Homemade Healing Salve with Beeswax (Creamy Texture, 3 Ingredients)

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

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[@mandyg888]

This is wonderful! I made comfrey with lemon balm! I used sweet almond oil and coconut oil. Instead of 2 months I put the oils and leaves in a Mason jar and than put it in my instant pot with water surrounding the jars and put it on the yogurt setting and I did that for 3 days. It smelled like lemon! It is am awesome salve! My niece used it on her very bad sunburn and felt instant relief! 💖

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh that's a great way to save time!!!

[@mandyg888]

What a great idea to do it in the Mason jar!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks!! 😊❤

[@mandyg888]

I love those lids! I need the ones with the handles!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

They are the best!!!

[@OrganicMommaGA]

I love that nearly everything in the salve you made was sourced from your farm. How very satisfying! I have made salves, lip balm, and soaps from scratch but have yet to have much that came from our garden or land - It's a goal, for sure! Recently found out there is an olive grove that presses their olive oil on site. So yet another tree we're looking at getting for our mini-farm (LOL). I also enjoy watching The Honeystead - her respect and delight for "her golden girls" is one of the things that got me wanting honeybees (even though I could be allergic to the stings). But that's another story! 😂 Definitely enjoyed your double boiler method and the neat pour spout lid you have for your jar.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I first saw Living Traditions Homestead using those pour spouts with the handles and had to get some! They are awesome! It's been really important to me to source as much as I can from our farm when selling things. I have seen people making salves using rendered tallow and that's extremely intriguing to me, although I'm not sure how I'd infuse the herbs into it, maybe a heat process? Going to be playing around with that this winter! I hope Levi gets a few fatty deer LOL!

[@FoundationForFamilyFreedom]

​@@SageandStoneHomesteadyou render the suet with water low heat to make tallow. It's the absolute best ingredient possible for skin ❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@FoundationForFamilyFreedom thank you! We have done it a few times at this point but leave the water out :)

[@stonesoupsubstitutions6946]

We love the salve we got from you! I got a lavender plant this year that was thriving in the ground here and is supposed to be able to deal with the weather. I dug it up so we can bring it with us.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I have mine in a pot and it goes into the greenhouse in winter with the rosemary. Rosemary is supposedly hardy but it always dies over winter for me!

[@lcostantino7931]

love this ...feel so fortunate was able to purchase salve ....yes more than one...gifts ??? hope I can let it go ......thanks,God bless stay well ...

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much for ordering! ❤️❤️

[@lms3847]

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[@doriskuhberger8559]

I really love the salve. It seems very easy to do. I was going to buy some. The shipping cost more than the jar. Thank you so much for sharing this. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Ah darn!! Shipping to Australia is steep. I'm so sorry about that!

[@doriskuhberger8559]

@@SageandStoneHomestead It is not your fault. I think it is the shipping company or the post office. :)

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

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[@SylviaSipika-dlwati]

How to make 🐝 wax ?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We render down the wax from our honey harvests at the end of the year. What we do is set up our crockpot on low with water in it and put chunks of wax in a cheesecloth and put that in the water. The wax melts through the cloth and any impurities stay in the cheesecloth. Then we shut off the crockpot and once everything cools the rendered wax hardens on a clean layer on top of the cooled water. ♥

[@SonniesGardenPA]

That salve sound soothing. those Bees wow, you are too calm.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It's actually a calming experience (when you expect them to be there)!

[@mistycherie]

So amazing how simple pure ingredients are just so great for us and can easily be made in the home. Thank you Heather for showing the process and explaining it so well. I hope the bees make someone happy and lots of yummy honey! You mentioned The Honeystead sometime awhile back and I did go and subscribe to her channel too back then. Tons of great information, and she seems like a real sweetheart with a real wealth of apothecary and bee knowledge.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

She really is super smart and super sweet. I just love her!

