- The Intention
- The Ingredients
- The Ritual
- The Laurel Skin Story
The Herbalist Collection is a plant-medicine chest for the skin, featuring Laurel Skin's six Compounds and a detailed educational Booklet. These potent whole-plant concentrates are herbalist-created skin supplements formulated to support both momentary flare-ups and chronic conditions like discoloration, dehydration, congestion, and loss of vitality. Each Compound replaces synthetic options with whole-plant alternatives, allowing for deeper customization within your Laurel Skin Ritual.
This Collection invites you into an immersive mastery of herbal medicine for the skin, empowering you to take your skin health into your own hands. It will deepen your connection with plants and invite shifts in perception towards their way of healing, adaptation and resilience. Each Compound is a labor of love and dedication, taking months to create and capture potent phytonutrient profiles. The Herbalist Collection is plant-to-skin medicine as it has never been done before; expansive, profound, and from the heart.
HYDRATION COMPOUND Roots + Roses
Heirloom Rose Triple Infusion°, Marshmallow Root Triple Infusion°, Astragalus Triple Infusion°, Chia Seed Double Infusion°, California Single Farm Rose Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
SOOTHE COMPOUND Calendula + Oat
Calendula Flower Triple Infusion°, Milky Oat Double Infusion°, Oat Milk°, Calendula Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
RADIANCE COMPOUND Fruit + Flavonoid
Hibiscus Calyx Triple Infusion°, Camu Camu Triple Infusion°, Bilberry Double Infusion°, Elderberry Double Infusion°, Papaya Seed Single Infusion°, Blood Orange Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
LYMPH COMPOUND Clover + Conifer
Rosemary Triple Infusion°, Red Clover Triple Infusion°, Juniper Double Infusion°, White Pine Double Infusion°, Fennel Double Infusion°, Bladderwrack Double Infusion°, Rosemary Hydrosol°, Sea Salt, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
BRIGHTEN COMPOUND Resin + Rhizome
Creosote Triple Infusion°, Licorice Triple Infusion°, Uva Ursi Triple Infusion°, Frankincense Double Infusion°, Turmeric Double Infusion°, Frankincense Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
VITALITY COMPOUND Wild Weeds
Whole Plant Concentrates of Comfrey°, Lemon Balm°, Nettle°, Rose Geranium°, Dandelion Leaf°, Horsetail°; Jojoba Oil°
°organic
The Herbalist Collection is here for you to reach for in response to the day-to-day condition and expressions of your skin. Your ritual may look slightly different each day as you use the Compounds to meet your skin wherever it is on its unique journey. These Compounds were designed to be used based on symptom, conventional comparison, or internal intuition. Use the booklet to guide you and let the plants show you the way.
HERBALIST GUIDELINES:
Elixirs
Apply your compound to damp skin after your elixir application and follow with your chosen serum and/or balm.
Reactive Skin
Laurel Skin Compounds are not recommended for reactive skin (except Soothe, used in moderation). Compounds are for those who are comfortable using herbal medicine in their lives, preferring plants over synthetic interventions. Introduce Compounds to your skin gradually, after establishing a comfortable ritual with Laurel Skin products.
“I believe love is the most powerful healing tool available.” -Laurel Shaffer, Laurel Skin founder + skin-specific herbalist
Founded by skin-specific herbalist + plant communicator + engine of love Laurel Shaffer and located in a beautiful renovated barn in Petaluma, California, Laurel Skin is the culmination of Laurel’s winding journey filled with education, research, and extensive study that led to her path as a sommelier, and eventually skin-specific herbalist. Those formal training paths, as well as her experience in farm, spa, and mindful wellness, have made it possible for her to live the life of a slow beauty advocate and creator of farm-based and hyper-localized spa rituals and formulas. She walks a balance beam with one side in wonderment and appreciation of phytochemistry and the other a world of intuitive trust and respect for whole plant wisdom and ancient traditions. That balance allows her to create formulas of long-standing efficacy.
The Laurel Skin line is a ritualistic range of flower and herb-based skincare, formulated with impeccably sourced, highly vibrant whole plants picked at their peak for unmatched transparency, purity, and results. Firmly rooted in the principles and practices of slow beauty, Laurel’s first and most critical relationship is with the land. Her exclusive partnerships with local artisan farmers ensure the highest quality and most stringent transparency. Their mutual commitment to only 100% organic, raw, unrefined plant materials guarantees unparalleled freshness and efficacy. Laurel Skin believes beauty should be a loving self-care practice that begins and ends with mindfulness.
