From My Grandmother to You
Galen, Gran, and a mixing bowl
The idea of a simple, concentrated cream you finish yourself is very, very old.
Our creams are a nod to Galen of Pergamon, the Roman-era physician whose original cold cream, built on beeswax, olive oil and rosewater, dates back nearly two thousand years.
They are also a nod to founder Jill’s grandmother, a wise, pragmatic woman who made her own version of that recipe. She found it in a library book, tore out the page, took it home, and whipped it up in the same mixing bowl she used for her life-changing sponge cake.
When Jill formulated our trio of creams, she saw no reason to mess with what wasn’t broken. She simply added even more skin-loving oils like wheatgerm and castor, staying true to its founding idea: simple, natural, and made to last.
