Golden Milk | Emulsifying Cleansing Balm

Rooted in the ancient Ayurvedic tradition of turmeric milk, this golden balm is a tribute to warmth, nourishment, and ancestral memory. Inspired by the cherished family rituals of founder Aviva’s Indian relatives, Golden Milk reimagines oil cleansing as ceremony...where the act of removal becomes an invitation into deeper care. Infused slowly and lovingly with cooling, reparative herbs of calendula, chamomile, yarrow, and gotu kola - grown on the Apis Apotheca organic farm - this creamy balm soothes like a silk shawl drawn across sensitive, overworked skin. Rich plant butters melt into every crevice, carrying moisture where it’s needed most. Turmeric CO2 extract tames inflammation with golden firelight, while cardamom gently stirs the heart and sacral centers, welcoming ease, presence, and a reconnection to your body’s natural rhythm. It effortlessly melts away heavy makeup, sunscreen, and the residue of the day...no steam or scrubbing required. A balm for those whose skin speaks in whispers. For those craving comfort, not control. For skin that longs to be listened to, not managed. Let this golden medicine guide your skin back to its intuitive brilliance: barrier intact, moisture protected, spirit soothed.

2oz

Raw/organic shea butter (Butyrospermum parkii), raw/organic kokum butter (Garcinia Indica), cold pressed/ local/ organic sunflower seed oil (Helianthus annuus seed oil), proprietary extracts of calendula (Calendula officinalis)*, chamomile (Matricaria Chamomilla)*, yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)*, gotu kola (Centella Asiatica)*, ethically wildcrafted reishi (Ganoderma Tsugaei), Di-PPG-2 Myreth-10 Adipate, turmeric (Curcuma Longa) co2 extract, cardamom co2 extract (Elettaria cardamomum)

*Organically grown on Apis Apotheca's New York medicinal herb farm

With dry hands, massage a pea-size amount onto dry skin for 1-2 minutes, really giving attention to every corner of your face. Then, moisten your hands and massage your skin again, transforming the balm into a milk. Splash with warm water until your face feels clean and moisturized.

Founded and run by farmers, herbalists, and educators who feel a duty to uphold traditions of equitable access to safe herbal medicine and knowledge, Apis Apotheca creations are brought to life by Aviva Skye Tilson, who comes from a farming background and is a certified community herbalist. Aviva has spent a decade healing herself through working with plants and animals, and has always loved skincare. The Apis Apotheca line represents her combined years of field experience, academic research, and endless experimentation. 

The Apis Apotheca team runs a medicinal herb farm in New York’s stunning Hudson Valley, high on a hill facing the Catskill Mountains, with deep, mineral-rich, loamy soil that supports trillions of healthy micro-organisms in balance. This healthy soil grows healthy plants, 100% organically. They grow 98% of the plants used in their formulas to ensure they are fresh, potent, and properly preserved for ever batch of products. And their lab is steps away from their farm fields, which enables them to capture the potency of the plants they grow to the fullest, as well as to experiment to their hearts content whenever they have a lightbulb moment out in the field! The Apis Apotheca lab is also solar powered and they recycle everything that can be recycled, and compost absolutely everything that can be composted — and that compost goes right back on their fields to help grow more gorgeous plants. Full circle.