Rich, and I was not sure it would suit oily skin in August. It does: a little goes a long way and it comes off clean with a warm cloth. I use less of...
Tarekoily · 31
About The Almond Balm
Grown here.
Twelve products · seven botanicals · one still in Gemmayzeh
Order now · delivered tomorrow in Beirut · cash on delivery
The drop
- Orange blossom, Nabatieh.
- Almond, Aley.
- Nothing you can't pronounce.
The seven
Seven plants. Seven places. Every bottle says which.
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Aley
Almond
Cold-pressed, the base oil in eleven of the twelve
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Nabatieh
Orange blossom
Distilled in spring; the peel goes into the Bright Drops
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the Bekaa
Damask rose
Picked before eight in the morning, distilled the same day
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Koura
Olive
First press, for the oil and the night cream
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Batroun
Fig leaf
Infused, not extracted; the two day products
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Akkar
Laurel
For the gel and the tonic
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the Chouf
Honey
For the lip balm, and nothing else
The twelve
Five steps. Twelve bottles. Every one says what is in it, where it grew, and how long it lasts.
cleanse
The Almond Balm
Sweet almond oil from Aley, orange blossom from Nabatieh.
4.67 out of 5(6)
cleanse
The Morning Gel
Laurel from Akkar, almond from Aley.
4.83 out of 5(6)
tone
The Rose Mist
Damask rose from the Bekaa. Nothing else at all.
4.83 out of 5(6)
tone
The Laurel Tonic
Laurel from Akkar, sea salt from Anfeh, almond from Aley.
4.83 out of 5(6)
treat
The Serum
Orange blossom from Nabatieh, almond from Aley.
4.71 out of 5(7)
treat
The Bright Drops
Orange peel from Nabatieh, almond from Aley.
4.67 out of 5(6)
treat
The Eye
Almond from Aley, rose from the Bekaa.
4.83 out of 5(6)
moisturise
The Almond Oil
Almond from Aley, olive from Koura.
4.83 out of 5(6)
moisturise
The Day Cream
Fig leaf from Batroun, almond from Aley.
4.83 out of 5(6)
moisturise
The Night Cream
Rose from the Bekaa, almond from Aley, olive from Koura.
4.83 out of 5(6)
protect
The Tinted SPF 50
Fig leaf from Batroun, almond from Aley, zinc.
4.83 out of 5(6)
protect
The Honey Lip
Honey from the Chouf, almond from Aley, beeswax.
4.83 out of 5(6)
The morning, on a bench
Everything in this photograph is in the shop. Press a mark and it tells you which bottle it is and what it costs.
Press a mark
What brought you here
Nobody wakes up wanting a tonic. Tell us what you actually have and we will tell you which two or three of the twelve are for it.
- DrynessSkin that feels tight by the evening, or flakes where it did not used to.6 bottles
- Fine linesWhere concealer starts to sit, usually the eyes first.3 bottles
- Uneven toneMarks from a summer, a pregnancy, or a spot that healed badly.2 bottles
- BlemishesA forehead that breaks out, or a jaw that does.2 bottles
- RednessSkin that stings, or goes pink where the beard ends.2 bottles
- The sunThe one thing that decides more than everything else here put together.1 bottles
- DullnessSkin that looks tired in a photograph before you feel tired.2 bottles
Thirty seconds
Three questions. No email field, and nothing is hidden behind it.
1 of 3
How does your skin behave?
2 of 3
What bothers you?
3 of 3
When will you use it?
The two to start with
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The Almond Oil
$42
For skin that is dry rather than dehydrated.
An oil sits on top and lets skin settle. No acids near redness.
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Two bottles to start. A third one and ten per cent comes off the bag by itself.
Patch-test the serum on your inner arm first, and leave it a day. If anything stings, tell us and we will take it back.
The steps
Five steps. Pick one bottle for each, or skip it. The price follows.
1 cleanse
Choose one
2 tone
Choose one
3 treat
Choose one
4 moisturise
Choose one
5 protect
Choose one
Your ritual
0 of 5
Five empty steps, waiting.
