Ingredients

What's Actually in Your Ritual

Traceability matters to us as much as the ritual itself. Here's what goes into our core materials, and where the tradition behind each one comes from.

Viscose (exfoliating mitts)

Our mitts are made from 100% viscose fabric, the same rough-textured material traditionally used for Korean Italy towels. The texture is what allows firm exfoliation without additional exfoliating beads or chemical agents, it's mechanical, not chemical.

Rice water

Used in Korean households for generations as a gentle base for cleansing, rice water is traditionally valued for the light, silky texture it lends to soap. We use it as a base ingredient in our fermented soap formulas.

Mugwort (ssuk)

A herb long used in Korean food and bathing traditions, mugwort has a distinctive, slightly bitter scent and is traditionally associated with cleansing rituals in Korean culture. We include it in select soap formulas for its traditional role in Korean bathing, not as a treatment claim.

Camellia seed oil

Cold-pressed from the seeds of the camellia flower, this oil has traditionally been used across Korea after bathing, valued for centuries as a finishing oil in Korean beauty and grooming routines, including by Jeju Island's haenyeo divers. We use it in our after-bath oil for the same traditional purpose.

A note on sourcing claims

We describe what each ingredient is traditionally used for in Korean bathing culture. We do not make claims about skin outcomes these ingredients will guarantee, everyone's skin responds differently, and traditional use isn't the same as a clinical promise.