Our skincare is made for skin that lives in the real world - a collection of natural skincare products crafted in small batches.
This collection brings together creams and salves inspired by traditional woodland preparations, using simple, effective ingredients chosen for their ability to soften, protect and care for the skin. Shaped by hands-on making and a respect for the materials themselves, each product is created with function in mind rather than fuss.
These are everyday essentials - practical, nourishing and quietly reliable - designed to support skin through weather, work and the rhythms of daily life.
Our skincare range is made in small batches using plant-based ingredients, traditional herbal preparations and simple formulations designed for external use. These products draw on historical herbal practice, careful sourcing and hands-on craft rather than synthetic or industrial processes.
From our hands…
…To your home
For those bramble battle scars…
Usnea — often known as “old man’s beard” — is a pale, lichen that grows on trees in clean, undisturbed woodlands. For centuries, it has been gathered and included in simple salves and balms made to care for skin exposed to the elements, valued for its association with cleanliness, protection, and preservation.
In traditional folk use, Usnea salves were applied to weathered hands, dry or cracked skin, minor grazes, and areas prone to irritation, particularly where skin needed calming and shielding rather than heavy treatment. It was also commonly used on skin after exposure to wind, cold, or heat — helping it feel more comfortable and looked after.
Our Usnea Salve is made with a straightforward, nourishing base of coconut oil and beeswax, creating a firm, breathable salve that helps form a protective layer on the skin. This barrier helps lock in moisture while shielding delicate areas from further dryness or friction.
The addition of lemongrass and geranium essential oils brings a fresh, clean scent and contributes to the salve’s traditional role in keeping skin feeling refreshed, balanced, and comfortable. Together, these ingredients create a versatile salve suited to everyday skin care needs.
This salve is commonly used on:
Dry, cracked, or chapped skin
Hands exposed to frequent washing or outdoor work
Elbows, heels, and other rough patches
Skin after minor knocks, scrapes, or heat exposure
Areas that need calming, protection, and extra care
It’s a practical, pocket-friendly staple — simple enough for daily use, rich enough to make a noticeable difference to dry or stressed skin.
Ingredients
Usnea extract, coconut oil, beeswax, geranium essential oil, lemongrass essential oil
Notes
• Handmade in small batches
• Helps soften, protect, and condition dry or irritated skin
• Creates a breathable barrier to support the skin’s natural balance
• Naturally scented with geranium & lemongrass
This product is a cosmetic salve for external use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure medical conditions.
For a deeper look at usnea, including ethical harvesting and traditional external use, see our Forager’s Guide to Usnea.
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For skin that has opinions about the weather
This cream was made for skin that lives outdoors — exposed to wind, weather, washing, and everyday wear.
Chaga and Usnea are both forest-grown organisms traditionally gathered from clean, unpolluted environments. In folk traditions, they were often included in balms and salves made to protect, soothe, and care for skin, particularly when it had been challenged by the elements. Not as quick fixes, but as steady, supportive ingredients used over time.
Our Chaga & Usnea Cream brings these woodland ingredients together in a rich, nourishing moisturiser designed to soften, condition, and support the skin’s natural barrier.
The base of coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax creates a protective layer that helps lock in moisture while keeping skin feeling supple rather than greasy. These ingredients are widely used in natural skincare for their ability to hydrate, soften, and shield the skin from dryness.
Chaga and Usnea extracts are added for their traditional association with calming and skin-conditioning properties, contributing to a formula that feels grounding, soothing, and restorative in character. Geranium and lemongrass essential oils lend a gentle, fresh scent and are commonly used in skincare for their balancing and refreshing qualities, leaving skin feeling clean and comfortable.
The result is a versatile, everyday cream — rich enough for hands and weathered skin, yet gentle enough for regular use wherever skin needs a little extra care.
This is a moisturiser made slowly, with intention — practical, unfussy, and rooted in the landscapes these ingredients come from.
Ingredients
Chaga extract, Usnea extract, coconut oil, shea butter, beeswax, geranium essential oil, lemongrass essential oil
Size
60ml glass jar
Notes
• Handmade in small batches
• Deeply moisturising and protective
• Helps soften and condition dry or weather-exposed skin
• Naturally scented with geranium & lemongrass
This product is a cosmetic moisturiser for external use only.
