The Complete Apothecary for Face & Body

One box covers sensitive, blemish-prone, itchy and dry skin along with tired muscles and joints: that is what The Complete Natural Apothecary for Face & Body was built to do, an organic skincare set for several concerns at a time.

Three waterless balms replace the long routine, acting together as a single natural system for face and body. Beeswax and botanicals fill them, which is why so little goes such a long way, and why no issue needs its own separate product.

Face and body are both covered by the set, since every balm here is built for a single task. It lasts 2 months:

• Dry and Itchy Balm for Face and Body, 100 ml: settles itching, flaking, and dry patches. Smooth it over body and face 2 to 3 times each day.
• Day Balm for Acne-Prone Skin, 30 ml: smooth a thin coat over the face to settle visible redness and spots.
• Massage Balm, 30 ml: work it into whichever spot aches, easing muscles and joints that feel worn.

Expect some tingle from the joint balm; it is the natural ingredients giving off warmth, and that's normal.

Calming, protective, rebalancing work comes from plant actives of high quality, and that is what the set runs on. Every formula was drawn up to back a sturdier barrier and bring skin back from dryness and cold.

The key players are these:

• Marigold: calms skin that has flared up. The Day Balm for Acne-Prone Skin is where this shows most.
• Blue Chamomile: eases the itch and how visible redness is.
• Thistle: keeps moisture locked in while settling your skin's own oil balance.
• Comfrey and Arnica: settle muscles and joints that ache.
• Sea Buckthorn, Beeswax, and Vitamin E: feed the barrier gently and keep your skin in good health.

Nothing in the jar is there as filler; each one is in for a reason.

Because a tiny dab on a fingertip is all it takes: where other products are padded out with water and chemical fillers, every one of ours is seriously concentrated.

• Dry and Itchy Balm for Face and Body: Spread it on clean, dry skin 2-3 times a day so that dry, itchy skin stays comfortable and moisturised. Thin and often beats thick and rare, so go light each time.
• Day Balm for Acne-Prone Skin: At bedtime, smooth the Day Balm over your face in one thin coat. A tiny dab does it, since it's so concentrated.
• Massage Balm: Rub the balm into whichever body part you want it on. A light tingle shows up under your fingers as it goes in.

No. There is no cycling or pausing required with these balms. Gentle enough for daily use, they can stay in your routine as long as you want.

Plenty of people hold on to them well past the point where their skin settles down. A little, often, works better than a lot, rarely.

It turns on which one you buy and how heavily you use it. 60 days is the usual run, and the figure sits on each product's page.

The Complete System for Mature Women's Skin, our bestseller, is built for 2 months of use, yet report after report puts it at 3, sometimes 4!

Comfort and a softer feel tend to arrive within 1-2 weeks at the start; changes deeper in need 4-8 weeks of use every day.

Yes. Gentle enough for use any day, these balms carry no steroids, no medication, and are 100% natural.

Nothing in them throws off your natural balance; they work alongside your body instead. Even sensitive skin gets on with them, which suits most skin types and long-term skin health.

Harsh purging or breakouts at the start are uncommon. Rather than shocking skin, the balms settle it. Even so, real plant oils such as sweet almond and chamomile go into these formulas.

If your skin is sensitive or you have known allergies, try a dab on one small area first. Give it a day; calm skin with no irritation means you can go ahead as normal.

Yes, you can, but on their own is where the balms show up best. The set was designed to be complete, so there is no need to add anything else in.

Talk to your doctor before you start if your skin is on prescription creams or medication. Nobody knows your own case better, and skin and health are personal things.

Harsh weather is what these products were built for. Norway runs from 30 to -30 degrees, with plenty of rain, wind and snow on top.

Built for extreme conditions, these balms end up suiting everyone, rough climate or not. Sensitive, combination, normal, dry and oily skin are all covered, as is every skin color. Men with stubble, a beard or a clean shave are fine too.

Pure plants and a pared-back, minimalist habit define skin care in Norway, rather than long synthetic ingredient lists. Frøya Organics, a Norwegian skincare brand, holds to it with organic beeswax and wild Arctic plants.

We put 0 water and zero filler in, while a watery lotion can be 70 to 90% water. Old Norwegian tradition shaped our balms, and the plants we source grow through cold, wind, and the short bright sun of Norway. Nature yields more potency that way.

