Your Skin: The Body’s Largest Organ

Your skin is the largest organ in your body. Crazy, right? This impossibly intelligent life-suit wraps around every inch of you, allowing you to feel and interface with the outside world. If you take good care of it, you’ll look and feel young. But neglect it, and age will unfortunately begin to set in.

Mother Nature’s Gift: Calendula

As usual, Mother Nature has our backs here. There are a number of powerful skin-nourishing herbs in the forest, but our favorite is a flower known as calendula! Calendula is the crown jewel of herbal skincare because it is soothing for a range of problems. From rashes to burns to bug bites and even scarring—calendula is a “heal-all.” And it’s totally safe for babies, the elderly, and everyone in between.

Plus, it’s easy to find in any health food store.

Bring Calendula into Your Routine

You can bring calendula’s healing properties into your everyday life and soothe your skin after each wash by making this simple herb-infused lotion.

Calendula Lotion Recipe

Calendula lotion is a magical mixture of calendula-infused oil and calendula tea.

Step 1: Prepare the Calendula-Infused Oil

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup dried calendula flowers
• 1/2 cup sunflower oil
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup shea butter

Instructions:

1. Melt the coconut oil and shea butter in a medium-sized saucepan on low heat.
2. Add in the sunflower oil.
3. Sprinkle in the calendula flowers and stir the mixture.
4. Simmer for at least 30 minutes.
5. Strain out the petals.
6. Pour the oil into a glass bowl. Then place the bowl in the freezer and allow it to harden.

Step 2: Make a Strong Calendula Tea

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup dried calendula flowers
• 2 cups of water

Instructions:

1. Add the calendula flowers and water to a small saucepan and stir.
2. Warm over medium-low heat for at least 30 minutes.
3. Strain out the petals.

Step 3: Create the Lotion

Instructions:

1. Spoon the hardened calendula-infused oil into a blender.
2. Turn the blender on high.
3. Slowly add in the calendula tea.
4. Blend on the highest setting until the tea water and oil coagulate.
5. Bottle the mixture and keep it in the fridge.

Easy peasy, right? Enjoy!