To explore chaga in more depth, including identification, traditional use and modern research context, see our full Forager’s Guide to Chaga or Usnea.
Made by good folk, from wild stuff, for kind souls.
Every purchase keeps our fire burning — feeding people, funding projects, and planting seeds for a kinder world. 🌱
For when skin needs a little extra backup…
Skin Saviour is a robust herbal balm built around one of nature’s most traditionally respected cleansing botanicals: oregano oil. Strongly aromatic and long valued in herbal preparations, oregano has often been included in balms designed for skin that needs extra care — particularly areas prone to blemishes, irritation, or conditions that thrive in warm or damp environments.
Because of its long-standing association with keeping skin fresh, balanced, and resilient, oregano has traditionally been used in preparations intended for spots, minor cuts, rashes, and skin concerns linked to moisture or fungal growth.
Supporting the oregano is Usnea, a pale woodland lichen often called “old man’s beard.” Usnea has been gathered in traditional folk medicine for centuries and included in salves designed to help care for skin exposed to the elements. It is commonly associated with cleanliness and preservation, and is often used where skin benefits from calming and protective care.
The balm is set in a nourishing base of coconut oil, olive oil, and beeswax, creating a rich but breathable texture that melts easily into the skin. This base helps soften dry areas while forming a light protective barrier that locks in moisture and shields skin from further irritation or friction.
To round out the blend, we’ve added bergamot, frankincense, and clove bud essential oils. These bring a warm, clean aroma while supporting the balm’s traditional role in helping skin feel refreshed, protected, and balanced.
Together these ingredients create a strong, versatile balm suited to everyday skin troubles — particularly where skin needs cleansing, soothing, and protection all at once.
This balm is commonly used on:
• Minor cuts and scrapes
• Spots and blemishes
• Skin prone to rashes or irritation
• Areas exposed to damp conditions
• Skin concerns commonly associated with fungal environments (such as feet or folds of skin)
It’s a practical, pocket-ready balm — equally at home in a backpack, workshop kit, or bathroom cabinet when skin needs quick, reliable care.
30ml Glass Jar
Ingredients
Coconut oil, olive oil, beeswax, oregano oil, usnea extract, bergamot essential oil, frankincense essential oil, clove bud essential oil
Notes
• Handmade in small batches
• Helps support skin prone to irritation, blemishes, or damp conditions
• Creates a breathable protective barrier
• Naturally scented with bergamot, frankincense & clove bud
• Made with traditional botanical ingredients used in skin balms
This product is a cosmetic balm for external use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure medical conditions.
For a deeper look at usnea, including ethical harvesting and traditional external use, see our Forager’s Guide to Usnea.
Made by good folk, from wild stuff, for kind souls.
Every purchase keeps our fire burning — feeding people, funding projects, and planting seeds for a kinder world. 🌱
For a moment of calm, care, and restoration…
Our Herbal Gift Set brings together a selection of our handmade botanical products, designed to offer a simple, grounding self-care ritual. Each item is made in small batches using natural ingredients, traditional herbal preparations, and thoughtfully chosen botanicals.
This set combines soothing bath salts, nourishing skin care, and a comforting herbal tea — creating a gentle routine to help you unwind, care for your skin, and enjoy a quiet moment.
At the centre of the set is a 200g jar of our Stress Relief Bath Salts, made with Epsom salt and Himalayan salt and scattered with calendula flowers and rose petals. Infused with lavender, frankincense, and sweet orange essential oils, this mineral-rich soak is designed to help you slow down and relax while leaving the skin feeling soft and refreshed.
Alongside the bath salts is a 30ml pot of either our Skin Saviour Balm or Usnea Salve.
• Skin Saviour Balm is a robust herbal balm built around oregano oil and usnea, traditionally used to care for everyday skin concerns such as cuts, spots, rashes, and areas prone to irritation.
• Usnea Salve is a simple, protective balm made with coconut oil, beeswax, and usnea — traditionally valued for soothing dry, weathered, or hard-working skin.
