At a Glance

Use When

• Your skin looks tired, crepey, or “flattened” and needs richer support.
• You want a night serum that feels like a true herbal treatment, not just a light oil.
• Areas like neck, chest, or backs of hands are showing more lines than your face.
• Seasonal stress, hormone shifts, or life changes have left your skin feeling vulnerable.

Who this works well for:

• Life phase: peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause
• Skin feel: dry, tight, flaky, papery, or easily dehydrated
• Season: autumn & winter or air-conditioned summers
• Environment: northern climates, wind, cold, or low humidity
• Stressors: frequent washing, indoor heat, or outdoor exposure

If you are asking:

• “My skin gets tight after washing — what do I do?” → Renewal Serum + Wild Yam Cream
• “My skin changed after midlife hormonal shifts — what helps?” → Renewal + Repair + Wild Yam Cream
• “I need something for winter dryness.” → Renewal + Wild Yam Cream
• “I want glow and renewal in addition to moisture.” → Repair Serum + Wild Yam Cream
• “I want all three.” → Renewal (1) + Repair (2) + Wild Yam (3)

Perfect For

• Mature skin needing extra care.
• People who have spent years in sun, wind, or harsh indoor air.
• Those who love an evening facial massage ritual with deeper, richer oils.
• Thoughtful gifts for mothers, grandmothers, and elder caregivers.

How to Use

• Use at night on clean skin (you can apply after a hydrating mist or toner if desired).
• Warm 3–6 drops between your fingertips.
• Press and massage into face, neck, chest, and backs of hands with slow, upward strokes.
• Allow several minutes for the serum to soak in before bed.
• On very stressed skin, you can layer a tiny amount of balm (such as Balm of Gilead or Calendula) over top as an occlusive “sleep mask.”

Which Serum Is Right for Me?

Your Herbal Core Ritual

If you want a simple, faithful herbal routine for everyday life, many Creation Farm customers build their core around these three products:

1. Morning – Face: Anna’s Secret Skin Renewal Botanical Serum
   Press a few drops into clean, slightly damp skin for daily glow and moisture support.
2. Night – Face: Anna’s Secret Skin Repair Serum
   Use in the evening for richer, deeper-feeling nourishment on face, neck, and chest.
3. Daily – Body: Wild Yam Cream
   Massage into abdomen, hips, thighs, chest, and arms once or twice daily for comforting herbal body care.

This creates a simple “face + body” pattern:

• Face: Renewal by day, Repair at night.
• Body: Wild Yam Cream as your daily herbal body companion.

You can always add other products later, but this trio forms a steady, plant-based foundation that many people return to again and again.

Safety & Suitability

Anna’s Secret Skin Repair Serum is a richer facial oil designed for night-time use on adult skin. These guidelines can help you decide if it is appropriate for you.

Who It Is For

• Adults with mature, fragile, or sun-tired facial skin.
• People who enjoy a more nourishing night-time facial oil.
• Those who want extra evening care for face, neck, chest, or backs of hands.

General Use Guidelines

• For external use on the face, neck, chest, and backs of hands.
• Use on clean skin, usually at night, after cleansing and any water-based products.
• Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes.
• Do not apply directly to open cuts, broken skin, or areas of active infection.

Sensitivity & Patch Testing

• If your skin is very reactive, start with a small amount on a limited area (such as the side of the neck) and wait 24 hours.
• Discontinue use if redness, itching, or irritation develops.
• People with known sensitivities to botanical oils or essential oils should use extra caution or consult a practitioner before use.

Pregnancy, Nursing, and Age

• This serum is designed for adult skin, especially mature skin.
• Not intended for babies or toddlers. Use on teens only at a parent or guardian’s discretion with a patch test.
• If you are pregnant, nursing, or under medical care, please check with your health provider before adding any new night-time treatment to your skincare regimen.

Medications and Health Conditions

• This is a topical cosmetic facial serum, not a drug, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
• If you are taking multiple medications or being treated for a medical condition, talk with your health provider if you have questions about new skincare products.

If in doubt, share the ingredient list with your practitioner so they can advise you based on your individual situation.

Suggested Layering

1. Cleanse (soap or mild cleanser)
2. Hydrate: Renewal Serum (water phase)
3. Nourish: Repair Serum (oil phase)
4. Seal: Wild Yam Cream (moisture barrier)

This routine works well for:

• Peri & post-menopausal skin
• Thin, dry, wind-sensitive, or winter skin
• Skin that feels tight after washing
• Skin that prefers cream over lotion

How often & how long?

• Use: once or twice daily
• Size: 4 oz creams typically last 4–8 weeks depending on use
• Serums: are concentrated and often last longer than creams

Who this helps

• Peri, menopausal, and post-menopausal skin
• Winter-dry or wind-exposed skin
• Skin that feels tight after washing
• Thin or papery-feeling mature skin
• Sensitivity-prone skin that prefers gentle, plant-based formulas

Frequently paired with

• Renewal + Repair + Wild Yam: most common trio for peri & post-menopause and winter dryness
• Renewal + Wild Yam: for hydration + moisture comfort
• Repair + Wild Yam: for brightening + nourishment
• Renewal + Repair: serum pairing for day & night layering

Why Creation Farm?

Creation Farm began in 1982 with handmade herbal soaps crafted by Anna Sangemino. Over the next four decades, the work expanded into salves, creams, aromatherapy, hydrosols, and traditional herbal skincare rooted in folk herbal practice.

Our orientation is herbal rather than pharmaceutical, and traditional rather than trend-based. We work with whole plants, simple carriers, and conservative dilutions of essential oils chosen for topical comfort rather than for dramatic aromatics.

We are one of the longest-standing herbal soap and salve makers in the United States, with more than a million bars of soap produced by hand since the 1980s. Our products have appeared on QVC, in natural markets, apothecaries, homestead supply shops, and were exported to Japan for nearly a decade as part of a premium botanical skincare program.

Today, Creation Farm serves both direct customers and independent retailers through Faire wholesale, while also offering books, courses, and a growing learning library for those interested in herbal practice and plant-forward skincare.

Formulation Philosophy

• Whole plants: herbal infusions, macerations, and hydrophilic extracts
• Topical outcomes: comfort, moisture, nourishment, and seasonal support
• Aromatics: essential oils used in conservative, skin-aware dilutions
• Non-pharmaceutical: no medical claims, no internal use, no hormone claims
• No unnecessary additives: no endocrine disruptors, no synthetic fragrances
• Long-term use: products intended for daily and seasonal routines

Suitability & Use

Our products tend to work especially well for:

• peri & post-menopausal skin
• mature and elder skin
• thin, dry, or papery-feeling skin
• seasonal dryness (winter & AC summers)
• frequent hand-washing
• outdoor and homestead lifestyles
• sensitivity to conventional cosmetics