The sun slips below the horizon, casting long gold across the plains. A small community gathers by the fire, their hands busy with the rhythm of daily life. Smoke drifts upward, carrying the scent of earth and herbs. As children chase each other through the grass, the women and Elders sit close to the flames, tending to the day’s work – scraping hides, cleaning bones, and melting down the fat of the animals that have fed them.

The pot over the fire bubbles gently. Sage, sweetgrass, and cedar are added, gathered from the land that morning. The mixture thickens as it cools, transforming into a balm used to protect skin from wind and sun. Nothing is wasted: the hide becomes shelter, the bones tools, the fat nourishment and medicine. Every part of the animal is honored.

In this gentle act of creation, of tending to the body with what the land provides, something sacred takes form.

This is the Sanctuary.

Through Native Sanctuary, founded in 2025 in the Netherlands, we carry this ancient practice into the present. What began as a small kitchen experiment quickly grew into a practice of remembrance: creating skincare that honors the body’s wisdom and the intelligence of the skin itself.

We believe that our body knows how to protect, repair and restore itself when provided with the right nourishment. That is why we work with grass-fed beef tallow – rich in the same lipids and vitamins found naturally in human skin – along with organic plant oils and whole botanicals. Every infusion is slow, every batch made by hand. There are no fillers or fragrances, only ingredients that serve a purpose: to nourish, restore, and support what the skin already knows how to do.

To us, sanctuary is not a place, but a state of balance and natural intelligence.

Welcome.