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The Wild Party Podcast sits down with Julie on building a skincare company from the plant forward for 22 years — and how the Transform Face Serum from those early days is still a flagship today. Episode and blog post. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

In VoyageHouston’s Inspiring Stories series, Julie shares the path from a seaside childhood in Alaska and years of study with plant medicine keepers to founding Leaf People in 2003 — and why, two decades on, the brand still works in service to the plants. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

The Newsette’s editors were eyeing our Peptide & Primrose Perky Lips Serum, calling it a “lovely peptide lip treatment” — herbalist-made lip care with plant-derived peptides and evening primrose. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

Spoke+Blossom featured the Leaf People Clinical Collection Skin Care Kit in its “What We’re Loving” picks — clinical-grade botanical actives, chosen by herbalist Julie Williams and made in the Colorado Rockies. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

Give Dad the Gift of Great Skin: Top-Tested Men’s Skin Care Picks for Father’s Day Everyday Health’s editors chose the Leaf People Mini Essentials Men’s Skin Care Kit for their Father’s Day gift guide — a three-step ritual of herbalist-made essentials to replenish and revive his skin. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

The Longevity Playbook: 100 Daily Choices That Can Add Years to Life 25 experts share 100 simple, consistent habits that can profoundly impact your healthspan. 1. Prioritize good sleep. Quality sleep supports everything else you do, and it’s one of the most overlooked daily choices. I try to keep evenings as screen-free as possible. If…

Let’s face it: Buying a Valentine’s Day gift for your guy that he’ll genuinely love and keep using is one of life’s greatest challenges. Sure, he’ll be nice about whatever you give him on the day, but feeling the pressure to buy him something that won’t just end up in a drawer might send you spiraling down…

We Tested Over 35 Body Moisturizers: These 10 Stood Out for Soft, Healthy Skin READ THE ARTICLE

Longevity: Julie Williams Of Leaf People On Daily Choices That Add Years to Life ” We often hear about breakthroughs in medicine and genetics that may extend human life, but what about the simple, consistent choices we make every day? From how we move, eat, sleep, and manage stress, to the quality of our relationships…

As the weather gets colder, dry skin season is upon us. Skin tends to be drier in the winter, and for many, this is most apparent on our hands. One of the best ways to battle or prevent dry hands is to moisturize, moisturize, moisturize — and that goes for all year, not just during…

Pop Style TV included the Complete Men’s Skin Care Kit in their gift guide with 33 luxurious gifts for men from over 300 selections.  Read the full feature on Pop Style TV →

Daily Mom has named Leaf People’s Gem Flower Harmony Serum a must-have in their “How to Beat Winter Weather: The Ultimate Guide to Winter Skin” feature—highlighting top products that soothe, nourish, and protect skin through the harshest months.

Looking for a soothing solution after a day in the sun? Spoke+Blossom just included Leaf People’s Calendula & Green Tea Sun Recovery Serum in their “Get Outside: Gear for Summer 2025” feature—a curated list of essentials for outdoor enthusiasts. This fast-absorbing botanical body serum is crafted to replenish and hydrate skin exposed to the elements….

The Sun Recovery Serum is the product of the summer! Spoke + Blossom online features the body serum oil in their top gear of summer. Read the full article here.

What We Love : 10 Wellness Finds For Summer + Fall Read the full article here!

Spa & Beauty launched their Editor’s Picks and featured one of our latest GEM • FLOWER face serums, Harmony.

The Sun Recovery Serum gets the spotlight in Covered Bridge’s summer/fall 2025 issue! See the full magazine here!

We’re proud to announce that Leaf People has been featured in the July 2025 issue of Natural Awakenings Chicago! In the “Sun-Kissed, Not Stressed” spread, writer Megy Karydes spotlights the gentle power of plant-based skincare—highlighting how founder Julie Williams draws on raw honey, finely ground oatmeal and lavender essential oil to protect, replenish and calm…

Leaf People’s Sun Recovery Serum was featured on Yoga + Life’s Well Magazine for their summer & fall 2025 issue of “What We Love” 7. Leaf People Calendula & Green Tea Sun Recovery Serum This deeply nourishing body serum absorbs quickly, leaving your skin radiant and refreshed. Packed with botanicals, the soothing formula restores and…

The Aspen Saturday Market returns this weekend, kicking off a new season filled with local flavor, handmade goods, and community connection.  Now in its 27th year, the market runs every Saturday from June 7 through Oct. 4, with early summer hours from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a shift to a 9 a.m. start…

