The House of Solène
One bar,
made well.
A botanical cleansing bar — French clay and a few botanicals, cut by hand for the daily ritual of cleansing face and body.
The Cleansing Bar · 100 g
The Object
An ordinary moment,
made beautiful.
Solène began with a simple idea: that the most ordinary moments of the day — the ones spent cleansing your skin — deserve a beautiful object.
The Cleansing Bar is cold-pressed from kaolin clay and a small composition of plant botanicals, then shaped and cut by hand. It lathers into a soft, fine cream and rinses clean, leaving nothing behind but the faint warmth of its botanicals.
One bar, for face and body. No bottle, no pump, no plastic — a considered thing you reach for every morning and every night.
Inside the Bar
A short list of clay and botanicals. Nothing you can't pronounce.
French clay
Kaolin
A gentle cleansing clay — the body of the bar
Cleansing base
Sodium Palmate / Sodium Cocoate
Plant-oil cleansing base that creates the lather
Water
Aqua
Carrier
Turmeric
Curcuma Longa Root
Botanical — gives the bar its warm golden tone
The Ritual
Four slow steps,
morning and night.
01
Wet
Warm the bar between damp hands, or wet the skin first.
02
Lather
Work the bar into a soft cream — directly on the skin, or in your hands.
03
Cleanse
Glide it slowly over the face or body for fifteen to twenty seconds. Take your time.
04
Rinse
Rinse with warm water and pat dry. Use morning and night.
“One bar. No bottle, no pump, no plastic. A considered thing you reach for every morning and every night.”
100 g / 3.5 oz
The Cleansing Bar
A single sculptural cleansing bar of French clay and plant botanicals, made for the daily ritual of cleansing face and body.
$120