THE WILD HERB · NAIROBI
An apothecary & sanctuary · Hyatt Regency, Westlands
— The practice of returning to yourself, since the beginning.
The Practice
In a small room in Westlands, herbs are weighed by hand and the beeswax comes from Mavuno Bee Farm, up the road. Nothing is hurried. The kettle keeps its own time, and we keep ours beside it.
Each batch is mixed the way it has always been mixed — by scent, by feel, by the patience of someone who has done it a thousand quiet times.
There is a kind of peace only repetition can give. The same motion. The same hush. The same slow returning.
What leaves this room is not a product. It is an hour of stillness, sealed in glass, waiting for you to open it.
“Every jar is a slow remedy.
Every touch, a return to stillness.”
The Apothecary
Ten signatures.
Steam
Steam Inhalation
Mixed Herbs · Himalayan Salt · Essential Oil Blend — A steam inhalation for clouded chests and tired mornings. Mixed herbs and Himalayan salt, drawn up in the steam and breathed slowly.
Anoint
Massage & Body Oil
Jojoba · Grapeseed · Black Castor — The oil used in the sanctuary, bottled for home. Jojoba and grapeseed carry black castor into the skin — slow to absorb, and meant to be.
Anoint
Body Balm
Macadamia Oil · Black Castor · Coconut — A slow-melting balm of macadamia, black castor and coconut. For dry hands, rough elbows, and the last quiet minutes of a day.
Body
Body Butter
Mango Butter · Aloe Vera Gel — Whipped mango butter softened with aloe vera. Deeply hydrating, never greasy — it disappears into the skin rather than sitting on it.
Bath
Body Scrub
Sea Salt · Glycerin · Essential Oils — Sea salt suspended in glycerin and essential oils. Sloughs the week off and leaves the skin new.
Soak
Foot Soak
Epsom Salts · Himalayan Salts · Herbs — Epsom and Himalayan salts with herbs, for feet that have walked too far. Warm water, twenty minutes, nowhere else to be.
Bath
Shower Melts
Corn Starch · Citric Acid · Bicarbonate of Soda · Essential Oils — A spa in a jar. Drop one on the shower floor, stand under the water, and let the steam do the rest.
Anoint
Balm
Menthol Crystals · Black Castor Oil · Coconut Oil · Sunflower Oil · Essential Oils — Menthol crystals carried in black castor. Worked into shoulders, calves and the backs of necks that have been at a desk too long.
Body
Skin & Hair Mist
Glycerin · Rose Water · Essential Oils — Rose water and glycerin, misted over skin or through hair. For the middle of a hot afternoon, or the end of a long flight.
Home
Room & Linen Spray
Isopropyl Alcohol · Distilled Water · Polysorbate 20 · Essential Oils — Misted over sheets and pillows before bed, or through a room that needs settling. The name means sleep well.
The Arrival
The Baths
The Hands
The Sanctuary
Warm oil, slow hands, and a cup of something quiet to finish.
The Gallery
Find us
The Sanctuary
Muthithi Road, Westlands. Come for an hour that is entirely your own.
The wellness boutique sits within the health club.
Book NowThe Markets
We take the shelf to artisan markets around the city through the year. Follow @the_wildherb for dates.
The Apothecary
Delivery across Nairobi and upcountry. Every jar, brewed by hand and sent out the same week.
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