Our Story
Lowen’s Natural Skincare
Lowen’s Natural Skincare is inspired by and named after our daughter, Lowen (and her younger sister Simone). After unsuccessful trials of commercially available diaper rash remedies, Registered Pharmacist Chad Zelensky used his pharmaceutical knowledge and clinical experience to develop an innovative natural diaper balm using unconventional, unrefined, high-quality, locally sourced ingredients. In time, Chad developed a formula that resolved Lowen’s diaper rash within days and it never came back! (and our youngest Simone and scores of other babies avoided rash as a result of using our balms!)
We knew other parents faced the same challenge we did and wanted to help them discover our product so that they too could prevent and treat their children’s rash. With that lofty goal in mind, Lowen’s Natural Skincare was born. After launching our flagship Butter Balm, through extensive research and tenacity, we expanded our product line to include a variety of other balms, lotions, cleansers, scrubs, hair care products, and creams. Today, we continue to investigate and create new products to meet the needs of our customers and family.
We Formulate Our Products Based On These Four Principles
Safe for us = Safe for you
We formulate our products using evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and personally-tested ingredients to ensure they are safe for you and your family. We ensure that our ingredients are thoroughly evaluated for safety, effectiveness, environmental impact, and animal welfare by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
Keeping it Simple
We formulate our products with hard-working ingredients. What this means is that any single ingredient can provide multiple benefits within a particular product. This keeps our ingredients list to a minimum number of “simple” components.
Do no Harm
We do not test our products on animals nor do we purchase ingredients that have been tested on animals. Furthermore, Lowen’s has also been vetted by PETA and are listed in their Cruelty Free Company database.
Sensible Sourcing
We source local, certified organic and/or fair trade ingredients whenever possible and continually review and refine our practices to adhere to the above. If we are unable to find an ingredient close to home, we expand our search to find unrefined, organic, fair-trade ingredients from other community-minded social enterprises.
THE LOWEN'S COMMITMENT TO YOU
High Quality
Only the best, most effective ingredients are selected.
Unscented
As a rule, our products generally do not have added scents…
Traceable
We investigate where our ingredients come from, what the parent plant(s) was/were, who farms it, how it’s harvested and how fresh it is
Gentle
Our products are gentle enough for everyday use for all age groups.
Uncomplicated
We use as few ingredients as possible and preferably those in their unrefined form.
Therapeutic
The entire Lowen’s line up can help relieve a variety of skin conditions as well as being incredible for daily self-care.
Safe
Prior to formulation, each potential ingredient is researched and screened for toxicity.
Certified
We are PETA Certified and EWG Verified™
Affordable
We believe high-quality skincare should not cost a fortune and work hard to keep our costs low – which we pass on to you.
