Ethos

Desert People is a seasonally minded small-batch body medicine shop specializing in holistic skincare – most of our ingredients are sourced locally within the Sonoran Desert bio-region, they are respectfully wild foraged, urban foraged, homegrown, or acquired from small family farms that honor regenerative practices

 

The Sonoran Desert is a mystical place

It is ancient, wise, and unfathomably rich with a diversity of life that can only be found here. By some grace of God I was born and raised on these lands, and the sense of awe I feel towards my ancestral home bursts more with each passing day. Nothing has guided or impacted my life more than the time I've spent wandering the trails, arroyos, and canyons that surround me. Time spent paying attention to the rhythms, cycles, and way of the land. All while indulging in the mesmerizing colors, textures, sounds, aromas, and silhouettes that touch against the sky

Cultivating a living breathing relationship with the land has brought a profound sense of kinship, purpose, and direction in my life, and Desert People is a means to share the sentiment with you

Our products are intentionally simple, yet deeply nourishing, and made to work with the intelligent nature of your skin and body

On a mass scale we're seeing people and the landscapes they're apart of be inundated with petrochemicals, synthetics, fragrances, questionable preservatives, emulsifiers, stabilizers, microplastics, and harsh actives without any real understanding of how it's affecting our overall wellbeing – skincare is a major culprit for ingredients that mess with hormones, microbiomes, and the delicate ecosystems of people and environments at large

Sharing wholesome handmade products that go against this paradigm is a big part of why we're here

So thank you for being here and helping to bring the vision alive!

Your support is appreciated beyond words and I very much look forward to bringing a piece of my beloved desert into your hands

Melissa Aparicio, founder and maker of Desert People