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Three small black Maintaim tins, including an open tin of stone-colored botanical styling mask

Small-batch care · honest by design

Style what's here.
Care for what's next.

A botanical styling clay for fine and thinning hair, made for natural texture and flexible hold—not miracle claims.

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Made by hand. Priced to sustain the work. Anything more is a gift.

Batch 001 · working COGS

The receipt, not the markup.

20 tins · 50 g each · prototype sourcing

Ingredients$1.82
Tin + label$0.94
Maker labor$4.60
Overhead$0.25
Production cost$7.62

Prototype estimate before payment processing. Maker labor is included on purpose: enough to make each batch well without taking the hours that belong to family. Real costs will be published before every release.

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Show the whole recipe

What goes in, why it is there, what changed, and what it really costs.

02

Price for a life, not a ladder

The price sustains careful work and family time—not endless growth.

03

Make it with people

Small releases leave room to listen, learn, and earn trust slowly.

A living formula

  1. 01Makeby hand
  2. 02Sharewithout hype
  3. 03Listento real use
  4. 04Refinethe next batch

Batch 001 formula

The formula is open. So is the process.

The first batch blended botanical oils with wax, clay, and powder. Every tester note helps shape what comes next; nothing is dressed up as finished before it is.

Working percentages drift slightly to reflect the R&D phase—not a live change to the formula.

Structure + holdOrganic beeswax25.5%
Conditioning baseArgan oil30.6%
Conditioning baseJojoba oil21.9%
Texture + matte finishKaolin clay10.2%
Texture + dry feelArrowroot powder5.1%
Botanical oilPumpkin seed oil3.1%
Botanical oilRosemary oil1.0%
Aromatic blendLavender oil0.50%
Aromatic blendEucalyptus oil0.50%
Aromatic blendTea tree oil0.50%
Formula supportVitamin E1.0%

Why Maintaim exists

A good product should leave room for a good life.

Maintaim began with Braden's receding hairline and an honest question: why did every bottle ask for trust while revealing so little? So he made a batch, shared it with people he knew, and published the numbers.

This is also an experiment in enough: charge honestly for materials and labor, stay present as a husband and new father, and let gratitude remain a gift—not a lever.

Read Braden's story

The quick path

Tell me when it's ready.

Leave your email and I'll write when a real batch is ready. No weekly newsletter. No manufactured urgency.

The deeper path

Help shape a batch.

Use it in real life, notice the small things, and tell me the truth. Your notes become part of the next batch.

Your information is used only for Maintaim batch and testing communication. It is not sold or shared for advertising.