Yinera Skincare

Making herbal skincare is a little more involved than popping some petals in a jar… although there’s plenty of that too 🤣

Different plant compounds need different approaches, which is why you’ll find me working with oils, glycerine, water and alcohol. One extraction method can’t do it all.

Then comes my formulation nerd side: how much to use, whether it plays nicely with the other ingredients, and whether the finished formula stays stable.

It’s a lot of fiddly work behind a little jar, but this is the part I love 🤍

Consumers are taught to judge skincare by hero ingredients. But percentages, pH, emulsification, preservation, texture and compatibility matter. Ten fashionable ingredients don’t automatically equal a better formula. I’d rather build something balanced than cram every trending active into one bottle
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Spring calls for fresh, light layers of hydration 🌸 I love using Botanical Mist after cleansing, then following with serum and crème while my skin is still slightly damp. It’s a refreshing first layer that keeps hydration at the heart of your routine, even as the weather warms up.

Same tallow. Very different job!

A tallow balm is anhydrous containing mostly fats, oils and waxes with no water phase. It’s richer, more occlusive and brilliant for sealing everything in.

I love the tallow butter balm for very dry skin, compromised barrier areas, winter skin, lips, around the eyes or as the final step at night.

A tallow creme is an emulsion of water + oils/fats. That water phase means I can formulate with hydrosols, humectants and water soluble herbal extracts alongside tallow.

The result is lighter, easier to spread and actually brings water + lipids to the skin at the same time.

I generally prefer one of my cremes for dehydrated, combination, oily or congestion prone skin, or simply anyone who finds traditional tallow balms too heavy for everyday use.

And for very dry skin? You don’t necessarily have to choose.

Hydrate > tallow creme > a little balm over the top where you need extra protection.

Tallow is an ingredient. The formulation around it completely changes the product.

A conventional active might be one isolated compound used at a specific concentration.

When I make herbal extracts, I’m extracting a much broader spectrum of the plant. Its naturally occurring phytochemicals exist together rather than reducing the herb down to one hero ingredient.

It’s one of the reasons I still make many of Yinera’s herbal extracts myself 🌼🌸🌺

I didn’t build my business just to build a business.

I built it around the life I wanted my family to have.

My husband and I have worked really hard to create a life where I can be home with our kids, work in the little windows the day gives me, and still be there for mornings like this.

It hasn’t been easy and there have been plenty of seasons where I’ve wondered what on earth I’m doing, but days like these remind me why.

You don’t have to build your life the way everyone else does.

You’re allowed to decide what matters most to you and build around that❤️