Haeckels

Haeckels is a natural product line that uses seaweed as the base for all their products, making elegant fragrances, candles and luxurious skincare. Harnessing the hydrating, intensely nourishing and anti-bacterial qualities of the plentiful and sustainable local ingredient, Haeckels honours their costal home. The ocean vegetables they use are harvested by hand from the beach just steps away from their shop.

The brand was founded in Margate, England in 2012 by volunteer beach warden and coastal enthusiast Dom Bridges. Disillusioned by the production ethos of many larger skin care companies, Dom wanted to create simple handcrafted products that showcased the surrounding coast's natural ingredients in the hope that the products themselves would then promote Margate's heritage of healthy coastal living.

When Haeckels was just starting out Dom would collect seaweed and local botanicals along the Margate coast and bring them bring back to his family kitchen to experiment. The company has now grown, but their mission has remained the same, playing an active part in the local community by organizing beach cleans and taking part in marine conservation surveys. The heart of the Haeckels puts craft first in the hope that their effective natural products will remind and educate customers of the natural wealth of our coasts while inspiring solutions for the world's ocean crisis.