Frequently Asked Questions
General
What are the areas you serve?
Do you have a brick-and-mortar storefront? What purchasing methods are available from The Daisy Refillery?
- Markets - Come shop at the Lark Mobile, our fully electric mobile storefront! We bring the Lark Mobile to a number of markets throughout the areas we serve. Please see our Events page for market details.
- Local Online No-Contact Deliveries - When you place an order online, select a delivery date at check out, and we will come and delivery your order on the selected date! To learn more about our deliveries, go to the Deliveries section of this page OR go to our Local Deliveries page.
- Scheduled House Calls - To host your own refill event, we recommend you schedule a house call, for which we will drive the Lark Mobile to you, and you can order in person. This is a great option for our corporate partners! To learn more about our how our house calls work, go to the House Calls section of this page.
What car model is your business vehicle?
Do you take container donations? How can I donate? What kind of containers do you take?
Containers can be glass, plastic, or metal, but they must have a corresponding cap or pump.
All containers should also be empty and rinsed out. Please do not leave anything in the containers, as we save our containers to be washed in loads, and we do not want anything to mold or rust before our wash period.
Unfortunately, we are not accepting containers that have a strong scent, as we currently do not have the manpower, budget, nor time to spend to remove the scent. We are also not accepting any containers that are rusting.
Any containers donated will be further sanitized and donated right back to all of you at our markets!
Payments
What payment methods do you accept?
At our markets, we also accept other tap, chip and swipe payments, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, as well as Venmo. We will only accept cash if you have exact change.
Do you offer order refunds or cancellations?
However, cancellations to online orders may be made by us due to reasons out of our control, such as necessary maintenance of our delivery vehicle. As we are a small business with a small team, we hope you can understand.
To learn more about our policies, please read our Refund Policy page.
Products
How do you choose your vendors?
- Create sustainable products that are not only good for our customers, but good for our planet
- Ethically source their ingredients and materials
- Use compostable or recyclable packaging OR provide package-free products
- Ensure all employees involved in the production process of product(s) have fair wages
- Contribute to environmental protection agencies/programs (i.e. 1% for the Planet Member, Certified B-Corporation, etc.).
- This is optional, but such contributions are a plus! This also lets us know that the company is not just green-washing.
- Made in California/USA
- Small Businesses
- Family Owned
- Woman Owned.
How do you determine products are ethically and sustainably source?
How do you determine what products are environmentally friendly?
- Ethically Sourced
- Cruelty-Free
- Compostable, Biodegradable and/or Recyclable
- Locally Made
- While not all our products are made locally in California, we try to source as many products from nearby to account for the effects of the delivery of our inventory.
- Stable and Safe
- While natural ingredients are usually thought to be "better" for an individual, this is not always the case. Sometimes we need a bit of science to ensure the stability, effectiveness and safety of a product.
- For example, "Lauryl glucoside" certainly does not sound like a natural ingredient. However, this is used in a lot of hair care products as a type of surfactant. Surfactants are very important in hair care products as they are used to remove dirt and other impurities by breaking down the barriers between dirt, oil, and water.
- Synthetic Fragrance-Free
- Dye-Free
- Sulfate-Free
- Paraben-Free
- Septic-Safe.
- Handmade or Made in Small Batches
- Vegan
- Aluminum-Free
- Gluten-Free.
Markets
What refills do you offer at your markets with your mobile storefront?
You can find our entire refill menu with prices here!
I was planning to go to a market, but it was cancelled. What do I do now?
You will be given 3-4 days to order online for free delivery, and this will be indicated under the respective cancelled market on our Events page! When ordering, you can choose any available delivery date with options up to 2 to 16 days later! To learn how to order online for local delivery, please visit our How to Order page.
Please note that we currently only offer deliveries to San Francisco, South San Francisco, and Brisbane, California.
We advise that you sign up for our email list to stay up to date on potential cancellatons. You can do so by scrolling to the bottom of our website and adding your email address to subscribe to our emails. Additionally, you can also visit our Events page to confirm our market attendance.
Due to the nature of our products, we have learned that rainy day markets end up with too much product loss, so we ask for your understanding.
Unfortunately, if the market was cancelled by the organizers, we will not be offering free deliveries.
Online Ordering
How do I purchase refills online? Do the refills come in their own container, OR can I use my own containers?
Simply select how much of a refill product you want, and click "Add to Cart." Please note that refills are sold per weighted-ounce.
