A decade ago, Tawnia Sodergren was developing a beauty products line while making and distributing infused baked goods on the Prop 215 market in Santa Barbara, and it occurred to her.
Why not blend the two pursuits?
“I was like, ‘Wow, this is a good opportunity,’” Sodergren said. “I was already infusing the oil for my baked goods and was developing a skincare line.”
She started adding infusions to her beauty products, and voila! Blue Sage THC was born.
“I shared it with friends and family, and everyone was having great results,” Sodergren said. “It was super efficacious.”
After a long journey through the jungle of adult-use red tape, Sodergren finally launched under Prop 64 three years ago, focusing on the Southern California market.
“We’ve been in it,” she said. “I feel like it was important for me to get this out there to help people.”
Sodergren formulates all of her topical products using organic inputs and aims to keep them simple. Her Blue Sage Topical Healing Creams are based in shea butter, coconut oil, hempseed oil, jojoba oil, beeswax and emulsifying wax, and feature vitamin E, Optiphen and essential oils, with herb infusions including comfrey, calendula, helichrysum and of course, Cannabis.
“We can pronounce all the ingredients,” she said. “I hate to use the word natural because anything can be called natural, but it’s very clean.”
They come in two sizes and three scents: Original (peppermint lavender), Orange Chai and Citrus Cedar. Blue Sage recently won a Silver Medal at the 2024 California State Fair Cannabis Awards.
Sodergren says her products are helpful for an array of applications, including relief from deep muscle pain after workouts, healing from surgery, arthritis and skin issues.
“Someone just emailed me recently and told me how it helped their psoriasis,” she said. “We use a lot of THC and not just a distillate. It’s a full-spectrum oil, so it has all of the cannabinoids and terpenes. We feel like the whole family has something to bring to the table.”
Blue Sage Topical Healing Cream is available statewide at dispensaries.
