Wondering what the best organic skincare brands you’ve never heard of are? With the explosion of clean beauty, many have gone mainstream and you might already know of big names like Juice Beauty, OSEA and Eminence. But if that’s all you know, you’re missing out on the niche indie lines.

Let me be the first to introduce you to the upper echelon of clean beauty. There are so many exquisitely luxurious and highly vibrant organic skincare brands that put mass manufactured, white label and greenwashing brands to shame. These plant-based skincare brands are sleeper brands in my opinion. They combine the latest technological advancements in green science with nature’s best treasures, creating artisanal products in small batches for the highest level of potency and vibrancy.

Here’s what I love about these brands:

– Organic and wildcrafted ingredients
– Obsessive ingredient selection and sourcing
– Bioactive and high performance
– Artisanal formulas
– Mindful of their impact on the planet
– Made in small batches for highest potency
– Eco-luxe
– Plant alchemy meets green science (biotechnology)
– Plant-based
– Cruelty free

Many of these founders have spent years of their lives studying herbalism, botany and the alchemy of plants.

May Lindstrom

May Lindstrom’s The Honey Mud and The Blue Cocoon should go into the hall of fame of green beauty. There’s nothing else like it in the clean beauty world.

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Bluh Alchemy

Bluh Alchemy is one of the only companies in the world using the world’s first cellular extracted botanicals that allows the full power of the plant’s vital actives to be delivered directly to your skin. This cellular extraction is a “cutting-edge extraction process to rapidly harness a plant’s complete phytoactive profile, pure, stable and unadulterated as it exists in nature.” The end result is natural bioactive solutions with some of the highest concentrations of organic, bioactives ingredients on the market.

YINA

Millenia old Traditional Chinese Medicine meets botanical organic luxury at YINA. Created by two female doctors of Chinese Medicine, YINA products contain numerous East Asian medicinal botanicals that you won’t find in any other line and are formulated from a deep understanding and lifelong dedication to traditional Chinese medicine. YINA products are made in micro batches for maximum potency in California. YINA also happens to create the best organic sheet mask in tbe indiustry.

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Blissoma Skincare

Combining cutting-edge chemistry with traditional herbal knowledge, Blissoma is known for their fresh, healing and holistic skincare. The all-natural, organic skincare line sources their ingredients from local farms or extracts their own herbs themselves at customized potencies to create the most efficacious products possible.  

Summer Solace Tallow

This organic, regenerative tallow skincare brand that’s part of the Slow Body Movement has been BY FAR the biggest surprise hit on my blog this year (especially for such a small, unknown brand!). The quality of their tallow surpasses that of any other tallow balm I’ve tried. The Summer Solace Tallow tinted zinc oxide tallow sunscreen is sooo moisturizing and rich and their Emanations tallow face oil is something I’d recommend to everyone looking for a natural anti-aging product.

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Mahalo Skincare

From Kauai MAHALO Skin Care bottles up the magic of Hawaii into artisanal, high-performance skin treatments that target skin inflammations, environmental damage, prematurely aging concerns and offer nutrient-dense support.

Annmarie Skincare

Annmarie was one of the first organic skincare brands I tried! They’re an OG green beauty skincare line that uses organic, wildcrafted ingredients.

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Living Libations

I can’t say enough good things about Living Libations Best Skin Ever, which is a versatile oil that can be used as an oil cleanser, face oil, body oil, hair oil etc. Their All Over Lotion is also sooo light and silky with an incredible aromatherapeutic scent. And if you’ve been interesting in trying out all natural perfumes, their wide range of gorgeous scents is a great place to start!

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Herbal Face Food

Probably the highest antioxidant skincare products I’ve ever tried! Seriously potent and seriously expensive.

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Luzern Laboratories

Luzern makes ultra high-end clean skincare and their V15 serum is the closest dupe I’ve found to Skinceuticals C E Ferulic.

