Outstanding sustainable cosmetics
When it comes to sustainable cosmetics, not all labels are equal. And neither are production methods or product development processes! Jardin des Monts takes a no-compromise approach, no matter what – even if that means some serious head-scratching to find the best way of making a product sustainable.
The results speak for themselves: our natural face care, natural body care and herbal infusions really are the crème de la crème.
Plants nurtured in our own garden
The herbs and medicinal plants used in our lines of sustainable cosmetics are grown right here in our very own garden. This means that we know exactly where each and every one of them comes from. For us, traceability is a case of simply strolling along the terraces and paths that wind their way through our flowerbeds. Our garden sits in a remote location accessible only on foot whose unspoilt setting enables our plants to thrive. As the gardens are at altitude – 1350 metres above sea level, to be precise – the plants’ beneficial properties are particularly concentrated.
Organic crowing for sustainable cosmetics
Charlotte Landolt-Nardin, founder of Jardin des Monts, explains the secret behind its organic methods. “I studied horticulture in Lausanne, Switzerland. But they didn’t teach us a thing about organic growing! It was something I had to discover for myself by experimenting to find the best practices, which, at the time, were often ground-breaking.”
Jardin des Monts doesn’t use any pesticides to grow its plants.
Gentle production methods
All of the Jardin des Monts sustainable cosmetics are entirely natural, with 100% natural ingredients. We use the plants from our own garden and keep herbal traditions alive, picking our plants, flowers and roots by hand.
We also produce our cosmetics the old-fashioned way, immersing our ingredients in oils or alcohol, turning them each day to gently extract their goodness, before mixing them into our creams and lotions or creating herbal infusions.
Cosmetics certified by NATRUE
Our Edelweiss range – which includes our natural body balm, lip balm and anti-ageing face elixir – and our Impératoire range – which includes our hand cream and natural hand balm – have been certified by NATRUE. NATRUE is a highly regarded external certification body and its standards are the most demanding of any such label. Its strong guidelines give producers a clear structure to follow, while its criteria are designed to prevent “greenwashing.”
NATRUE is also heavily consumer oriented, offering the public the reassurance that the cosmetics they are buying are of the highest quality. This means everything to Jardin des Monts as we share the same uncompromising philosophy.
Quality versus quantity and “fast cosmetics”
For more than 10 years, we have been creating quality cosmetics that can be used in very small quantities, are entirely natural, and are made locally here in Switzerland. In fact, we were around long before any of those things became a trend!
Every one of our products is developed sustainably at every stage. It all starts with the plants that naturally grow in our garden’s mountain habitat. Once we have determined their properties, we transform them into our finest-quality cosmetics. The very first product we created was our Impératoire (masterwort) natural hand balm, which remains a mainstay.