ABOUT US
Our Story
How It All Began
Barry and Luis didn't set out to start a skincare company. They set out to survive a brutally dry winter in a freezing office building — and somehow, that led to everything.
The two met working at a logistics company in the mid-2010s, stuck at neighboring desks in a cubicle that was equal parts fluorescent lighting and recycled air. Luis was the guy who had a solution for everything — calm under pressure, always researching, always curious. Barry was the one who'd complain loudly enough that Luis felt compelled to fix it.
And Barry had one complaint he just couldn't let go of: his skin.
For years, Barry had dealt with chronically dry, irritated skin that cracked in the winter, flared up under stress, and never seemed to respond to anything he tried. He'd burned through dozens of lotions — thick ones, fancy ones, drugstore ones, expensive ones — and none of them did more than offer a few hours of relief before his skin went right back to feeling like sandpaper.
One afternoon, after watching Barry apply yet another blob of generic lotion to his hands and grumble about how useless it was, Luis looked up from his monitor and said, "Have you ever tried hemp seed oil?"
Barry had not.
Luis had been reading about it for months — fascinated by its unique fatty acid profile, its ability to deeply moisturize without clogging pores, and the way it worked with the skin rather than just sitting on top of it. That weekend, Luis brought over a small batch he'd mixed up at home — hemp seed oil blended with a few other clean, simple ingredients and scented with lavender. Barry tried it that night mostly to get Luis to stop talking about omega-6 fatty acids.
By Monday morning, Barry's hands felt better than they had in years.
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