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★ 4.9 · 88 reviews Mini Berry Boreal Bod hero
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Berry Boreal Bod oil texture
Cold-preservedA featherlight oil that sinks in in under a minute
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my skin has never felt so soft
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Blue tansy in flower at first frost
Blue tansyThe chamomile-family flower behind the calm
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Mini Berry Boreal Bod on the Cryo-C vanity
Cold-Preserved Blue Tansy Body Oil · Travel Size

Mini Berry Boreal Bod: Blue Tansy & Elderberry Body Oil

★★★★★ 4.9 88 reviews
Soothing Deeply Hydrating Fast-Absorbing Non-Greasy
$18.00
8 ml / 0.3 fl oz · dropper

The same protective body oil as the full-size Berry Boreal Bod, in a travel-size bottle that runs about two weeks on the body. Blue tansy oil, unusually rich in anti-inflammatory chamazulene, calms the signaling behind eczema flares, redness, and reactive responses rather than masking them. Three oils chosen for absorption (jojoba, rice bran, and plant squalane) carry it in: jojoba mirrors your skin’s own sebum, so it sinks in under a minute with no greasy film. Lipid-soluble vitamin C and vitamin E add a self-renewing antioxidant shield everywhere you apply. Formulated in small weekly batches and kept at 4°C from raw ingredient to finished bottle, so the heat-sensitive chamazulene, vitamin C, and delicate plant oils reach your skin the way they were formulated instead of oxidizing into the very irritants a warm shelf can create. Made to let you feel how your skin responds before committing to the full size.

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How to Use
After showering, on slightly damp skin:
  1. Shake the bottle gently
  2. Dispense a few drops per body area into clean hands
  3. Massage in small circles, giving extra attention to dry areas like elbows, knees, and shins
  4. Allow 60 seconds to absorb before dressing
Tip: A few drops warmed between your palms and smoothed through damp hair ends softens frizz and adds shine. For the softest skin: exfoliate once a week with Wintry Fix before applying, so fresh skin drinks the botanicals in.
Full Ingredient List
We formulate with ingredients most brands can't touch. Because our formulas live their whole lives cold, shelf stability never enters the equation: no swapping fragile botanicals for tougher, weaker stand-ins, and no preservative system to design around. Just the best ingredient for the job, however delicate.

Key actives: blue tansy oil, unusually rich in anti-inflammatory chamazulene, which calms the signaling behind reactive skin; jojoba, rice bran, and amaranthus squalane, three oils chosen for absorption and barrier support; lipid-soluble vitamin C with vitamin E, a self-renewing antioxidant shield.

Full list: Rice Bran (Oryza Sativa) Oil*, Jojoba (Simmondsia Chinensis) Oil*, Amaranthus Squalane Oil, Vitamin C (Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate), Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Fruit Extract, Vitamin E (non-GMO), Blue Tansy (Tanacetum Annuum) Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pot Marigold (Calendula Officinalis) Flower Extract*, Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra) Flower Extract.

* Organic Ingredient
Storage
You don't need to refrigerate Berry Boreal Bod during daily use, but we recommend finishing each bottle within 90 days of leaving the fridge. If you're not ready to start using it right away, store it cold until you are (any household fridge is fine). Keep it out of direct sunlight.
Common Questions
Is Berry Boreal Bod okay for eczema-prone skin?
Yes. Blue tansy's chamazulene is a natural anti-inflammatory that calms the signaling behind reactive, eczema-prone skin, and the formula carries no synthetic fragrance or chemical preservatives, two common triggers. Patch test first if your skin is very reactive.
Will it feel greasy?
No. Jojoba, rice bran, and squalane are chosen for absorption, not surface feel. On damp skin most people find it sinks in within a minute, with no film left behind.
How long does the mini last?
About two weeks with daily use on targeted areas like elbows, knees, shins, and hands. Use it head to toe and it goes faster; use it where your skin needs it most and it comfortably covers a two-week trial.
Is the mini the same formula as the full size?
Yes. Identical formula, same weekly batch cycle, same cold storage. The mini exists so you can feel how your skin responds before committing to the 50 ml full size.
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“It goes on smoothly and my skin feels amazing”

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“The smell is so calming and it moisturizes beautifully”

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“As someone with super sensitive and dry skin this product has been amazing”

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“Makes my skin feel so moisturized and it’s so light not heavy and oily”

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“it hydrates, adding just the right amount of moisture to my dry skin”

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“it helps my driest skin feel and look so much better”

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Three actives, full potency

The body oil that arrives alive

Cold-preserved from the moment it's formulated: no warm warehouses, no months on a shelf, no chemical stabilizers. Three actives reach your skin at the same potency as the day they were made. Tap a card to see the mechanism.

