Simple Skincare for Beginners: 5 Easy Products to Start With

If you're just starting to take care of your skin, the beauty aisle can be a lot. You don't need ten steps. You need a few simple things you'll actually use. Here's where I'd start.

What to Look For First

Before you buy anything, flip it over and read the label. Look for ingredients you recognize. Skip products with sulfates and parabens if you can. And if you care about how a product is made, ask the maker. Small businesses like ours are happy to tell you exactly what's in our products and how we make them.

1. A Gentle Body Soap

Start with a good bar of soap. Every bar we make has shea butter, coconut milk and kaolin clay, and no sulfates. Our Manuka Honey & Oats bar is a gentle place to begin.

2. A Soap Just for Your Face

Your face needs a softer clean than your body. Our facial soaps have extra shea butter, coconut milk and sea moss. Try French Green Clay & Sea Moss if your skin gets oily, or Rose Clay & Sea Moss if it's dry or sensitive.

3. A Body Butter

Moisturize right after your shower. Our Soothing Aloe Hand & Body Butter has aloe, mango butter and shea butter.

4. A Gentle Scrub

Once or twice a week, a scrub smooths rough spots. Our POLISH Sugar Scrub is gentle and foams up in the shower.

5. Something for Your Lips

Lips get dry fast, especially in the desert. Our Overnight Lip Mask works while you sleep.

Our Tip

Add one new product at a time. That way, if something doesn't agree with your skin, you'll know which one it was.

Ready to start simple? Browse our shop.

A little about us: I'm Gracie, a third-generation soap maker. My grandmother started our family's soap making, and I'm proud to carry it on. We're a small, faith-centered family business in Waddell, Arizona, and we make everything by hand in small batches.