About

I've always had skin issues. I'm 28 years old and I'm just now learning how to treat my skin properly and, more importantly, how NOT to treat it.

As someone with naturally oily skin and extremely prone to breakouts, buying products at the store was always a gamble. My friends would rave about a certain product and I would run home and try it, only to find it didn't have the same effect on my skin. Usually, it ended in disaster: swollen eyes, acne, dry patches.

What was I doing so differently than everyone else?

I finally started doing some research on the difference between all-natural products and those that claim to be so from the store. I was shocked how many different ingredients are added to things, especially synthetic horrors that most people can't even pronounce.

I learned quick that the less ingredients listed, means a safer, healthier product. So I figured I would make some for myself and see how it turned out. I started using all-natural creams and other products I hand made in my own kitchen, and was not only surprised by how much fun it was to make them, but by how completely wonderful my skin started feeling after using them!

I may have failed chemistry in high school, but this natural chemistry makes so much sense to me. My one goal with this shop is to help others achieve the most beautiful skin they can out of natural ingredients. 

I revel in nature. Now you can, too.

**The Crystal Apothecary's logo was created out of my love of old alchemical symbols, and is a combination of versions of the symbol for "crystal" and "oilessence." It in no way reflects, or is affiliated with, any religious meaning or symbology**