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The Recovery Balm has become a cult favorite in the Laurel Skin line, one that has earned its rightful place in any medicine cabinet. It can be used as a helpful remedy for practically any skin ailment from extreme dryness, eczema, perioral dermatitis, painful cystic acne, sensitive allergy-prone skin to the occasional cut, scrape, bug bite, or rash. This multi-functional balm reduces the appearance of redness, swelling, and irritation while offering up a therapeutic dose of whole plant goodness to jump-start and support the skin’s own healing process. In addition to being a family and household staple, this Balm is also a beloved facial moisturizer for inflamed, reactive skin or for those with considerable health concerns or sensitivities.
Recovery Balm texture
The Recovery Balm has become a cult favorite in the Laurel Skin line, one that has earned its rightful place in any medicine cabinet. It can be used as a helpful remedy for practically any skin ailment from extreme dryness, eczema, perioral dermatitis, painful cystic acne, sensitive allergy-prone skin to the occasional cut, scrape, bug bite, or rash. This multi-functional balm reduces the appearance of redness, swelling, and irritation while offering up a therapeutic dose of whole plant goodness to jump-start and support the skin’s own healing process. In addition to being a family and household staple, this Balm is also a beloved facial moisturizer for inflamed, reactive skin or for those with considerable health concerns or sensitivities.
Recovery Balm texture

Recovery Balm

Soothe + Mend

Recovery Balm is a traditional herbalist’s balm with immense versatility, calming to inflamed, reactive skin and supportive to its innate healing response. Addressing the root cause of redness, irritation, and imbalance of all kinds, this Balm features medicinal herbs to restore barrier health and promote skin repair. Suited to both face and body, Recovery Balm soothes dryness, breakouts, rashes, and minor cuts, and helps to mend both acute and chronic irritation.

KEY ACTIONS

  • Soothes and calms the skin, creating an environment for healing
  • Nourishing moisturizer for reactive complexions
  • Accelerates the mending of rashes, cuts, bites, and irritations

SKIN TYPE

Suitable for all skin types, face + body

30ml

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$80.00

Recovery Balm is known for its effectiveness in addressing inflammatory skin distress of any kind. This multi-functional balm has become a signature favorite in the Laurel Skin line, a staple that is reached for as a remedy for a wide spectrum of concerns from extreme dryness, eczema, perioral dermatitis, painful cystic acne, and sensitive allergy-prone skin to the occasional cut, scrape, bug bite, or rash.

Formulated with 15 whole plants, Recovery Balm begins with a three-month infusion of traditional wound healing herbs slowly steeped into fresh, unrefined oils. CALENDULA, COMFREY, YARROW, SELF HEAL, and MARSHMALLOW are among the skin-healing allies chosen for their ability to calm inflammation, encourage new cell growth, and help regenerate distressed skin.

At the center of the formula is vibrant emerald TAMANU OIL, long valued for its ability to reset and rebalance compromised skin. Its rare plant compounds help calm visible redness and irritation while restoring equilibrium to the skin’s microbiome and lipid barrier.

The essential oils in Recovery Balm are microdosed for their therapeutic effects. LAVENDER, HELICHRYSUM and LEMON BALM each have an affinity for inflamed and compromised skin, boosting the skin’s natural healing response.

Recovery Balm is our only vegan, beeswax-free balm and is especially well-suited for reactive or easily-congested skin.

SENSORY PROFILE
How it feels: a silky, buttery, vibrant green balm that melts instantly on the skin
How it smells: dried meadow grasses, earthy tea leaves, and hints of sweet lavender

PHYTOCHEMISTRY PROFILE
Recovery Balm contains these notable phytonutrients, along with many others:
essential fatty acids (including omega 3 and GLA), carotenoids (including beta carotene, lutein, lycopene, ++), vitamin E, phytoceramides, calophyllolide, inophyllums, flavonoids (including apigenin, rutin, quercetin, ++), various polyphenols, phytosterols, hydroxytyrosol, allantoin, trace minerals and tannins, palmitic acid, squalene, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, ursolic acid, rosmarinic acid, linalool, linalyl acetate, lavandulol, camphor, limonene, geraniol, citronellal, nerol, carophyllene

USAGE
Scoop out a small amount of Balm (about 1/4 of a pea size), and apply to damp face, neck, and chest. This product can also be used on the body. If using as a body moisturizer or skin healing treatment, this can be aided with the use of a Hydrosol first.

