Grown on our family farm in Latvia
📍 Home: Latvia, my mother’s farm
The nettle in our extract grows on my mother’s farm in Latvia. My mum is 88, and she still picks and dries every leaf by hand for me. She harvests at the start of summer, before the end of June, when the young leaves are at their richest. She tells me this work gives her a reason to get up every morning, and I think you can feel that care in every bottle. Back in our own lab, we make the extract by hand, so we know exactly where it comes from and who made it.
Nettle (Urtica dioica) is the plant most of us remember from childhood for its sting. For thousands of years it has been gathered across Europe for food, fibre and folk traditions.
What’s in the leaf: nettle is naturally rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, carotenoids, chlorophyll and minerals such as silica, magnesium, calcium and iron.
Why we chose it: nettle is a traditional natural astringent. We add it to help skin look and feel fresher, firmer and more balanced, with a clearer-looking complexion.
Find it in: Glowing Skin Serum Gel
Feed it from within 🍵
We don’t only put nettle on our skin. In Latvia, nettle tea is a spring tradition, and one I love. Nettle leaves are naturally rich in iron, silica, calcium, magnesium and potassium. A University of Latvia study even found that nettle teas collected in Latvia had the highest iron, calcium and potassium levels of the samples tested.
How I make it: 1 tablespoon of dried nettle leaves in a cup of just-boiled water, steeped for 10–15 minutes. A slice of lemon makes it fresher and helps your body take up the iron.
Please check with your doctor or pharmacist before drinking nettle tea if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, have a medical condition, or take medication, especially blood thinners or medicines for blood pressure, blood sugar or fluid.
