Field Notes

A Promise Isn't Enough
A Promise Isn't Enough
About a year ago, someone asked me a question I hadn't prepared an answer for. We were talking about NICER — the sourcing, the formulation philosophy, the precautionary principle —... Read more...
How You Know
How You Know
There's a moment in every batch when I stop measuring and start paying attention to what's happening in the pot. Read more...
What I See When I Read a Label
What I See When I Read a Label
A friend handed me her daughter's moisturizer and asked what I thought. I turned it over and started reading. This is the part that's hard to explain. Read more...
NICER BARRIER with local Utah beeswax, organic, regeneratively grown sunflower seeds, and pure organic botanical glycerin in a clear glass bottle
Three Ingredients
The morning I decided to make my own skincare, I was standing in a drugstore near Park City reading the back of a tube marketed for childhood eczema. Read more...
What the Land Gives Us
What the Land Gives Us
Why does a 200-million-year-old salt deposit matter more than a trending ingredient? On geography, formulation, and letting the landscape lead. Read more...