{"id":5765,"date":"2026-01-05T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:48:21","slug":"calendula-salve-part-3-the-salve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=5765","title":{"rendered":"Calendula Salve Part 3 \u2013 The Salve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Calendula salve mise-en-place<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I started by weighing out the beeswax and the shea butter. The recipe calls for 1 oz. beeswax and 0.5 oz. of shea butter for every 8 oz. of oil. I had 12 oz. of oil and adjusted the amounts of the other ingredients accordingly. I melted the beeswax and the shea butter in a water bath and then added the calendula oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Water bath<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Once it was all melted \u2013 taking care not to heat the oil too much so it would retain its medicinal qualities \u2013 I added a few drops (around 8) of lavender oil for fragrance and filled four 4 oz. tins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Just-filled-tins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I left the tins undisturbed for the salve to harden and settle and added labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Finished<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Voila! My first-ever batch of calendula salve.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was time to make the calendula salve. I gathered the ingredients \u2013 homemade calendula oil, beeswax, unrefined shea butter, and essential lavender oil. I also needed a water bath,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,31,30,22,53,51,29,6,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall","category-flowers","category-harvest","category-in-the-garden","category-medicinal","category-preserving","category-summer","category-techniques","category-winter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mi2j-1uZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5833,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions\/5833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Calendula salve mise-en-place<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I started by weighing out the beeswax and the shea butter. The recipe calls for 1 oz. beeswax and 0.5 oz. of shea butter for every 8 oz. of oil. I had 12 oz. of oil and adjusted the amounts of the other ingredients accordingly. I melted the beeswax and the shea butter in a water bath and then added the calendula oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Water bath<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Once it was all melted \u2013 taking care not to heat the oil too much so it would retain its medicinal qualities \u2013 I added a few drops (around 8) of lavender oil for fragrance and filled four 4 oz. tins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Just-filled-tins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I left the tins undisturbed for the salve to harden and settle and added labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Finished<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Voila! My first-ever batch of calendula salve.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was time to make the calendula salve. I gathered the ingredients \u2013 homemade calendula oil, beeswax, unrefined shea butter, and essential lavender oil. I also needed a water bath,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,31,30,22,53,51,29,6,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall","category-flowers","category-harvest","category-in-the-garden","category-medicinal","category-preserving","category-summer","category-techniques","category-winter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mi2j-1uZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5833,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions\/5833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}