Calms reactive skin
Blue tansy in flower at first frost
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Blue Tansy Oil

Calms the response, not just the surface

Blue tansy is a chamomile-family botanical with an unusually high concentration of chamazulene, the compound behind its deep color and its anti-inflammatory action. Chamazulene interrupts the inflammatory signaling that drives eczema flares, redness, and reactive responses. For skin that reacts to most products, this is the ingredient that calms the reaction rather than masking it. Chamazulene is also heat-sensitive: when it oxidizes it loses that anti-inflammatory function, which is why it is kept cold from the first day.

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Absorbs, doesn't sit
The oil veil
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Jojoba + Rice Bran + Squalane

Chosen for how skin takes them in

Three oils selected for absorption, not surface feel. Jojoba is structurally close to your skin's own sebum, so your skin treats it as its own instead of rejecting it. Rice bran oil is lightweight and vitamin E-rich, carrying the formula inward. Amaranthus squalane is plant-derived and bioidentical to your skin's own lipids, locking in moisture from the inside without leaving a film. Together they absorb in under a minute, with no greasy residue.

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Antioxidant shield
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Elderberry + Vitamin C + Vitamin E

A shield that renews itself

The same lipid-soluble vitamin C used in our facial serums, paired with vitamin E and rounded out by elderberry flower extract, the antioxidant botanical this oil is named for. The vitamins work as a cycle: after C neutralizes a free radical, E regenerates the spent molecule so it can work again, and elderberry’s polyphenols add a botanical layer to the same defense. A self-renewing shield against UV, environmental stress, and daily friction, everywhere you apply.

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Cold is the hero ingredient

Conventional skincare vs Wild Ice

One degree-day = one degree above refrigeration, for one day.

Warehousing & Transit
1,146 degree-days
Manufacturing & Testing
432 degree-days
Ingredient Storage
378 degree-days
1,956degree-days
Wild Ice
8.25 degree-days
237:1

237× the heat exposure before it ever touches your skin. Chamazulene that never oxidized keeps doing what you bought it for: calming reactive skin instead of provoking it.

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More on why heat matters
Three short chapters: the journey, the chemistry, and the beauty-fridge problem
The conventional supply chain

The Journey That Adds Up

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Months in a warm warehouse
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155°F trailer summers
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No fridge at the store
So what does all that heat do?

The Problem Was Never Your Routine.

Preservatives fight one problem. Heat causes three.

Bacterial growth 1

Bacterial Digestion

Bacteria multiply in warm formulas. Preservatives suppress them. Cold slows them too, without adding to what your skin has to absorb.

Oxidation reactions 2

Redox Reactions

Heat drives chemical reactions that degrade vitamin C, ceramides, and peptides. Preservatives don't slow this process. Cold does.

Enzymatic activity 3

Enzymatic Activity

Plant enzymes keep breaking down botanical compounds after harvest. Preservatives don't affect this. Cold puts them on pause.

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About those beauty fridges

Cold Can't Unspoil the Banana

Everyone wants fresh skincare. That's why beauty fridges are everywhere. But chilling a conventional serum makes about as much sense as refrigerating an old banana.

Your serum absorbed 1,956 degree-days of heat before it ever met a fridge. A banana at least has the courtesy to turn brown; a degraded cream looks and feels identical to a fresh one.

Beauty fridges make conventional skincare cold at the end. Wild Ice is cold from the beginning.

From our studio to your door

Cold from the very first step

Every Mini Berry Boreal Bod bottle is formulated in small weekly batches in our studio and held cold at 4°C, from raw ingredient through formulation.

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Ingredients kept cold

Every ingredient stored at 4°C from the moment it arrives.

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Formulated fresh

Formulated in small weekly batches, cold throughout.

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Held at 4°C

Finished bottles go straight into cold storage and stay there.

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Shipped within days

Made fresh weekly, so actives are still active when they reach you.

So why don't all brands chill?

Between warm warehouses, hot freight, and un-chilled retail shelves, it's nearly impossible to get big while staying cold. The industry won't change until enough customers demand it. Someone had to take the plunge first, so we did.

Mila, founder of Wild Ice Botanicals

Fresh was never optional

I grew up in the Soviet Union watching my grandmother make skincare from her garden. It worked because it was fresh. There was no other option.