[@onceuponafarmnz]

Great video, reminds me I need to make more of my own! My mother taught me to make it when I was a girl. I've added shea butter to the oil/wax blend so I can use it as a moisturizer. It stops it being quite so oily, I don't love super oily on my face! I use lavender, plantain, chickweed and cleavers as herbs, plus a little bit of manuka essential oil. So satisfying to make things for yourself. One day I hope yo have my own beehives. ❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh that salve you make sounds so luxurious!!!

[@cdavid2486]

TY!! So informative and relaxing to watch. This reminded me to get outside and harvest my lavender...

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'm so glad! I think this is my most favorite salve I've made. The lavender smell is the best!!

[@cindyboard7816]

That was very interesting!! I went to the site but was too late.😢 I'm excited for you though, it looks like a hit! Maybe I will have better luck next time!! Thanks for sharing your skills with us!!! Stay safe!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I need to set up more salves! Trying to think about what I can harvest and infuse that would be helpful to everyone. I didn't plant calendula this year but I do have dried chamomile... decisions decisions lol

[@cindyboard7816]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Oh the camomile sounds nice.

[@waderue]

when it comes to bee to move them you have to catch the queen and put her small box and keep her in the box you the swarm to be in that is only you can move them the queen is their life

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

This works if there is only 1 queen in the swarm. I've come back to swarm boxes with just a dead queen in the queen catcher left in the box.

[@papawnanasaveslovesnlife9530]

Hey 👋 Heather, 😮 WOW 😳 thats alot of 🐝🍯 looking 👀 for a home 😅❣️... Your salve looks amazing 🤩 n I'm sure it works jus as well ❣️😇❣️... I have grown a ❤ or respect for the 🐝🍯🐝 bees 👀 watching you❣️... Thanks for sharing all your tips n tricks with us all 😉, so inspiring 👏💥👏❣️... Sending bunches of 💞💖💞 love to ya always friend 😘❣️

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you Nana!!! I love the bees and want to encourage others not to be so scared!❤️🐝❤️

[@lcostantino7931]

question,,,after purchase my confirmation says texting with company Cedarcide,,n says thanks for buying from sage n stone.....I have purchased from Cedarcide.....sooooo confusing.....so much spam.....plz comment.....UGH.....

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Hmmmm... I wouldn't respond to those emails with anything!! I got your order and it's going out today! I'll have to see about Cedarcide... I use Shopify for our website and I've never heard of Cedarcide.

[@floridagirl8540]

That was fun video. Thanks for sharing the bee story I would not have known what was going on if I ever seen a swarm. Now I know 😊

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@jabohabo3821]

Hey...chocolate moulds. Small rectangles. Or a cheap cheese grater to make them shavings. Makes things easier

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Great (grate) plan! 🤣

[@jabohabo3821]

@@SageandStoneHomestead i can hear you slapping your knee

[@thenodiggardener]

What a great salve. I actually have some beeswax pellets too, so could do something like that since I do my own infused oils for body butters. Must feel better though knowing the wax came from your own bees.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

For sure!

[@GWPHomestead]

I have heard that a crock pot does a fine job liquifying beeswax but I’ve never tried it myself

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes!

[@DonaldRogersBaldEagle]

I suggest that you keep the temps down to just above the melting point of the bee's wax. Beeswax has a melting point of about 145° Fahrenheit and 63° Celsius.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I don't recall if I measured temp or not. Next time I will, thank you!

[@2HillHomestead]

Put some lemongrass in bottom of your nuc box. We did and the swarm stayed. Idk if that made a difference but can’t hurt. Our heat index got up to 119° today. It has been brutal

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

That's incredibly hot!!!! I didn't check what ours was but this definitely felt like the hottest day.