Meet Julie Williams We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Julie Williams a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Leaf People The ingredients in Leaf People products read like a list of superfoods for your skin: ashwagandha, Amazonian acai, goji berries, pumpkin seed oil. Many are hand-harvested by founder Julie Williams, a medical herbalist who sources aspen bark and arnica from the Rocky Mountains and forages for juniper in far-off Buddhist lands. Leaf People’s extensive…

The Best Body Serums for Neck-Down Hydration and Glow Best Scent: Leaf People’s Wild Arnica & Spagyric Hemp Flower Body Wellness Serum ($84) Why it’s worth it: Leaf People’s Wild Arnica & Spagyric Hemp Flower Body Wellness Serum is all-natural, and we’re all for it. This super botanical-rich formula is spiked with goodies like Alaskan black…

Her Plant-Based Skincare Line is Withstanding the Test of Time “Julie Williams launched skincare line Leaf People in 2003, with a vision of creating the cleanest skincare products around. Williams, a trained herbalist, says her products marry botanical science with Western medical herbalism – creating formulas that are certified organic from ingredients that are ethically harvested and pesticide-free (among…

Make Your Valentine Look Glamorous: V-Day Beauty Gifts & Makeup Ideas to Make Your Heart Skip a Beat READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

The Perfect Valentine’s Day Gifts For Every Love Language READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

The 10 Best Colorado Gifts for Plant Lovers For the landscape-loving, green-thumbed plant mama or plant daddy in your life. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

3 Plants You Should Be Using For Glowing, Radiant Skin, From An Herbalist “Every beauty professional has their nonnegotiable steps. In our series, Like a Pro, we tap experts for the top three techniques they absolutely swear by. Here, you’ll hear from a variety of industry insiders on the fail-safe tricks they always keep in their…

Achieve an Autumn Glow With These 37 Beauty Essentials READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

ON HIS RADAR: CHEF BARCLAY DODGE OF BOSQ READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

See it in their summer & fall 2024 issue!

“9 Expert Hacks That Will Help You Feel More Toned By Tomorrow” READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!

“Jessica Biel Bathed In 20 Pounds of Epsom Salt to Prepare for the Met Gala—Here’s What Experts Have to Say” This beauty hack has been around for ages, but does it work and is it safe? “Epsom salt is a great detoxifier, exfoliator, and can soothe tired muscles and smooth the skin,” notes Julie Williams,…

Sleep your way to perfect skin with skincare that works overnight.

The state is banning the forever chemicals in cosmetics and beauty products. Luckily, there are plenty of Colorado-made alternatives that are already PFAS-free.

What We Love This Season : Essential Products For Winter + Spring

Our antioxidant face cream was featured on Brit + Co’s essential guide to winter skincare!

Our Colorado 14er kit was featured on Yoga + Life’s “shop what we love this season!” Find this kit and more on our essence of Colorado collections page.

Every beauty professional has their nonnegotiable steps. In our series, Like a Pro, we tap experts for the top three techniques they absolutely swear by. According to medical herbalist Julie Williams, founder of natural skin care brand Leaf People, you can never go wrong with… read the full article featuring Julie here!

See our Chief Leaf Julie showcase Leaf People on Denver’s local TV, Great Day Colorado. Click the image below to watch!

Denvers 5280 magazine featured our wild arnica & turmeric body lotion on the list!

Our luminosity face cream was featured on Yoga + Life’s gifts of wellness!

Our Finding Balance trio was featured on Yoga + Life magazine’s Shop What You Love!

Leaf People’s unscented hand & body lotion was featured on Spa & Beauty’s list of lotions! See the full article here…

Each summer, certified herbalist Julie Williams makes multiple treks into the wildeness near her home in Apsen in search of arnica.

Our honey & oatmeal face & body bar made the list on best products beauty editors tried for 2023! Read the full article here!

Leaf People was featured on W Magazine’s list of on-trend Father’s Day gifts! Read the full article here.

Leaf People’s peptide eye-area toner was featured on pregnancy safe skincare products by baby chick blog! ” Finding pregnancy-safe skincare products is essential since your skin is the largest organ…” Read the full article here!

Julie Williams featured on HUM Nutrition’s, The Wellnest blog on natural remedies for a better nights sleep. According to Julie Williams, a certified medical herbalist, these herbs don’t give you that “sleep hangover” effect such as grogginess that is a common side effect of other types of sleeping aids… Read the full article here!

