change the essential oils to suit but please note, that where you will use a Skin Salve with essential oils on a child, you must use the IFRA maximum safety dilution rate to suit your youngest child. The ‘Safety Synopsis’ file is the most convenient place to find this information.
If you are not sure how to find the ‘Safety Synopsis’ file or the IFRA safety data, this helpful blog article will show you - How To Find Safety Information On The VINEVIDA Website.
The equipment and the methods will be virtually identical for each Skin Salve with essential oils, just the recipe proportions will be slightly different.
You Will Need:
- Double boiler (You can use a heat-proof mason jar or a clean tin can in a saucepan of water)
- Weigh Scales
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Stainless steel spoon
- Silicone spatula (Good quality)
- 100 ml or 4 oz container
- Water and oil proof label
Optional:
- A preservative of your choice
- An Infrared thermometer
Method:
- The trick with your base ingredients, to conserve their qualities, is to heat them at a very low temperature and for as short a time as possible. As soon as something is molten, remove it from the heat.
- So, place your double boiler on low to medium heat and warm it through a little.
- Measure out all of your ingredients ready, so you can move quickly.
- Pop your wax into the double boiler and by all means stir to help it melt.
- If you are using cosmetic butter add it when the wax has half melted.
- As soon as the wax and/or cosmetic butter are molten, remove from the heat immediately and set aside for a few moments.
- After a couple of minutes, add your carrier oil(s).
- Then, once it has cooled a little more, add your fragrance and essential oils and stir. Ideally, you want to be adding essential oils once the mix reaches 125 F/ 51℃ or below. This helps to keep them at their optimal quality. This is where an infrared thermometer is invaluable.
- Stir well to thoroughly combine it all for at least a minute.
- Set your container onto a heatproof tray and pour the mix carefully into the vessel.
- Cover with a clean soft cloth and allow to cool and set fully before adding the lid. Waxes, especially emulsifying wax, are notorious for growing mold if they are lidded when warm and still moist. You can avoid this by allowing any wax to fully cool and set before sealing. You could also use a commercial preservative to mitigate this.
- Once set, lid tightly and label, listing all of the ingredients clearly for safety reasons.
OK, let's dive into the variations and get started!
Boo Boo Salve For Kids
This Skin Salve with essential oils for kids is great when they have the odd Boo Boo. Perfect for bumps, knicks, cuts, and grazes they seem to have so many of them when they are wee. If you have a household full of kids that are constantly in the wars, double the recipe.
Just before we begin, let's have a quick look at some safety data from an example of an essential oil’s ‘Safety Synopsis’ from the website. It says:
- 3% dilution for adults
- 2% for people in a weakened state
- 1% for children over the age of 6.
- 0.5% for any younger than that, and we do not recommend using essential oils on children under the age of 6 months unless it is an emergency.
These are general figures, each essential oil may be different, so you need to double-check if you plan to swap out any essential oils from this recipe.
If your youngest child is 3 years of age, you would work to a 0.5% dilution for the whole project, irrespective of the age of the older children. It has to be safe for your youngest child.
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Working out how many drops of essential oil to use in Boo Boo Skin Salve, for the age of my kids. Based on making 100 ml of Skin Salve |
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Please note this applies to the essential oils used in THIS recipe, (Lavender, Roman Chamomile and Myrrh) It does NOT apply to ALL essential oils. You must check the ‘Safety Synopsis’ of each individual essential oil, if you plan to change any of the essential oils in the recipe provided. |
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| Healthy Adults | Weakened Adults | Kids Aged 6 and over | Kids aged between 6 months and 5 years | Babies under 6 months. | |
| Percentage in 100 ml | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0.5% | 0% |
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Millilitres in 100 ml |
3ml | 2 ml | 1ml | 0.5 ml | 0ml |
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Drops in 100 ml |
60 drops | 40 drops | 20 drops | 10 drops | 0 drops |
Ingredients:
- 20 gms of Beeswax (Cera alba)
- 20 gms Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii)
- 60ml of Tamanu Carrier Oil (Calophyllum inophyllum L)
- 10 drops of Lavender Essential Oil (Lavandula angustifolia)
- 10 drops of Roman Chamomile Essential Oil (Anthemis nobilis L.)
