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| Winsome & Green: Healing Balm |
100% Natural Ingredients: Calendula, Lavender, Comfrey, Plantain, Helichrysum (Immortelle), Chamomile and Oat Tops, Olive Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil, Beeswax, Shea Butter and essential oils of Lavender, Clary Sage, Rose Geranium, Helichrysum and Rosemary.
There is ritual in skin care.With balms and salves, it's in rubbing them on. My kids come to me most every night with this tin in hand. It begins with complaints of a scratch and becomes a conversation of the day's adventures. I'm rubbing balm into nicks and scrapes and some invisible hurts. We're communicating through thought and speech, but mostly, it's in the touching that we bond. Herb scents fill the air. We're relaxing into night. The day's clock is winding, winding down. Sleep comes easy.
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| Lavender, Chamomile and Hops in Oil |
I started making this balm about 6 weeks before it was
actually put into tins. And there is another batch in the beginning
stages now. You see, my herbal Healing Balm is made with infused oils.
What are infused oils? Basically, they're herbs and oil brewed in the
sun for a long period of time so that the essences of the plants are
drawn out of the botanicals and into the oils. This is done for
practical reasons as it's easier to make a spreadable balm with oils
than with chunks of plants and we're able to make a highly concentrated blend.
Isn't it funny how one thing can make you remember another? I can't help remembering... when I was a kid, my Mom carried a little tube of medicated salve in her purse. It came from the country store, over the hill from our home. They'd let us get things on credit all month and Mom would pay the bill at the beginning of the new month for the cycle to start all over again. My brother, sister and I got hard candy or gum and a pop, almost every day. Pop (or soda, as you might know it) came in glass bottles then. The store would buy back the bottles for 10 cents each. In this way, we'd get something special about once a month. A book of paper dolls or a plastic kite. Sometimes a coloring book and box of crayons. A pack of long, skinny menthol cigarettes for Mom.
You can learn more about my herbal Healing Balm by clicking the link or visiting my Etsy shop at winsomegreen.etsy.com
Always,
Christa
Beautiful blog.
ReplyDeleteI never use any kind of lotions or balms. Besides in winter when my skin gets super dry. Should probably start a ritual of it too :)
ReplyDeleteI have your calendula baby balm, which I use on my heels :o) It's wonderful! Next order, I will have to try this one as well. xo
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! & I can say first hand how amaaaaazing this balm is. I use it on my kids, too!!! I love your post!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely enjoyed reading about the nostalgic days... yes I remember when drinks came in glass bottles and returning them for 10c.
ReplyDeleteThank for for walking us down memory lane... and definitely do need this balm, i am always getting small cuts, bruises and what not without know how i got them :P
This balm sounds heavenly!
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