Reclaim what is living.
For those who know the Earth doesn't lie. Botanical soap, skincare & candles. Formulated + Crafted. Catskill Mountains, NY.
Cold Process Soaps
Your skin knows the difference. Every bar is cold process, small batch, every ingredient chosen for what it does, not what it costs. No synthetic fragrance. No fillers. Nothing your body has to work against. Just the Earth, doing what it has always done, taking care of us.
PALM FREE · SMALL BATCH · ETHICALLY SOURCED · BIODEGRADABLE · CRUELTY-FREE
QUINTESSENCE
Moonlit woods. Warm resins. A soft thread of sweetness in the air. A scent that transforms your space.
BOTANICAL SKINCARE
Your skin is not broken. It has just been interrupted. Our skincare works with your skin's own intelligence, not against it. Botanicals, hydrosols, oils. Nothing synthetic, nothing borrowed from a lab. Formulated to restore what modern life quietly strips away.
THE RITUAL
STEP ONE
Apply oil cleanser in upward circular motion on dry skin
THE RITUAL
STEP TWO
Rinse with water and pat dry with natural fiber towel
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STEP THREE
Mist toner over face and décolletage, lightly press into skin
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STEP FOUR
Gently press a few drops of oil into skin
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STEP FIVE
Seal in cleansing ritual by gently massaging tallow balm into skin
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW · AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT
Meet the makers
Rooted in the redwoods and woodlands of their youth, Matthew and Natalie Kanbergs have cultivated a life devoted to reverence, plant wisdom, and alchemical craft. From their workshop in the Catskills, they offer creations that invite a return to the healing intelligence of the earth.
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