Our Mission

To create superior quality, entirely natural skin care, honestly formulated to promote your skin's health and radiance

What makes our products special?

• We make our Alpenglow Skin Care products entirely by hand, in small batches in our home workshop in Homer, Alaska. We wild craft Alaskan botanicals which means we harvest wild plants sustainably and in their peak of season. We gather wild Alaskan Rose petals, yarrow flowers, horsetail, nettles, Cottonwood buds for their scent and therapeutic properties. We grow calendula and mint organically for our products as well.

• We use local ingredients whenever possible. Our neighbors raise several dozen goats sustainably and we use their hand-milked goats' milk because it has been treasured for centuries for its moisturizing properties. We also use pure Alaskan snow or rain instead of tap or city water because it doesn't contain the hard minerals and is pH balanced for skin and hair. Have you noticed how soft your hair is after it's been in the rain?

• We have optimized the selection and ratios of ingredients to create concentrated, effective products with aromas made only from flowers and plants. We use ONLY pure essential oils that have been distilled directly from plants and flowers to scent our products. Not only do they smell so much better than any synthetic fragrance could, they are beneficial to the skin and aromatherapeutic. 

• We are meticulous about the content and source of every ingredient we select. We use cold pressed, steam distilled and unrefined oils and butters because their nutritional profile is far better, with bioavailable antioxidants and vitamins that our skin absorbs. The more processed an ingredient is, the more compromised its beneficial properties, as in food.

• Our entirely natural products work wonders for healthy, normal skin, as well as sensitive and problem skin, allergies, eczema, psoriasis, and babies’ delicate skin. People that have a cabinet full of skin care products claiming to be hypo allergenic but their sensitive skin breaks out from it - LOVE our products. We use beneficial organic jojoba oil and unrefined shea butter because they are mild and extremely effective at nourishing, moisturizing and softening skin.

What don’t we use in our products?

• You will never find petroleum products, synthetic fragrances, alcohol, parabens, propylene glycols, sodium lauryl or laureth sulfates, DEA, urea, formaldehyde or any other synthetic chemical in any of our products. Why? We are concerned about your health, our health, the health of the planet. Synthetics can irritate skin, some are carcinogenic or endocrine disrupters, they pollute our precious water and they provide no benefit. Look at the list of ingredients in an expensive name brand product you may now be using. It may say "all natural" or "organic" on the label but when you read the ingredient list you can't pronounce it and you wonder how natural or healthy it really is. The truth is that there is not the regulation or testing of ingredients that we would expect from products permitted on shelves in stores across America. Alpenglow products are truly 100% natural - that is the guiding light in our work. Read our ingredient list on any product and rest assured.
  
  
• In addition to the chemical soup, water and alcohol are main ingredients in almost all commercial skin products. Many of us are aware that alcohol dries the skin and can leave it irritated. Why is it so commonly used? Because it’s inexpensive. With water as the main ingredient, alcohol is added to evaporate the water. When we apply these diluted commercial lotions, they 'disappear' quickly on our skin - drying it in the process.
  
  
• If only a small percentage of the money you spend on skin care products goes into the ingredients, why are commercial skin care products so expensive?  Because advertising, marketing, elaborate packaging, and corporate profits are expensive. No joke - 90% or more of your money goes into the 'business' of skin care, not the actual ingredients you are putting on your skin. With Alpenglow products, our 'business' is minimal, our 'products' are where it's at. We'd rather 1) use organic jojoba oil which is very costly but the best oil for your skin, 2) make our hand & body washes far more concentrated than our competitors, 3) spend hours wild crafting to create superior quality products 4) use paper wrappers on our bar soap because they are a fraction of the waste, energy and cost of a box packaging etc. We put the effort, and cost into the product, not into the marketing or 'perception' of a high quality product that provides little or no benefit for your skin. Our business model is the reverse of the corporate world and our customers couldn't be happier.
  
  
• Alpenglow Skin Care products are unmatched in purity, quality, workmanship, scent, effectiveness and concentration. They are excellent for even the most sensitive skin. Enough said from us. Please read our customers opinions on our testimonial page.