These craft brands, like ours, are really for people who really want to put whole plant, pure organic medicine in their bodies. I really hope that consumers start asking, ‘how is this extracted?’ and “what’s this carrier oil?’, ‘where does this cannabis come from and what terpenes are prevalent?’ I really hope that consumer sophistication grows because it pushes consumers more towards craft brands. They don’t know what they want out in terms of health and medicine. Some people are so new to cannabis, and they don’t what to ask for. In the consumer marketplace for cannabis, it’s truly in its nascence. We’ve been hearing some crazy things - and we want to make sure they get the support they deserve. They are critical to our products and our supply chain. Nicole: I would love to see small farmers supported by our state and their local governments. The body is a complex organism so there is a lot to understand and then be able to communicate back to the patient Budtenders are going to have to understand how our women’s wellness formula, for example, helps to regulate and promote a healthy menstrual cycle and reduces menstrual cramping.
But again, it comes back to staff education. We love formulating and offering to patients other interesting products, like our skincare formula, and our forthcoming women’s wellness formula. Personally, I want to design more products that are more specific, not just general pain formulas which are the most prominent in the market. We both really wanted to communicate that in a very modern way.Ĭhristine: I would like to see things come back to education, for dispensaries and their employees have better knowledge and understanding of what makes some products better than others and the true therapeutic benefits of cannabis. As cool as it is seeing all these new products coming out, like the newest vape pen or smoking gadget, for us, it’s really about the medicine and it’s about the purest form of the medicine coming from the ground and grown by people with love and intention. So the name was homage a little bit to the hippie past of cannabis. And that’s something that I really wanted to emphasize in terms of our formulations and our products and it’s even in our name - this idea that we’re all connected.
There is this whole idea of going back to the pure Earth. So for me, it was really about sticking to my guns and what I see happening in the health and wellness world. Nicole: Yeah or why doesn’t your marketing collateral have a picture of in a white lab coat. They’re constantly saying ‘if your formulas are coming from a science background – why doesn’t it feel more pharmaceutical”Ĭhristine Skibola: We’ll get questions like “why don’t you have a red cross on it?” Well, we never wanted to emulate big pharma. We did have a little bit of conflict over it but our biggest pushback has come from people who misunderstand our intentions. Nicole: As an artist, I am a very aesthetic person and I’ve always loved beautiful packaging. No matter the product, from their organic, family-run orchard to the way they embrace whole plant medicine in their cannabis products, their true desire to deliver a quality product for their consumer while promoting healthy and natural medicine shines through everything that they do. Once featured in their products, they now partner with an award-winning farm in Sonoma County.
#The space mural a cosmic view skin
Christine Skibola, a prestigious cancer research scientist, was geared towards her retirement when her daughter Nicole was struck with endometrial cancer at a rare age.īefore their tumultuous times dealing with cancer throughout the family, Christine would create skin formulas for Nicole to use during harsh New York winters using local and homegrown products, including oil from their own olive oil company, Quinnrose Olive Oils. Hearing how they started was an inspiring story, including a family history of cancer that pushed them to create products that help others. We chatted with the mother and daughter team behind Cosmic View, one of our favorite cannabrands available in the Bay Area.