[@2HillHomestead]

@@SageandStoneHomestead it’s awful. I think we have a chance at rain tomorrow and a break in the heat Sunday. On a side note… I went to your favorite Amish store and score a box of peaches for $28! Sweet, juicy and freestone! SCORE😀

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I just saw this Kim!! I'm so happy you went there! That's the best place ever!! ♥

[@GreenthumbFL]

Love this, can’t wait to try it… I still have some time to harvest from my bees 🐝

[@hollyhersey1902]

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[@SageandStoneHomestead]

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[@RK-su4hs]

comprehensive & concise information 👌 Lavender and rosemary are friends & work well together Lavender & chamomile for brain & nerve issues

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh lavender and rosemary sound heavenly together too! Thank you! ♥

[@RK-su4hs]

@@SageandStoneHomestead They both act primarily on the brain & cns Lavender has shown to be more effective for anxiety than the two most commonly prescribed anxiety meds in medical studies Pharmaceutical company has applied for a patent on an isolate from rosemary for treatment of Alzhimers & Dementia Always best to use the wholesome herbs the way the Creatror intended it Keep up your great work It only takes one small candle to light a very dark room

[@dianehall5345]

Hi Heather- I have dried food grade lavender buds and my neighbor keeps bees. I would like to try this salve. Its good to see you working to be more self sufficient. Over the years I have sifted through my projects, to keep what worked for us. Now I am enjoying picking up great ideas from channels like yours to fit our lifestyle, which is decidedly the best of rural New Hampshire. Also taking the best of todays modern homesteading. I laughed when you said your stove has two settings! We use both vintage and a state of the art propane range, along with a 1930 Home Comfort kitchen wood stove ( Matilda). Thanks for this helpful video. ~ Diane

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

My grandfather had a wood stove, I loved it! Thanks so much for sharing, I'm glad you're here!

[@rajishmaharaj7552]

Loved the video. Do you have any book recommendations, books you like on making salves and tinctures. Also, have you ever come across anyone making salves with essential oils. I don't have access to the actual herbs like lavender or calendula.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I have not seen anyone making them solely with essential oils but I know you could. I wish I had a recommendation for you!! I learned how to make salves reading blogs so I don't have a book recommendation either, I am so sorry!

[@rajishmaharaj7552]

@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you for responding.

[@angelaraum1545]

Did you dry the lavender or put it in after cutting off plant.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Good question! I used the freshly harvested flowers

[@mirswood18]

What other kind of oil can you use to make this?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Any kind you like! I saw someone mentioned using grapeseed oil!

[@Shatina76]

How do you get the essential into the salve without the beeswax solidifying?? I know the heat from the mixture has to be about 100 degrees so that the fragrance from the EO won’t evaporate

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We didn't use essential oils but infused the herb into olive oil for at least 6 weeks, it's a cold infusion. The herbs are strained out. The beeswax is then melted into the oil slowly. Hope that helps!

[@johnnybstuddd4482]

Could the lavender flowers go rancid after a couple weeks of infusing in the oil? Did you dehydrate the lavender flowers? I always heard if you dehydrate the herbs or flowers in an infused oil you can let it infuse longer without the herbs going rancid.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

These were in there a good long while (I forget how long) and didn't go rancid. I'm sure it is possible!

[@createinmeapureheart6897]

Do I need to dry the lavender first?? Looks amazing!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

No I infused with fresh flowers!

[@createinmeapureheart6897]

@@SageandStoneHomestead that’s great to hear! Thanks for letting me know 😊

[@lms3847]

Ah shucks they are gone already 😢

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

They went fast which was a happy surprise! I need to set more oil up for more salves soon!

[@lisanowakow3688]

Pollen maybe?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes!! So pretty!

[@brookweingart7705]

Get them a queen they need to be nurtured. hardly any bees out here.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

They had a queen for sure! And they found a home. Great bees!

[@CozyPinkHaven]

I enjoyed watching the bee section, very informative. I was feeling bad for the goat that wanted attention until I saw the rabbits? I’m not sure if they were rabbits as they were in very tiny cages. It sounded like a fan was blowing which I can only imagine it was hot, not sure why they were caged can only hope they are now running freely. 💖💖

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

The rabbits are not running freely for a few reasons which we address on our meat rabbit raising series. This is a farm where we raise our own food, and the food is raised outdoors where it can get hot, yes. The fans do help.

[@kathycrowl7937]

Nope !! Not enough money to make me stand that close to those bees!! I’m aiergic to them. Freaks me out just to look at them.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yeah allergies make that really a problem!!! Swarms are generally gentle but people with allergies need to stay far away!