Slow burner
As a procrastinator, I am definitely a slow burner.
I have just added videos to the YouTube Channel that I have had for 14 years and finally designed a logo for my natural skincare products to differentiate them from Smudge Soap.
I have been using our beeswax in natural skincare products since 2018 and registered the domain slowskincare.com.au in 2022. It describes how I work on the farm, slowly and with the rhythm of nature, but with the same focus, purpose, and mindfulness as the slow food and slow fashion movements.
I played around with fonts and the farm icon and loved the shape of the "K" in the Brown Sugar font as it reminded me of a branch. When I highlighted it in the Brand orange it highlighted the word KINCARE, which felt right.
Kith and Kin has been in usage for hundreds of years. Kith is an old Germanic word that meant “known,” and referred to your place or native land, friends and neighbours and Kin has an Indo-European root and loosely means “to give birth to.”
I liked the farm icon only being loosely constrained by the circle of the O, as I am a bit of a rebel and slapdash with some things, leaning more towards casual than crisp. The circle also represents community, Having an Orange OK is pretty neat too.
My mantras include, done is better than perfect, close enough is good enough, perfection is the enemy of done and of course the Aussie slang, "she'll be right mate".
On the farm, everything moves at the pace of nature, slow, steady, and managed with ancient skills. We rise with the goats, tend the garden, watch the bees go about their day, and somewhere in between, we remember what it means to live simply and give generously.
At Capricopia, the vision is simple, to share the abundance of this small farm: milk, beeswax, herbs, and to help people care for their skin in the traditional way, before chemical companies drove the market, putting profit over people. Selling you a problem and a solution, a drying shampoo that requires a conditioner, harsh detergents that require hand cream.
Your skin is not just a surface. It’s your largest organ, your barrier, your storyteller. Too often it’s smothered with products that strip it, or irritate it, making it survive rather than thrive.
Skin should be nurtured by nature, not bullied by trends.
Goat’s milk can soothe what synthetic cleansers strip away.
Beeswax can protect and soften without fanfare.
We need to change the way we look at our skin, not as a canvas to cover, but as a living, breathing reflection of our lives.
I have never worn make-up, but I do like having smooth, healthy skin that doesn't feel dry or weathered as I spend so much time outside on the farm.