Leading the way with unparalleled sourcing, a commitment to farmers, and a mission built on transparency, the Laurel Skin line captures California’s hearty terrain and natural abundance in each and every bottle, and relies on their own manufacturing and production capabilities to ensure the freshest, most efficacious products are produced.
Every single whole plant they work with is certified organic or certified Biodynamic®, and they make no exceptions. Laurel Skin partners with artisan farms within 100 miles of their Lab to source all of the flowers and herbs that can grow in their California climate. They begin working with their partnering farms in the Winter during seeding and continue through to harvesting season when each plant is picked at their peak of vitality. Once the plants are harvested, they make their way to the Laurel Skin Lab where they are turned into plant medicine for the skin. Of course, each plant is processed as little as possible to maintain the freshness, purity, and vitality of each plant. Laurel extracts are made in-house, without the use of chemicals, to preserve the integrity and efficacy of the whole plant. All oils used in Laurel Skin creations are certified organic or Biodynamic®, raw, cold pressed, unrefined, and pressed fresh for Laurel by the farms that grow them or by artisan pressers. Their oils are richly hued and have an unmistakably fresh smell: indicators that they are pure and unrefined. Laurel uses only certified organic and Biodynamic® essential oils; many of which are distilled in incredibly small batches just for the Laurel line. Every hydrosol they use is certified organic or Biodynamic® and made exclusively for Laurel Skin by their artisan partnering farmers along the west coast.
Laurel Skin is committed to your health, well-being and, as a result, your beauty. Their commitment begins with the quality of the soil that nourishes and optimizes the ingredients they select. This is the foundation of slow beauty. The Laurel team then follows each ingredient from seed to harvest. Through the season it takes to grow their plants, to the months their handmade blends sit steeping, to the hours they spend bottling each batch, the Laurel Skin team practices slow beauty with patience and intention. Their greatest reward is knowing you feel this when you use their products.
The Intention
The Herbalist Collection is a plant-medicine chest for the skin, featuring Laurel Skin's six Compounds and a detailed educational Booklet. These potent whole-plant concentrates are herbalist-created skin supplements formulated to support both momentary flare-ups and chronic conditions like discoloration, dehydration, congestion, and loss of vitality. Each Compound replaces synthetic options with whole-plant alternatives, allowing for deeper customization within your Laurel Skin Ritual.
This Collection invites you into an immersive mastery of herbal medicine for the skin, empowering you to take your skin health into your own hands. It will deepen your connection with plants and invite shifts in perception towards their way of healing, adaptation and resilience. Each Compound is a labor of love and dedication, taking months to create and capture potent phytonutrient profiles. The Herbalist Collection is plant-to-skin medicine as it has never been done before; expansive, profound, and from the heart.
The Ingredients
HYDRATION COMPOUND Roots + Roses
Heirloom Rose Triple Infusion°, Marshmallow Root Triple Infusion°, Astragalus Triple Infusion°, Chia Seed Double Infusion°, California Single Farm Rose Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
SOOTHE COMPOUND Calendula + Oat
Calendula Flower Triple Infusion°, Milky Oat Double Infusion°, Oat Milk°, Calendula Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
RADIANCE COMPOUND Fruit + Flavonoid
Hibiscus Calyx Triple Infusion°, Camu Camu Triple Infusion°, Bilberry Double Infusion°, Elderberry Double Infusion°, Papaya Seed Single Infusion°, Blood Orange Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
LYMPH COMPOUND Clover + Conifer
Rosemary Triple Infusion°, Red Clover Triple Infusion°, Juniper Double Infusion°, White Pine Double Infusion°, Fennel Double Infusion°, Bladderwrack Double Infusion°, Rosemary Hydrosol°, Sea Salt, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
BRIGHTEN COMPOUND Resin + Rhizome
Creosote Triple Infusion°, Licorice Triple Infusion°, Uva Ursi Triple Infusion°, Frankincense Double Infusion°, Turmeric Double Infusion°, Frankincense Hydrosol°, Grape Alcohol°, Flax Glycerin°
VITALITY COMPOUND Wild Weeds
Whole Plant Concentrates of Comfrey°, Lemon Balm°, Nettle°, Rose Geranium°, Dandelion Leaf°, Horsetail°; Jojoba Oil°
°organic
The Ritual
The Herbalist Collection is here for you to reach for in response to the day-to-day condition and expressions of your skin. Your ritual may look slightly different each day as you use the Compounds to meet your skin wherever it is on its unique journey. These Compounds were designed to be used based on symptom, conventional comparison, or internal intuition. Use the booklet to guide you and let the plants show you the way.
