Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Spa and Wellness: Our Favourite Swedish Wellness Brands
The secret to healthy skin, from the forest When the autumn and winter months are approaching, give your skin some love with organic skincare brand BARR. Its award-winning products are made from natural ingredients, for healthy and beautiful skin. By Malin Norman | Photos: BARR
Based in Strömsund in the region of Jämtland, upcoming Swedish beauty brand BARR makes exclusive organic skincare products from natural ingredients. Inspired by nature and developed to carefully help improve skin health, the products are made by the brand’s own recipes and only high-quality organic ingredients are used. “Here in Strömsund, we live in the middle of the countryside,” says co-founder 48 | Issue 116 | September 2018
Rikard Andersson. With coniferous forest just around the corner, Andersson and his wife started their own organic beauty brand in 2015 and decided to name it BARR, which is Swedish and means coniferous.
the best for our baby. A lot of products have strange ingredients, some of them are even harmful, and we wanted to find an alternative. We decided to try and make toxin-free products ourselves.”
Soul of Scandinavia
All BARR’s products are 100 per cent natural and include a high degree of organic ingredients. “We want to provide products that everyone feels are safe to use and can trust quality-wise. And we want to give a sense of Sweden and Scandinavia, through our design and our products.”
“It all started with love and focus when we had our son,” continues Andersson. “As parents, we became more aware of the products we used and only wanted
In less than three years, BARR has won several prominent awards that show the brand’s high quality and excellent prod-