All-Natural,
No-Nasties,
Using Homegrown Botanicals
Hello and welcome!
My name is Debbie and I am the creator of Wild Māra. The name “Wild Māra” came about with my love of medicinal botanicals which I grow in my organic spray-free Nelson garden or wild harvest locally and sustainably. Māra is te reo Māori for garden.
I am a qualified pharmacist with a strong interest in complementary medicine. Especially herbal medicine & aromatherapy. When I was in the UK on my OE, I had the opportunity to work at Weleda. I learnt every aspect of the company from planting & growing medicinal plants, harvesting, right up to formulating, production & product knowledge. This amazing experience ignited a dream of wanting to work in a herbal apothecary, making up remedies, balms & skincare.
About 7 years ago we moved to Nelson. The climate is absolutely wonderful here, so I thought it was time to set my dream in motion and started growing my medicinal herbal garden. That and with my newly acquired love affair of making cold-process soap (chemistry background), I put the two together. And Wild Māra was born.
My ethos is that each Wild Māra product I create contains botanicals from my garden or wildly harvested locally. I use quality cold-pressed plant oils & butters, natural mineral-rich clays & pure therapeutic essential oils. No Nasties.
Each Wild Māra product is made in small batches by me with love, intention and with sustainability in mind. “Naturally Kind - to your skin and to our planet”. I’m committed to minimising my environmental impact and use recyclable, bio-degradable & plastic-free packaging where possible.
I believe in the magical healing & therapeutic powers of Mother Nature and this is what I want to share with you. I hope that when you are using my products, you too can benefit from the richness that our earth has to offer and that you love using them as much as I love creating them.
So, whether it’s for everyday use, an indulgent treat or finding a gift for someone special, I’d love to help.
Enjoy
Debbie
Behind Wild Māra
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Debbie
Creator, Formulator, Soap-maker, Photographer, Social Media & Sales Manager, Gardener and Everything in-between!
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Bruno
Chief Supervisor, Garden buddy, Listener, Model & Tester for the “Dirtie Dog” Soap
MY PROMISE
100% Natural
My products are created with 100% natural ingredients.
Cold-pressed plant oils & butters,
Mineral-rich clays, Botanical oil-infusions
& hydrosols and
Pure therapeutic essential oils.
NO Nasties
NO Parabens
NO Synthetics
NO Animal products
NO Toxins
100% Cruelty-free
Eco-friendly
I’m passionate about looking after our
beautiful planet. I re-use whatever
packaging I can from wholesale orders
for your orders. My products are in
eco-friendly, biodegradable, re-cyclable,
plastic-free packaging. And I’m always
looking at ways to improve.
You too can help reduce your single-use
plastic waste by using solid soap,
shampoo & conditioner bars instead of plastic bottled hand-wash, shower gels, shampoo’s & conditioner’s.
#gozerowaste
Handmade
My products are created with love by hand
in small batches. Each product is
unique & will have slight variances (size, colour, smell) from batch to batch.
No mass production here!
Your guaranteed quality ingredients &
handmade plant goodness.
