Collection: Frankincense Resin

Frankincense Resin Skincare: Balms & Serums for Skin Barrier Support

Frankincense resin oil is extracted from the whole resin — the hardened sap of the Boswellia tree — rather than steam-distilled into essential oil. That distinction matters: essential oil carries frankincense's aromatic compounds, but the heavier, non-volatile boswellic acids stay behind in the resin itself. Every Edenwild formula featuring frankincense uses resin oil, never essential oil, so the full ingredient reaches your skin.

Why Resin Oil, Not Essential Oil

Steam distillation is the fastest, most common way to produce frankincense essential oil — but it can't carry boswellic acids across with it. Resin oil is made by extracting the whole resin using a carrier oil or CO2 extraction, preserving compounds that essential oil simply doesn't contain. Traditional use of frankincense resin spans Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese, and ancient Egyptian practice, long before the distinction between resin and distillate existed.

What's in the Collection

• Golden Root Antioxidant Balm — frankincense resin oil, sea buckthorn, rosehip, and green coffee bean oil in a grass-fed and finished tallow from suet base with jojoba-infused botanicals
• Nectar Face Serum — frankincense resin oil, bakuchiol, and vitamin C in a jojoba oil base

Who This Is For

This collection is built for reactive, easily unsettled skin that needs barrier support without added irritation — as well as skin that feels tight, compromised, or affected by environmental stress. It's also for anyone comparing frankincense essential oil to resin oil and wanting the more complete form of the ingredient, in a formula that's slow-infused rather than assembled from extracts.

Would we put this on our daughters' skin? That's the standard every Edenwild formula is held to — including every product in this collection. Formulated and made by Edenwild, a Wyoming-based ancestral skincare brand, near Yellowstone.