RITUAL
Keep a Recovery Balm on hand for all occasions and all members of a household. For the sun-burned goddess, the scraped-up wild child, the eczema-prone uncle, the teen with cystic acne, and the hiking dog’s paws. This rapidly healing, and cherished Balm is a caring ritual for the whole family, whatever that looks like.

After applying Recovery Balm to the face, warm any remaining balm between your palms and massage it into the hands, cuticles, and knuckles. Continue into dry areas like elbows or heels, extending the ritual of nourishment to the parts of the body that often go unnoticed.

BALM RESTORATION
If your Balm melts in transit, it could have textural changes that make it less smooth. While this does not affect product performance, a smooth Balm texture is often more desirable. If you would like to restore your Balm’s texture, follow the instructions in this video. Do not leave your Balm in a hot location like your car or near a sunny window.

Use within 6 months of opening and by the recommended use-by date, which is found on the bottom of the bottle. Store this product in a cool, dry, and dark place.

100% Whole Plant Organic

TAMANU
The foundation of this formula, Tamanu is a vibrant emerald oil long valued for its ability to calm inflammation and support tissue repair. Its rare plant compounds help rebalance compromised skin, making it especially helpful for irritation, breakouts, and damaged or distressed skin. Tamanu is deeply restorative to both an imbalanced microbiome and a disrupted barrier.

CALENDULA
Our biodynamic Calendula is farmed and harvested just miles from our Laurel Skin apothecary-lab. Rich in healing resins and protective carotenoids, this golden flower is deeply soothing to inflamed or damaged skin and has a long herbal tradition of supporting skin repair.
Helichrysum – This small yellow flower is as gentle as it is potent, helping calm redness, swelling, and irritation. Helichrysum is traditionally used for dramatic skin recovery, strengthening delicate tissues, helping soften the appearance of scars and broken capillaries.

LAVENDER
Our custom-distilled, biodynamic Lavender is grown and distilled on the Laurel Skin farm. It helps calm inflamed skin while supporting a balanced microbiome. Its cooling and soothing qualities make it especially supportive for irritated or reactive skin.

LEMON BALM
This nutrient-rich green leaf contains delicate antioxidants and rosmarinic acid, compounds known for calming inflammatory skin responses. Lemon Balm has an affinity for both the immune and lymphatic systems, helping the skin more deeply regulate and restore balance.

FULL INGREDIENT LIST: Shea Butter˚, Tamanu Oil˚, Olive Oil˚, Jojoba Oil˚, Pomegranate Oil˚, Rosemary Extract˚; House Made Whole Plant Extracts of Calendula˚, Comfrey˚, Lavender˚, Yarrow˚, Marshmallow˚, Self Heal˚; Essential Oils of Lavender˚, Lemon Balm˚, Helichrysum˚
˚organically grown ingredient

Laurel Skin formulas set a benchmark for high ingredient and formulation standards that the beauty industry would collectively consider unreasonable. Here are a few highlights that set our Recovery Balm apart:

  • Exclusive use of freshly pressed, unrefined, virgin oils to maintain antioxidant and nutrient availability
  • Exclusive use of 100% organic, biodynamic and regeneratively grown plants
  • A 3-month whole-plant infusion in every bottle
  • No lab-made, synthetic isolates, bioidenticals, or biomimetics – only whole plants
  • Micro-dosed essential oils for immediate phytonutrient support, without overwhelming the skin

    • The abbreviated list above cannot be found elsewhere – our level of care and integrity is proudly unreasonable.

    Inflammation Comes First
    When skin is chronically inflamed, the healing process becomes interrupted and dysregulated, and secondary symptoms begin to appear. In herbalism, calming inflammation is often the first step toward restoring balance. Plants help interrupt the inflammatory cycle in several ways, providing much-needed nourishment, reducing free radical activity, and quieting inflammatory pathways so the skin can begin repairing itself.

    An Herbalist’s “Everything Balm”
    In my own home, Recovery Balm is used constantly and by everyone. It becomes a moisturizer in extreme climates of desert or snow, a remedy for rashes or bug bites after an outdoor adventure, a relieving salve for post-shaving irritation, and a restorative treatment for tired feet after a long day. Once a balm like this enters your routine, it quietly finds its place in many small rituals of care.

    – Laurel

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