Grown on our family farm in Latvia
📍 Home: Latvia, my mother’s farm
Horsetail grows wild on my mother’s farm in Latvia, and my 88-year-old mum gathers and dries it for me by hand. She picks the fresh green shoots in spring, when the plant is at its richest, and by June the harvest is done. We then make the extract ourselves in our own lab.
Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is one of the oldest plants on Earth. Its ancestors grew as tall as trees in the age of the dinosaurs. Today it’s a small, feathery green plant that looks like a tiny pine forest growing in the meadow.
What’s in the plant: horsetail is famous for being one of the richest plant sources of natural silica. It also contains potassium, calcium, flavonoids and phenolic acids.
Why we chose it: horsetail is a traditional natural astringent. We add it to help skin look firmer, smoother and more refined, with less visible pores, and to give a fresh, toned feel.
Find it in: Glowing Skin Serum Gel
Feed it from within 🍵
Horsetail tea is sometimes drunk for its silica, but it isn’t for everyone or for every day. For a gentle daily cup that’s also naturally rich in silica, we love our mum’s nettle tea.
