Bramble & Blossom

How we came to be…

The idea of first starting Bramble & Blossom came to Karen Anderson in April 2017. Since then, Karen has worked tirelessly to establish an aromatherapy business that builds on her childhood “obsession” of creating lotions and potions.
Karen’s idea of launching Bramble & Blossom first came about after completing holistic therapy courses and spending time developing her knowledge with experts in the field of Aromatherapy. By her own admission she became a self-proclaimed ‘nerd’ about the multitude of beneficial effects essential oils can have.

Most of the products in the current range started out as homemade solutions for friends or relatives with a health-related problem or needing a skincare solution. Each item made by Bramble & Blossom has a story and has been expertly developed to provide benefit to others.

Our uplifting mist was developed for a friend of Karen’s who was having a hard time with the menopause. Karen worked on a bespoke solution until she came up with the mood-boosting blend of neroli and geranium. Needless to say, her friend was over the moon. Today our customers use the uplifting mist on their yoga mats, in their home offices and many continue to find it an additional boost in working through their menopause symptoms.

Karen’s sleep well formulation was made especially for her grandmother. In her final months Karen would massage this blend into her grandmothers’ hands and feet to soothe and relax her mood, providing her with a much desired sense of peace.

Our calming bath salts was a product Karen developed for herself. Suffering with overwhelming stress and anxiety in 2019, Karen used her skills for her own wellness journey. Today Bramble & Blossoms calming kit is one of our customer favourites, we love hearing about how it has brought benefit to the 1000’s of people who have used it so far.

Keeping it simple…

At the heart of everything Bramble & Blossom does, is the ideal of keeping your skincare and wellness regimes simple and uncomplicated. This is fundamental to our approach to formulating solutions. We believe you don’t need to over complicate your skincare routine, but rather take a ‘less is more’ approach. Our skincare isn’t just nourishment for your skin, but also your mind and wellbeing.

Our luxury vegan beauty balm is the cornerstone of our skincare offering. It proves that you don’t need an array of beauty products in your vanity product. You only need a few items that can provide the best in skincare outcomes. Our delectable vegan beauty balm smooths onto the skin beautifully. Its unique formula melts as you soothe it into dry areas. We have carefully selected blend of essential oils will leave you feeling as relaxed and zen as you would after a spa day – easing tensions and calming even the driest of skin. And the best bit?… Our formula can be used in so many ways. It will soothe dry skin on the face, leave cuticles feeling revived, moisturise the driest of patches, you can even use a tiny amount on tangled tresses for smooth and shiny hair. Bramble & Blossoms luxury beauty balm is a capsule beauty must-have. Remove the need for unnecessary items and waste and choose a multifaceted product that actually works.

Our Ethics and drive to build a sustainable business.

Having children has made Karen even more responsible with her choices and concern for the environment. Bramble & Blossom has adopted a cruelty free and vegan ethos since its inception. We will never use animal products in our offering, nor will we use anything that is tested on animals. Testing on animals is against everything we stand for.

Our motivation has always been to ensure that we engage with suppliers that are as transparent as possible with their supply chain. If suppliers don’t provide assurances that the people who are harvesting and producing raw materials on their behalf are safe and being paid a fair wage, we will remove that supplier entirely from our supply chain. It is our belief that no worker, wherever they are in the world, should be put at risk or treated unfairly. Our eventual goal is to build up our portfolio of producers and growers and work with the people harvesting directly, removing the middlemen from the process and personally ensuring good outcomes for farmers and producers.

Our raw ingredients list is under constant review. If we believe there are sustainability risks to any of the botanicals, we use we will remove them from our ingredients list and reformulate as necessary. There is no planet b. Putting endangered or at-risk botanicals into our formulations simply isn’t an option for us.

We are small and humble.

Our goal at Bramble & Blossom has always been a motivation to produce ethically sourced, carefully packaged products made with the most natural and environmentally sustainable ingredients available. We carefully source all our raw ingredients from small UK and European suppliers. We formulate all our products in-house and we work with leading industry experts to ensure our formulations are optimal for wellness. We meet all the UK and European compliance standards for the development and notification of cosmetics. All our products are handmade in our purpose-built kitchen lab. We carefully hand make micro-batches of our range to ensure each product is perfect. We employ a small team of local artisans based in Hertfordshire. Our employees are paid above the national living wage and we foster a growth mindset in our team. Together we can try and do anything we set our minds to.

The importance of giving back is another passion of ours. When you rely on the natural resources of our beautiful planet, we believe you should also give back. Over the few years we have been operating we have consistently sought to give back.

Today we donate 2% of all profits to charities working to secure the future of our planet’s ecology. We hope as we grow we will be able to increase the time we can spend working with good causes and continue to grow our contributions.