Blossom Essentials: Sarah Vilenskiy On Skincare Solutions For Dry, Irritated, & Reactive Skin
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Meet Sarah Vilenskiy, Founder and CEO of Blossom Essentials, a clean skincare brand focused on real relief for chronic dry, sensitive, and irritated skin. Founded in Austin, TX in 2020, Blossom Essentials was born out of Sarah's own struggle with severe skin conditions and her frustration with products that promised results but failed to deliver.
Join in to discover:
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How Sarah's personal health journey inspired the creation of Blossom Essentials.
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The importance of fragrance-free, waterless formulations for sensitive skin.
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How medical-grade manuka honey supports skin repair and barrier restoration.
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Strategies for managing eczema, psoriasis, reactive skin, and menopause-related dryness.
Hit play to hear how addressing skin health at the root level empowers people to feel at home in their own skin — and how intention, patience, and purpose helped Blossom Essentials grow into a trusted skincare brand…
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| 0:37.4 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. I guess today is. Jacob's. |
| 0:41.9 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. I guess today is Sarah Valensky. She runs a company called Blossom Essentials. They're based out of Austin, |
| 0:46.7 | Texas. That's where I'm at too. She was very gracious and gave us some samples to try. |
| 0:51.4 | I just use soap for everything. My daughter's horrified by it, but my life used it. |
| 0:55.6 | And she said it was really good on her skin. My wife has like a hypermobility disorder. So she said, |
| 1:01.1 | I guess the nature of her skin is different. And when she puts creams on the sit on top of her |
| 1:05.8 | skin instead of absorbing, but her feedback was that blossom, like absorbed really well and was |
| 1:10.5 | just a great, you know, a set of creams to put on. So I just want to give everyone feedback listening. And welcome, Sarah. Thanks for coming. Thanks for having me. And I'm so glad to hear it's been helping your wife. |
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