Surviving an arctic winter is the job of an arctic plant, and that means standing up to -30 degrees. Ripening happens in a narrow window, with sunlight running 24/7, so every bit of nutrition has to reach the blooms quickly. Nothing else on the planet ends up this potent.

The same holds for wild Nordic rosemary. With summers that are short and days that are long and bright, every leaf stores more nutrients, and that potency feeds the scalp and can help hair grow thicker over time. Have a look at what rosemary oil gives back to skin to see why it is prized.

Yes. Nothing here is liquid - each one is solid, dense with ingredients and made with zero added water, so it travels anywhere.

Yes, and we would encourage it. Puberty brings acne for a lot of teens, and what we make can help settle and calm it. With babies or toddlers, talk to a pediatrician first. Run a patch test for allergies before you spread anything over a larger area.

Shade and light clothing matter, and so does keeping direct exposure short: enjoy the sun in moderation and never let it burn you.

Heading out for hours at a stretch? Reach for broad-spectrum sun protection, ideally a mineral formula built on natural ingredients.

Active chemicals that go at the problem are the norm in skincare. And there's more: 70-90% water, fillers & preservatives you would rather not have.

Water, fillers, BS: 0 of that in ours - arctic herbs and beeswax, nothing else. They do the job handsomely without the rough extras, we reckon. The big companies reach for artificial substitutes because it's cheaper and simpler at their scale; what they guard is profit, and your health is not necessarily part of it.

Norway is our backyard, and what grows there plus 20 years in skincare is a rare place to stand: we can offer a healthier option than what the market sells, and not price it absurdly.

Natural ingredients carry our formulas; synthetic actives do not. Nothing Frøya Organics puts in a jar will touch your metabolism or disrupt hormones and throw them off balance - it is a non-medicated, 100% natural formula. Your body is the partner here, never the opponent!

Sourcing ingredients this rare and this costly takes time and expense that few brands will carry. 20 years went into a short list of simple, powerful products that show their work. Where the usual brand runs 70-90% water, we run 0. Every gram in the jar is there for your skin.

Yes, you can pair them with any other brand of skincare, though that is not what we would advise if you want the best outcome. Several items in our range were built to work as a set, so keeping to our own line will get your skin further.

Our flowers and plants dry slowly in open air at 22 degrees, across several days. That gentle pace holds the nutrients in place and lifts the quality of what we make.

Hands shape every batch, and we keep the heat as low as we can. A machine simply can't do this.

A good share of what goes into our jars grows wild on Norwegian mountainsides. Arctic winters shaped these plants, and that is why they hit so hard. Our sourcing spans regions across the Northern Hemisphere, mostly Northern Europe.

Our other ingredients come from top-grade organic farms across Europe & Asia.

Tell us which products are coming back and we'll reply with the steps for returning your parcel. Return postage is on you. The window you get is 30 days counted from the day your parcel landed. A return only qualifies while the item sits in its original, unopened, and unused condition, with the packaging it arrived in. Past the 30-day mark we don't take returns back. Returns apply to a first order only.

A subscription is open on any product whose supply we can count on, because we only commit to a monthly shipment we know we can keep up. Sadly, viral demand has sold us out more than once.

Where a subscription is open, pick your rhythm: a shipment each month, every second month, or one every 3 months, which carries an extra 20% off.

Auto-ship and subscriptions require at least two orders.

We ship US orders out of our Florida warehouse, normally landing in 3 to 5 days, and shipping is free above $40.

US, Canada & Mexico: from our warehouse in Florida (eWorld Fulfillment, 2260 118th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33716). Delivery time 3-5 days.

EU, UK & Switzerland: from our warehouse in the Netherlands (Efulfilment Europe, Wittevrouwen 21, 1358 CD Almere). Delivery time 2-7 days. Shipping price $10-22.

Australia: from our warehouse in Sydney (Prestons Warehouse, Warehouse A, Kookaburra Logistics Estate, 2 Kookaburra Road North, Prestons NSW 2170). Delivery time 2-5 days.

Below the free shipping threshold, the cost is worked out at checkout. We cover taxes and fees everywhere except Switzerland and Norway, where customs may apply since our parcels leave the EU. For the details, read the full shipping policy for country-level timings.