Not a sunscreen.
A daily ritual for those learning to live in harmony with the sun — when your skin is building its solar strength, and you want to nourish it through the process.
This salve begins with single-origin, cold-pressed olive oil from sun-soaked Temecula, California, slowly infused with whole plant allies like calendula, comfrey, sage leaf, and gotu kola — herbs long treasured for their ability to calm inflammation, restore vitality, and support regeneration. We then blend in rhatany root extract, known for its tannin-rich, UV-buffering properties, and a generous dose of sea buckthorn oil, rich in carotenoids and essential fatty acids that help repair and illuminate sun-loved skin. Shea butter and beeswax add a layer of deep hydration and breathable protection, helping to seal in moisture while softening and fortifying the skin. Together, these botanicals work in harmony with sheer non-nano zinc to offer elemental protection while honoring your skin’s natural intelligence.
Organic olive oil from Temecula Olive Oil co.*, Jojoba Oil*, Non-Nano Zinc Oxide (20%), Beeswax*, Shea Butter*, Sea Buckthorn*, Calendula*, Yarrow*, Comfrey*, Gotu Kola*, Sage Leaf*, Rhatany Extract*, Vitamin E Oil*, Geranium EO*, Bergamot EO*, Sage EO*
*All ingredients are certified organic Ingredient and or wild crafted.
⋒ Rich antioxidants support DNA repair and clearance of inflammatory, cellular waste products.
⋒ Clears old acne scars, discoloration, and blemishes.
⋒ Deeply hydrates skin at a cellular level.
⋒ Support healthy collagen formation to reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
⋒ Protects against harmful rays (UVA, UVB, Blue light) and atmospheric pollutants.
Use it at any time during the day. We recommend using it before, during, and after long-term sun exposure, especially during the middle of the day from 10 am - 2 pm when the sun is at its Zenith.
Simply add a little dab to your finger and rub thoroughly into the desired area of skin (this product is formulated for face and body application. The more you use the thicker the protective layer will be.
Our Jars are the perfect alternative to conventional plastic, our double wall jar is made from wood pulp & plant based binders making them industrial compostable meaning they leave no permanent microplastics behind.
Sun Salve contains 20% non-nano zinc oxide, offering a mineral-based physical barrier that reflects and scatters UV rays without disrupting your hormones or harming the reef.
Unlike conventional sunscreens, it works with your biology — allowing your skin to safely adapt and build solar intelligence over time.
Think of it as sun nourishment, not sun avoidance.
Yes. Every ingredient is chosen for its calming and reparative nature — calendula, comfrey, and gotu kola help reduce redness and inflammation while beeswax and shea butter lock in moisture.
There are no synthetic preservatives, fragrances, or silicones — just whole-plant medicine.
Yes. We use a bergaptene-free bergamot essential oil, meaning it’s completely non-phototoxic and safe for sun exposure. Every oil is chosen for both energetic and dermal safety.
Most zinc formulas block or suffocate the skin. Sun Salve feeds it.
Our zinc is blended with cold-pressed olive oil from Temecula, jojoba, and sea buckthorn — oils that mirror your skin’s natural sebum and deliver carotenoids, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids to restore elasticity and glow.
Each jar is slow-infused with herbs under natural sunlight — the same light it’s designed to protect you under.
Sun Salve strengthens your skin barrier and reduces oxidative stress, which helps your cells better tolerate and utilize sunlight.
Combined with our Golden Devotion elixir and Sun Worshipper Protocol, it supports the body’s ability to build a natural, even, golden tone — what we call solar resilience.
Because it’s concentrated, a small amount goes a long way.
A 2 oz jar typically lasts 2–6 months of daily use, depending on coverage. Keep in a cool, shaded place to preserve the vitality of the botanicals.
Sunshine Rituals breaks from traditional sunscreen and skincare companies that recycle and reuse product recipes throughout the industry. Rather, we dedicate ourselves to creating the safest, most effective, and pure products to provide true transdermal nourishment and cellular optimization for the body’s largest organ, the skin.
Each ingredient is chosen for both its singularly potent and complementary effects, that marry with each and every single other ingredient, resulting in a rounded and multipotent formula.
At Sunshine Rituals, we challenge the norm of skincare. Our Naturopathic Doctor consciously crafted our unique formulas through extensive research and design. With knowledge and years of education in traditional herbal medicine and plant-based practices, we ensure our products are backed by the latest scientific research.
Full-spectrum extracts work due to their complexity in nature. Hundreds, if not thousands of molecules found in plants are tailored to work together for a specific purpose, making them more effective at lower doses with fewer side effects.
These vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants create a symphonic harmony allowing cells to properly absorb, metabolize, and utilize the herbal medicine to its full potential.
It’s the ancestral, genetic wisdom in our cells that requires all the components to work together properly, each serving as a vital cog in the ability of the medicine to take effect in the body.
In addition to boasting these synergistic, full-spectrum healing qualities, the oils form the base of our products. That means no empty fillers that typically make up the bulk of most skincare products. This truly packs in the maximum therapeutic potential for each Sunshine Rituals products, especially when we pair our herbal oil extracts with other organic, natural, and nutrient-dense ingredients.
We hope you enjoy each blend and Earth's powerful gifts within them.
What elevates our products above the rest is our natural ingredients and herbal oil extracts that form the base of our formulas. For most of history, topical formulas were typically crafted by macerating fresh or dried medicinal herbs in a variety of oils. All knowledge, then, of the healing effects of topical herbal medicine, has been acquired over the centuries of trial and error, is applicable largely to oil extracts.
The reason oils have long been used as a base for topical medicine is because oils are able to extract the majority of the anti-oxidants and volatile compounds that are essential for skin health and healing. Not to mention, oils are vital for optimal function at the cellular level where they are utilized to fortify cell membranes.
We gently heat and macerate our herbs in organic cold pressed extra virgin olive oil grown locally in Temecula for long durations of time allowing the oils to fully penetrate the herbs before we strain and separate them. This gives us the most complete, full-spectrum, herbal extracts that create the bulk of our formula and what makes them so noticeably effective and delightful.
In the modern world, herbal extracts, isolated ingredients, and synthetic ingredients will typically be produced with the use of harsh solvents and reagents that alter and strip away most of the beneficial ingredients that were once part of a whole. These toxic ingredients and chemically modified substances leave residues behind and alter the natural activity of organically occurring compounds. This means that there is a trace amount of toxins being rubbed on your body, damaging DNA, and compromising long term skin health.
We partner with environmental focused nonprofits and foundations that help clean & protect our oceans, plant more trees, stop deforestation, and protect our open lands.
