Wild Māra Story
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. “To be kind on your skin and to be kind on the environment”. 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 Synthetics
NO Parabens
NO Animal products
NO Toxins
Cruelty-free
Sustainability
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.
