Seed to Skin Interview
Rising up from the rolling Tuscan countryside is Borgo Santo Pietro – a boutique hotel bringing Tuscany’s natural abundance to our bathrooms with exclusive-to-Liberty skin care line, Seed to Skin
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Seed to Skin
Rising up from the rolling Tuscan countryside is Borgo Santo Pietro – a boutique hotel bringing Tuscany’s natural abundance to our bathrooms with exclusive-to-Liberty skin care line, Seed to Skin
Shop Seed to SkinLaunched exclusively at Liberty, Seed to Skin is the result of hotel founder Jeanette Thottrup’s bid to develop science-driven skin solutions which harness the best of nature. A former fashion designer, Thottrup became an advocate of plant-based remedies whilst studying natural medicine. “There was still so much untapped potential for natural ingredients within the realm of skin care and, until recently, the beauty industry was typically split into all-natural-organic or high-tech science,” she tells us. “I decided to create a natural but scientific skin care line with the benefits of both.”
For this, she needed her own laboratory, which was built on the Borgo Santo Pietro estate; a hotel nestled amongst Tuscany’s mineral-rich countryside - surrounded by river and thermal springs. Joining forces with cosmetologist Anna Buonocore, a doctor with over 15 years laboratory experience, Thottrup combined her knowledge of natural ingredients with scientific expertise to form a natural molecular system. “We start from the integrity of the soil where life begins,” says Thottrup. “We love the potency of plants and what they can do when teamed with science to extract their best active properties for targeted skin regeneration.”
Made from locally sourced ingredients, the advanced all-natural formulations are crafted by hand using high concentrations of active ingredients that specifically target different layers of the skin. The result is an effective, organic skin care brand deeply committed to transparency. “We spend so much time trying and testing before we have an 'uncompromised' solution which brings together the best from nature with the best results,” Thottrup says. “One-by-one, each of our formulas has been studied and researched, methodically and thoughtfully developed, and most importantly has risen from integrity.”
