Babys Bottom Salve

Here is a great recipe for a baby’s bottom salve. Although it was rare for my son to have an issues with a dry or irritated bottom, it did happen at least once or twice and this is the salve that really helped!

To make 2 – 2 ounce jars.

1/8 cup Lavender herbal oil (infused in Organic Olive Oil)
1/8 cup Calendula herbal oil (infused in Organic Olive Oil)
1/4 ounce of beeswax
3 drops Roman chamomile essential oil (Chamamelum nobile)
4 drops Lavender essential oil (Lavandula angustifolia)

**Please note: you really don’t need to add essential oils into this as it is quite effective without them but can be a nice addition.

How to make:

Have your herbal oils pre-made and ready for use.
In a double boiler or 8 cup pyrex cup, place beeswax. Gently melt down.
Just before the beeswax it completely melted down, add in herbal oils.
Stir well with a stainless steel fork.
Remove upper pot or pyrex measuring cup from bottom pan. Wipe all moisture from sides and bottom of container.
Set on table. Add in essential oils and stir until well combined.
Pour mixture into sanitized jars.
Cap jars and let sit to harden.
Once hardened, remove caps. Place jars on baking sheet.
Turn your oven broiler on.
Place baking sheet with jars in oven for about 2 seconds (up to five seconds). This will melt the tops a little so that when they harden back up they are all smooth!
Set aside to harden. Cap. Label.
Ready for sale.