Boreal Hand Salve

$40.00

Spruce. Pine. Fir. Beeswax. Olive Oil. Shea Butter. Essential Oils.

The spruce trees on this island don't know they're medicine. They just grow — slow, resinous, salt-weathered — the way things do when no one's in a hurry.

Step outside on North Haven in January and the air hits you like medicine — cold, clean, and thick with the resin of spruce and fir. This salve is an attempt to bottle that.

We harvest conifer needles by hand and slow-infuse them into extra virgin olive oil, drawing out the warming, antimicrobial, and skin-nourishing properties that these northern trees have offered healers for centuries. We finish it with our own island beeswax, shea butter, and a blend of essential oils that deepen the boreal scent without masking it.

That color is real, by the way. No dye — just the forest.

Conifer needles have long been used in traditional herbalism for their ability to soothe dry, cracked, and weathered skin, support circulation, and calm inflammation. On an island where hands work hard year-round — hauling traps, splitting wood, tending hives — this salve earns its place.

It absorbs clean. It smells like the north woods with a whisper of salt air. And like everything we make, it's free of synthetics, preservatives, and anything you can't pronounce.

A few of its people: fishermen with cracked hands. Woodworkers. Anyone who spends time outdoors in the cold and wants something that actually works.

Handmade on North Haven Island, 12 miles off the coast of Maine.

Spruce. Pine. Fir. Beeswax. Olive Oil. Shea Butter. Essential Oils.

The spruce trees on this island don't know they're medicine. They just grow — slow, resinous, salt-weathered — the way things do when no one's in a hurry.

Step outside on North Haven in January and the air hits you like medicine — cold, clean, and thick with the resin of spruce and fir. This salve is an attempt to bottle that.

We harvest conifer needles by hand and slow-infuse them into extra virgin olive oil, drawing out the warming, antimicrobial, and skin-nourishing properties that these northern trees have offered healers for centuries. We finish it with our own island beeswax, shea butter, and a blend of essential oils that deepen the boreal scent without masking it.

That color is real, by the way. No dye — just the forest.

Conifer needles have long been used in traditional herbalism for their ability to soothe dry, cracked, and weathered skin, support circulation, and calm inflammation. On an island where hands work hard year-round — hauling traps, splitting wood, tending hives — this salve earns its place.

It absorbs clean. It smells like the north woods with a whisper of salt air. And like everything we make, it's free of synthetics, preservatives, and anything you can't pronounce.

A few of its people: fishermen with cracked hands. Woodworkers. Anyone who spends time outdoors in the cold and wants something that actually works.

Handmade on North Haven Island, 12 miles off the coast of Maine.