I have an illuminating interview for you on the podcast today, I had the honour of chatting with Grigore and Vivian of Topanga Canyon based skincare brand Gaffer & Child. We dive into all things sacred skin rituals and the journey of creating their organic and plant-powered skincare brand. The mission behind their brand comes from a shared experience with acne, how those formative years really influenced their confidence and how that led to their dedication to creating a loving, plant rich and natural skincare brand - something they wish existed in their early years.

We dive into:

Their individual journeys that led to the creation of gaffer and child, Vivian's upbringing in the east coast with musician parents and working in the makeup industry and Grigore growing up in the west coast and history in product development. How they met and their shared love of Erewhon. Relating on struggling with cystic acne and how that was foundational to creating an organic and effective skincare brand to help others going through the same thing. The meaning of the name gaffer and child - finding your light.

The gift of creation - making magic with your partner and being passionate about the products you make. How self care rituals can be nourishing tools for people going through a hard time with their skin. Working with your partner - finding the balance and complimenting each other with different skills. Having opposite personalities and holding space for the partnership. Attention focused and expansion through divine partnership.

Ingredients and extraction methods - using active ingredients and dedication to the highest quality ingredients from nature. Why its so important for them to have control of the whole process, even the packaging and making products in house, pouring with the moon cycles. Intention and energy in products and the importance of their morning rituals. Specifics about the solar and lunar serums and their unique ingredients. Their shared love of natural health food grocery stores, and travelling 8 hours in Costa Rica to the grocery store. Their travels to Egypt - discovery of plant medicines, ritual and love of travel. A background of Grigore’s Armenian roots and the history of sun worshippers and how that influences their ritual with the sun and infusing this light into the brand - unifying everyone with the beauty of the sun. Our true essence as nature, earthing and tuning to the earth.

For the Topanga Moon listeners they are offering 20% off all Gaffer & Child products with code Topanga20 find their nourishing skin products here:

https://www.gafferandchild.com/

and you can connect with them here!:

@gafferandchild

And you can find Topanga Moon ritual products here: https://www.topangamoon.com/

@topanga_moon

Sending you all moon blessings!