We didn't set out to start a business.

We set out to fix a problem.

Our daughter's skin needed something that actually worked, and nothing on the shelf did. We tried everything — the ones parents recommended, the ones with the cleanest-looking labels, the ones that promised the most. Some were too thin. Some disappeared too quickly. Others had ingredient lists we didn't fully understand and decided we didn't want to.

So we stopped looking and started making.

We began with the simplest things we trusted: olive oil, beeswax. Then we started infusing our own calendula and lavender flowers, slowly, over several weeks, the way it's always been done. We added mango butter for firmness, cocoa butter for staying power, avocado oil to make it easy to spread. We tested it, adjusted it, tested it again — until the barrier held through the night, until it was still there at the next nappy change, until we felt completely sure about what we were putting on our daughter's skin every single day.

Friends started asking what we were using. Their babies' skin started clearing up too. What began in our kitchen became something we realised was worth sharing properly.

The psoriasis balm came next — adapted from the same formula for a friend who'd been through every prescription going. Same infusions, different balance: softer, more spreadable, designed to soothe rather than seal.

That's how Sol y Tierra grows. Someone needs something. We work out how to make it properly. We test it until we're sure. Then we share it.

Made slowly, by hand, in small batches. For our family first — and now, we hope, for yours.