I moved to Alaska looking for an adventure. I never expected changing skin, fields of fireweed, and starting over after 50 to lead me toward the work I was meant to do.
Somewhere along the way, my skin changed. Maybe yours did too.
It became drier, tighter, more reactive. Products I’d used for years suddenly stopped working.
Menopause showed up with no instruction manual. Our moms didn’t talk about it because nobody talked to them.
So here we are, figuring it out together.
At this stage of life, most of us have spent decades taking care of everyone else. We raised kids. We cared for partners. We showed up for aging parents, friends, coworkers, and families.
We’ve celebrated, grieved, started over, watched our children grow up, said goodbye to people we love, and somehow kept putting one foot in front of the other, even when we were exhausted.
Some days we don’t recognize our skin. Some days we don’t quite recognize ourselves.
I didn’t start Wild Alaska Skincare to promise you’ll look twenty years younger.
I started it because I wanted us to feel better in the skin we’re in today.
But more than that, I wanted a reason for you to stop. Just for a minute. To warm a few drops of oil between your hands. To breathe, close your eyes, and remember that you deserve the same care you’ve spent a lifetime giving everyone else.
Because after everything you’ve done for everyone else, you deserve a few quiet minutes that belong only to you.
I moved to Alaska looking for an adventure. I had no idea it would be this kind.
I didn’t know it would lead me into fields of fireweed and yarrow, into a greenhouse full of calendula, and eventually into building a skincare company from scratch.
None of this was part of some carefully mapped-out plan. I was trying to understand my own changing skin, make something that helped, and find my footing in a new chapter of life.
Somewhere along the way, it became bigger than me.
That’s why I started Wild Alaska Skincare. Not because I had all the answers, but because I knew I couldn’t be the only woman feeling this way.
So if any part of this feels familiar, pull up a chair.
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