Scan Magazine | Beauty Profile | Moonsun
Love your skin With brand Moonsun Organic of Sweden, two skin therapists have successfully created a range of lush skin products with essential oils that are also environmentally friendly – pure heaven for your skin. By Malin Norman | Photos: Moonsun Organic of Sweden
Skin therapists Mia Skaug and Jenny Svärdendahl are the creators of the brand Moonsun Organic of Sweden, a unisex series of holistic skin products with delicious natural aromas. They first met in 2002 during a course in holistic skin therapy, set up a salon together and eventually started developing their own sustainable skin care products for body and mind. Both have an extensive background in spa treatments, cosmetics and aromatherapy and over the years they have learned about the importance of high-quality natural ingredients, small-scale develop20 | Issue 104 | September 2017
mass production with lots of added water to dilute the products, with Moonsun Organic of Sweden we do things smallscale, through trial and error, and now have a range of honest and sustainable products.”
ment of organic products and their impact on the skin.
Multi-functional products
“Skin care is becoming increasingly popular, but there are a lot of certifications that are not telling the truth,” say the founders, explaining that even though some labels state that a product is organic it might not mean that it is 100 per cent environmentally friendly. “We have come to understand what holistic really means – getting the whole picture – and how we can slow down and look at better products and ways of working. Instead of
The Moonsun Organic of Sweden multifunctional series, called Love Your Skin, reflects the two entrepreneurs’ work as therapists in holistic and natural cosmetics, aromas and mindfulness. The ten unisex products for face and body consist of perfectly matched high-quality ingredients and essential oils, and have been thoughtfully developed and tested over a number of years to suit both men and women and fit any skin type. “It took us almost eight years to create this skin