About An Herb and Love Story
An Herb and Love Story is a luxury herbal skincare and body care brand rooted in the Sonoran Desert. We create small-batch products using desert botanicals, traditional herbal medicine, and professional beauty expertise—always with an earth-first, people-over-profit approach.
Every product is thoughtfully formulated, intentionally packaged in glass, and made to support both skin health and the planet.
Herbalist-Formulated, Professionally Grounded
Founded by a degreed herbalist with a Natural Product Manufacturing Certification and 23 years in the professional beauty industry, An Herb and Love Story blends clinical herbal knowledge with real-world treatment room experience.
These formulas aren’t theoretical—they’re tested, refined, and trusted through decades of hands-on work with skin. No trends. No fillers. Just effective, plant-forward formulations created with integrity.
Sonoran Desert Botanicals
The Sonoran Desert shapes everything we do. Its plants endure intense sun, heat, and drought, developing powerful protective and restorative properties. These desert botanicals inspire our ingredient choices, formulation philosophy, and minimalist luxury aesthetic.
We work with herbs that support balance, resilience, and long-term skin health—honoring both traditional plant wisdom and modern formulation standards.
Intentional Luxury in Glass
Luxury, to us, means intention. Our products are packaged in glass whenever possible, reducing plastic use and honoring the quality of what’s inside. Clean design, thoughtful sourcing, and small-batch production allow the plants to speak for themselves.
This is slow beauty—made to be used daily, cherished, and refilled when possible.
Wholesale & Aligned Partnerships
We offer wholesale opportunities for spas, boutiques, wellness spaces, and practitioners seeking luxury herbal products rooted in sustainability and community care. With a foundation in professional beauty, our line performs beautifully in treatment rooms and resonates on curated retail shelves.
Education, Herbal Medicine & Holistic Living
Education is part of the mission. Our upcoming blog will explore herbal medicine, desert plant allies, holistic lifestyle practices, and behind-the-scenes formulation insight—shared openly and without gatekeeping.
This is knowledge meant to be lived with, not locked away.
Our Philosophy
Earth first.
People over profit.
Plants with purpose.
An Herb and Love Story exists to create luxury herbal skincare that feels grounded, intentional, and deeply connected—to the desert, to community, and to the plants that make it all possible.
About me
Jess Goss | Master Blonding Certified | ABCH | Vidal Sassoon Trained | Deva Curl Certified
After growing up in a salon and spending 16 years in the business, I tore it all down. I rewrote, rebuilt, and created An Herb and Love Story.
Flashback to the days of phones ringing off the hook, a crazy busy salon with 10 stylists, 5 chairs + a “Best Of” running multiple year streak. We had all the top selling products, we offered colors, cuts, waxing, perms, gel nail services. We were juggling clients while others processed, we were answering the phone constantly. It was textbook SUCCESS. 23 years in the professional beauty business.
And… I hated it. I was miserable. I didn’t feel good and I didn’t understand why, my hair was dry, dull, and falling out. My skin was red, itchy, and flushed easily. I was learning about the toxicity of the products I was using and recommending. I was battling my own journey of self love and acceptance in a world that promised to make you more likable and attractive.
I wanted something totally different. Could beauty be authentic? Could it be not only less toxic but actually nourishing? I dove into furthering my education, earning a Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences with a focus on Herbal Medicine and a certification in Holistic Product Manufacturing.
This is An Herb + Love Story, good for our bodies, our community, and our earth. Health and sustainability are the key pillars of our business. While I am behind the chair less and less, I am creating products that bring out the natural beauty, health, and vitality of the hair, skin, + scalp.
Recognition + Honors
2022- OWay Cinquanta Salon Internationally Recognized as a TOP 50 green chemistry salon
2020- Speaker at Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference University of Oregon
