A study a few years ago showed how much time Americans spend grooming by state. Not surprisingly, Vermont came in first with the least amount of time spent on personal grooming activities daily. 28 minutes on average, a full 10 minutes less than the 50-state average. Since I’ve been living in Vermont, I’ve noticed my time spent drying and straightening my hair, as well as applying makeup, has diminished rapidly. I’m the type of girl who might put on a quick brush of mascara. But I rarely a full face before jetting out the door. Before learning about and trying Tata Harper Skin Care, I never had a habitual skin regimen. As I neared 30, I knew it was time to start paying closer attention to my skin… And what better way to do so than a made-in-Vermont skin care product. I am a huge Tata Harper fan now having used her products for five years. I stay here and there can keep coming back for the way my skin looks and feels.
Discovering Tata Harper, Vermont Skin Care Company
A peek into my medicine cabinet and my Tata Harper collection. #girlsbestfriend #obsessed
Tata Harper Skin Care is an 100% natural, organic and small-batch Vermont skin care company based in Bridport, Vermont. Since discovering Tata Harper my nightly cleansing and moisturizing routine has become something I look forward to. Not only do Tata Harper’s products smell amazing, but they make my skin immediately feel tauter and softer. I’m a champion and dedicated follower of the Tata Harper brand. I tell everyone I know about how fabulous her products are. (I even try to push them on the men in my life.)
Tata Harper Products, Made in Vermont
The large majority of Tata Harper’s ingredients are grown at her 1,200-acre, eco-friendly Julius Kingdom Farm in Bridport. All research, development and production is handled at the facility to ensure freshness. In fact, every bottle has a number of it to track a specific batch to ensure quality. No synthetic chemicals are used. Tata Harper believes that when it comes to your skincare, the fewer mystery ingredients the better. Tata has partnered with botanists, integrated medicine practitioners, chemists and biologists to create her effective and leading-edge natural skin care products.
Tata’s products are one body-positive item I allow myself to splurge on (and a splurge they are… quality ain’t cheap, folks. More on that later.). With the choice of purchasing makeup, new clothes or something from Tata’s skin care line, I always opt for the latter. Your skin, after all, is an organ and you need to take care of it, especially in our harsh Vermont winters. Tata Harper Skin Care, which proudly carries a “Handmade with Love in Vermont” proclamation on every bottle, has gained huge recognition from women’s lifestyle publications and has become one of Vermont’s best regarded brands.
Best Tata Harper Products to Try
Interested in trying Tata Harper natural skin care products? Here are my tips for getting started.
- I have tried a number of Tata’s products, and these are the ones I use on a daily basis: Smoothing Body Scrub (I use the tiniest amount in the shower for super soft skin and it doesn’t burn the skin after shaving), Regenerating Cleanser ($40 – a little bit goes a long way making this one of the more cost-effective cleaning products to purchase), Revitalizing Body Oil (it hydrates so well), Resurfacing Mask (once a week to glow… it also works wonders on breakouts) and Rejuvenating Serum (an anti-aging product to combat wrinkles and improve elasticity.)
- During the Vermont winters, the Moisturizing Mask is a go-to for me. It’s designed to leave on while you sleep, and it’s amazing to wake up to hydrated, happy skin.
- Tata’s moisturizers work miracles on hydrating tattoos and keeping them looking new.
An Interview with Tata Harper
I have serious skin envy for Tata Harper. She is radiant in photos and even more so in person. It was on my Vermont bucket list to interview Tata to learn more about her connections to Vermont, how the Vermont brand impacts her products and what’s next for Tata Harper Skin Care. Have a read below to learn more about what makes Tata’s products so special and my own tips for getting started with a natural skin care regimen.
Why did you choose Vermont as your home base for launching Tata Harper Skincare?
It was actually never really my plan to build my business here; it just evolved organically. My husband, Henry, and I bought the farm about 13 years ago while we were living in Miami and wanted to move back north. It was always my dream to live on a farm, but we didn’t even plan to live here full-time. We thought we’d end up in New York City. I was in the midst of creating the beginnings of my business, and the more time I spent here, the more I became inspired and the less I wanted to leave. We wanted to make our products ourselves, and the farm provided the space and resources to manufacture the products and even grow some of the ingredients. It became an amazing birthplace for our fresh, natural collection.
How does the Vermont brand enhance the Tata Harper brand?
Vermont is known as a wholesome state of health and well-being. It’s one of the few states in the U.S. that is truly agricultural, and was one of first states to embrace organic farming. This emphasis on health and wellness is so important to our brand, and being based here really helps reinforce that. It’s also super lush and beautiful, which inspired our packaging – our green and yellow signature colors come from the green fields full of yellow dandelions in the summertime.
How many of your ingredients do you harvest from your farm? How do your methods of harvesting and processing impact the end product?
The ingredients in our Estate Grown Beauty Complex, which is the foundation of all of our products, are all grown right here on our farm. Ingredients can be so varied in quality; by managing the whole process, we can grow them organically, harvest and dry them in the right conditions, heat them to the right temperature in macerations to prevent diminishing their benefits. Better control ensures we have the best quality possible.
How many Vermonters do you employ?
About 100.
Some of our best sellers are the Rejuvenating Serum, Resurfacing Mask, Repairative Moisturizer, and Elixir Vitae Serum. The Resurfacing Mask is a great product that everyone should own. Skincare trends come and go, but healthy, glowing skin is always in style.
Is Tata Harper Worth the Splurge? An Interview with Tata Harper Herself
I hear people say often, “I love Tata Harper but it’s so expensive!” What makes your products and methods unique and worthy of the added expense?
Quite simply, our products are the real deal. Quality in ingredients and products can be invisible to customers, because they don’t always understand everything on the label. People often compare our products to other brands that aren’t really comparable because they only have one or two ingredients that are actually providing benefits to your skin, while the rest are fillers.
Our products have up to 38 high-performance ingredients that benefit the skin. In formulation, we always try to make the best products, not guided by cost but by results, and creating so much activity in one product drives cost up. If you want products that really work and are natural, those raw materials can sometimes be five times as expensive as synthetic alternatives.
The Elixir Vitae Serum. It’s packed with our most innovative skincare technology: Spilanthes and Spanish lavender smooth the appearance of wrinkles within hours; liposome technology from Germany improves plumpness and volume because the skin’s natural fat pad diminishes as we age; neuropeptide technology has clinical data showing results similar to those of injections, which topically relaxes muscles and smooths the appearance of wrinkles within hours. Using this product daily will minimize the need for injections and harsher alternatives.
Where do you anticipate taking Tata Harper Skincare in the future? What new products do you hope you’ll add to your line?
We are really just getting started. There is so much to be done! We are trying to create a serious business to tackle a serious issue: keeping people beautiful without risking their health. We have sunscreen, acne products, cosmetics, and so much more on the horizon!
Tata Harper Skin Care
Bridport, Vermont
*Photo courtesy of Tata Harper Skin Care.
Categories: Made in Vermont
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