Sea buckthorn from the steppe

Grown in extremes.

Sea buckthorn lives through minus forty on the Mongolian steppe. Its orange berry, rich in omega 7 and vitamin C, is in everything we make.

The cream

Sea buckthorn,
the super berry.

Omega 7 and vitamin C from the steppe, whipped into a soft cream.

The berry

The orange of the steppe.

Where

A thorny shrub of western Mongolia, heavy with berries every autumn.

What

Its oil is rich in omega-7, the fat skin uses to hold its moisture.

How

A fingertip of cream, warmed between the palms, pressed in at night.

The lineof three

Frosted peach glass, one bottle for every step of the ritual. Each one opens its own chapter.

  1. IMilk SoapCleanse
  2. IISky TonerTone
  3. IIIBerry CreamNourish
TENGER Milk Soap, Sky Toner and Berry Cream in frosted peach glass, with sprigs of sea buckthorn

Theritualin three chapters

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The TENGER manifesto

We come from a place where the sky is bigger than the land, where water is never wasted and a thorny shrub turns orange at the end of summer. Three steps. One ritual. Nothing more than the skin needs.

Sea buckthorn branches heavy with orange berries
Uvs basin · 50°N · minus forty in January

Where the sky is widest,

the wind decides everything.

What carries them through winter is what we make.

Origin

Picked by hand in the Uvs basin.

Sea buckthorn berries on the branch
Close up of freckled skin
Silver sea buckthorn leaves

Every autumn the branches bend under the fruit. The berries are picked by hand, pressed the same week, and the oil is folded into the cream in small batches.

Sea buckthorn berries
The TENGER face, close
Silver sea buckthorn leaves

The berryOrange, sour, and rich in omega-7. The steppe keeps it small and strong.

The ritual

Three steps,
one ritual.

Cleanse with milk, tone with sky, nourish with the berry. Ten quiet minutes, morning and night.

Open the ritual
The face of chapter one, CleanseThe face of chapter two, ToneThe face of chapter three, Nourish

From the
steppe

Short notes on the harvest, the people who pick it, and the slow way the cream is made.

The autumn harvest

Sea buckthorn berries in autumn
Field notes
Her eyes

Her evening, in one fingertip

Rituals

Why the leaves are silver

Silver sea buckthorn leaves
The plant
Snow peaks and wind over the steppe near the Uvs basin

Uvs, the lake basin

Places
The line of three

All three.

Milk Soap, Sky Toner and Berry Cream. One berry from the steppe, three quiet steps.

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