Melanie Larkins, founder of Kindred & Core, looking downward with a gentle smile, wearing a rich brown fabric headwrap and gold hoop earrings, showcasing hydrated, glowing skin.

WATERLESS SKINCARE MADE WITH 100% ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

100% certified organic ingredients, zero fillers hand-crafted skincare too nourish, soften, and protect your skin. Transparent, simple ingredient list with a balanced formulation of oils and butters to restore your skin’s glow.

we are built different.

Kindred & Core was born out of a newly pregnant mom-to-be’s need to find relief for her itchy skin. When she finally found something that helped, the product was too pricey to allow for daily use. So, she reverse-engineered it. Then improved it - using her 30+ years of experience in environmental research, data management, and Fortune 500 corporate sustainability experience.

This brand was created to solve a problem, not just to turn a profit. We use these products ourselves and want to see our ethos become the norm.

We are raising the bar.

Many personal care brands (even “clean” ones) sell you products that are up to 80% water or fillers, and require synthetic chemicals like stabilizers, preservatives and parabens. Many “organic” or “natural” products include non-organic ingredients. We chose another path. Our hand-crafted small batch products are waterless and use 100% USDA certified organic ingredients.

We aren’t stopping there. We can always be better. Now, we are committed to transitioning to a 100% verified slavery-free supply chain.

We are illuminating a new path for the beauty industry.

our BRAND FEATURES

  • 100% Active, Waterless Bases: We completely eliminate water or filler ingredients. Every drop of our moisturizers and scrubs deliver concentrated skin nutrition and care.

  • Transitioning to Verified Slavery-Free Sourcing: We deliberately prioritize Fair for Life or Fair Trade Certified™​ sources for the ingredients most vulnerable to human trafficking in the global market. We are transitioning to a baseline mandate by 2030 for 100% of our ingredients to either carry rigorous third-party certification or be grown and processed in regions with strictly enforced labor protections (e.g., US, EU, UK, Canada).

  • Radical Organic Standards: Our formulations remain 100% USDA certified organic down to the organic Vitamin E oil.

  • Biodegradable, Recyclable, Compostable Infrastructure: We are aggressively transitioning to 100% plastic-free, zero-waste product packaging. We currently have a small amount of plastic in our lid liners that we are working to remove while preventing leakage. All shipping materials are paper-based, compostable, and restricted exclusively to ground transit to minimize carbon emissions in our supply chain.