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I CRAFT and TEACH how to make traditional herbal skin care using bioregional herbal medicine from the Australian farms and bush.

At Herbae Thylacini we admire the silent power of medicinal plants; the strength and serenity they have to offer never stop overwhelming us. We strive to connect you with the world of medicinal plants through our herbal range. Our products are skillfully formulated & created on the foundations of traditional knowledge and respected scientific research. We are passionate about increasing and sharing knowledge of medicinal plants through a range of research & educational activities. I am a holistic scientist with a passion for medicinal plants and herbal healing. A love of nature brought me to Tasmania, Australia. From here, I pursue my dreams working on scientific approaches that deepen our understanding of nature’s medicine. Herbae Thylacini is a unique project connecting my life-long passions for pharmacy, medicinal plants and research & education.

- Dr Karolina "Kaja" Skraskova

24/10/2025

You can sacrifice a whole month of full-time work to make that herbal cream.

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Or you can join Full Craft and save yourself the time, the nerves and the cash.

Comment Full Craft and I (not a robot) will be in touch with details.

Kaja

19/10/2025

Join me for Full Craft to learn more about making herbal skin care. Need more info? Let me know in the comments.

Kaja

17/10/2025

Learning how to make herbal extracts is an important part of crafting herbal skin care.

That’s why a number of my courses are centred around it, including Full Craft (guided herbal skin care formulation).

Join us in November for its pilot edition, exploring a Rich Cream with Gotu kola, Marshmallow & Calendula.

From the concept to the herbal extracts, to the full product.

17/09/2025

This is your reminder that the values of small skin care brands - centered around sustainability, reciprocity and personal connection - are not only highly relevant but also desirable!

What values would you like to see represented more in natural skin care?

15/08/2025

Have you been dreaming of working with herbal extracts in your skin care?

Maybe you have a small garden of your own and you would like to incorporate your beautiful plants into the skin care formulas you have been playing with.

You might have already spent hours and hours researching how to best turn herbs into powerful extracts, while only generating more questions:

🔸What solvent to use?

🔸Can I infuse ### in olive oil to make an antioxidant extract?

🔸Or is glycerine better?
🔸How do I go about it in the first place and how long does the extract last?
🔸Are fresh plants better or should I dry them first?
🔸Where can I access high proof ethanol? ...

I hear you - the internet and social media are brimming with herbal information but only a small amount of it is relevant to your experience.

That’s why I created an engaging reliable online course that addresses the most searing questions you have about creating herbal extracts.

🌈 Herbal Extracts for Natural Skin Care | 📆 30th August 2025 at 10AM AEST | 💻 Live online class (recording and class materials available)

Comment “EXTRACTS” and I will (eventually) send you more information. Or sign up the old-fashioned way via my BIO.

Kaja

25/07/2025

🌿This class will have your brain buzzing with ideas while enabling you to see through the clutter of information and providing you with a clear path toward making your own herbal creams.

🌿We will delve into the art of making YOUR OWN cream bases - from the variety of emulsifying waxes and preservatives, methods and processes, to the handy tools.

🌿Whether you are a naturopath, clinical or community herbalist or a skin care formulator, you will find many practical tips that might be the missing ingredient in your herbal cream making.

📆09-August-2025 | 10am-12pm AEST | 💻 Live on Zoom

⭕️You will receive the recording to replay for 6 months, Class Notes & a practical Calculator, which will make cream bases crafting a breeze.

Contact me for more information. Or sign up via the 🔗 in B.io.

xx
Kaja

18/06/2025

Herbalists pride themselves in fine-tuning their herbal formulas for individual clients according to the presentation of the clients’ dis-ease. Topical formulas, however, tend to be overlooked. Why? Because:

🔸We dismiss topical treatment during our quest to define the internal root cause.

🔸We believe topical treatment can’t do very much, yet, we also believe that the tiniest amount of a “toxic chemical” in a skin care product can harm us.

🔸We forget that topical symptomatic relief can be very powerful and as life-changing as a targeted treatment of a root cause.

Do you want to learn more about the formulation of herbal skin care and topical herbal medicines?

