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The benefits of sustainable ingredients go more than skin deep! Here's how choosing sustainably sourced ingredients benefits more than just your body.

How we're creating nourishing skincare products that not only reduce our environmental impact, but could have the power to reverse the effects of climate change.

Why we love organic Sunflower Oil: The light moisturizing canvas upon which so many of our body care formulations are created.

Few wildflowers are more iconic to the Alaskan landscape than bright beautiful fireweed. Learn what makes this wildflower so magical, and how we incorporate it into our skincare!

Calendula is a brightly colored flowering plant that supports our skin’s natural cell repair and regeneration processes. Learn why you'll find this blooming beauty in several Waterbody skincare favorites.

Get to know our oils & the plants that make them magical, understand what they have to offer your skin, & make the best choice on which luxurious oil you’d like to incorporate into your body care routine!

Learn about this potent healing plant, some of it's indigenous cultural context, and why we've we won't be formulating with it anymore.

Windows down, bare arms warmed by spring sunshine radiating from an uncharacteristically bright blue sky, we cruise out into the forests in search of fresh green fragrant Sitka spruce tips for your next soak in our Rainforest Bath Salts.

The arrival of spring is a refreshing welcome sight, and it has our boots – and our spirits – itching to get out and wander around the woods to see which familiar green friends are making their seasonal debut. We’re ready to step into foraging season! This week I’m sharing three of my favorite wild spring edibles to forage in southeast Alaska.

Can washing with a bar of soap really transport you to a lush green meadow in the heart of the wilderness? Take a trip down the Stikine River to discover the inspiration behind our minty fresh shampoo & body bar.

Danish author Isak Dinesen said it best when she wrote, “The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.” Let's take a deeper dive into the science-backed benefits of a good salty soak for our bods. 

Slip on your xtratuffs and take a hike into the rain-soaked muskeg in search of mid-fall magic and aromatic Labrador Tea.