Healthy skin is beautiful skin.

Skin care products from Dr. Hauschka rely on the revitalising powers of nature. With their specific properties, each individual plant makes our formulations even more effective. And they are also made with all the expertise and accuracy of a pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Pharmaceutical knowledge for our cosmetics.

As pharmaceutical manufacturers, we know that every natural ingredient and its specific properties plays a part in making the overall product composition. A synergy of ingredients to create an effective formulation. We select our medicinal plants and extracts for Dr. Hauschka Skin Care in accordance with the same principles we use for WALA Medicines. We also utilise some homeopathic guidelines in the way we treat the skin as well.

What makes a plant a medicinal plant?

First and foremost, the fact that the plant is not quite ‘normal’. Standard characters do not harbour any particular potential, whereas the ‘black sheep’ on the other hand are interesting. They may blossom at an unusual time of year or grow in climatically extreme locations. Being different requires special strengths, and these are precisely what make a plant a medicinal plant. We harness their plant powers and use them to formulate our premium natural skin care.

We are picky about our plant ingredients.

We make abundant use of nature’s treasures in our Dr. Hauschka Skin Care formulations. Wilted plants cannot be used to make effective natural skin care. We want healthy, resilient, high vitality botanicals for your skin care and as such we are meticulous when selecting our raw ingredients. Our plants come from:

• Our biodynamic medicinal plant garden

• The fields of our Demeter certified (biodynamic) farm nearby

• Ecological cultivation partnerships – either regional or in other parts of the world if the plant species does not thrive in our climate

• Wild harvesting in the local Swabian Alps

Wild-harvesting because some plants are happier, therefore more vital, in their wild environment. Responsibly wild-harvested plants, such as euphrasia (eyebright) and arnica. Our gardeners and wild collectors often harvest in the very early hours of the morning, ensuring our botanical ingredients retain their full natural strength and vitality.

Some plants prefer a different climate, such as roses and castor oil. For these ingredients we have many cultivation partnerships worldwide. Some of these projects we have instigated and financed, some we provide biodynamic expertise, all of our cultivation partners work as fairly, as sustainably, and with social responsibility, as we do.

The heart of Dr. Hauschka is our medicinal plant garden.

We harvest as many of the medicinal plants as possible that we use in our skin care products from our medicinal plant garden. This is located directly behind the oldest WALA building in Eckwälden, at the foot of the Swabian Alps. Our work here adheres to many different rhythms, creates a closed natural ecosystem, and leaves room for wilderness. It’s an oasis!

Not only skin care

Sustainability and care for our planet is foremost along with developing formulations to create effective, natural and organic skin care and make-up. We have our own biodynamic medicinal plant gardens, and nearby biodynamic (Demeter Certified) fields nearby, cultivation partnerships around the world, respect for natural rhythms, and an interest in products that are also sensory, to support your inner beauty as well as your outer beauty. This is the only way to lovingly create cleansers, toners, moisturisers, oils, lotions and serums from ingredients your skin understand and which are just as beautiful and good for you as they are for our planet.