From Field to Face: The Plants Behind Our Favorite Skincare Ingredients
At Simple Body, we believe great skincare starts long before anything touches your skin. It starts in the soil—with the flowers, herbs, and plants grown by people who care as much about purity as we do about performance.
We don’t just “use botanicals.” We rely on them. Many of the ingredients in our products are grown and harvested by farms and farmers we trust—most we’ve sourced from for over a decade. These plants aren’t filler. They’re the soul of what we make.
Here’s a look at just a few of the plants we’ve come to love—and why your skin loves them too.
Calendula: The Skin Soother
Golden, gentle, and powerful—calendula is a workhorse in our lab. Known for its calming, anti-inflammatory properties, this flower is a go-to for dry, sensitive, or irritated skin.
We slow-infuse dried calendula blossoms into oils for weeks, creating a rich base that goes into products like Skin Rescue, Nipple Relief Balm, and our Body Butter. It’s especially loved by customers dealing with chapped skin, windburn, or recovery after sun exposure. We’ve also recommended it to people with eczema and have seen phenomenal results!
Chamomile: The Calmer
If your skin feels itchy, reactive, or just off, chamomile is just the thing. It contains natural compounds that help reduce redness and irritation—and it smells amazing too.
We use chamomile in multiple forms:
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As a floral water in our Chamomile Foaming Face Wash
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As an herbally infused oil in our Sensitive Skin products
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And in our Skin Rescue balm, where it joins calendula and yarrow for ultimate skin repair
Rose: The Romantic (and the Restorer)
Rose isn’t just a pretty scent. It’s deeply supportive for mature, dry, or tired skin. Rose floral water helps balance the skin’s pH, calm inflammation, and deliver light hydration with a boost of antioxidants.
We use rose floral water in our:
It’s especially loved by women experiencing skin changes in their 40s, 50s, and beyond.
Yarrow: The Forgotten Healer
Often overlooked, yarrow is one of those ancient plants with powerful skin benefits. It helps tone and tighten skin, reduce excess oil, and promote wound healing.
We include yarrow in our Skin Rescue, where it works beautifully with calendula and chamomile to calm, strengthen, and speed up the skin’s natural recovery cycle.
Lavender: The Balancer
Beloved for its calming scent and ability to soothe the nervous system, lavender is also amazing for acne-prone or sensitive skin. It gently cleanses, supports healing, and helps reduce irritation.
You’ll find it in our:
When skin needs calming and clarifying, lavender always shows up.
Rosehip: The Rebuilder
A natural source of vitamin A, fatty acids, and antioxidants, rosehip seed oil helps with fine lines, discoloration, and skin regeneration. It’s lightweight, absorbs quickly, and supports collagen production.
We use rosehip in our Eye Defense Serum, where it works with bakuchiol and astaxanthin to bring noticeable results—without irritation.
Pomegranate: The Powerhouse
Cold-pressed from the seeds of pomegranate fruit, this oil is deeply hydrating and full of punicic acid—a fatty acid that supports elasticity, smoothness, and cell regeneration.
Our Pomegranate Facial Serum contains nothing but 100% organic pomegranate oil. It’s one of our simplest—and most powerful—products for aging skin.
Plants Are Our First Partners
We could talk all day about these ingredients (and trust us, we often do). But what matters most is this: we choose every flower, root, and herb for a reason. Nothing is trendy or random. Each ingredient brings something vital to your skin—and your story.
So the next time you open one of our jars or bottles, take a second to imagine the plant it came from. The field it grew in. The care that went into harvesting and infusing it. And how beautiful it is that something so simple and natural can bring your skin back to balance.
Because skincare shouldn’t just work. It should mean something.
xoxo
Jewels
