SMALL-BATCH   -   MADE IN CANADA

The
Solhive
Story

I used the same skincare for over 22 years.

I never questioned it — because I thought it was working.

Around the same time, other things in my life were shifting.

I moved home to Canada after 22 years in Australia, turned 52, and for the first time in a long time, felt ready to put myself first again.

What I didn’t expect was that my skin would be part of that change.

It became dry, tight, and reactive. Different.

At first, I tried to fix it — more products, more steps.

Nothing worked.

So I started paying attention.

To ingredients. To what I was actually using. To habits I’d never questioned before.

I realised I had been taught to strip my skin — and then try to repair it.

Every single day.

I didn’t set out to start a skincare brand.

I just wanted my skin to feel like itself again.

But it wasn’t just my skin that changed.

It was how I saw it, how I treated it — how I treated myself.

That was the moment everything changed.

— wendy franks

And suddenly, it didn’t make sense anymore.

So I stopped.

I made something simple — a balm with ingredients I understood. No water. No fillers. Nothing unnecessary.

Less, but better.