HERBALIST GUIDELINES:
Elixirs
Apply your compound to damp skin after your elixir application and follow with your chosen serum and/or balm.
Reactive Skin
Laurel Skin Compounds are not recommended for reactive skin (except Soothe, used in moderation). Compounds are for those who are comfortable using herbal medicine in their lives, preferring plants over synthetic interventions. Introduce Compounds to your skin gradually, after establishing a comfortable ritual with Laurel Skin products.
The Laurel Skin Story
“I believe love is the most powerful healing tool available.” -Laurel Shaffer, Laurel Skin founder + skin-specific herbalist
Founded by skin-specific herbalist + plant communicator + engine of love Laurel Shaffer and located in a beautiful renovated barn in Petaluma, California, Laurel Skin is the culmination of Laurel’s winding journey filled with education, research, and extensive study that led to her path as a sommelier, and eventually skin-specific herbalist. Those formal training paths, as well as her experience in farm, spa, and mindful wellness, have made it possible for her to live the life of a slow beauty advocate and creator of farm-based and hyper-localized spa rituals and formulas. She walks a balance beam with one side in wonderment and appreciation of phytochemistry and the other a world of intuitive trust and respect for whole plant wisdom and ancient traditions. That balance allows her to create formulas of long-standing efficacy.
The Laurel Skin line is a ritualistic range of flower and herb-based skincare, formulated with impeccably sourced, highly vibrant whole plants picked at their peak for unmatched transparency, purity, and results. Firmly rooted in the principles and practices of slow beauty, Laurel’s first and most critical relationship is with the land. Her exclusive partnerships with local artisan farmers ensure the highest quality and most stringent transparency. Their mutual commitment to only 100% organic, raw, unrefined plant materials guarantees unparalleled freshness and efficacy. Laurel Skin believes beauty should be a loving self-care practice that begins and ends with mindfulness.
Leading the way with unparalleled sourcing, a commitment to farmers, and a mission built on transparency, the Laurel Skin line captures California’s hearty terrain and natural abundance in each and every bottle, and relies on their own manufacturing and production capabilities to ensure the freshest, most efficacious products are produced.
Every single whole plant they work with is certified organic or certified Biodynamic®, and they make no exceptions. Laurel Skin partners with artisan farms within 100 miles of their Lab to source all of the flowers and herbs that can grow in their California climate. They begin working with their partnering farms in the Winter during seeding and continue through to harvesting season when each plant is picked at their peak of vitality. Once the plants are harvested, they make their way to the Laurel Skin Lab where they are turned into plant medicine for the skin. Of course, each plant is processed as little as possible to maintain the freshness, purity, and vitality of each plant. Laurel extracts are made in-house, without the use of chemicals, to preserve the integrity and efficacy of the whole plant. All oils used in Laurel Skin creations are certified organic or Biodynamic®, raw, cold pressed, unrefined, and pressed fresh for Laurel by the farms that grow them or by artisan pressers. Their oils are richly hued and have an unmistakably fresh smell: indicators that they are pure and unrefined. Laurel uses only certified organic and Biodynamic® essential oils; many of which are distilled in incredibly small batches just for the Laurel line. Every hydrosol they use is certified organic or Biodynamic® and made exclusively for Laurel Skin by their artisan partnering farmers along the west coast.
Laurel Skin is committed to your health, well-being and, as a result, your beauty. Their commitment begins with the quality of the soil that nourishes and optimizes the ingredients they select. This is the foundation of slow beauty. The Laurel team then follows each ingredient from seed to harvest. Through the season it takes to grow their plants, to the months their handmade blends sit steeping, to the hours they spend bottling each batch, the Laurel Skin team practices slow beauty with patience and intention. Their greatest reward is knowing you feel this when you use their products.