Vitamin C Serum: What It Does, When to Use It, and How to Get the Glow

There is a certain kind of morning where your skin just looks awake. Bright, even, a little lit from within. Vitamin C is the ingredient most likely to give you that, and it has stayed...
Pink bottle of Nectar Life dry body oil with rosehip and jojoba oils on a pink dish

Jojoba Oil for Skin: The Summer Body Care Ingredient Worth Knowing

Most body care ingredients have a season. Heavy butters feel right in January. Rich creams belong to cold weather. But summer asks for something different. Something that hydrates without weighing you down, absorbs before you...
Whipped shea butter in a wooden bowl and scoop, surrounded by green leaves on a wood background

Shea Butter for Skin: What It Actually Does

You've seen it on labels for years. Body butters, lotions, lip balms, hair masks. Shea butter shows up everywhere in body care, and for good reason. But most products just say "contains shea butter" and...
Person applying Nectar Life sugar body scrub to shoulder in shower, natural sugar crystal exfoliant visible on skin

What Are Microplastics in Beauty Products (And Where We Stand)

If you’ve watched The Plastic Detox on Netflix recently, you already know this conversation has gone mainstream. And if the documentary sent you straight to your bathroom cabinet to start reading labels, you’re not alone....
Bathe in Milk & Honey: Meet Our Sweetest Spring Collection

Bathe in Milk & Honey: Meet Our Sweetest Spring Collection

There’s a specific feeling that comes with spring. The air shifts. Things get lighter. You start wanting your routine to feel a little different too, a little fresher, a little more like something you actually...
Nectar Life Jumbo Whipped Soap With Product Swatches

Our Founder Uses This Every Other Day. Here’s Why.

Tom, our founder, has been building Nectar Life for over a decade. He knows every product we make inside and out. So when he quietly started reaching for the same thing every other morning, people...
The Scents We Associate With Easter (And Why Marshmallow Makes Total Sense)

The Scents We Associate With Easter (And Why Marshmallow Makes Total Sense)

On scent memory, spring, and why certain smells can take you somewhere before you even realize it. There's a specific smell that Easter has. You can't always name it, but you know it when it...
You Deserve to Take Up Space: A Self-Care Love Letter for International Women's Day

You Deserve to Take Up Space: A Self-Care Love Letter for International Women's Day

Can we just be real for a second? Women show up for everyone. The kids, the partner, the parents, the friend who's going through it, the coworker who needed something. The mental load that never...
Natural Body Scrub vs. Chemical Exfoliant: Which Is Right for Your Skin?

Natural Body Scrub vs. Chemical Exfoliant: Which Is Right for Your Skin?

Natural Body Scrub vs. Chemical Exfoliant: Which Is Right for Your Skin? You've been there. Standing in the beauty aisle — or deep in an online tab spiral at midnight — staring at two very...