Chickweed Eye Make Up Remover Salve

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Looking to easily make Chickweed eye-make up remover salve that is moisturizing, healthy and easy to use? Chickweed salve has potentially many uses from a moisturizer to a tea … and in this blog, we turn the basic salve into an  easy eye make-up remover! It grows freely in nature and you can easily grow it from seed.

Chickweed is native to Europe, it has spread to many temperate parts of the world and is naturalized in North America. It seems to like cooler weather and is often one of the first plants to emerge in the spring. Sometimes again in the fall.

Be sure to see my blog on growing chickweed if you do not already have it growing in your yard!

If you cannot find it growing outside, it is easy to grow in your garden or in a pot. You can find the seeds at Mountain Rose Herbs.

 

HOW TO MAKE CHICKWEED EYE MAKEUP REMOVER SALVE

To make the chickweek eye make up remover salve, you will need the following:

2 large handfuls of Chickweed before it flowers

1 -1/2 cups of olive oil

2 oz of beeswax

a dehydrator (ideal) or double boiler

several drops of essential oil (my favorite is lavender or lemongrass)

a little patience

Start by trimming off chickweeds from your plant. Leave about 2″ on the bottom of your plant to let it grow back. Roughly chop up the branches onto a cutting board. Allow to sit for 8-10 hours or overnite, to wilt.

Mix the wilted branches/leaves and the olive oil and pour into a glass bowl or pampered chef bowl. Place into the dehydrator for at least 24 hours. Important: Make sure you keep the dehydrator setting under 115 degrees. This will hold the nutrients in and the live enzymes will stay in tact. It would be more important if you were eating it, but by keeping the temps low, you can capture as much nutrients possible for the skin. Also you won’t have to worry about the smoke point for the olive oil.

 

MELTING THE BEESWAX

Before the 24 hours is complete, you may start to melt your beeswax. Place the wax into a glass or ceramic bowl and place into the dehydrator. It takes a bit for the wax to liquify in the dehydrator but I prefer to do it this way then I can keep it all in one appliance and not have to watch it as closely as on the burner. This may take 2 hours, using small chunks of beeswax.

The chips I use are about the size of dried beans. If your dehydrator has settings, you may turn the dehydrator up to 150 degrees or melt it a little hotter if needed, but be sure to take the olive oil mixture out at this point. While the beeswax is melting, strain the leaves and branches out of the oil. Pour the oil back into the bowl and place the oil near the dehydrator to keep it warm. This will help to keep the entire mixture liquified while you are pouring.

Add the essential oils into the oil mixture at this time. When the beeswax is liquified, you may combine the oil and wax together and stir. Pour into tins or jars and allow to cool.

After the salve sits a few hours, it is ready to use!

 

Shopping list

Here is my favorite dehydrator.

This is where I bought my tins for my salve.

I bought oils I used for my salve here (I do not believe these oils are therapeutic grade). Because I am using them for external use only, I am not too concerned about that. If I was using oils in a recipe to eat, I would pick a different brand.

Castor oil

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