Our Story

This business began out of a need.  Skincare is some of the most toxin riddled products we unknowingly absorb into our systems, and for many, it creates conditions of all kinds.  As with many families, it fell upon me as the mom, to try to remedy these issues.  While our journey into dealing with these skin conditions involved medical intervention in the form of diagnosis and medication of the symptoms, I felt as if I was the only one seeking for the actually cause of the problems.  With the help of my husband, a chemist, we researched ways to create clean products for our family.  Once we realized that we were not the only folks seeking to eliminate these toxic products, that are some of the most common allergens ....  Boom, a business was born.

As with so many small businesses, it takes a village.  That village inspires, lifts you up and spends their money with you before anyone else will.  My children inspired me to help others. My husband supported me for years and gave me the time and space to create.  My parents worked with me and bought from me, well before I could gain a following.  It takes time to gain legitimacy,  it takes practice to perfect any craft and it takes grit to show up every day and work your business.  It is so very important to remember those humble beginnings.  The countless work of friends and family that shared my craft could never be repaid.  It is a debt I will hold forever in my heart for each of them.

This business was definitely born out of necessity, but it formed into a practice of what I wanted to see more of in the world.  Not only did I want to create products that were clean and healthy, I wanted the practice I developed to emulate that as well.  I did not want to become a machine, cranking out, consuming, and spitting out waste.  I decided I would become ingredient driven, providing the cleanest, most plant based options.  We would use essential oils, no fragrances.  We would not use cheap fillers, silicones, phlalates, and parabens.  We wanted to keep our products simple, and not give people what they were used, but spend time educating our customers as to why we do what we do and why we think its better.  People don't need to be tricked into complicated skin care routines with multistep regiments of chemically complicated compounds that promised this and that.  We believe that healthy skin is beautiful skin and promoting an All-Natural, Healing, Clean would be our mission. 

We also wanted to practice resourcefulness in our manufacturing and thoughtfulness in our packaging.  We wanted to be the change we always wanted to see.  I wanted my customers to gain a trust in how I created their products as much as what I was creating.  I was a small business that wanted my impact on the environment to be small as well.  For instance, soap scraps are not wasted and are instead used to make powdered laundry detergent and we recycle all packaging that we receive in our own shipments to use in our customers packages or used in our own manufacturing practices.  We really do Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle all that we can.  We have a huge medicinal garden and we wild harvest what we don't grow.  We use those botanicals to infuse into oils, dry them to add to soaps or use them to create tinctures for toners and sprays.  We try to reduce packaging where we can and offer refill packaging.  This past year, we opened a zero waste refillery in our factory store, the Caldarium, currently located in Lebanon, Ohio where folks bring in their own containers and we fill them for a lower cost by volume.

We are currently on 11 years at business and feel like we are just getting started.  We continue to learn and grow and pivot as necessary to bring to market what we believe is the top of the line skin care available.  We invite you to join us and immerse yourselves in our All Natural * Healing * Clean.  Come see the difference that a small business can deliver.  We are small, on purpose.

Welcome Aboard,

The Chemist's Wife