Are you blushing, or is it rosacea? Redness on your cheeks, nose, chin, and forehead, in combo with little bumps that look like acne, might just be the skin condition that affects 16 million people in America alone! While there’s no cure for rosacea, a skincare routine with gentle products can help control and reduce …
Botnia Skincare: A Holistic Esthetician’s Guide to Rosacea Read More »
Open up your skincare and take a whiff…Smell that? If there’s a strong scent in your skincare, there’s a good chance there might be some essential oils in the mix. While we love how good smelling things are, EOs can be toxic (more on that below). At Botnia, we’ve done our due diligence to research …
You might know and use our limited edition seasonal hydrosols like our Rose Geranium hydrosol, grown with love by my family. Or our Juniper hydrosol, wildcrafted and grown in the untouched New Mexico desert. But for those who are new to the clean beauty space, I’m sure you’ve asked the questions: What is a hydrosol? …
Okay, hear me out on this one, because I think it’s a really important subject. The world is just not set up for you to recycle plastics and glass. The fact is that our recycling programs aren’t as good as they might seem. Most recycling plants don’t actually recycle most of your bottles and jars. …
You are the problem, or so the plastics industry would have you believe Read More »
What the heck does seasonal skincare mean?! How is my skin different in the spring than in the winter?! As an esthetician with almost 20 years of experience, believe me: seasonal skincare is real, because your skin changes with the seasons; one of my favorite sayings is we are nature! The biggest thing you should …
Botnia hand sanitizer, it’s here for you! While we wish our newest creation entered the world under different circumstances, we also recognize the huge need right now for hand sanitizers that are both good for our world and good for your skin . . . and in stock! We researched and tested various formulas before …
And just like that, Botnia is two. Starting a business is like having a baby, and there are so many ways to look at the birth of Botnia. The idea was born out of my true desire to help my clients’ skin with integrity and control. The application of that dream took years of trials …
The overall vision of Botnia is to create a skincare solution for all skin types, but I didn’t set out to build a company; I simply wanted to answer one question: how can I offer my clients a solution to their skin issues that is also healthy? This basic beginning led me down …
The words clean beauty are thrown around a lot, and like most marketing terms, they mean something different to each company using them. To me, clean beauty means that your skincare is free of harmful ingredients, that your skincare is naturally derived, and that your skincare is rooted in building the health of the skin …
I remember the moment it came to me–I was giving a facial and I thought, I wish I could just have simple pieced-out ingredients that I know won’t inflame this client’s skin. This little wish led me to so many discoveries and realizations. And, ultimately, to the birth of Botnia. The first finding from …
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