A whole-plant extract vs. lab-made ingredient - which is best?
(Spot the clickbait question :)) Often the difference between a lab-made ingredient and a plant extract or oil is that one is complex, and the other simple. In contrast...
Kind is good
More care, fewer products
Does your skin sometimes feels uncomfortable, or appear dull and uneven?
If so it might be trying to tell you it needs gentler skincare.
Mildness is a spectrum
What most people don't realise
Any type of product can work against your skin, no matter how gentle it sounds. A tiny level of irritation can, in the super sensitive, be enough to stop you from getting your best skin.
Introducing
A new way
We're obsessed with making skincare that delivers results not irritation, so you can feel that easy confidence.
No more vague claims
We're using new testing technology to bring transparency to sensitive skin claims, starting with our cleanser.
A simple graphic will instantly show you exactly how gentle each our products are - no more decoding vague claims or digging through ingredients lists.
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Feel good ingredients
Made from 100% plant and biotechnology derived ingredients
Made in the British countryside
Our manufacturing partner holds third party certification of the ISO 22716 and ISO 9001 standards, and COSMOS/ Soil Association accreditation too.
Next level gentle
Gentle, low allergy and barrier friendly, for maximum compatibility.
5% of net sales to conservation
We're proud to support the World land Trust on their mission to protect the world's most biologically important habitats, acre by acre.
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Sensitive skin and double cleansing
Do you need to double cleanse, or is once enough? Your genes, the products you’re trying to remove and even the pH of your water can change the effect of a...
The misunderstanding of mild
Harborist was created to improve the experience of people with sensitive skin. Part of that poor experience is the difficulty in identifying which products are gentle enough. Claims like 'dermatologically...
Why an ingredient list won't tell you how irritating a products is, and what to look for instead.
Like a car can only get you from A to B when there's petrol in the tank and a driver behind the wheel, irritation happens when all the right conditions...