Clinical Herbalist · Licensed Esthetician · Founder, Native Nectar Botanicals
"The most powerful skincare comes from the earth — not a lab."
Native Nectar Botanicals began not in a lab, but in the hardest season of Jess Taylor's life. After the birth of her child, Jess navigated the fog of postpartum depression with the tools she knew best: plants. A trained clinical herbalist and licensed esthetician rooted in Crested Butte, Colorado, she turned the daily ritual of skincare into something intentional — a practice of presence, of reaching for something made with care instead of chemicals.
What started as personal formulas for herself and friends became, in 2014, a brand. Native Nectar was built on a single conviction: that botanical knowledge — real knowledge, earned through years of study and relationship with plants — should be the foundation of everything you put on your skin. Jess brought her Cherokee heritage and deep study of mountain botanicals to every formula. The high-altitude wildflowers and medicinal herbs she sources from the Elk Mountains aren't marketing copy. They're the reason the products work.
Today, Native Nectar serves boutiques, spas, and wellness retailers across the country. But the brand has never stopped being personal. Every product still carries the herbalist's integrity that started it all: formulated by someone who genuinely understands plants, grown at altitude, made with intention.
Formally trained in clinical herbalism with deep expertise in plant medicine, botanical constituents, and the synergistic effects of herbal compounds on skin biology.
Licensed esthetician with hands-on expertise in professional skincare, client-facing treatments, and the formulation science that bridges botanical medicine with modern skincare.
Jess's Cherokee heritage informs a deep, generational relationship with plant medicine — a tradition of knowing plants not as ingredients, but as living allies with stories and purposes.
Native Nectar sources botanicals from the Elk Mountains surrounding Crested Butte, CO — where high-altitude growing conditions produce plants with exceptional potency and unique phytochemical profiles.
We don't use herbs as trend ingredients. Every botanical in our formulas is chosen for documented efficacy — by someone who studied plants for years, not a marketing team chasing search trends.
Spa-quality formulas shouldn't require a spa budget. Native Nectar prices at the intersection of herbalist integrity and everyday accessibility — skincare that works, priced to be used daily.
Skincare isn't just maintenance. It's the two minutes you take for yourself. We formulate for that moment — for the texture, the scent, the feeling of reaching for something genuinely made for you.
For podcast bookings, press features, product samples, or interview requests — Jess is available to discuss herbalism, clean beauty formulation, building a mountain brand, and her experience as a founder.
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