- Bought singly
- As a ritual
The ritual
Zeina's morning, five steps, one take
- Cleanse · The Morning Gel
- Tone · The Rose Mist
- Treat · The Serum
- Moisturise · The Day Cream
- Protect · The Tinted SPF 50
The still
- Yasmine started in 2021 with a still, a marble bench and her grandmother's almond terraces above Aley.
- Every botanical is distilled or pressed here, in the window, in batches of two hundred.
- The bottles are violet glass because light is the enemy of a plant.
I put what grows here in a bottle, and I write down where it grew.
Visit the atelier · Gemmayzeh, Mon–Sat 10–19
The 28 days
Illustrative: concept photography of our cast, not a clinical study. Skin is skin.
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Day 28
Day 1Cynthia's cheek
The Bright Drops · 28 days
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Day 28
Day 1Joumana's eye
The Night Cream · 28 days
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Day 28
Day 1Sami's jaw
The Morning Gel · 28 days
In their words
4.79 out of 5 4.8 73 reviews across 12 bottles
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5.0 out of 5 Two drops is plenty even on oily skin, which surprised me. I warm it in my palms after the gel and my face stops feeling tight by evening.
Ziadoily · 26
About The Almond Oil -
5.0 out of 5 Slow and quiet and then one day the marks from last summer were simply lighter. I use it at night and it sits fine under everything.
Tonyoily · 27
About The Bright Drops -
5.0 out of 5 Does the job every morning without drama, which for a day cream is exactly the point. Sits under the SPF with no pilling.
Karlnormal · 35
About The Day Cream -
5.0 out of 5 Lovely texture, absorbs fast, no white cast under makeup. Fifteen millilitres lasts me about three months.
Nadiacombination · 30
About The Eye -
4.0 out of 5 Very good, melts on. It is small, so for the price I would like it to be a little bigger.
Mirnasensitive · 24
About The Honey Lip
Every one of these is on the bottle’s own page, with the rest, signed the same way.
The faces
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Yasmine
36 · cosmetic chemist · founder
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Zeina
24 · combination · a blemish or two
Six in the morning, five bottles, four minutes.
UsesThe Serum
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Joumana
46 · dry · fine lines at the eyes
I read the label. I understood the label. That was the whole decision.
UsesThe Night Cream
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Sami
32 · sensitive · red where the beard ends
Two bottles. I'm not reading the rest.
UsesThe Morning Gel
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Cynthia
29 · fair · freckles · uneven after summer
It didn't promise to remove anything. That's why I trusted it.
UsesThe Bright Drops
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Antoine
61 · weathered · a sun spot at the temple
She orders it from Canada. It arrives before her call.
Sample customers. One consistent cast, photographed for the concept.
The box
Five of the twelve refill. The pouch is −20%. The jar stays.
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The Morning
Gel, mist, serum, day cream, SPF. Four minutes.
$178$150you save $28 -
The Night
Balm, mist, oil, night cream, lip. Longer, if you like.
$158$135you save $23 -
The Discovery
Six 10 ml minis. Enough of each to know.
$58
- Refills
- The Morning Gel · The Rose Mist · The Laurel Tonic · The Day Cream · The Night Cream
- It's a gift
- Gift box and card · $6Hide the prices on the slip
To you
Every price is on this page. Nothing appears for the first time at the checkout.
Delivered
- All over Lebanon · $3
- Free over $60
- Tomorrow in Beirut · 2 to 3 days elsewhere
Paid on delivery
- Cash to the courier
- No card, no account
- Open the box before you pay
Picked up
- Gemmayzeh · ready in 2 hours
- Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00
- Free
How you pay
- Cash on deliveryYou pay the courier when the box is in your hands, and you can open it first.
- Whish MoneySend it to the number we give you. The box goes out the same day.
- OMTAny branch. Bring the order number, nothing else.
- BOB FinanceThe same as OMT, if a branch is closer to you.
- Bank transferFresh USD, for orders over $150.
Prices are in US dollars. Lebanese pounds at the day's rate, if you would rather.
Card payments through a local gateway on request.
Gemmayzeh, a ground floor with a still in the window