The refills themselves do not come sold in a bottle. If you want to purchase bottles, you can choose them from our container collection. Otherwise, we highly encourage you to reuse your own containers.
If you do choose to use your own containers, you can refer to the specific refill product's listing for the approximate bottle size (by volume capacity) for the refill amount you ordered.
We ask that you sanitize your containers prior to refilling. We are not responsible for the sanitization of your containers. Learn more about how to clean your own containers here. If you are topping off on a product, we still recommend you clean the container at least once a year to avoid contamination.
If you are using your own containers and ordering online for a local no-contact delivery, then make sure you also indicate where you will be placing your containers for us to find during your no-contact delivery. You will be prompted to provide delivery instructions on the Cart page, including indicating where the containers will be left if you choose the option to use your own containers.
If you are using your own containers and you schedule a house call, simply bring your own containers to the scheduled house call.
Is shipping available? Why is the cart asking me to add a delivery date if I want to ship my order instead?
When ordering online, you will be asked to choose a delivery date on the Cart page before you can move on to the Checkout page. Available delivery dates are first-come, first-serve. There is a flat delivery fee for each online order. Learn more about our delivery process in the Deliveries FAQ section OR go to our Local Deliveries page.
When I try to place an order online, I'm getting a "No delivery available" error message. Why?
- Clear your cache. This will remove the address that is currently saved and causing the error.
- Re-add the products you want to order to cart. Unfortunately, clearing the cache does delete all the items in your cart.
- Fill out the required fields on the Cart page, and click the Check out button to navigate to the Checkout page.
- Under the Delivery Address section, start typing your address in the Address field. (IMPORTANT: As the address does auto-populate as you type, please make sure you are correctly selecting the address in the appropriate city. Sometimes your address may also exist in a different city/state/country that will thus have a different zip code outside our zone delivery area.)
- Continue filling out all required fields on the Checkout page to complete your check out process.
- If you find that you are still getting the same error message, please double check to see that we deliver to your area. You can do so by clicking here.
Why am I not seeing the Check out button?
Any orders with a final delivery address that is outside our delivery areas will be automatically cancelled.
Deliveries
How much does a delivery cost?
We also offer zone deliveries! Every month, the zip codes in each zone are given a day for a reduced delivery fee cost. To learn more about zone deliveries, please click here.
How soon and how far out can I schedule a delivery for?
You will receive an email (and optional text) reminder about your delivery the day before.
What delivery dates are currently available?
Can I select a specific delivery time?
As we are a small business, we also have to account for other deliveries that are to be made on the same day and choose the most efficient route. Given this, we have decided that we will not be allowing customers the option to select a delivery time.
If setting a specific time is important, please learn more about our house calls here.
I ordered refills, and I want each refill to be filled in a specific bottle. Is this possible?
How will I know my delivery has been made?
When your delivery is made, you will also receive an email (and text, if applicable) to indicate the success of the delivery.
If we were unable to make the delivery, you will receive an email (and text, if applicable) about our delivery attempt.
Why did I not receive my delivery despite a delivery attempt?
If we are unable to find your containers per your instructions, then we will delivery all non-refill items and refund you all refill products. The delivery fee will not be refunded.
To learn more about your order's delivery attempt, please contact us here.
Delivery Stations
What are delivery stations?
Please visit our Delivery Stations page to find out more.
Where are your delivery stations?
My company/apartment does not offer delivery stations at their address. How can I add them?
Is there a charge to use the delivery station service?
Please note that online orders for pick up at delivery stations DO NOT qualify for zone delivery rates.
House Calls
What is a house call?
We can either drive the Lark Mobile, our fully electric mobile storefront, to your requested address, OR arrange an indoor set-up.
If you are a business, you can schedule a session for your employees to participate in a refill event. You can also use this option to set up a family refill session or neighborhood refill session. To learn more, please go to Schedule a House Call in our main menu.
How do I schedule a house call?
As we are a small team, please allow up to 48 hours for us to respond to your house call request.
How early can I schedule a house call?
However, we recommend reaching out as soon as possible to ensure we are able to plan the house call thoroughly, especially if you are in a corporate setting.
A signed contract agreement is required before confirmaton of the house call.
How much does a house call cost?
How is the house call service determined?
For more inexpensive options, you can instead opt to make an online order OR you check our Events calendar to visit us in person at the specified location(s).