As a team, we look forward to one day all year: it’s like the Superbowl for Botnia! For the last three years, we’ve been so lucky to join Candice from Sonoma County Bee Company in Healdsburg to harvest lavender for our skincare. We know you’ve been anxiously awaiting this special concoction we’ve created for you. …
Otis Redding had it right… Sausalito is the perfect place to sit on the dock of the bay! We want to capture the essence of Sausalito in a bottle, so with every spray, it’ll remind you of this beautiful city. Last year, we sold out of this special seasonal hydrosol so quickly we didn’t even …
Curious about slugging? The trending beauty hack seen all over TikTok and Instagram has us wondering . . . what’s the hype? It isn’t a new concept. Traditionally, slugging refers to using an occlusive petroleum-based product (usually Vaseline) at the end of your skincare routine overnight and applying it thick enough to help keep your …
This year we celebrate the big 5! As something special for this milestone birthday, we’re bringing back our most beloved hydrosol, Rose Geranium! We call it our power plant because it has so many useful properties and benefits for the skin. The type of geranium we use for our hydrosol is called Pelargonium graveolens (its …
It’s back! Welcome back one of my favorite holiday offerings, Juniper Hydrosol . Every year around November, we dig into our professional skincare stash to bring you our juniper hydrosol for home use. We’re digging deep to find out why juniper is such an ally for skin during the winter season. Juniperic acid// Juniper hydrosol …
By now, you can probably feel our love for Candice of Sonoma County Bee Company and how we’re super obsessed with her honey to use both inside and outside the treatment room. Over the last three years, we’ve created a yearly hydrosol together. In 2019 our first blend of wild-harvested mugwort together with yarrow and …
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At Botnia Skincare, we’ve formulated two different types of water-based products that balance the pH levels of your skin after cleansing: Toners and Hydrosols. You might be thinking: What’s the difference? Let’s keep it simple: A toner or hydrosol is used to bring your skin’s pH level back into balance after you’ve used a cleanser, …
Let’s just be human. How can we love more? How can we help more? What can we do to be more human? These ideas have been swirling in my mind recently. In this second year of the pandemic, the escalating climate crisis and injustice all around the globe have created a vacuum of cancel culture …
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Hey world, we’re ready to get back outside and let our skin feel the sunshine again! If you’re heading outdoors, here are our swaps for your summer skincare routine, to get and keep that radiant glow! How heat affects our skin// We’ve shared our guide to preventing sun-damaged skin by explaining how sunburns happen and …
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? …
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