handmade from blossom to balm

SHOP FRESH BOTANICAL SKINCARE

ZERO WASTE

body care solutions for mindful living

soap shampoo bar

SOAP & SHAMPOO BARS

natural deodorant

NATURAL DEODORANT

lotion bar zero waste

SOLID LOTION BARS

NATURAL DEODORANT

HANDMADE FROM BLOSSOM TO BALM

Skin care featuring botanicals
grown in the Finger Lakes.

Amber glass bottles of Toning Mists

Toning Face Mists

Cleaner, brighter skin awaits!
Apply after cleansing and before serum, or as a hydrating midday face mist.

SHOP TONING MISTS

FLOWER CITY LILAC:
truly natural lilac scent

HAND & BODY SCRUB

SUSTAINABLE & SMART

our well-designed dishes make your soap last longer

zigzag style soap dishes

ladder and raindow deck soap dishes

reclaimed rainbow soap dishes

RECLAIMED RAINBOW

ladder and raindow deck soap dishes

SHOP SOAP DISHES

Chai Spice Body Scrub

Mix and Match Lotion Bar and Lip Balm Gift Set

Thirsty Face and Thirstier Facial Serums

Ginger & Grapefruit Body Scrub

Fix It Balm with Calendula and Chamomile

From Blossom to Balm: How We Got Here

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natural skin care + body care ::: 100% handmade from blossom to balm in Upstate New York

I'm preparing lots of wedding favors these days an

I'm preparing lots of wedding favors these days and remembering this gorgeous rustic place setting by @rachaelbero! That little green bottle never dreamed of such lovely company. 💚🌿💚

Photo by the one and only @larkinandtrevor

#WeddingFavors #RusticWedding #FLXwedding #OnHandLotions

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Today we witnessed the beg

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Today we witnessed the beginning of accountability for a horrific murder committed by law enforcement. While I'm glad for the jury's decision and hopeful that it might set a precedent for current and future brutality cases, this is not yet the realization of justice. I hope our children will one day experience justice presented not as a single rare verdict, but as equitable systems and infrastructure coupled with the dismantling of harmful institutions. Only then will there be peace. 🌿

Tween hands holding a black and white protest sign with an olive branch illustration and text that reads "No Justice, No Peace. Black Lives Matter"

Post from home/tangent from business stuff: To pro

Post from home/tangent from business stuff: To process forsythia is to preserve spring sunshine. 😍 Forsythia is one of the first mini-harvests of the season, lending its soft floral and artichoke-vegetal notes to syrups, salads, sorbets, and oil infusions.

Related, I love asking and answering this question: "What are three beautiful, joyful, or peaceful things around you right now?" Last night my three things were simmering forsythia syrup, two comically large goose eggs bound for a spring greens frittata, and clawhammer banjo in between kitchen tasks. (I guess that's four things.) What are yours?

The world feels as rough as ever right now for many and I'm working hard to find some focus and good energy. I hope you are also surrounded by both in abundance. ☀️❤️☀️
-Hayna

We're celebrating seven years of OHL today by firs

We're celebrating seven years of OHL today by first thanking YOU! ✨ Your enthusiasm, trust, kindness, and creativity blow us away every day. So many of you have become dear friends over the years and we feel incredibly lucky to be part of this community. Thank you. ❤️

🌻 Second: big shout out to these amazing coworkers who helped build this dream and have worked tirelessly to introduce OHL to the world: Dana, Denese, Emma, Jen G, Jenn, Jill, Linda, Maggie, Megan M., Meg, Molly, Olivia, Rachel, Robin, Shanna, Stephanie, and Wren. Thank you for all the laughs, late drives, improv, and fantastic teamwork. We never would have made it without each of you. 💜👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

🎂🎂🎂 All OHL web orders through Sunday April 11 will receive one balm as a birthday present. 🍁 After many requests for extras, Sugaring Season lip balm is now available on the site AND at @hollerhorndistilling here in Naples, NY. 🍁
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Oh, and this pic: parquet lip balm happens when all your work is too loud to do during a Zoom meeting. 😅🤷🏻‍♀️🌱

Happy Birthday, OHL! This week marks seven years o

Happy Birthday, OHL! This week marks seven years of balms, blossoms, and everything in between. As a small thanks for your incredible support and friendship, we made a sweet gift for you: Sugaring Season, a buttery vanilla maple lip balm! This balm is made with super fun ingredients including organic coconut CO2, our own vanilla evap concentrate, and @hollerhorndistilling's Flamed Maple spirit. Every order placed now through Sunday, April 11 will receive a tube. One gift per customer, and they're listed on the site in case you'd like to order more. If you've ordered in the past 5 days, know that you already have one on the way. 🍁 Happy Spring, and thank you always. ❤️

Something new and fun on the way! #CascadeHops #Ma

Something new and fun on the way!
#CascadeHops
#MadeInTheFingerLakes
#FLXbeer
#OnHandLotions

Sometimes experiments don't go quite as planned, b

Sometimes experiments don't go quite as planned, but still yield fun results. These bars feature fermented maple sap, our hardwood activated charcoal, and a ton of botanical extracts and infusions, all in a new 50 pound capacity birchwood mold designed for our art soaps. I love this batch for several reasons and am so excited for it to cure. 😊

P.S. Maybe I spend too much time looking at CT and PET images but the second column looks a little like brain, clavicle, abdomen scans. 👀 Do you see it, too?

