Body Series
Golden Matcha Body Scrub
a tea you don't drink — you scrub with it
02 / What it is
What it is
a body scrub with a grained texture — the grain is jasmine-rice powder and walnut-shell powder. the formula's lead note is matcha (Japanese green tea) powder. it also carries emollient oils — rice bran, almond, jojoba — with aloe and gotu kola (centella).
the label states it is fragranced.
03 / Its role on this shelf
Its role on this shelf
this is the "scrub" step of the body ritual — it comes before an oil or a lotion.
it lifts the skin that is meant to come away on its own cycle. it is not here to change your skin's colour.
its job ends at the rinse; leave the rest to whatever you moisturise with next.
04 / The ingredients
The ingredients
Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Oryza (Rice) Sativa Powder, Honey, Glycerin, Juglans Regia Shell (Walnut) Powder, Camellia (Tea) Sinensis Leaf Powder, Moringa Oleifera Leaf Powder, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Powder, Centella Asiatica Leaf Powder, Propylene Glycol, Camellia Sinensis (Tea) Leaf Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Almond) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Panthenol, Fragrance, Chlorphenesin, Chlorophyllin-Copper Complex.
05 / How to use
How to use
wet the skin, add a little water, massage in circles over the body, leave 10–15 minutes, then rinse.
once or twice a week.
06 / The circle back
The circle back
matcha is tea, and tea is one of this brand's hero ingredients.
but to be straight: the matcha in this tube is not the Assam grown under a standing canopy at Huay Hin Lad Nai. this tube is not made from the forest.
what connects it back is the thinking: use a plant the way it is meant to be used, and don't push it to do what it doesn't. the forest taught us that first; we carried it into a ritual at home.
THE FOREST IS THE FORMULA