Also included is a 60ml jar of our Usnea & Chaga Cream, a rich, nourishing cream combining two wild-foraged botanicals. Usnea and chaga have long been included in traditional skin preparations, and in this cream they are blended with skin-loving ingredients to help moisturise and care for dry or stressed skin.
To complete the experience, the set includes a herbal tea, allowing you to choose either one of our prepared blends or a single herb from our available teas. Whether enjoyed alongside a warm bath or during a quiet break in the day, the tea adds a final moment of comfort to the ritual.
Together, these products create a simple self-care set designed for relaxation, nourishment, and a small pause from the pace of everyday life.
This gift set is ideal for:
• Relaxing evenings and self-care rituals
• A thoughtful natural gift for friends or family
• Supporting skin care alongside a calming bath routine
• Anyone who appreciates handmade herbal products
• Creating a quiet moment to unwind with a cup of herbal tea
Each set is handmade and carefully packed, bringing together some of our favourite KindRoots creations in one simple, restorative bundle.
Contents
• 200g Stress Relief Bath Salts
• 30ml Skin Saviour Balm or Usnea Salve
• 60ml Usnea & Chaga Cream
• Choice of herbal tea (blend or single herb)
Notes
• Handmade in small batches
• Made with natural botanical ingredients
• A relaxing self-care gift set
• Packaged ready for gifting
All skin care products are cosmetic products for external use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure medical conditions.
Made by good folk, from wild stuff, for kind souls.
Every purchase keeps our fire burning — feeding people, funding projects, and planting seeds for a kinder world. 🌱
A forest lichen shaped by air, weather and patience
Often called Old Man’s Beard, Usnea barbata is a slow-growing lichen that hangs quietly from trees in clean, healthy woodland environments.
Neither plant nor fungus alone, Usnea is a living partnership - a symbiosis between algae and fungus - and its presence is often taken as a sign of good air quality and an intact ecosystem. It grows slowly, responding directly to its surroundings, drawing what it needs from rain, mist and atmosphere rather than soil.
Usnea has a long history of traditional use across Europe, North America and parts of Asia, where it was valued for its protective, cleansing and preserving qualities. Folk traditions often worked with it externally, or prepared it carefully for specific, practical purposes rather than everyday consumption.
Unlike fast-growing herbs, Usnea requires patience and familiarity. It is light, fibrous and deceptively resilient, with a distinctive elastic inner core that sets it apart from similar-looking lichens. Traditional preparations respected this structure, often extracting it slowly or using it fresh where appropriate.
Our Usnea is wild foraged by hand from clean woodland environments, harvested sparingly and with care. Each piece is checked carefully, dried gently, and left whole, allowing you to work with it traditionally and intentionally, without rushing or over-processing.
This is Usnea in its simplest form - lightly handled, thoughtfully gathered, and closely tied to the landscapes it comes from.
Ingredients
Wild foraged Usnea (Usnea barbata)
Traditional Preparation
Usnea has traditionally been prepared through slow extraction methods or used externally in crafted preparations. Because it is potent and distinctive in character, it has historically been worked with deliberately and with attention to method, rather than casually infused.
Notes
• Wild foraged from clean woodland environments
• Carefully identified and hand harvested
• Dried gently and left whole
• Traditionally valued for protective and practical use
• Best approached with care and intention
To explore Usnea in more depth — including identification, look-alikes, traditional use and modern research context — see our full Forager’s Guide to Usnea.
Made by good folk, from wild stuff, for kind souls.
Every purchase keeps our fire burning — feeding people, funding projects, and planting seeds for a kinder world. 🌱
For when the day has taken its toll…
Our Stress Relief Bath Salts are a simple blend of mineral salts, flowers, and aromatic oils designed to turn an ordinary bath into a moment of calm. Inspired by traditional herbal bathing practices, this soak is made to help you slow down, breathe deeply, and give both body and mind a chance to unwind.
At the heart of the blend are Epsom salts, long used in baths to help ease tired muscles and encourage relaxation after physical effort or a long day. Rich in magnesium, Epsom salt has been a traditional favourite for evening baths intended to help the body settle and recover.