💬Comment “Skincraft” and I (not a robot) will send you more information.

Kaja

13/06/2025

Do you wish your herbal skin care formulas worked better and lasted longer? Would you like to make herbal skin care like a traditional herbalist while incorporating the principles of cosmetic science? Then you will love my latest offering!

My free webinar “Foundational Pillars of Herbal Skin Care Making” is now officially open for registration! ✌🏽
 
During this one hour together, I will NOT hand you a generic list of “fool-proof” skin care formulas. Instead, I will introduce you to a practical, professional framework you can seamlessly incorporate into your herbal practice.

You will:
🔸Gain insight into why your herbal skin care lacks efficacy and stability.

🔸Explore the vast options you have in tailoring your herbal products!

🔸Debunk widespread misconceptions about water-less skin care.

🔸Solidify your new knowledge with practical examples.

📅 Tuesday 24 June at 11AM AEST 💻 Live on Zoom (Recording will be available!) 

You can save your spot by following the 🔗 in my bio. Or comment “Better skin care” and I will send you the information.

I look forward to seeing you there!
 
Kaja

08/06/2025

📣Come and learn effortlessly how to make effective, stable and sustainable herbal skin care and topical herbal medicines that will have a profound effect on you, your community and your clients.

You don’t have to rely on expensive black-box commercial products - I will teach you how to make powerful herbal medicines for the skin in your clinic and your home!

📣My signature certified online course HERBAL SKIN CRAFT: Foundations of Herbal Skin Care Making is now open for registration! It will remain available for an attractive pre-sale price until 6th July 2025!

This 3-part certified online training for naturopaths, herbalists & formulators consists of the following three classes (all of which are also available individually):

🔸Galenic Formulation in Herbal Skin Care
🔸Cream Bases for Herbal Skin Care, and
🔸Herbal Extracts for Natural Skin Care.

The content of the entire course and of all three classes is carefully curated for qualified naturopaths, home and community herbalists, pharmacists and cosmetic chemists.

👉🏽All information about the course can be found via the 🔗 in my bio. Or comment “Skincraft” and I (not a robot) will be in touch with more information.

Get in touch if you have any questions.

12/05/2025

This is my foundational and my favourite question when making herbal medicine for the skin; I simply LOVE the decision process! The selection is always equal parts about an appropriate dosage form and about the most fitting herbs. I always contemplate this deeply when crafting custom-made products.

👉🏼For this particular situation of an acute relatively deep cut I selected a cream with yarrow, plantain, sage and a little kaolin clay. This is our family’s go-to first aid remedy for these types of injuries.

❓What would you suggest?

📣 I teach about the topical herbal remedy selection process in my Galenic Formulation in Herbal Skin Care online course. I go over the characteristics and energetics of various dosage forms and how to successfully marry them with various herbs.

If you are keen to take part in this course, stay tuned for an announcement of the new dates later this month! 😀

Kaja

27/04/2025

I set off to write a short piece, a few thoughts, on tallow and its use in natural skin care, and I ended up writing a 20-page document (5,000 words), fully referenced to an academic standard, featuring 31 relevant references!

You may wonder why such an article is even needed, given the huge amount of information that is available about tallow online. In this case, you can delve into a short introduction to the topic in the form of a blog that I did write as well. In this short article I elaborate on the staggering amount of MISINFORMATION about tallow.

My review article puts everything into a context; it explores the following topics:

🔸What exactly is tallow?
🔸Lipid composition of tallow and its influencing factors.
🔸Vitamin and nutrient content of tallow in a practical context.
🔸Tallow: stability and pH
🔸Biocompatibility of tallow with human skin.

The mini e-book is now available on my www for download (for a small fee).

🔗🔗 to both Mini e-book and blog on tallow available via b!o.

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Herbae Thylacini is a Tasmanian collection of hand-crafted all-natural herbal remedies for skin & dental care. The remedies feature native Australian plants & locally grown medicinal herbs. Our formulations use handmade organic botanical extracts which we prepare according to the European Pharmacopoiea. Herbae Thylacini also pursues and shares knowledge of medicinal plants through a range of research & educational activities.