    Leaf People out of Carbondale has new additions to its assortment of Colorado-made skin care products… A little goes a long way with these formulas, so you can have fresh-feeling skin all summer long. Read more…

“Do You *Actually* Need Under-Eye Toner? I Tried One, and It Left Me Looking Instantly Refreshed”   Housed in a glass bottle, the ultra-lightweight toner pumps out like a burst of water that instantly sinks into skin for an instantly cooling effect. But that’s not all… Read the full article by Rebecca Norris here!  …

“Staying moisturized during the winter months has been on brands’ minds with several skincare releases focused on hydration”… “Their newest releases include Forest Glow Face Serum ($95), which contains ingredients foraged from evergreens and aspens that are then mixed with sacha inchi oil and essential oils to promote radiant skin”… Check out the full article…

Self-Care & Mental Wellness: Julie Williams Of Leaf People On The Top Five Selfcare Practices That Improve Mental Wellness   In this interview series, we are talking to medical doctors, mental health professionals, health and wellness professionals, and experts about self-care or mental health who can share insights from their experience about How Each Of…

Finding the perfect gift for travelers can be daunting. After all, how do you find a present for someone who has likely collected beautiful items from all around the world? These gift ideas for travelers will help them travel smarter, more stylishly, and lighter. Here, the best travel gifts for 2022. Leaf People’s Rose Tangerine Hydrating…

So often when we think of skin care we only think of the face, but in reality there is so much more skin to cover — it is the body’s largest organ, for goodness sake. Self-care routines can and should look different for everyone, even for us editors, but if there’s one thing we can…

The Underrated Herb Health Experts Say You Should Be Taking Over 40: Milk Thistle In an episode of the mindbodygreen podcast, herbal medicine expert Bill Rawls, M.D., mentioned that “Plants are the best chemists on earth.” He suggested that we start considering adding herbs to our daily routines because of their benefits. As a matter of fact, he…

New looks shaping thoughts from the 2022 runaway! Read more…

10 Functional Mushroom Drinks That Will Offer Bigger Benefits Than Your Morning Cup of Coffee Have you noticed how functional mushrooms are popping up like, well, mushrooms all over grocery stores and health food store aisles lately? They seem to have infiltrated almost every food product, from coffee to snacks — and for good reason….

Leaf People won two categories this year with our Blemish Treatment as the best spot treatment and our Lavender & Calendula Body Serum Oil as the best body serum! Yay! See all the winners here!

Self-pampering products are among the most popular gifts for moms for Mother’s Day. After all, moms work hard and deserve the opportunity to slow down and take care of themselves with lavish products. Nonetheless, some moms are harder to shop for than others — especially those who prioritize clean beauty products that are free of…

This includes deep dives into product ingredients, uses, benefits, and basic instructions, along with side-by-side product comparisons, so customers can more easily choose what is best for them and their needs. Levin explains, “We think this will help customers connect to the product line, understand why we choose specific ingredients for the individual formulas, and…

We couldn’t possibly mention wellness without speaking to the infinite mental and physical health benefits of clean skincare. Leaf People, a pure botanically-focused skincare company, roots all of its products in the natural world: it’s vegan, plant-based, sustainable, and all-around nourishing from “farm-to-face.” Read more…

Introducing Leaf People: a 100% plant-based & vegan skincare brand with wildcrafted products formulated in Colorado, created by certified medical herbalist Julie Levin. Read More…

In 2022, let’s commit to self-care. It’s not only the biggest gift you can give yourself, but to others and the world. And let’s be honest, the world could really use a little extra love right now. With the help of these products — ranging from skincare to tinctures — we hope you can cheers…

Kelsey Griggs of @shelfielife recently featured the Leaf People Rose Tangerine Hydrating Mist in an Instagram post, highlighting her favorite facial mists from 2021! Read more…

Posh Beauty Blog’s Carla Snuggs explores plant-based and environmentally friendly products for a 2021 holiday gift guide filled with vegan gifts. Read more…

After a skin treatment or facial procedure, your skin may be in a compromised state. As a result, it requires specific care and attention that is different from what you use daily. Read more…

This baby is one of the best serums I’ve tried. Created by an experienced herbalist, the serum has a list of organic and vegan potent extracts with plant hyaluronic acid as the leading ingredient. Read more…

For the bearded dad, this face and beard oil will nourish & hydrate skin, tame unruly facial hair, and smooth and condition hair. Read more…

Wring in the holiday season with a luxurious dose of self-care. Leaf People’s body wellness serum is a standout product, providing comfort to overworked areas read more…

Everyone has at least one latte-loving friend, and this powder is about to amp-up their morning brew. Hand-picked and micro-milled on a sustainable, women-run farm in Thailand, this flower adds a boost vitality to any drink, and calms the mind while it’s at it.. Read more…

