{"id":19840,"date":"2025-09-17T10:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=19840"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:27:29","slug":"calendula-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/calendula-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendula Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Yield: Approximately 4 ounces<\/p>\n<p>Soothe and smooth with this gentle cream.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 ounces\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shea Butter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons dried (or fresh)\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendula<\/a>\u00a0flowers<\/li>\n<li>800 IU\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitamin E<\/a>\u00a0Oil<\/li>\n<li>3 drops\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rose<\/a>\u00a0otto essential oil<\/li>\n<li>30 drops\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lavender<\/a>\u00a0essential oil<\/li>\n<li>Small, wide-mouthed glass jar (recycled baby-food jars work well)<\/li>\n<li>10 drops tincture of\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benzoin<\/a>, optional (as a natural preservative)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melt\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shea Butter<\/a>\u00a0in the top of a double boiler; add\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendula<\/a>\u00a0flowers and heat on medium setting for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour mixture through a strainer to remove\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendula<\/a>\u00a0flowers. Add essential oils and\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitamin E<\/a>\u00a0Oil. Pour into jar (best if the cream fills the jar); once mixture is cool, close with lid. Label the jar.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe Courtesy Colleen K. Dodt,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rose<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-teaser\"><b><a title=\"Permanent Link: Calendula Cream\" href=\"\/beauty-skin-care\/calendula-cream\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the rest of this post here<\/a>\u00a0(224 words, 1 image, estimated 54 secs reading time)<\/b><\/div>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, make sure you\u00a0<a href=\"\/feed\/\">subscribe to my RSS feed<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: Approximately 4 ounces Soothe and smooth with this gentle cream. 4 ounces\u00a0Shea Butter 2 tablespoons dried (or fresh)\u00a0Calendula\u00a0flowers 800 IU\u00a0Vitamin E\u00a0Oil 3 drops\u00a0Rose\u00a0otto essential oil 30 drops\u00a0Lavender\u00a0essential oil Small, wide-mouthed glass jar (recycled baby-food jars work well) 10 drops tincture of\u00a0Benzoin, optional (as a natural preservative) Melt\u00a0Shea Butter\u00a0in the top of a double boiler; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty-skin-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}