Our story
It started with my skin.
H23 began with a damaged skin barrier, a lot of travel, and a long search for one gentle product that would work wherever I happened to be.
How H23 started
After COVID I was living between countries. Sea air and strong sun one month, dry cold the next, and my skin could not keep up. It got tight, red and reactive, and nothing I already owned helped.
I spent months going to dermatologists. What I eventually understood was simple: my skin barrier was damaged, and until it was repaired and rebuilt nothing else was going to work. What I could not find was one gentle product that would do that, and keep doing it, in every climate I lived in.
So I decided to make it myself. One step, nothing fussy, gentle enough for skin like mine and effective enough to be worth the bottle. That became H23.
Our founder
The name
Three words and a number.
Health
Skin that does its job. A barrier that has been repaired, rebuilt and rejuvenated, and can look after itself again.
Happiness
A ritual you actually enjoy, and a scent that makes you happy.
Harmony
One simple step, so there is more time for the things that matter.
23
The 23 pairs of chromosomes that make you uniquely you. It also stands for change, and for 2023, the year H23 began.
True beauty is inherent in each of us and begins with
an alignment with our most authentic self.
Our aesthetics come from the East, our science from the West.
The rose
For centuries, the rose has stood for love and beauty. We chose it for what it does for your skin, and for what it brings to your day: a moment of calm, a little joy, a reminder that you are worth caring for.
One line
A rose drawn without lifting the pen. Nothing added, nothing corrected. The same principle we formulate by.
