40g
Original — Unscented
£12
A rich, moisturising botanical balm for face, hands and body, handmade in the Cotswolds with 100% natural-origin ingredients. Unscented, with no essential oil or added fragrance.
- Fragrance
- Unscented — no essential oil
- Botanicals
- Organic jojoba oil, Olive-derived squalane, Refined shea butter, White beeswax, Natural vitamin E
UK delivery from £3.50 per order.
Where the collection began
Original is the starting point for the Wisteria Hill Botanicals range.
Before choosing essential oils for the scented balms, I wanted to get the base itself right — something simple, rich and versatile enough to use every day, made from a short list of ingredients with each one there for a reason.
There is no essential oil and no added fragrance. Original also contains a little more olive squalane than the scented balms, giving it its own smooth, simple character.
Ingredients people have valued for generations
The ingredients in Original come from very different parts of the natural world.
Jojoba comes from the seeds of a hardy desert shrub native to the Sonoran region of the south-western United States and northern Mexico. What we call jojoba oil is actually a liquid wax, and it has become a favourite ingredient in modern skincare because of its smooth, light emollient feel and remarkable stability.
Alongside it is olive-derived squalane. Squalane is widely used in skincare as an emollient and skin-conditioning ingredient, particularly valued for the silky, lightweight feel it brings to oils and creams.
Shea butter has a very different heritage. It comes from the kernels of the shea tree, which grows across a broad belt of African savannah stretching from West Africa towards East Africa. Shea has been used locally for food, hair and skin care for generations and is now one of the best-known botanical butters in skincare around the world.
White beeswax gives the blend its balm structure and a richer protective feel, while vitamin E completes the formula and helps protect the oils from oxidation.
I liked the balance these ingredients created together: jojoba and squalane bring glide and lightness, while shea butter and beeswax give the balm substance and staying power. That simple combination became the foundation for the entire Wisteria Hill Botanicals collection.
Made with 100% natural-origin ingredients.
No petroleum jelly or mineral oil.
Handmade in small batches in the Cotswolds.
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