After high-fiving your friends during a spirited game of beach volleyball, but before you dig into your post-workout snack, sanitize your hands with Leaf People’s rinse-free hand cleanser. The certified organic and certified herbicide- and pesticide-free Garden Sanctuary scent uses 65 percent pure organic alcohol and nourishing botanicals, such as calendula, horsetail, green tea, and…

Integrate some kind of calming night time routine. I really get into my cleansing and tooth care routine in the evening. It now takes about 15 minutes. I give myself this time so I don’t rush through it, allow myself to let go of (wash off) the day while doing it and it’s a wonderful…

Leaf People Kalahari Melon Seed Oil The ingredient spotlight is shone on fairly traded Kalahari melon seed oil in this organic facial oil. It’s hand-collected from the oldest genetic watermelon plant on the planet, which delivers vitamins K, D and E to tackle hyperpigmentation, fine lines, scars, redness, dryness and sensitivity. Each purchase directly supports…

Julie Levin, medical herbalist and founder of Leaf People, explains what evening primrose oil is, how it works, and how to best use it to combat menopause symptoms.  Read more…

Beauty and skin experts weigh in on using makeup wipes and whether or not you should stop using them once and for all. Read more…

Leaf People’s very own Julie Levin is featured in the February edition of Denver Life – Julie creates skincare that’s good for both you and the environment. For over seventeen years, Julie Levin and her partner Robbie have led a sustainable skincare movement which focuses on herbal and plant-based ingredients. A certified herbalist, Levin traveled…

Leaf People was recently featured on the “Feel More Gooder Blog” by Jesica Williams. She reviewed several of our products and shared her experience with each. Read more…

Leaf People’s All Over Glow Oil is listed as a beauty must-have in January’s round up on Byrdie. They particularly love that the multipurpose formula features sweet almond and sesame oils to rejuvenate and provide complete hydration for harsh weather. Read more…

2021 is the year to heal. As winter settles in and a year of turbulence is behind us, it’s time to focus on our internal well-being and embrace a fresh start. Leaf People’s Unscented Allover Glow Oil was recently featured in Yoga + Life as part of their 2021 care essentials must haves. Read more…

Leaf People’s Lymphatic support oil was featured in this month’s Editor’s picks over at Spa & Beauty Today.  This herbal extracted oil features powerful medicinal plants like red root, nettles, and cleavers to support and strengthen the lymph nodes and lymph system, as well as promote detoxification of the lymphatic fluids. Effectively paired with uplifting…

Aspen Sojourners recently published a post titled, “5 Essential Winter Skin Savers” and Leaf People’s Arnica & Frankincense Soothing Face Cream was at the top of the list.  Read more…

Learn about the buzz surrounding this bee-curated supplement. Consuming bee pollen as a wellness supplement isn’t a new idea — in fact, the medicinal application of bee pollen, which has been used to treat problems ranging from stomach upset to heart problems, has been practiced for thousands of years. Here, Julie Levin, a medical herbalist and the founder…

Ivy and Sprig founder, Stephanie, featured Leaf People’s own Julie Levin on her blog, “Today, I wanted to tell you about one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met, Julie Levin, founder of Leaf People Organic Skincare Products. A few years ago, I met Julie Levin at her booth in the Aspen Farmers Market…

Julie Levin shares her passion for plants and their healing powers as the owner and curator of “Leaf People” Certified Organic Plant Based skin care on the Thriving in Chaos podcast. Paulette and Julie discuss how someone who has traveled the world learning about naturopathic practices in so many different cultures adjusts to the current…

Julie Levin was invited to discuss which toxic ingredients to look out for and how nature’s botanicals can do a better job of maintaining radiant youthful skin. See the informative interview on Aspen Talks Health or watch below.

Julie was featured on The Native Influence where she speaks about her business, the industry, and some keys to her success. Get a sneak peak into her daily routine and some words she lives by.

Julie was featured in Beauty Independent in an article where brand founders share the scariest business moments they’ve faced. In it, Julie recounts her experience in 2008/2009 when the US economy crashed. Check out the article to she how she coped in the face of uncertainty. Article: https://www.beautyindependent.com/scary-moments/

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Leaf People was featured in Elliman Aspen Snowmass Magazine. You can find the article on page 13-14 here: https://issuu.com/joshuaco/docs/ellimanas-fw2016-17_issuu?e=2688488/41984917

**This article was originally posted in the St John Sun Times and written by Kelly O’Brien. You can find the original article here. Yard work on a tropical island goes a bit beyond taking your ride-on for a turn around the backyard. The jungle is constantly in a state of rapid growth (you’d swear some…