Calendula and delicate skin

Calendula has been used in skin care for generations, long before it had a brand name attached to it. It grows easily in cottage gardens across the UK, and for just as long, people have been infusing its petals into oil to use on sensitive, easily irritated skin.

We use calendula in the simplest way we know how: infused slowly into olive oil, over weeks, with nothing rushed about the process. We don't use extracts or concentrated isolates — just the whole flower, given time to do its work in a base oil.

It's a flower that turns up again and again in baby care formulations, not because it's trendy, but because it's mild and well-tolerated by skin that hasn't built up any resilience yet. That's exactly the kind of ingredient we want at the centre of a balm meant for daily use on delicate skin.

As with anything applied to the skin, individual sensitivities vary, which is why we always recommend a small patch test before first use.