Mother Mountain Herbals blends Appalachian mountain wisdom with the medicine, beauty, and spirit of the Sonoran Desert. Handcrafted in a private studio in Tucson, Arizona, these fresh, small-batch offerings bring traditional folk herbalism straight into your daily self-care ritual. Stina, founder and herbalist, intentionally sources pristine ingredients from organic, family-run North American farms alongside responsibly wildcrafted local botanicals, housing every product in recyclable glass containers to honor Mother Earth, and our bodies. 

If you have a connection to the Southwest, whether lived or dreamt, these products will enchant you with the heart of the desert. Their warm, earthy aroma and stunning, vibrant colors are all captured in these healing botanical oils. Below are a few highlighted products we recommend incorporating into your daily rituals:

First, a velvety, non-comedogenic balm-to-milk cleanser uses soothing marshmallow and calendula to gently remove waterproof makeup and impurities without stripping your skin's natural barrier.

Marshmallow Cleansing Balm is made of sunflower oil infused with marshmallow leaf, meadowsweet, and calendula. Fair trade shea butter, emulsifying wax, castor oil, colloidal oats, candelilla wax, help solidify the blam and cleanse the skin without stripping it. Essential oils of mandarin, douglas fir, ylang ylang, vanilla CO2 add to the healing magic.

Next, a juicy, revitalizing oil serum combines Arizona-grown prickly pear seed oil with a synergy of desert botanicals to plump the skin and promote elasticity. This deep beautiful natural red, highly reparative potion comforts depleted, dry, and inflamed skin conditions with the richest, most luxurious oils, needing to be applied by only the drop to leave all skin types soft, perfectly balanced, and restored

Prickly Pear Serum is made with wild-cultivated Arizona prickly pear seed oil, organic Arizona jojoba oil, organic pomegranate seed oil, organic calendula, wild-foraged creosote leaves and flowers, organic sea buckthorn berry C02, fenugreek seed oil, turmeric C02, yuzu essential oil, alkanet root, non-gmo vitamin e.

For a touch of the Southwest in your atmosphere, Thundercloud Creosote Spray is an olfactory portal to the summer monsoons of the southwest. Breathe deep and drink in the nostalgic petrichor of rain in the desert. Creosote, one of the most revered medicinal plants in Arizona, soothes inflamed skin, bug bites, minor burns and sun damage, plus has antimicrobial and anti-fungal properties as well. Enjoy this multifunctional mist on your face as a clarifying tonic before applying serums or balms. Bask in its aromatherapy benefits on your body, hair, or even on your pillow before bedtime. Additionally, it makes a refreshing cooldown on a hot summer day.

Shop More of the Mother Mountain Herbals line here and feel the true love and reverence for the plants and folk herbalism traditions that is steeped in this skincare line from Arizona.