CLEAN SKINCARE
Laurel Skincare
Laurel Skin is committed to your health, well-being and, as a result, your beauty. Laurel Skincare is committed to using only organic or biodynamic whole plants sourced from artisan farms within 100 miles of their Lab. From seeding to harvesting, they ensure each plant is picked at its peak vitality. Their extracts are made in-house without chemical solvents to maintain their freshness and efficacy.
Their oils are the key to the product's effectiveness. They are organic, raw, unrefined, and pressed fresh for them. Unlike chemically refined oils, their oils retain their natural antioxidants and nutrients. Laurel Skincare prioritizes efficacy over commercial gain.
Just like their carrier oils, the essential oils are of exceptional quality. Laurel works with artisan master distillers to ensure purity and potency. They source certified organic and biodynamic oils to avoid contamination and provide impactful results. They believe it’s their responsibility to prioritize safe and sustainable farming methods.
Their hydrating products are crafted with organic or biodynamic hydrosols, distilled by the artisan farmers. These raw plant waters are cooling, soothing, and healing for the skin, making the formulas more effective. We skip traditional fillers like water, aloe, glycerin, or alcohol to maintain purity and potency.
Once the plants are harvested, they make their way to our apothecary-lab where we turn them into plant medicine for the skin.
- Laurel
Swalkwen Skincare
Before clean, green, and natural skincare became a trend, Indigenous womxn were already foraging and cultivating plants for food and medicine, guided by cultural teachings.
Today, Sḵwálwen, an Indigenous skincare line, honors Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) plant knowledge and traditions by using sustainably harvested organic plants to heal and protect the skin. Sḵwálwen means "heart" in Squamish, and each product carries a Squamish name, honoring the source of this wisdom.
"BEAUTY FROM THE LAND
Ours is a story about the Land, and the people it holds.
The foundation it provides, and nourishment it so abundantly supplies.
It is a story about plants and roots and how to thrive.
It is a story about relationships, with each other and ourselves and the natural world and the places we call home.
It is a story about the stories we tell. The ones we repeat so that we will remember.
But mostly, ours is a story of beauty.
The beauty of ritual and the renewal of tradition.
The beauty of family, diversity and the cultures that hold us.
The natural beauty all around us and the quiet beauty that rests within us when we are still and can hear spirit whisper.
Ours is beauty from Skwxwú7mesh. By honoring our Indigenous roots, we hope it inspires you to acknowledge the land you call home.
May it hold you." - Credit: Sḵwálwen Skincare
Living Libations
Coola Organic Suncare
Coola Organic Suncare
Their Philosophy
For over thirty years we have sniffed sources and followed the scent trail while nurturing personal relationships with artisan distillers and family farmers across the earth to secure authentic oils and extracts that are purely and fairly produced. We can trace the source of our oils from the seed in the soil to the oil arriving at the shore of our doors of our Headquarters in the highlands forest.
Coola Organic Suncare
Coola Organic Suncare
Coola Organic Suncare
COOLA chooses the most innovative, scientifically advanced ingredients that are also as natural, organic, sustainable, and locally sourced as can be.
Their eco-conscious formulas are sourced with a Farm to Face® philosophy, ensuring that we always use the freshest, most potent natural and organic ingredients. They incorporate antioxidant-rich Plant Protection® into our sunscreens, which is a selection of plant-based ingredients including Algae and Red Raspberry Seed Oil that help naturally boost our formulas’ efficacy. This allows them to use fewer traditional—and potentially irritating—sunscreen actives. COOLA also weeds out all the stuff you don’t want on your skin or in the environment, like parabens, GMOs, and oxybenzone. It also helps that all their products are cruelty-free, vegan, gluten-free and reef friendly.