Anti-Aging Salve ~ make your own with rose-infused oil!

It's about that time! Roses are blooming in my tiny garden and it's time to make one of my favourite herbal projects!  Rose-infused oil   makes a delightful rose healing salve followed by a fragrant massage oil and a variety of insanely delightful scrubs!
Rose Medicine is magical ~ I make tinctures, infused oil, vinegar, syrups + sometimes even a glycerite. Today, it's all about making the infused oil and subsequent projects! For more about the benefits of rose medicine, check out a post here.

How to make Rose-Infused Oil:

Harvest and dry your rose petals.
Add the dried rose petals to a clean glass jar
Fill the jar ½ - ¾ full
Pour a carrier oil * into the jar and fill to the top of the jar.
Cover with a good lid.
Label + store in a dark cupboard for at least 4 weeks.
Strain afterwards, twice if needed , to ensure that the rose material has been removed.

* I usually use sweet almond oil or a light olive oil or sunflower oil,  although I have also used cold pressed castor oil.

Make yourself some Rose-infused Oil + this salve

This is a rich salve and ideal for use as a gentle anti-aging 'balm'. It can be excellent for help with sun-damaged or irritated skin. It's a wonderful salve and easy to make! Friends and family love to use it as a soothing under eye balm, or for dry patches on knees or elbows. It makes a decadent foot treatment. I use it during 'garden season' as a treat for dry nails/hands. Of course, this year, with all that hand sanitizing, I used my last batch right up and need to make some more!

Note: It's best for dry skin or mature skin. Don't use this salve on your face if you have oily skin.

I always weigh ingredients when making botanical skincare products.
I have a few scales (oh dear, yes.. herbalists probably all do!)

Rose Infused Oil "Anti-Aging" Salve

There are many salve recipes. This is one is a favourite. I hope you make it and enjoy it as much as I do.

100 grams (3 oz) rose infused oil
14 grams (.5 oz) rose hip seed oil
14 grams (.5 oz) grated beeswax or beeswax pastilles
Optional but a definite plus:
2-4 drops Rose essential oil or Rose Geranium essential oil

Put the beeswax and rose infuse oil in a heat-proof glass jar.
Place the jar in a small pot ½ filled with water over low heat
The beeswax (or pastilles) will eventually melt into the rose infused oil
Remove from the heat.
Stir in the rose hip seed oil.
I normally add the essential oils at the very end ^^ after I have poured the liquid salve into containers.
Pour into small pots, jars, or small tins ~ whatever you have on hand or purchase online. Here's an example of small salve pots.

Sometimes I just use a small 'canning jar' (125ml) as I love making salves and experimenting!
^^Use a drop or 2 of essential oils in each small container -- use 2-4 drops for a larger pot.
Stir with a wooden stir stick immediately.

TIP: When I make a salve, I always reserve a tiny amount of the warm liquid at the end.. When the salve begins to harden, there's often an indention in the middle of the finished product. Add the last drops of warm liquid to the hardening salve and it will fill out and eventually harden in a perfect even product!

Make your salve vegan! I have used candelilla wax instead of the beeswax, with success. 
Just use 7 grams or 2.5 oz

Do you love roses? Here are some other ROSY projects for you -- Delightful !
Check out this post to learn about Rose Vinegar and this one for the recipe for Rose Glycerite.
There ARE more.. Use my search bar!

Allow yourself to dive into rose medicine. Here's to our health + hope for happy days ahead!

                  Carol xo