Homemade Tattoo Balm Recipe Recipe Type: First Aid Cuisine: Balms & Salves Infuse oils for the salve with calendula, which is good for healing and anti-inflammatory; and chamomile, which is soothing and itch relieving. Lavender essential oil was used, because it calms inflamed skin and provides some pain relief, too. The beeswax makes it more salve-like by thickening it a bit, but beeswax has some anti-inflammatory properties, as well. Ingredients 4 oz of equal parts sunflower oil & apricot kernel oil (infused with calendula & chamomile flowers) ½ oz beeswax pastilles 20 drops lavender essential oil Instructions Fill a small jar halfway with equal parts of calendula and chamomile flowers, then fill the jar the rest of the way with sunflower and apricot kernel oils. […] Read More