Live Botanical

While we're a little late to the party,
our 10 Year Anniversary Special starts TOMORROW! March 6th - 8th.
For all orders over $125, you can choose a free Full-Sized gift from my personal favorites. While I love all our creations, these are always in rotation at my home.

* Gentle Cleansing Gel
* Solar Return Revitalizing Essence
* Ambient Moisture Liquid
* Vibrant Garden Universal Oil
* Skin Repair Balm

Reflections…
Ten years ago (as of January 16th), the seed of Live Botanical was planted.

But the story started much earlier.
It began 28 years ago when I was surrounded by other budding herbalists, sitting in the forest with our little camp stoves warming oils filled with herbs we ethically harvested or grown ourselves. It was at this moment something sparked in me, a profound love and curiosity of being in co-creation with the natural world.

I set out to create formulas that listened and respected the skin’s intelligence. Never to overpower but gently nudge along what our bodies understand.

Always coming back to the same questions:
Does this honor the plant?�Does this honor the person using it?�Does this feel aligned with my values?

I have watched trends and language change in a quickly evolving industry.
Through this we have stayed steady by continuing to formulate everything by hand, producing in small, intentional batches.�Still believing that skin thrives when it is supported, not corrected.

LB has grown up alongside me. It has evolved to become more effective, more technical, more sophisticated in its extraction methods and encapsulation systems - all while holding the same heart it began with.

Ten years is both a blink and a lifetime.
I am deeply grateful to everyone who has been part of this journey. Whether you found us a month ago or have been here since the beginning, you are part of the story.

Live Botanical was never meant to be big.
It was meant to be alive.�Intentional.�Rooted.
And that remains unchanged.
With so much love & gratitude,�Carolyn 🌿

🎉Live Botanical is turning 10 today!
Reflecting on the steady abundance of our small garden and looking forward to the lessons it has for me in the year ahead 🌱

We will be offering something special in early February to celebrate - so keep an eye out 🥰

I’m forever in awe that we can continue on this plant path with Live Botanical.
Thank you so much for being on this journey with us and even if for just a moment, just know that we appreciate you more than you could ever know.

I wrote this a few months ago but it never made it out into the world. Though it feels fitting for where Live Botanical sits at this moment and what I hope to express more in the new year🌿✨💗

The resonance that I hope Live Botanical leaves in the world more than anything is that we are bridge builders and weavers of tradition and modernity.  So often in our world we are presented with so much polarity in order to capitalize on sensationalism rather than nuance.  I believe the traditions of herbal practices can teach us so much about the beauty and complexities of the world - and - in order to honor the continuation of this wisdom it is important to incorporate shifts in collective, evidence based science. 

Traditions are living, breathing, and evolving practices. As countless healing cultures have shown, when presented with new information, you weave the past into the present so that those in the future are better prepared.  While this message is subtle, I hope that the way we approach herbalism shows that there is room for the “both-and” and we are not just limited to the “either-or”.