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Saint Jane Beauty

Saint Jane Beauty is CBD skincare brand that’s impossibly luxurious and feminine. Started by a beauty industry veteran who helped create iconic brands like Marc Jacobs Beauty, Saint Jane Beauty has given CBD beauty a total makeover. Besides using CBD from hemp, their star ingredients are the special blend of floral actives they include in every Saint Jane Beauty product. Saint Jane Beauty products are formulated to soothe and calm skin by harnessing the properties of full flower hemp extract. 

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Naturollogic

Naturollogic makes luxury holistic high performance skincare for face and body using in-house biofermentations, extracts and oil infusions. The Naturollogic Luna Red Wine Bioferment Mask is so beautifully crafted for intense hydration and luminosity. Naturollogic uses an in-house crafted red wine that takes half a year to produce & harvest. Over the course of several lunar cycles, the enzyme and probiotic-rich grapes ferment, settle beneath the wine, and are harvested at each new moon. The mask is crafted from Nebiolo, Barolo, and Montepulciano red wine grapes, and each batch takes 3-4 days to make to get the ingredients to mix without any emulsifiers, and to get the consistency just right. 

Odacite

Odacite is one of the first organic skincare lines I tried and they are still top tier. I love their SPF 50 Tinted Mineral Drops and Black Cumin Cajeput Serum!

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Live Botanical

This organic skincare brand offers both luxury AND affordability! Traditional herbalist formulas with a scientific approach, Live Botanical sources the most vibrant, regionally grown, and ethical ingredients primarily in and around the Pacific West, including their own micro-garden in Oregon. 

Amala Beauty

Amala is a luxury organic skincare line that’s almost on par with clinical grade skincare. Amala Beauty uses traceable whole plant ingredients boosted by bio-active compounds and preserved using fermentation technology. They are backed by German biochemical engineering and handcrafted in small-batches. Slow artisanal Beauty meets science.

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Malaya Organics

Advanced Repair Mask is one of the best organic face masks I’ve ever tried. Malaya Organics uses only organic botanicals and advanced natural actives. Their formulas feature only the highest quality, ethically sourced ingredients meticulously selected from around the world: taigas of Siberia, forests of the Amazon and India, deserts of Morocco, and the plains of North America. These botanicals are consciously sourced, preserving the native ecosystems, supporting local economies and contributing to sustainability practices.

Free + True Skincare

Voted Best Organic Skincare Brand in 2022 by the Beauty Shortlist Awards, Free + True Skincare is a line of 8 products uniquely formulated in California using locally grown botanicals and boosted with high tech, clean ingredients. Free + True was founded by an esthetician who saw that more clean alternatives fit for spa use were needed.

Naturopathica

Creates in 1995, Naturopathica has been around a long time, but you probably have never heard of them unless you run in beauty circles or have seen their flagship locations in New York City. Naturopathica is a combination of herbalism, naturopathic medicine, and holistic wellness. Each ingredient is meticulously vetted and formulas can also include clean cosmeceuticals for high efficacy.

100 Percent Pure

Okay you actually might have already heard of 100% Pure because they’re so big and have been around forever. They’re an OG organic skincare brand that has something for everyone!

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Le Prunier

Le Prunier uses upcycled plum kernels from their family-owned farm to create eco-luxe skincare. Their SPF is so good!

Nini Organics

100% natural and organic vegan skincare line Nini Organics uses ethically sourced, mostly raw, active ingredients to ensure your skin is treated with the most nutrient dense vitamins and minerals. Nini products are handmade on a small scale that allows them to have 100% control over quality.

Votary

Made in small batches in the UK, Votary Skincare is a luxurious British brand that caters to sensitive skin and uses super seed oils at the heart of each of its products. If you have oily, combo or sensitive/reactive skin, Votary is a line to put on your radar. Adored by the the likes of Duchess Kate, Votary cleansing oils, facial oils, creams, masks and powerful serums are elegantly formulated, effective and gentle. 

Fifty7 Kind

Fifty7 Kind line of three products uses sustainably sourced, botanical ingredients sourced directly from cooperatives in remote regions around the world. These cooperatives support the local communities by providing fair trade options or employment, ensuring farming methods used are sustainable. The Nadi Innate Flow Quell Balsam contains two separate infusions that take at least 3 months to prepare. Among many exquisite ingredients, the balm contains Murumuru & Kokum butters, Tamanu & Black Cumin oils, Ashwagandha, Hawthorne Berry, vegan Ceramides, and Copaiba resin. 