- 10 drops of Myrrh Essential Oil (Commiphora myrrha)
Safety:
- Do not use it in the first 37 weeks of pregnancy
How to Use:
- Do a 24-48 hour patch test, please. This is especially important for kids!
- Clean the wound appropriately first.
- You can either use a spatula to remove some from the jar and apply it to the skin, as this saves introducing any bacteria from your fingers into the salve and the wound, or just use your clean fingers.
- Work into the surrounding skin very gently, especially if it is cut or grazed, work around any broken skin, rather than applying it directly. It will still get to where it needs to go!
- Kiss it better, because we all know that is where the magic really is!
Soothing and Cooling Salve
This is a super soothing Skin Salve with essential oils that have a cooling effect on the skin. It is perfect if you need to cool hot joints and muscles. Packed with essential oils with anti-inflammatory properties, it will soon be your ‘go-to’ Salve.
Ingredients:
- 10 grams of Hemp Wax (Cannabis sativa oil & hydrogenated vegetable oil)
- 10 grams of Beeswax (Cera alba)
- 40 ml of Castor Carrier Oil (Ricinus communis)
- 25 ml of Tamanu Carrier Oil (Calophyllum inophyllum L)
- 10 ml of Rosehip Carrier Oil (Rosa Canina)
- 10 drops of Juniper Essential Oil (Juniperus communis)
- 20 drops of Lavender Essential Oil (Lavandula angustifolia)
- 10 drops of Eucalyptus Essential Oil (Eucalyptus globulus)
- 10 drops of Spearmint Essential Oil (Mentha spicata)
- 30 drops of Roman Chamomile Essential Oil (Anthemis nobilis L.)
Safety:
- Do not use it in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy
- Not suitable for children.
How to Use:
- Carry out a 24-48 hour patch test, please.
- Apply to skin by working into the joints and muscles, massage in well with firm, even strokes.
- Remember, massage can be as effective as the salve itself, so don't skip it.
Warming and Relieving Salve
I love this Skin Salve with essential oils for warming the skin and offering swift relief to cold, stiff aching muscles and joints. Loaded with warming essential oils that will get your circulation going, moving the blood and the energy in your body.
Ingredients:
- 10 grams of Hemp wax (Cannabis sativa oil & hydrogenated vegetable oil)
- 10 grams of Beeswax (Cera alba)
- 15 grams of Mango Butter (Mangifera indica)
- 30 ml of Castor Carrier Oil (Ricinus communis)
- 30 ml of Tamanu Carrier Oil (Calophyllum inophyllum L)
- 20 drops of Black Pepper Essential Oil (Piper Nigrum)
- 30 drops of Ginger Essential Oil (Zingiber officinale)
- 40 drops of Copaiba Essential Oil (Copaifera officinalis)
Safety:
- Do not use it in the first 16 weeks of pregnancy
- Not suitable for children.
How to Use:
- Don’t forget to do your 24-48 hour patch test, please.
- Apply to the skin, and work it into your muscles and joints.
- Use firm, even massage strokes.
- Massage is wonderful for boosting your circulation into action. Treat it as part of the process of using this salve and enjoy the relaxation it brings.
Cracked Skin Salve
This is one of the big hitters in terms of Skin Salve with essential oils. It’s packed with ingredients to hydrate, nourish, and ‘feed’ the skin. The essential oils all have properties renowned for skin healing or the knitting back together of the skin after a wound or injury. Helichrysum is always the essential oil to turn to when you have a wound that just will not heal. Cracked skin on your feet can be painful and persistent, try and break the cycle with this.
Mandawgade (2008) rates Mango Butter for this very application - read the science behind it in Formulation and Evaluation of Exotic Fat-Based Cosmeceuticals for Skin Repair.
