I Tried 100+ Skincare Products From Regional Natural Beauty Brands — Here Are My Forever Favorites, and a closer look at the regional skincare scene — from the Editor of INTRO-DUCING Magazine

Over the past few months, while working on our INTRO-DUCING Spring Wellbeing Special 2026, I found myself surrounded by an extraordinary amount of natural skincare products from across the region. Oils, creams, botanical serums, body butters, hydrolates, herbal balms, lavender rituals, cold-pressed elixirs — more than 100 products in total passed through my hands, bathroom shelves, travel bags, and everyday routines. And somewhere between all those textures, scents, and formulations, one thing became very clear to me: the regional natural skincare scene is quietly becoming exceptional. What impressed me most was not only the quality of the products, but the philosophy behind them. So many small independent brands are returning skincare back to what it originally was — care. Real ingredients. Botanical intelligence. Slow beauty.

These brands are not simply creating creams, oils, or serums. They are creating rituals rooted in plants, slow living, healing traditions, and a different understanding of beauty — one that sees skincare as an extension of overall wellbeing.

In a world overwhelmed by synthetic formulas, laboratory-created textures, silicones, petroleum derivatives, and aggressive active ingredients, this regional skincare scene feels incredibly refreshing. Most of these products are based on cold-pressed oils, medicinal herbs, botanical extracts, hydrolates, beeswax, essential oils, and biodegradable ingredients that work with the skin, not against it.

And once you begin using truly natural skincare, something shifts.

Your skin becomes calmer. Softer. More balanced.

The body recognizes nature.

What I especially loved while exploring these brands is that many of them go beyond aesthetics. Their formulations support the skin barrier, hydration, collagen support, regeneration, inflammation reduction, and overall skin longevity — naturally.

Because nature almost always has its own powerful answer.

The Luxury Botanical Scene

Some brands immediately stood out for their ability to merge natural skincare with an elevated luxury identity — through formulation, packaging, atmosphere, and philosophy.

ABP Cosmetics

One of the most refined natural beauty concepts on the regional scene.

ABP Cosmetics transformed organic lavender essential oil from our region into an entire luxury ritual.

Everything about the brand feels calming, elegant, and sensory-driven — from their lavender pillow mist and velvet body creams to beautifully crafted body oils and natural candles.

My personal forever favorites?

The silky lavender body cream, their deeply nourishing body oil, a candle made from luxurious organic lavender oil and natural soy wax, a true home wellness experience.

Lavender remains one of the most powerful botanical ingredients in skincare, known for its calming and restorative effects, and ABP built its entire philosophy around exactly that feeling: softness, peace, and emotional wellbeing.

MAIA HomeDress

MAIA approaches wellbeing through ritual and atmosphere.

Their MAIA CEREMONY Silk Wash — the first natural liquid detergent for silk on our market — completely fascinated me. A product somewhere between skincare, home fragrance, and textile care.

Made with botanical saponins and delicate aromatic notes of jasmine, rose, grapefruit, lavender, and thyme, it transforms caring for silk into an intimate luxury ritual.

What I particularly appreciate is the philosophy behind it: creating products that are gentle both for the skin and for the fabrics that touch the body daily.

Minimal. Sophisticated. Thoughtfully luxurious.

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Botanical Healing & Herbal Skincare

Perhaps the most emotional part of this entire journey was discovering smaller herbal brands built around medicinal plants, traditional knowledge, and incredibly honest formulations.

Hortus Dei

One of my most beautiful discoveries during this special.

Hortus Dei creates 100% natural botanical skincare packaged in beautiful wooden containers that already feel like small ritual objects.

Their immortelle serum became one of my absolute essentials, while their herbal balm — carried everywhere in a tiny wooden box — quickly turned into my everyday SOS skin companion.

The brand combines botanical alchemy, hydrolates, medicinal herbs, and rich oils into products that feel deeply healing, grounding, and authentic.

Their mature skin cream also deserves special mention — rich, elegant, and remarkably effective.

Bee’s Care

A beautiful example of traditional herbal skincare done with genuine care.

