FAQ

Rub a small amount with your finger: Warm it briefly between your fingertips and smear onto your skin. Reapply as needed after water, sweat, or long exposure.

Depends on how often and where you use it. A 1.2 oz tin typically lasts 8-16 weeks of depending on your level of outdoor use and coverage on your face, ears, and neck. If you're bald and you clad your dome, then you're looking at less time.

Yes. It's formulated and recommended for hard core coverage of your face, nose, ears, cheekbones, shoulders, the tops of your feet: anywhere you want a layer between your skin and the elements.

Yes. Especially when in harsh conditions. For everyday carry we made a Lip Balm formulated specifically for the lips. 

The paste is food-grade, so it doesn't contain anything you wouldn't be comfortable with your children touching. We'd still recommend a small patch test before broad use, and consulting your pediatrician for very young children. Trust your own judgment.

The ingredients are food-grade and there's nothing in the formula known to be unsafe during pregnancy or nursing. But we're not your doctor: talk to yours if you have any concerns specific to your situation.

Store at room temperature, away from direct heat. The paste is shelf-stable for 12 months from production. Save your shipping date: all orders are made within one month of fulfillment.

We are no longer pursuing OTC sunscreen SPF rating. So legally we can no longer claim to be a sunscreen. That's how the law works. It's a mineral-rich paste built for elemental protection: a barrier between your skin and the environment. 

Where did you guys go?

Yes! 15% smaller to be exact. And we lowered our price by 15% to match... despite everything in the world costing much more in the past couple years. It look like more because we ditched the goofy bamboo wrap which padded the real stuff. We made it a tad smaller for pocketability. 

We don't make sun protection claims. Manda is a cosmetic, and we no longer make claims about UV protection on skin. If you wear it and you don't get sun burned and therefore choose to wear it all the time for that reason, then that is your own choice. Not a claim that we will make. What we can tell you: the paste contains non-nano zinc oxide as its mineral element, sits on the surface of skin rather than absorbing in, and is what we and our community have reached for in the outdoors since 2015.

Because we mean it literally. Every ingredient is food-grade and traceable. If we wouldn't eat it, we wouldn't put it in the tin.

Tallow is the backbone of the paste. It carries the zinc, anchors the wax structure, and absorbs into skin the way modern synthetic oils don't. It isn't grown in a monoculture farm with questionable labor practices, and shipped around the world like organic coconut oil.  Tallow is the original moisturizer of our ancestors to this day nothing's been able to beat it. Our tallow is grass-fed and grass-finished meaning the cows ate natural pasture their entire lives.

The cocoa powder. We tint the paste a soft tan so it blends into skin tones instead of leaving such a strong white cast you get from plain zinc.

Three things. We removed thanaka: we couldn't trace its supply chain to a level that met our sourcing standards. We replaced globally-sourced commodity ingredients (coconut oil from China, SE Asia etc.) with regional Pacific Northwest and West Coast sourcing wherever possible. 

Two reasons. We couldn't trace its supply chain to a level that met our sourcing standards. And we wanted a formula built around ingredients we could verify, not exotic imports we hoped were sourced well. Kaolin clay from the only mine of its kind west of the Mississippi now does similar work in the paste.

The original Manda came in bamboo-wrapped tins sourced internationally. The new packaging is a hand-finished tin produced closer to home. Simple matte black finish, etched Manda logo, hologram label and made to live in a beach bag, a pocket, or a glove box.

Pre-orders ship within two weeks of being listed on our site.

We currently ship within the United States. International shipping is coming, but we wanted to nail US fulfillment first.

You'll receive an email with tracking the moment your order ships. If you haven't received tracking by your expected ship date, email info@mandanaturals.com and we'll find it.

Email us within 30 days of receiving your order. We'll make it right: refund, replacement, or an honest conversation about what didn't work. We read every email.

Email us a photo within 7 days of delivery and we'll send a replacement. 

Email info@mandanaturals.com. We respond within 1–2 business days

Because it last so much longer. It might be small but it's mighty. And because of what's in it and how it's made. Grass-finished tallow from a regenerative family farm. Raspberry seed oil cold-pressed in the Pacific Northwest. Kaolin clay from the only mine of its kind west of the Mississippi. Beeswax from local hives. Hand-piped in small batches in our Washougal kitchen. Drugstore products are mass-produced from globally-sourced commodity ingredients... different product, different price.

Hand-piped in our rented kitchen space in Washougal, Washington, by Cyrus (the founder) and a small team. Small batches, traceable ingredients.