Based in Suffolk, England, we are a small family team of Margaret, Colin and daughter Abi. We established the partnership Essential Care as a trademark and mail order company in 2003 to broaden the availability of Margaret's natural skincare.

The products have a longer history: Margaret began researching the formulations in the 1980s, after rekindling a lifelong passion for natural medicine by studying aromatherapy and herbal medicine. Motivated by the lack of products suitable for her own and her family's very sensitive and eczema-prone skin, she set about creating truly effective formulations, based only on organic herbs, plant oils and natural active ingredients that are compatible with the most sensitive skin.