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6 Self-Care Staples You Can Make in One Appliance
Lip balm, salves, shower steamers, herbal honey — the boutique-aisle staples, made on your counter from ingredients you chose.
Flip over anything in the self-care aisle and count the ingredients you recognize. Now count what it cost.
Most of it is an infused oil plus a simple finishing step — which means most of it can come off your grocery list and onto your counter. Here's the starter list.
Lip balm you can pronounce
A tube of balm is a few cents of oil and wax wearing a designer markup. Infuse your own base oil — calendula, lavender, whatever your skin likes — and the ingredient list is exactly as long as you decide it is. The vegan lip balm recipe in the LĒVO library is a 20-minute project.
Salves and balms, minus the crockpot vigil
Herbal salve-making traditionally means hours of low-and-slow oil infusion you have to babysit and guess at. LĒVO holds exact temperatures for exact durations — the difference between an herbal oil and a fried one — then dispenses it ready for beeswax.
Bath staples that outclass the boutique aisle
Lavender shower steamers, bath oils, body butters — the recipes are in the library, the botanicals are at the grocery store, and the per-unit cost is a fraction of the spa-brand version.
Herbal honeys and tonics
Infused honey is the gateway: hot peach honey for tea, herbal honeys for sore throats and winter drawers. Pick the botanical, pick the honey, press start. The library has the recipes and the settings.
Body and massage oils, your blend
Store-bought body oils are somebody else's scent decisions. Infusing your own means the botanical, the base oil, and the strength are all yours to choose — and a saved setting means the next bottle matches the last one.
One machine. Groceries in, staples out.
Everything above comes out of the same appliance that makes your infused olive oil and garlic butter. 500+ recipes across food, skincare, and home — this is the rare kitchen gadget that earns permanent counter space.
- Dries, infuses, and dispenses automatically
- Dishwasher-safe reservoir and pod parts
- Free app with recipes and pro-recommended settings
As seen in
★★★★★"It takes the complexity out of infusions and just makes everything easy and simple. Amazing results every time."
Do I need any experience with herbal skincare?
No. The recipe library walks each project step by step, and the Time & Temp Calculator supplies professionally recommended settings for the botanical and base you're using.
Can the same machine still make food?
That's the point — infused oils, butters, and honeys for the kitchen come out of the same dishwasher-safe machine as your balm and body-oil bases.
What if it ends up gathering dust?
Every new machine comes with a 1-year warranty and 30-day easy returns. If it doesn't earn its counter space, send it back.
