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body care solutions for mindful living

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SOAP & SHAMPOO BARS

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NATURAL DEODORANT

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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.

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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

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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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Gardens and woods and shop life are all in full su

Gardens and woods and shop life are all in full summer swing here! We've been processing pails of botanicals every day, cooking up fresh batches and new ideas in the evenings, and celebrating both the season and the sun. As much as we miss the shows, events, and road, we're really loving this new home-based groove. ✨Thank you✨ always for making the shift toward a healthier family life possible.

Wiser people teach us that in a world driven by personal productivity contests, rest is the real revolution. With renewed appreciation for making memories together and an undeniable need for rest, we're taking a short break as a family and will resume shipping on Saturday, July 31. Happy midsummer, friends. We hope you're soaking it up, too. 💚🌿🌅

"There is so little in life you can be sure of Exc

"There is so little in life you can be sure of
Except the rain comes from the clouds
Sunlight from the sky
And hummingbirds do fly"
-Nina Simone

After at least 25 weeks on the road annually, it's now been 18 months since we last worked a show or festival. OHL is somehow surviving a total reinvention thanks to an incredibly supportive community of friends, customers, clients and makers. 🙌🏽

Two notable changes: we've officially added custom commercial formulation services, and removed all retail events for now. As thankful as I am for these new creative growth opportunities, I'm even more thrilled that these adjustments will allow us to keep our full line in production here in Naples. 💜💚💜

Thank you for trusting us and believing in this wildly fun, ever-evolving handmade dream.

Shared humbly and with deep gratitude,
Hayna

Photo grid from top left:
🌼 forsythia, calendula, elderflowers
🌼 peonies, St. John's Wort, arnica
🌼 hops, calendula/lavender/chamomile, echinacea

Strawberry daiquiri scrub v2 is up! This seasonal

Strawberry daiquiri scrub v2 is up! This seasonal favorite features local organic strawberries, our strawberry and lime juice evap, and a hint of pink clay. We are in 🍓🍓🍓 love over here.

PS the scrub smells oh so much better than it tastes. Don't eat it, no matter how tempting. 🤪

We're heading into one of my favorite seasons: the

We're heading into one of my favorite seasons: the abundance of summer! Thanks to the intense sunshine lately I've already processed several batches of tiny yellow arnica flowers. Arnica blossoms are fun: when dried, the flowers resemble fuzzy little pompoms. 🌼 Chamomile and calendula are coming in strong, roses are just starting, and elderflowers are maybe a week out. The gardens smell so good this time of year. 💚 Happy Summer, all.

After many months (years!) of hard work, worry, an

After many months (years!) of hard work, worry, and endless patience, our friends at @naplesbrewco are celebrating their long-awaited grand opening weekend! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 We're so proud of what they've built and thrilled for our hometown. When Larkin asked us to work up some beer- and hop-centric items for them, we couldn't say yes quickly enough. As longtime fans of @larkinandtrevor this pairing feels extra special. ❤️

Here's the first collaboration: Beer Balm! It works beautifully as a beard or mustache balm, rich hand cream, and all-purpose moisturizer. This citrusy formula features FLX grown Cascade hops and our own bergamot, juniper, vetiver, and fir needle extracts.

Drop by Naples Brewing soon, try their fabulous offerings, and welcome them to Main Street! We're convinced Naples gets more delicious—and more creative—every day. 💜

#NaplesBrewingCompany #NaplesNY #BeerBalm #CraftBeer #BeardBalm #FLX #EdibleFLX #Hops #OnHandLotions

Quick! The berries are perfect this season and I c

Quick! The berries are perfect this season and I can't decide what to make. Pick your favorite:
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
Strawberry Scrub
or
Berry Bath Bombs
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
Vote in the comments and I'll get to work. ❤️ Thank you!

Silly confession: OHL has made thousands of pounds

Silly confession: OHL has made thousands of pounds of soap and developed a couple hundred formulas. Even so, every time I work on a new brown soap I worry it will look like something to be flushed, thanks to my kids' unfiltered observations. It's never happened but I still cut every test batch like 👀😬.

This one came out great, though, and I'm excited to share the final version in a few months. 😍

Introducing Travertine soap and shampoo bars! Herb

Introducing Travertine soap and shampoo bars! Herbaceous, clean spicy sweetness with a hint of citrus and medicinal florals. These bare bars are rustic and marbled much like their tumbled limestone namesake. Travertine is made with fermented maple sap, rich botanicals, clays and our own hardwood activated charcoal.

P.S. Yes, these are the CT scan bars from previous posts! 😂 They're finally ready. 🖤

Renewed gratitude on a sunny day: The most abundan

Renewed gratitude on a sunny day: The most abundant foraging season begins! We use several sustainably foraged ingredients in our products and even more in our kitchen and apothecary. 1,000 thanks to the friends and family who let us explore their woods and fields, and in turn allow us to cook wild edibles for them. 💚🙏🏽

Currently, pine and spruce tips are headed for cocktail bitters, compound butter, and maple cardamom biscuits. What are your favorite forages?

Other annual gifts here include tightly wound fiddleheads both sauteed and pickled; St. John's wort and plantain in salves and tinctures; second year thistle stems peeled and roasted with wild garlic and sumac; mullein flowers in oil; cattail shoots plucked from the mud and prepared like asparagus; young milkweed stripped from the pods and incorporated into silky mock cheese sauces; roots of dandelion, burdock, marshmallow, and dock used in remedies and ferments; neverending wild greens; and so much more.

This doesn't even begin to cover the fruits, berries, barks, flowers, and fungi. The abundance is delicious, stunning and humbling. 😍 What's coming into season locally for you?

"The worker must have bread, but she must have ros

"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too."
- Rose Schneiderman, 1912

Bread and Roses: This powerful slogan was first spoken in 1910 by Helen Todd, a trade union leader and women's suffrage activist, and represents the right to fair wages, equal rights, and dignified conditions. We stand with workers' rights groups and believe in living wages and healthy working conditions that respect the needs of the individual.

Today we're making Bread and Roses Face Wash and Mask, a clay-based cleanser made with locally grown heritage wheat and organic roses. It's perfect for sensitive, dry or combination skin. In honor of its namesake, a portion of proceeds from every jar is donated to the ACLU.

Thank you always for supporting these causes both independently and through our work. ❤️

Flower City Lilac v4 is OHL's truest lilac yet! Th

Flower City Lilac v4 is OHL's truest lilac yet! The scent is created from our own 100% natural lilac enfleurage, not a synthetic fragrance oil, and the soap and shampoo bars and coordinating body scrub smell incredible. We are IN LOVE with this version.

🌿 Over the next few days I'll share some behind-the-scenes photos and tips in case you'd like to try enfleurage. Many flower scents elude capture through tincturing, infusing, and dehydrating and this is the best fragrance extraction method I've found for delicate florals like lilac and jasmine. Stay tuned!

💜 Quick note: Our team misses you all especially as our usual spring and summer festival dates roll around. Thank you so much for understanding the need to put health and family first right now.
- Hayna

#LilacFestival #RochesterNY #FLX #lilacs #enfleurage #MadeInNY #OnHandLotions

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

With @hollerhorndistilling

#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. 😅🤷🏻‍♀️🌱

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