These are combined with Himalayan salt, valued for its mineral content and gentle cleansing qualities. In bathing traditions around the world, mineral salts have been used to refresh the skin and leave it feeling soft, balanced, and restored.
Scattered throughout the blend are calendula flowers and rose petals. Calendula has long been included in skin-loving herbal preparations, traditionally used to comfort and condition the skin, while rose petals bring a gentle floral touch associated with soothing and uplifting the senses.
The blend is finished with lavender, frankincense, and sweet orange essential oils. Lavender is widely known for its calming aroma, frankincense brings a grounding, resinous note, and sweet orange adds a soft citrus brightness that helps lift the mood while keeping the overall scent warm and relaxing.
Together, these ingredients create a bath soak designed to help the body relax and the mind settle — perfect for evenings, stressful days, or whenever a quiet moment is needed.
This bath soak is commonly used for:
• Evening baths to unwind after a long day
• Soothing tired muscles and physical tension
• Creating a calming bedtime routine
• Encouraging relaxation during stressful periods
• A gentle, aromatic self-care ritual
It’s a simple way to turn a bath into a restorative pause — warm water, mineral salts, and calming botanicals working together to help you slow down and reset.
200g jar (with spoon) or bag
Ingredients
Epsom salt, Himalayan salt, calendula petals, rose petals, fractionated coconut oil, lavender essential oil, frankincense essential oil, sweet orange essential oil
Notes
• Handmade in small batches
• Mineral-rich bath soak designed to encourage relaxation
• Contains skin-loving botanical flowers
• Naturally scented with lavender, frankincense & sweet orange
• Ideal for evening baths and self-care rituals
This product is a cosmetic bath soak for external use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure medical conditions.
Made by good folk, from wild stuff, for kind souls.
Every purchase keeps our fire burning — feeding people, funding projects, and planting seeds for a kinder world. 🌱
Some plants arrive gently — Oregano does not
Oregano (Origanum vulgare) is a small, aromatic plant with a long and assertive history.
Native to the Mediterranean and long naturalised across Europe, Oregano has been gathered for centuries within folk herbal traditions as a warming, protective herb — one known for its intensity as much as its usefulness. It thrives in dry, sunlit places, concentrating its strength into compact leaves rich in scent and flavour.
Traditionally, Oregano was valued as a plant of boundaries and resilience. Herbalists and home practitioners turned to it during times when the body felt challenged or overstretched, recognising its sharp, pungent nature as something to be used carefully, in small amounts, and with respect. Old herbal texts often describe oregano as heating, stimulating, and strongly aromatic — a plant that does not whisper, but speaks clearly.
Our Oregano oil is made by slowly infusing dried Oregano into a blend of coconut oil and olive oil, allowing the plant’s aromatic compounds to gently transfer into the oil over time. This method tempers oregano’s intensity, creating a preparation that is strong yet balanced, suited to traditional external use and careful, mindful application.
Prepared in small batches with patience and attention, this oil honours oregano as a plant of clarity and strength — one best approached thoughtfully, rather than casually.
Ingredients:
Oregano (Origanum vulgare), coconut oil, olive oil
Traditional use:
Applied externally in small amounts as part of traditional herbal practice
Made in small batches
Traditionally valued for its aromatic, warming qualities
Prepared using slow infusion methods
Best used sparingly and with intention
To learn more about oregano, including traditional use, preparation methods and research context, see our full Forager’s Guide to Oregano.
Made by good folk, from wild stuff, for kind souls.
Every purchase keeps our fire burning — feeding people, funding projects, and planting seeds for a kinder world. 🌱
We’re not here to offer miracle cures - just honest, earth-grown products made to support wellbeing, flavour, and connection to the world around us. Everything is small-batch, season-led, and made with transparency, so you know exactly what’s in your jar, pouch, or bottle.
We work with foraged and natural ingredients based on their long-held traditional uses, blending old wisdom with our own hands-on experience. But nature works differently for everyone, and every body has its own story. If you’re pregnant, breastfeeding, on medication, or managing a health condition, it’s always wise to check in with a healthcare professional before trying something new.
We believe in mindful, informed use of nature’s gifts, and we’re always happy to chat, guide, and share what we know.