Ingredients:
- 5 grams of Hemp wax (Cannabis sativa oil & hydrogenated vegetable oil)
- 15 grams of Beeswax (Cera alba)
- 10 grams of Mango Butter (Mangifera indica)
- 10 grams of Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii)
- 30 ml of Argan Carrier Oil (Argania Spinosa)
- 20 ml of Castor Carrier Oil (Ricinus communis)
- 10 ml of Rosehip Carrier Oil (Rosa Canina)
- 20 drops of Helichrysum Essential Oil (Helichrysum splendida)
- 10 drops of Myrrh Essential Oil (Commiphora myrrha)
- 20 drops of Frankincense Essential Oil (Boswellia serrata)
Safety:
- Do not use it in the first 37 weeks of pregnancy
How to Use:
- Do a 24-48 hour patch test, please.
- This is a rich and heavy Skin Salve. Use a smooth spatula to apply to the skin. This will stop any introduction of bacteria into the salve or your broken skin.
- Work it very gently into the cracked skin, leaving a decent layer sat on top of the skin.
- Immediately after application, pop on a clean pair of natural fiber socks, like cotton or bamboo, and let it sink in for at least an hour. (Overnight is best)
- Alternatively, wipe off any excess or work it into your skin more firmly, avoiding any pressure over broken skin.
- Repeat daily for 7-14 days, and then use 2-3x weekly as a maintenance program.
Natural First Aid Kit Salve
This is the Skin Salve with essential oils that you want in your everyday Natural First Aid Kit. Brimming with antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antiviral essential oils is just what you need.
NOTE: This is an adult version. If you have kids, use the version given above!
Ingredients:
- 20 gms of Beeswax (Cera alba)
- 20 gms Mango Butter (Mangifera indica)
- 60 ml of Tamanu Carrier Oil (Calophyllum inophyllum L)
- 20 drops of Oregano Essential Oil (Origanum compactum Benth)
- 60 drops of Roman Chamomile Essential Oil (Anthemis nobilis L.)
- 20 drops of Thyme Essential Oil (Thymus vulgaris)
- 30 drops of Tea Tree Essential Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia)
- 30 drops of Lavender Essential Oil (Lavandula angustifolia)
Safety:
- Do not use it in pregnancy at all.
- Not suitable for children (See the recipe for Boo Boo Skin Salve above).
How to Use:
- Do a 24-48 hour patch test before you put it in the first aid kit!
- First, clean any wounds appropriately.
- Use a smooth spatula to remove the salve from the jar and apply to the skin. This stops you from introducing bacteria from your fingers into the salve and the wound. If you don’t have a suitable spatula, use your clean fingers.
- If the skin is cut or grazed, work around any broken skin. Work the salve into the surrounding skin gently. The essential oils will still get to where they need to go!
The Final Word
As you can see, making your own Skin Salve with essential oils is pretty easy when you know how. They are also super versatile and can be tailored to the exact needs of you and your family. Tuck a couple in the car, the bathroom cabinet, the first aid kit, and your pocketbook. Cover all of your bases. Make them in small amounts and in tiny portable containers where they will get used up quickly. They are better used within 6-12 months of production and replaced after 12 months to be on the safe side.
Tailor to Your Family
If you have a houseful of rambunctious kids make a bucketful of Boo Boo Salve For Kids. Perfect for knocked knees, grazed shins, and bumps and bruises.
For those of you with hot muscles and joints, bring some welcome relief with our Soothing and Cooling Salve. If you have the opposite problem, raise the heat and get your blood moving with our Warming and Relieving Salve
Our Cracked Skin Salve is a bit of salvation in a tin for those who suffer from painful cracked heels and very dry skin on their hands and feet. Slather this one, and let it sink in. Allow all of the active ingredients to work and do their ‘thing’. Help it all along with a nice pair of clean, warm, natural fiber socks.
Natural First Aid Kit Salve is chock full of the ‘anti’s’. Bug-busting and skin-healing ingredients make the basis of this highly effective salve. Every first aid kit should have one!
When you first start your process of making your own Skin Salve with essential oils, don’t forget that all-important question of, “What do I want it to do”? Let that inform your process.
Remember, to follow the safety data if you are making salves for kids. You will need to make sure that you are following the data from the essential oils ‘Safety Synopsis file for your youngest child.
I hope that you have enjoyed Skin Salve with essential oils, may your journey ahead be thoroughly blessed with beautifully nourished, silky smooth, and healthy skin.
