Ingredients:
- One cup of olive oil
- One cup your choice of blossom. Try lavender buds, calendula blossoms, dried rose petals, rosemary, or mint leaves.
- ¼ cup of beeswax, grated or shaved
- Jar or other container to store finished salve
- Cheesecloth, or a fine mesh strainer
Making the Salve:
- Place one cup of olive oil and your choice of blossoms or leaves into a saucepan over medium heat.
- Heat until the mixture is just below a simmer.
- Turn the heat off, move the pan to a cool burner or a trivet, and let the flowers or leaves steep for twenty to thirty minutes.
- Strain the oil through a strainer or cheesecloth into a clean bowl. Squeeze as much oil as possible out of your flower buds or leaves with a spoon.
- Add beeswax to the oil, and stir it in until it melts.
- Pour your salve into a clean jar or container (I used a clean baby food jar), and let it finish cooling, uncovered.
- Cover and store
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