Calendula

Single-origin Calendula, artisan-distilled from fresh, resin-rich blossoms., This vibrant, orange flower is an herbalist’s heal-all for the skin. Calendula is a plant that is helpful for every skin condition – from sun damage to acne to compromised skin. It balances and soothes, restoring nourishment, hydration, and barrier strength.

KEY ACTIONS

  • Strengthens compromised barrier function
  • Soothes and gently nourishes stressed skin
  • Uplifts the spirit, carrying the energy of sunshine

SKIN TYPE

Suitable for all

We don’t know a more versatile and helpful plant for healing the skin than Calendula. A gentle, soothing, nourisher that is supportive to all skin types, and an especially helpful ally to reactive or compromised skin. Calendula is an herb that shares a long, expansive history of traditional use as well as modern research. The shared thread among both paths is its value to heal, nourish, and strengthen the skin.

SKIN
Describing one of herbalism’s most trusted skin allies can be a challenge because it is a medicine chest within itself, able to support any skin type. Calendula encourages lymph flow, provides antioxidant protection, deep hydration, and helps improve the appearance of uneven tone and scarring. At its highest expression, this healing flower is nourishing to compromised and barrier-impaired skin. Reactive skin that is often unable to tolerate anything is able to receive the support of Calendula.

Applied topically to cuts, scrapes, bruises, and insect bites, Calendula supports the skin’s repair process through its anti-inflammatory properties. It is an ideal medicinal herb to keep on hand for sunburns or skin reactions of any kind. For more chronic ailments like eczema or any type of dermatitis, Calendula Hydrosol pairs perfectly with Recovery Balm. For barrier restoration, pair Calendula Hydrosol with Essential Lipids.

SPIRIT
The energetics of Calendula are warm, joyful, and uplifting. A steady, sun-like presence that brings brightness and light in times of difficulty or heaviness. The imprint and support of Calendula feels like a warm hug from a dear friend, sharing smiles and laughter even in the face of life’s challenges.

SENSORY PROFILE
How it feels: a delicate, soothing mist, with slightly weightier droplets
How it smells: fresh cut grass, dried hay, a meadow field in the heart of summer

USAGE
Shake product well and mist directly onto skin, body, linens, or throughout the room and space. Inhale deeply and repeat as often as needed.

RITUAL
If you are drawn to using this product because you have compromised skin or to help heal a damaged lipid barrier, then we recommend using Calendula Hydrosol in tandem with Essential Lipids. This minimalist, two-step, extremely gentle skin ritual will be a healing stepping stone into the rest of the Laurel line for someone with a more vulnerable barrier. Begin with Essential Lipids as your gentle oil cleanser and remove gently with a warm cloth. Follow up with a generous application of Calendula Hydrosol to hydrate and a few more drops of Essential Lipids to moisturize. Add raw, local honey to your ritual as a healing treatment a few times a week. This simple, minimal ingredient ritual will restore peace and equilibrium to compromised skin.

Store this product in a cool, dry, and dark place. Use within 6 months of opening and within the use-by date noted on the bottom of the bottle.

100% Whole Plant Organic

CALENDULA
Not a byproduct, but a complete plant water, distilled with therapeutic intent. Our organic Calendula hydrosol is farmed and artisan distilled in the Pacific Northwest using copper stills. This is a regenerative, organic farm that we’ve worked with for over a decade.

Full Ingredient List: Single Plant and Single Farm Artisan Distilled Calendula Hydrosol°
˚organically grown ingredient

Laurel Skin formulas set a benchmark for high ingredient and formulation standards that the beauty industry would collectively consider unreasonable. Here are a few highlights that set our Hydrosols apart:

  • Exclusive use of 100% organic, biodynamic, and regeneratively grown plants
  • Single farm grown and farmer-distilled in the US
  • Distilled exclusively for Laurel Skin as a hydrosol, not an essential oil byproduct
  • Our level of care and integrity is proudly unreasonable.

    On Chamomile vs Calendula
    Chamomile and Calendula are often spoken about in similar ways, as both are deeply soothing to the skin. The difference lies in how they work.

    Chamomile is especially suited to skin in a reactive or inflamed state when there is heat, imbalance, or visible irritation that needs calming and rebalancing. It brings a cooling, diffusing quality that helps settle the skin in crisis mode, moments of reactivity, sun exposure, or wounds.

    Calendula, by contrast, is more supportive to skin that is fragile or compromised, where the focus is on strengthening and repair, rebuilding over time.
    Both are helpful plant allies for sensitive and reactive skin.

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