Spring Revival + Specialty Skincare
As winter's grasp begins to wane and the vernal season beckons to rouse from a dreaming slumber, we too can feel the energy of spring stirring and shifting within us. This is a time of renewal and rebirth, a time to shed the heaviness of the season of inward reflection, and step into the lightness of spring. Just as nature begins to unfurl, we too find our bodies awakening in anticipation, anchoring our roots and outstretching towards the sun. The winter months can be harsh on our skin, leaving it in need of some very serious tender care. With the right potions and revitalizing rituals, we can shed the dryness and dullness of our winters skin and reawaken a radiant veil, naturally. With this in mind, we have heavily focused our restock efforts this month on our specialty skincare products.
A note about our Specialty Products…
We understand that skincare is a personal journey. If you’ve tried our potions before you know they have a special sort of feel. We continue to develop an array of specialty skincare products that support your skin through seasonal shifts and cater to specific skin concerns with targeted solutions that enhance the health and beauty of your skin and encase the magic of your routine. Infused with slow gathered, seasonal ingredients, our products are thoughtfully selected to work harmoniously with one another, creating gentle yet effective formulas that work in tandem to deliver optimal results.
What defines a specialty product for us?
Our specialty products include skin care + body care that are created in small batches, limited editions, and are sometimes not available year-round due to the nature of the ingredients and processes we use. This ensures that we can stay true to our commitment to using only the freshest, highest quality ingredients that are in tune with seasonal rhythms and are respectfully harvested when abundant in nature. Our thoughtful and methodical approach to crafting our specialty products ensures that you receive the best possible formulations with respect to the environment, the natural rhythms of the seasons, and the ebb and flow of inspiration that fuels our creative process and informs our products.
Shifting Skin…
Our skin often requires a little extra care to transition from the cold, dry winter weather to the warmer, more humid climate of spring. Products offering exfoliation, hydration, reparative actions and barrier support can be very helpful. Gradually introduce different products into your routine as needed to support these seasonal shifts.
Exfoliation
Winter can leave our skin feeling rough and uneven, so using a gentle exfoliating can help to remove dead skin cells and reveal a brighter, more radiant complexion. You want to use a product that contains natural wash-off exfoliants like jojobas beads or botanical grain mask, or a leave on product with alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) like glycolic acid, which can help to smooth and refine the skin's texture.
MAIN CONCERN ~ Uneven Skin Tone + Texture
CHOOSE ME: Ghost Serpent Exfoliating Night Elixir
A powerful nighttime exfoliating potion. Rather than a physical scrub that only buffs away surface flakiness, this potions works its translucent tendrils deep into the pores, unveiling its mycelial magic under celestial sky dreams. A few drops weekly will support the clearing of congestion, improve the skins natural moisture factor and stimulate collagen production for a radiance boosting night ritual.
MAIN CONCERN ~ Sensitive, Acne Prone and Dry Skin
CHOOSE ME: Woodland Face Food
This concentrated powder is pre-extracted making all of the water soluble constituents more bio available and ready to penetrate the skin. Made with healing mushrooms rich in anti-inflammatory, skin barrier supporting polysaccharides, minerals, vitamins and enzymes. This can be used as an exfoliant scrub or a mask and is gentle enough for all skin types.
Hydration
Hydration is key to maintaining healthy, glowing skin. During the winter months, our skin can become dry and dehydrated due to the cold weather and indoor heating. As the weather starts to warm up, our skin needs more moisture to stay supple and hydrated. Look for skincare products that are rich in nourishing and reparative ingredients like ceramides or hyaluronic acid, a humectant which can hold up to 1,000 times its weight in water, antioxidants which help boost collagen production, reduce inflammation and protect against sun damage, and fatty acids like shea butter or jojoba oil which are deeply moisturizing, softening and support in preventing trans epidermal water loss. Incorporating these ingredients into your skincare routine can help to keep your skin looking and feeling healthy and radiant.
MAIN CONCERN ~ Dryness + Dehydration + Congestion
CHOOSE ME: Tree Lore
A juicy, plumping, priming and hydrating serum to be used day and night. Containing a combination of some of the most hydrating ingredients - Ceramides, Hyaluronic Acid, Vegetable Glycerin and Birch derived Xylitol all help keep the skin calm, hydrated and glowing. This formula supports reviving a depleted skin barrier and helps with trans epidermal water loss. This is an oil free gel serum that can be used daily for those with easily congested and oily skin, or layered with your favorite face oil for dryer skin types.
MAIN CONCERN ~ Dull, Damaged Skin
CHOOSE ME: Orb of Light COQ10 Serum
This feathery light, yet juicy plumping oil supports balancing, brightening and calming the skin. A minimal ingredient soothing serum, rich in antioxidants and fatty acids that offer powerful, non irritating reparative actions with a focus on barrier revival. It is added fragrance and essential oil free, but still has a lovely deep resinous, cherry like aroma from the cold pressed fruit oils and deep resinous bud infusion.
MAIN CONCERN ~ Dry, Damaged + Aging Skin
CHOOSE ME: Forest Fleur WiseLine Awakening Balm
A Bakuchiol (retinol alternative) beauty balm/cream steeped with mushrooms, herbs and berries of the woodland realm to create a vibrancy restoring, skin plumping and deeply moisturizing ritual that awakens the skin and smoothes fine lines.
Lips + Eyes
These delicate areas can be especially susceptible to dryness during seasonal transitions. Look for skincare products that are specifically formulated for these areas, like a nourishing lip serum or a plumping eye potion.
Oracle Eye Gel
This plumping, ultra nourishing formula is rich in brightening vitamins, fine line smoothing cold-pressed oils and firming, farm grown herbal extracts and antioxidants.
Stargazer Lash Magick
A nourishing lash and brow serum for the wild eyed, starry night seekers and dream doers. This mineral rich herbal infused oil restores strength and length for healthy hair around your sensitive stargazers. Brush onto the brows and lashes for dreamy nightly ritual, or hit with a lash curler and coat for a little extra lift and glam on mascara free days.
Storyteller Lip Oil Serum
A weightless priming, deeply moisturizing lip oil serum made with nourishing oils and soothing botanical extracts to plump, soften and add shine.
Other Self Care practices to support the seasonal transition
Caring for our skin is certainly important, but it is just one piece of the puzzle. During seasonal transitions it is important to practice self care, and turning your focus toward inward healing as well. Taking a warm bath, reading a book, or spending time in nature can all contribute to reducing stress and supporting our overall health and well-being. Nutritive infusions of herbs such as nettle and dandelion can be especially beneficial internal support. Nettle is abundant in vitamins and minerals, which can boost our immune system, reduce inflammation, and support healthy digestion. Dandelion acts as a natural diuretic, which can flush out toxins and excess fluids from our bodies. Prioritizing seasonal eating, staying hydrated, getting adequate sleep and soaking up natural vitamin D from the sun when you can, are all simple yet effective measures we can adopt to reduce stress on our bodies.
What self care practices help you ground during the shifting seasons? We’d love to hear from you!