Neighbourhood Botanicals is formulator-led.

Our functional living skincare uses nature’s very best bioactives at the highest quality available, grown by our Mother and bottled by us.

All products are completely from the mind and hands of the founder Micaela Nisbet. We will never brand an off-the-shelf (white label) formulation as is the common practice in skincare brands.
All products are manufactured and shipped from the U.K, most from either our small HQ in west Cornwall or our shipping warehouse in Birmingham.

In January 2021 we finished our first extensive company audit and became carbon-negative, climate positive, leading the charge in this respect. 
We offer biodegradable refills on our bestsellers. 

Provenance

We choose to use ingredients that are natural, organic, cold-pressed and zero-waste wherever possible. Using cold-pressed oils allows the ingredients to retain maximum nutrients from the plants and also contributes to each products' unique scent. Our products smell like the rich tapestry they were grown from.

Packaging

We use amber glass bottles with PET caps. Amber glass protects the nutrients in the blend from light degradation. The glass is recyclable (or please refill - even better). The flip caps are recyclable as is, but the others would need to be separated to remove springs and pipettes before recycling.

Our products all come in cardboard boxes which are non-foiled and recyclable. 

Our imperfect products or any damages get saved up and sold in half price ‘Factory Seconds’ drops a few times a year. Our customers love this incentive and it saves us waste.

We weigh up a lot of factors when choosing packaging. There is no silver bullet, so that’s why the founder Micaela has been working on a side hustle company for the last few years, making a biodegradable refill packaging solution for Neighbourhood and other brands. Refilling is the ultimate eco option. Check out more at onrepeat.world and purchase refills on the product pages (UK only).

People

We’re female owned and operated, and very much a boot-strapped indie brand growing organically. We use some of our turnover to provide crowd-sourced loans for entrepreneurs in developing nations with Lend With Care. You can view our profile here. We believe in responsible consumption and production throughout our whole practice.