As seen in Powder Magazine's "The Best Ski Gifts for Her" ๐ŸŽ Restore your face now, it's SKI SEASON!! โ›ท๏ธ

Harnessing the power of local + locally grown plants for your skin

Digging into plant ingredients that do wonders for the skin around the world โ€” a bit obsessively โ€” something pretty cool was revealed....

Some of the absolute best skin-loving ingredients are right here at home, in North America!

These badass botanicals are nestled in your very own backyard!ย 

Bring a bit of your favorite spot into your everyday

These backyard beauties are the pure plant power behind Surf+Slope.

From plants growing wild in North America

98% of ingredients are from plants that are native to and grow wild across North America.ย 

It's a botanical bounty of skin nutrients between our coasts, across our rugged mountains to the vast plains.

Let's celebrate these local badass botanicalsย and better our communities and environment while we're at it!

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ See map at very bottom to find out where each plant is native to ๐Ÿ‘‡

Native Americans used these indigenous plants for their remarkable skin properties

They cherished them as they'd help treat various skin concerns.

These traditional remedies are now being valued and recognized as science is proving the efficacy of these native plants.

Beyond Clean to Pure Plant Power

Every ingredient in Surf+Slope is derived from a real plant.ย 

Yup, pretty cool huh?

This means no synthetics, toxins, or even lab grown plants.

Yup, lab grown botanical extracts and synthetic plant ingredients are a thing in skincare!

Rather than list off a long long list of NOโ€™s like everyone else...

Lets focus on whatโ€™s in it.

Cause thatโ€™s what youโ€™re putting on your face ๐Ÿ˜‰

Really wanna see our long NO list? Blog coming soon with everything that's not in it!

Badass Botanicals | PowerPlants

22 Proven Power Plants

That make up 27 ingredients.

Surf+Slope is made from 27 different ingredients that are derived from 22 plants.

Take the sunflower plant - which is native to our west coast - it makes up two ingredients in Surf+Slope, one being sunflower seed oil and the other a nature-derived functional obtained through non-ionic hydrolysis of sunflower seed oil.

20 of these 22 plants are native to North America (NA) or grow wild here now.

Introduced ages ago so they now grow wild here - know as naturalized.

Plus, they're locally grown by farmers here, which is rare.

All 22 badass botanicals - each extensively researched, tested, and super thoughtfully selected

  • Aloe Vera

    Grown in NA | Organic

    Ingredient: Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice

    Naturalized to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Aspen

    Grown in NA | USA

    Ingredient: Populus Tremuloides (Aspen) Bark Extract

    Native to NA | Throughout

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Balsam Poplar

    Grown in NA | USA | Wildcrafted

    Ingredient: Populus Balsamifera (Balsam Poplar) Oil

    Native to NA | Throughout

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Black Raspberry

    Grown in NA | USA | Zerowaste

    Ingredient: Rubus Leucodermis (Black Raspberry) Seed Oil

    Native to NA | West Coast

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Buriti

    Grown in Brazil | Wildcrafted

    Ingredient: Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil

    Native to South America

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • California Poppy

    Grown in NA | USA | Organic

    Ingredient:ย Eschscholzia Californica (California Poppy) Extract

    Native to NA | West Coast to Texas

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Corn

    Grown in NA + abroad

    Ingredients: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium Phytate, Ethanol - all derived from Zea Mays (corn)

    Native to NA | Mexico

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Cranberry

    Grown in NA | Organic | Zerowaste

    Ingredient: Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil

    Native to NA | North East

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Elderberry

    Grown in NA | USA

    Ingredient:ย Sambucus Nigra (Elderberry) Fruit Extract

    Naturalized to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Fireweed

    Grown in NA | Canada | Wildcrafted

    Ingredient: Epilobium Angustifolium (Fireweed) Flower Extract

    Native to NA | Throughout

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Hazelnut

    Grown in NA | USA

    Ingredient: Corylus Avellana (Hazelnut) Seed Oil

    Naturalized to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Knotgrass

    Grown in EU | Wildcrafted

    Ingredient:ย Polygonum Aviculare (Knotgrass) Extract

    Native to NA | Throughout

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Meadowfoam

    Grown in NA | USA

    Ingredient: Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil

    Native to NA | West Coast

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Ponderosa Pine

    Grown in NA | USA | Wildcrafted

    Ingredient: Pinus Ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine) Oil

    Native to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Pracaxi

    Grown in Brazil | Wildcrafted

    Ingredient:ย Pentaclethra Macroloba (Pracaxi) Seed Oil

    Native to NA + South America

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Radish

    Grown in NA | USA | Probiotic

    Ingredient:ย Lactobacillus (Radish Root) Ferment

    Naturalized to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Rapeseed

    Grown in EU

    Ingredients: Glycerine and Tocopherol (Vitamin E) - both derived from Brassica Napus (Rapeseed)

    Naturalized to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Roseroot

    Grown in NA | USA | Organic

    Ingredient: Rhodiola Rosea (Roseroot) Root Extract

    Native to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Sunflower

    Grown in USA | Wildcrafted

    Ingredients:ย Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil and Sodium Sunflowerseedate - both derived from Sunflower

    Native to NA | West Coast

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Tara

    Grown in Peru

    Ingredient:ย Caesalpinia Spinosa (Tara) Gum

    Native to NA

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • White Lupine

    Grown in EU | France | Zerowaste

    Ingredients: Lupinus Albus (Lupine) Seed Extract

    Native to EU

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • Yarrow

    Grown in NA | USA | Organic

    Ingredient: Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Hydrosol

    Native to NA | Throughout

    Coming soon: full plant bio

  • 22 Power Plants

    20 Native to or Naturalized in North America

  • 27 Ingredients

    Derived and made from these 22 badass botanicals

Which ones grow in your backyard?!

Select the plant to see!

Custom map original data source: POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ - Retrieved 24 November 2023."