Siam Seas

Deeply rooted in Southeast Asian heritage and traditional folk medicine, Siam Seas is an eco-luxe brand with a trim set of skincare offerings. . 

African Botanics

African Botanics uses South Africa’s unique ingredients, raw materials, and active plant extracts in its sleek line of skincare and bodycare products. They are committed to only using sustainably harvested wild-grown ingredients from unique hotspots. African Botanics’ plant extracts, seed oils and unique minerals originate from every part of Southern Africa: the desert, the sea and the land. South African brand

 

Cipher Skincare

Cipher Skincare uses a holistic, streamlined approach to skin wellness by leveraging ingredient synergies in ways never explored before. Each elegantly formulated product is uniquely suited to target multiple skin concerns simultaneously and inspired by innovations in dermal science + biotechnology, the best of nature’s offerings, and clinically proven results.

Lilfox

Lilfox blends organic oils, unrefined butters, rare earth clays and high vibration hydrosols with aromatic essential oils, moon-charged crystals and vibrant plant energies. Their plant potions are then enhanced with generous concentrations of clinically proven actives that enhance the potency and performance of the formula. Lilfox skincare seeks to provide you with an immersive experience full of out-of-the-ordinary aromatics and textures. 

anokha

Extremely indie, anokha is a hidden gem of a green beauty brand. Anokha was founded back in 2008 by board-certified plastic surgeon Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS, and their formulas are based on extensive clinical and laboratory research.

Lina Hanson

Founded by a former celebrity makeup artist and green beauty expert, Lina Hanson’s eponymous line is inspired by her multicultural upbringing and life as a global citizen. From Marula oil from Botswana to Kalahari melon from Namibia, Lina Hanson sources natural, organic, fair-trade, and wild-harvested ingredients from suppliers that she trusts to create opportunities that help make a positive impact in their local communities. 

 

 

Monastery Made

Monastery Made offers curated eco-luxe product range made in small batches at their studio in San Francisco. Created by an esthetician, Monastery products are potent enough for professional in-office treatments and a godsend for at-home skincare routines.

Max and Me

Max and Me is high vibrational organic skincare that pays homage to the highest frequencies of the plant world. They meticulously search the most pristine soils of sacred lands for ingredients with a rare and very high level of vibrancy. Max and Me works with indigenous healers, organic, multi-generational farms and inspiring ingredient experts, sourcing from a very small handful of growers worldwide that are passionate, dedicated and holistic. The vibrancy of an ingredient is nurtured by the subtle energies of the land, the cosmic forces and by the practices of the people who harvest each ingredient. If there are two products you must try from Max and Me it’s The Intuitive Face Mist and Circle of Protection Body Oil.

Twelve Beauty

Twelve Beauty founder Pedro Catala has the most extensive experience and qualifications I’ve seen in a beauty brand founder. After obtaining his pharmacy degree, he then spent another four years studying a postgraduate diploma in the department of botany at the University of Valencia. He THEN completed a Master’s degree in the Science and Technology of Cosmetics at the University of Siena, Italy in 2007 AND a PhD in Natural and Formulation Technologies. 

LePaar

Lepaar makes complex, naturally active, synergistic compositions that are formulated with sun-infused whole plant extracts, minimum intervention seed + fruit oils and pure minerals. Lepaar products are Small-batch composed and hand-blended under a full and new Moon following biodynamic principles, natural processes and reverence for ancestral wisdom. 

LXMI

LXMI scours the world for rare, potent botanicals that are hard to source and don’t make it into mainstream Skincare like Ugandan Vanilla and Hibiscus Africana. LXMI sources from low-income women’s cooperatives, pay living wages, and help conserve wilderness areas via smart incentives. LXMI uses a rare sub-species of shea that grows wild in the Nile River Valley called Vitellaria Nilotica that’s packed with Vitamin A, E + K, high levels of essential fatty acids (+25% compared to regular shea), and catechins, the same antioxidant found in green tea.