In 2018, I began cold-storing every ingredient and finished product. I hadn't changed a single formula; the reviews changed on their own. A national retailer offered us shelf placement but refused to refrigerate. We walked away.

Every product is made in our studio, in small weekly batches. I've worn every formula through three pregnancies. Every bottle is one I'd use on my own family.

— Mila, Founder
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Common questions about cold-preserved skincare

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Blue tansy oil contains chamazulene, a potent anti-inflammatory that calms the signaling behind eczema flares and reactive skin responses. The formula contains no synthetic fragrances (the scent comes entirely from the blue tansy and botanical oils) and no chemical preservatives, both of which are common eczema triggers. There's a less obvious factor, too. When body oil ingredients degrade through heat and oxidation in warm storage, they form breakdown compounds (peroxides, aldehydes) that can irritate even when the original ingredients were gentle. Cold preservation prevents that degradation, so the formula that reaches your skin is the one that was designed.
No. Berry Boreal Bod uses three oils (jojoba, rice bran, squalane) chosen specifically for absorption. Jojoba mimics your skin's natural sebum, so your skin accepts it rather than letting it sit on the surface. Most customers report full absorption in under a minute on damp skin, with no residue or film.
Softer, more comfortable skin is usually immediate: most people notice it after the very first application on damp skin, and the mini gives you plenty of that first impression. If your skin runs reactive or eczema-prone, the calming effect of blue tansy builds over the first week or two of daily use, which the mini comfortably covers. Consistency matters more than quantity; a little, every day after your shower.
About two weeks with daily use on targeted areas like elbows, knees, shins, and hands: the 8 ml bottle holds well over 150 drops. Use it head to toe and it goes faster; use it where your skin needs it most and it comfortably covers a two-week trial. It's the same concentrated formula as the full size, in a bottle sized to let you feel how your skin responds before committing to the 50 ml.
Yes. Identical formula, same weekly batch cycle, same cold storage. The only differences are the bottle size and the dropper: the mini exists so you can feel how your skin responds before committing to the full size.
The full-size bottle uses a pump because it lives in your bathroom for six to eight weeks, and a pump keeps fingers and air out of the formula that whole time. The mini is finished in a couple of weeks, so a dropper keeps the bottle compact and travel-friendly. The same guidance applies to both: finish within 90 days of leaving the fridge.
The golden olive-green color comes entirely from the botanical oils, mainly rice bran, calendula, and blue tansy, never from a synthetic dye. The exact shade varies a little from batch to batch, because real botanicals vary from harvest to harvest. Cold preservation keeps those botanicals, and the color they bring, intact.
Berry Boreal Bod is formulated for body skin. For your face, we recommend Cryo-C for brightening and dark spots, or D.B.T. Baba Yaga for hydration and barrier repair.
You don't need to refrigerate Berry Boreal Bod during daily use, but we recommend finishing each bottle within 90 days of leaving the fridge. If you're not ready to start using it right away, store it cold until you are (any household fridge is fine). Keep it out of direct sunlight. A beauty fridge is a nice bonus, not a requirement: the cold-preservation advantage happens before the bottle ever reaches you.
No synthetic dyes, no synthetic fragrances (the scent comes from blue tansy and the botanical oil base), no chemical preservatives, no parabens, no phthalates, and no animal-derived ingredients. Berry Boreal Bod is 100% vegan and cruelty-free.
Real results from the Wild Ice routine

Real Wild Ice customers. Real results. No retouching.

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Nicole F. after 4 months Nicole F. before BeforeAfter
Nicole F. · 4 months
Dark spots & scarring
"After 2 months of use, just a bit of scarring. And after 4 months, completely gone."
Kayla D. after 6 weeks Kayla D. before BeforeAfter
Kayla D. · 6 weeks
Acne & redness
"I've had issues with redness and hormonal acne for the last three years … Wild Ice has absolutely changed my life."
Mia E. after 3 months Mia E. before BeforeAfter
Mia E. · 3 months
Redness & inflammation
"Wild Ice has changed my skin … I tell everyone about your products."

These before-and-after photos are from customers using the complete Wild Ice Essentials Routine on their faces, not from Berry Boreal Bod on its own. We include them because every Wild Ice formula, this body oil included, is made and cold-preserved to the same standard.

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Mini Berry Boreal Bod: Blue Tansy & Elderberry Body Oil4.9★ · 88 reviews · $18.00
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Customer Reviews

4.9 Based on 88 reviews

Customers with sensitive, dry skin say this is the oil that finally agrees with them: light, calming, and deeply moisturizing without residue.