Built around beeswax, propolis, medicinal herbs, and ingredients collected from the Sokolske mountains, Bee’s Care creates products that feel almost pharmaceutical in their healing simplicity.

Their face cream instantly became one of my favorites — comforting, rich, and restorative like a true balm for the skin.

And their pine needle roll-on? A complete natural wellness essential.

Suaviterm

Suaviterm impressed me with its sophisticated waterless skincare philosophy.

Their formulas skip unnecessary fillers and focus instead on concentrated botanical butters, oils, omega fatty acids, and deeply nourishing active ingredients.

Their body butter is honestly one of the best natural body products I’ve tried this year — rich, velvety, deeply restorative, yet incredibly elegant on the skin.

A wonderful example of modern botanical longevity skincare.

HerbaLab

Created by a team led by a biologist and experts in chemical sciences, HerbaLab beautifully combines scientific understanding with botanical ingredients.

Their philosophy focuses on gentle formulations that support skin health without irritation, especially for sensitive skin.

I particularly appreciated how balanced and intelligent their formulations feel — calm, effective, and skin-friendly.

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## The Established Natural Icons

Then there are the brands that already helped shape the regional natural beauty movement.

All Nut

A true pioneer of the regional natural beauty scene.

For over a decade, All Nut has been building a philosophy around cold-pressed oils, edible-quality ingredients, and the beautiful idea of “for food and for skin.”

Their plum kernel oil products are absolutely exceptional.

The facial oil, body lotion, and facial creams based on plum kernel oil became some of my personal favorites throughout this entire project — elegant, nourishing, and incredibly effective for skin quality and glow.

All Nut represents exactly what this special celebrates: nature offering luxurious, intelligent solutions.

### Sofi

One of the most recognizable natural beauty brands in Serbia — and deservedly so.

Sofi successfully built not only excellent skincare, but a complete emotional identity around the brand.

Their oils, body products, soaps, and skincare rituals feel modern, aesthetic, and beautifully branded without losing authenticity.

I especially loved their facial oils paired with the sodalite gua sha tool — products that transform skincare into a calming self-care ritual.

Every Sofi product feels like a small composition of scent, texture, and atmosphere.

—

This special was never only about beauty products.

It was about returning attention to plants, rituals, slower living, and healthier choices.

And after trying over 100 products, I can honestly say this:

The regional natural skincare scene is far more sophisticated, innovative, and luxurious than most people realize.

Perhaps real luxury today is exactly this —

knowing what we put onto our skin, where ingredients come from, and allowing nature to become part of our everyday rituals again.

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I Tried 100+ Skincare Products From Regional Natural Beauty Brands — Here Are My Forever Favorites, and a closer look at the regional skincare scene — from the Editor of INTRO-DUCING Magazine

These brands are not simply creating creams, oils, or serums. They are creating rituals rooted in plants, slow living, healing traditions, and a different understanding of beauty — one that sees skincare as an extension of overall wellbeing.

And once you begin using truly natural skincare, something shifts.

Your skin becomes calmer. Softer. More balanced.

The body recognizes nature.

What I especially loved while exploring these brands is that many of them go beyond aesthetics. Their formulations support the skin barrier, hydration, collagen support, regeneration, inflammation reduction, and overall skin longevity — naturally.

Because nature almost always has its own powerful answer.

The Luxury Botanical Scene

Some brands immediately stood out for their ability to merge natural skincare with an elevated luxury identity — through formulation, packaging, atmosphere, and philosophy.

ABP Cosmetics

One of the most refined natural beauty concepts on the regional scene.

ABP Cosmetics transformed organic lavender essential oil from our region into an entire luxury ritual.

Everything about the brand feels calming, elegant, and sensory-driven — from their lavender pillow mist and velvet body creams to beautifully crafted body oils and natural candles.

My personal forever favorites?

The silky lavender body cream, their deeply nourishing body oil, a candle made from luxurious organic lavender oil and natural soy wax, a true home wellness experience.

Lavender remains one of the most powerful botanical ingredients in skincare, known for its calming and restorative effects, and ABP built its entire philosophy around exactly that feeling: softness, peace, and emotional wellbeing.

