Description
An all natural salve handmade by slowly infusing natural beeswax and olive oil with wild harvested creosote leaves, flowers, and fruit. An incredible healer for chafing, bug bites, pimples, sunburn, abrasions, itchy feet, dry scaly patches, and anywhere that skin needs some TLC. Packaged plastic-free in a hand blown glass jar with a cork closure.
How To Use
Massage a small amount into skin that is irritated or needs extra hydration.
Ingredients
Larrea Tridentata (Creosote) Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil*, Cera Alba (Beeswax). *Organic
Sizing + Info
Approx. 15 ml / 0.5 oz
**Please note that the melting point of the salve is 80 degrees F and this means that during the warmer months, the salve may arrive in a liquid state. If that happens, just put it in a cool place or in the refrigerator before opening and the salve will become solid again.**
Store in a dry place away from heat and direct sunlight. As with any of our products, please spot test for adverse reactions before use and discontinue if irritation occurs. Please consult with a physician before using if pregnant or breastfeeding. We recommend using our products within a year of opening. Opened Slow Beauty products are final sale.
The Bottle
Each vessel is a distinctive work of art, hand blown by a master glass artisan, and shipped using the ancient method of cork sealing.
Shipping
$10 standard shipping, free shipping on orders of $100 or more
Creosote is an evergreen shrub with small waxy leaves that thrives in desert climates. The plant got the name creosote when men building the railroad west through Texas into Southern CA in the late 19th century thought the bushes smelled similar to the petroleum-based creosote with which they infused railroad ties. It's also known as "la hediondilla" or stinky one, because of its distinctive smell that most southwesterners say reminds them of the desert in the rain.
Early Indigenous Americans used creosote to treat many maladies, including sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, chicken pox, dysmenorrhea, and snakebite.
