My Thoughts on May Lindstrom Skin

I found out about May Lindstrom Skin this summer and let me tell you that I was immediately had two thoughts come to mind: wow, her stuff is expensive and look at the pretty colors!

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This brand is named after the owner who created skin care products due to a personal need. She has very sensitive skin and needed to be able to use products that didn't cause her to have a bad reaction. She was diagnosed with allergies to a number of ingredients such as glues, dyes, and synthetic fragrances. As she got older, she decided to study plant medicine and create formulas for products that she could use without any issues.

Launching her brand in 2012, she has had nothing but success.

Customer Service

I haven't had any interaction with their customer service.

Expensive Prices

Their prices put them in the luxury category for me. Definitely not something I could afford to buy without budgeting. There are a few ways to try these luxury products.

• If it's on sale (They usually have a few sales a year. You can find details on the past sales and deals posts.
• Samples (Bella Cuore) and trial sizes (Integrity Botanicals). BC does not state how many mls their samples are. IB does. Contact them and then compare prices and shipping so that you get the best deal.
• Free samples (Integrity Botanicals). Order directly, you'll get deluxe samples with each order.
• Free product with purchase (Check Instagram, they will put the info up there. They recently had a free Jasmine with $125+ purchases and you'd also get 2 free deluxe samples).
• Get her products in a Beauty Box. 

In the end, I paid for samples from Bella Cuore since they had more of what I was looking for than Integrity Botanicals and they offer free shipping for purchases of $35+.  I would highly recommend getting samples of expensive products. Cheaper items usually aren't worth buying samples, but it's definitely worth buying samples of luxury products.

For being around for 6 years, they still have a very limited product line. This is great since you could conceivable try most or all of their products. Just make sure to shop sales or get samples. If you can afford to buy them without them being on sale, that's fantastic as well! They have 4 sections:

1. cleanse & restart
2. hydrate & heal
3. treatments, exfoliants, & masques
4. beauty tools & discovery

Some products fit into more than one section. I've put the numbers next to their corresponding section. They have a total of 10 products of which 2 are tools and 1 is a gift card. All the names are written in lowercase letters, just like the menu on her site.

• the blue cocoon 2
• the clean dirt 1, 3
• the facial treatment brush 1, 3, 4
• honey mud 1, 3 
• the jasmine garden 2
• the masque treatment bowl 4
• the pedulum potion 1, 2
• the problem solver 3
• the ultimate gift card 4
• the youth dew 2

Ethics

They are very committed to the environment. They make sure to ethically source their ingredients from sustainable sources and keep qualitative standards in mind. Their products are handcrafted. They make sure their ingredients are organic, bio-dynamic, wild-crafted, cruelty-free, sustainable (and/or harvested consciously). No ingredient or final product is tested on animals.

Their packaging, including the lids, are recyclable. They used glue that is derived from plants and use recycled paper in their boxes to keep products from moving during shipping. They don't use paper receipts, instead they use digital receipts. They use miron violet glass bottles while are meant to keep out light which can cause your product to go bad faster.

They make sure that their employees are paid well above the minimum wage and have generous benefits, such as full health care, an education fund, and bi-monthly massages. On a side note, this sounds like a wonderful place to work!

They test their products and make sure that the product will last 12 months after being opened and recommend you open it no longer than 6 months after you receive it.

I haven't been able to find if they donate a portion of their profits to any organizations.

My Reviews

Below are the Florihana products I have reviewed. They are also listed on my Tropical Traditions page since I bought them from them. I have reviewed other companies and their products as well and you can find those on my complete list.

• the clean dirt: read my review.
• the youth dew: read my review. 

Discount Codes and Sales

They offer 2 free luxury samples with each order. As I mentioned before, they only have 7 products if you don't include the 2 tools and the 1 gift card. Between sales, free samples, buying samples / trial sizes, and free full sized items with purchase, you could try every one of her products. I write about all the sales and deals that I know of. Here is the label for all the past sales and deals. You can also find a list at the bottom of this post.