MAIA HomeDress

MAIA approaches wellbeing through ritual and atmosphere.

Their MAIA CEREMONY Silk Wash — the first natural liquid detergent for silk on our market — completely fascinated me. A product somewhere between skincare, home fragrance, and textile care.

Made with botanical saponins and delicate aromatic notes of jasmine, rose, grapefruit, lavender, and thyme, it transforms caring for silk into an intimate luxury ritual.

What I particularly appreciate is the philosophy behind it: creating products that are gentle both for the skin and for the fabrics that touch the body daily.

Minimal. Sophisticated. Thoughtfully luxurious.

—

Botanical Healing & Herbal Skincare

Perhaps the most emotional part of this entire journey was discovering smaller herbal brands built around medicinal plants, traditional knowledge, and incredibly honest formulations.

Hortus Dei

One of my most beautiful discoveries during this special.

Hortus Dei creates 100% natural botanical skincare packaged in beautiful wooden containers that already feel like small ritual objects.

Their immortelle serum became one of my absolute essentials, while their herbal balm — carried everywhere in a tiny wooden box — quickly turned into my everyday SOS skin companion.

The brand combines botanical alchemy, hydrolates, medicinal herbs, and rich oils into products that feel deeply healing, grounding, and authentic.

Their mature skin cream also deserves special mention — rich, elegant, and remarkably effective.

Bee’s Care

A beautiful example of traditional herbal skincare done with genuine care.

Built around beeswax, propolis, medicinal herbs, and ingredients collected from the Sokolske mountains, Bee’s Care creates products that feel almost pharmaceutical in their healing simplicity.

Their face cream instantly became one of my favorites — comforting, rich, and restorative like a true balm for the skin.

And their pine needle roll-on? A complete natural wellness essential.

Suaviterm

Suaviterm impressed me with its sophisticated *waterless skincare philosophy*.

Their formulas skip unnecessary fillers and focus instead on concentrated botanical butters, oils, omega fatty acids, and deeply nourishing active ingredients.

Their body butter is honestly one of the best natural body products I’ve tried this year — rich, velvety, deeply restorative, yet incredibly elegant on the skin.

A wonderful example of modern botanical longevity skincare.

HerbaLab

Created by a team led by a biologist and experts in chemical sciences, HerbaLab beautifully combines scientific understanding with botanical ingredients.

Their philosophy focuses on gentle formulations that support skin health without irritation, especially for sensitive skin.

I particularly appreciated how balanced and intelligent their formulations feel — calm, effective, and skin-friendly.

—

## The Established Natural Icons

Then there are the brands that already helped shape the regional natural beauty movement.

All Nut

A true pioneer of the regional natural beauty scene.

For over a decade, All Nut has been building a philosophy around cold-pressed oils, edible-quality ingredients, and the beautiful idea of “for food and for skin.”

Their plum kernel oil products are absolutely exceptional.

The facial oil, body lotion, and facial creams based on plum kernel oil became some of my personal favorites throughout this entire project — elegant, nourishing, and incredibly effective for skin quality and glow.

All Nut represents exactly what this special celebrates: nature offering luxurious, intelligent solutions.

### Sofi

One of the most recognizable natural beauty brands in Serbia — and deservedly so.

Sofi successfully built not only excellent skincare, but a complete emotional identity around the brand.

Their oils, body products, soaps, and skincare rituals feel modern, aesthetic, and beautifully branded without losing authenticity.

I especially loved their facial oils paired with the sodalite gua sha tool — products that transform skincare into a calming self-care ritual.

Every Sofi product feels like a small composition of scent, texture, and atmosphere.

—

This special was never only about beauty products.

It was about returning attention to plants, rituals, slower living, and healthier choices.

And after trying over 100 products, I can honestly say this:

The regional natural skincare scene is far more sophisticated, innovative, and luxurious than most people realize.

Perhaps real luxury today is exactly this —

knowing what we put onto our skin, where ingredients come from, and allowing nature to become part of our everyday rituals again.

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Suaviterm impressed me with its sophisticated waterless skincare philosophy.