Sugar Cookie Body Creme is back! This silky whippe

Sugar Cookie Body Creme is back! This silky whipped body butter is made with fair-trade shea, organic grapeseed oil, and plant extracts including vanilla, coconut, and marshmallow. A tiny bit goes a long way.
🌱 We can ship body creme through April, but after that it gets too warm en route from us to you. If you need some, now's the time.
🌻 Body Creme also comes in Lavender Lemon and Winter Orange. Try scent layering with coordinating soaps and scrubs.
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#sugarcookies #bodybutter #scentlayering #organicbeauty #greenbeauty #sheabutter #handmadebeauty #madeinthefingerlakes #ohloftheday

Looking back at March 2020: soap, sanitizer, selfi

Looking back at March 2020: soap, sanitizer, selfies in shop isolation. We didn't know when would get back on the road or even back to our usual work. We made several amazing new friends here at home, and mourned for far too many others in our broader circles. Like you, we found ways to keep growing, creating, and connecting despite the uncertainty and losses. We are all so much more resilient than we ever thought possible.

This weekend: it's officially spring 2021. We're in a good groove even with some new challenges, and we ran a ton of batches, shipped a few carloads of orders, and had fun doing it all. Today we shared distanced drinks and soaked up the sun in honor of this past year. So much has changed but taking care of each other—and our community—is still the one constant. Happy Spring, all. We are *so close* to making it through! ❤️

Green Tea: This scent is clean citrus and sweet gi

Green Tea: This scent is clean citrus and sweet ginger greens up front, black pepper, and a little mossy earth at the end. The bar has tonal swirls of soft green and tan clays. 😍 We love Green Tea soap for every purpose: shampoo, body, face, and hands.
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🌱 We grow the ginger and greens for this soap each year and it's one of the most fun—and challenging—crops we've ever cultivated. If you're interested in growing your own ginger, even in chilly zone 5b where we are, check out our friends @fruition_seeds! Everything is geared to maximize shorter growing seasons, and the seeds, educational material, and people are all top notch. 💚

☀️ "A sure sign of spring is my switch from Th

☀️ "A sure sign of spring is my switch from Thirstier to Thirsty Face! This has become a seasonal ritual and I look forward to it every year." - order note from Ann S. 💞
☀️ Yesss! Dry indoor heat is (almost) out and warm sun is in, which means many oily complexioned folx are ready to swap out serums for the spring and summer. Thank you, Ann, for the reminder. 🌻
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#NewYorkGrown #Calendula #Chamomile #BotanicalFacial #GreenBeauty #RoseSerum #PlantBasedSkincare #MadeInTheFingerLakes

☀️ A long-overdue post: It's been a while sinc

Fun little one-off: mocha fudge soap! I test recip

Fun little one-off: mocha fudge soap! I test recipes in tiny batches, and sometimes the results are too fun to keep to myself. At the end of the month, we'll randomly select eight orders from February to win these mini soap wedges. 😍
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Reminder: today's the last day to order for fulfillment before our two-week winter break. We'll hold orders placed Feb 7-21 and resume shipping on Feb 22.
Thanks, all. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. ❄️❤️❄️

Hey friends, we're taking a quick two-week break s

Hey friends, we're taking a quick two-week break starting this Sunday. All orders received February 7-21 will be held until we resume shipping on February 22. If you'll need something before late February, please order soon!
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This is our first official shop break in nearly seven years, but extraordinary challenges sometimes call for unusual solutions. During these weeks I'll be focused on my health and also getting some good plans in place so we'll be in even better shape for upcoming spring and summer releases, and prepared for the growing season.
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Thank you always for your trust, support, and friendship.
Be well,
Hayna

This post has everything, and nothing, to do with

This post has everything, and nothing, to do with OHL. There's a shortage of blood products due to decreased donor participation, so here's a crappy picture of me 😂 and a note asking you to please consider donating blood. 🙏🏽

❤️ Today I received another much-needed platelet transfusion made possible by generous blood donors. Like many cancer patients, aggressive chemo sometimes causes my platelet counts to plummet too quickly leading to prolonged bleeding from the tiniest injuries, internal bleeding, and other serious problems. A gift of blood is a gift of life, and I'm incredibly grateful for all blood donors and the coordinating organizations.

❤️ I asked if it's safe to donate during the pandemic, and the answer is yes, it's safe, and there are precautions in place to protect all parties. Visit redcrossblood.org for more information. I know it has nothing to do with soap or plants or lotions, but thanks for reading. You never who might be saved by your donation.

❣️, Hayna

#NationalBloodDonorMonth #ThankYouForThePlatelets
#GiveBlood

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