The process
From dried botanical to amber jar
Our botanicals are slowly infused in olive or avocado oil for 4 to 6 weeks, allowing time to draw out the properties of each plant before blending into rich, skin-loving salves.
5 steps, four to six weeks apart
How a jar is made, step by step
Selecting and drying
Most of our botanicals are harvested by hand by VeritaBalm staff. The rest we buy whole, leaf and flower, never powdered. Everything is dried fully before it goes anywhere near oil: any moisture left in a leaf or flower will shorten the life of the finished oil.
Resins such as frankincense and myrrh are broken down by hand into small pieces so the oil can work into them.
The long infusion
The dried botanicals are submerged in olive oil or avocado oil and sealed in glass. The jars go into a cool, dark cupboard and stay there for four to six weeks. They are turned by hand every few days.
We do not use heat to speed this process. The slow version simply cannot be replicated on a schedule. True infusion follows nature, not a calendar.
Straining and settling
When the infusion is ready, the oil is poured through cloth and pressed gently.
This is the point at which a batch is judged. If an oil is not right, it does not become a salve.
Blending and pouring
Zero-Degradation. The infused oils are never heated. They go into the blend exactly as they left the press.
We blend rich, nourishing plant butters and beeswax to create the perfect soothing base, then whip the final product for a light and smooth application.
Jars are filled immediately after blending. Each jar is then capped, hand-labeled with its unique batch mark, and stored in a cool, dark, and dry place until it begins its journey to your door.
Why the wait shows
A slow-infused oil is darker, richer in properties, and noticeably more luxurious in texture than the same oil rushed with heat. It is the difference you notice in the first application: the balm melts against fingertips rather than sitting on them, and skin is left feeling supple, moisturized, and cared for.
What it becomes
Weeks of patience, two ounces at a time
Each salve on the shelf came through every step above, in the quantity that one infusion allowed.