A complete body routine built around Rejuvenating Body Cream with Kalahari Oil has four steps: wash, polish when skin feels rough, pat dry, then cream, with an optional body oil underneath on very dry days and fragrance on top. It takes about five minutes after a bath or shower, morning or evening. Below is each step with the products we use for it, followed by a quick everyday version and a longer one for the weekend.
Step 1: Wash with something that does not leave skin tight
The cream does its best work on skin that has not been stripped. We start with the Replenishing Body Wash with Kalahari Oil, a castile-style liquid soap made with coconut and jojoba oils, aloe vera and a touch of Kalahari melon seed oil. It lathers softly over damp skin, rinses clean and leaves skin comfortable rather than tight.
Use warm water rather than hot, and keep the shower short. Hot water and long soaks leave skin feeling drier, which means more work for whatever comes next.
Step 2: Polish when skin feels rough
This step is not for every day. When elbows, knees, heels or the backs of your arms feel rough, use Hawaiian Black Lava Body Caviar in the shower after washing. Stir the jar first, then massage the scrub over wet skin from the neck down. Sea salt and organic sugar buff away dull surface skin, while a blend of oils, including coconut, passion fruit and Kalahari melon seed, leaves it feeling soft. Rinse with warm water. It is for the body only, never the face.
On scrub days, skin is especially ready for the cream that follows, so do not skip it.
Step 3: Pat dry and leave skin slightly damp
Step out, pat yourself with a towel, and stop before you are completely dry. The cream contains aloe leaf juice and glycerin, which attract water and help keep it in the skin, so a little water left on the surface makes them more effective. Aim to start the next step within a minute or two.
Step 4: Body oil on the driest areas (optional)
On very dry days, or in winter, smooth a few drops of body oil onto damp skin before the cream, on shins, elbows, shoulders or wherever you need it most. Our Rosewood Body Glow pairs the Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba Imperial Jade Body Oil with the cream in the same scent. Oil first, cream over it. On ordinary days, skip this step.
Step 5: Rejuvenating Body Cream, everywhere
Warm a generous amount between your palms and smooth it on in long strokes, legs first, then arms, then torso. Press a little extra into elbows, knees and heels. Kalahari melon seed oil, a light oil rich in linoleic acid, helps skin hold moisture, while coconut, sunflower, jojoba and avocado oils cushion the surface and argan and borage oils add suppleness. Give it a minute or so before you dress.
Step 6: Fragrance last
If you wear fragrance, it goes on after the cream has absorbed, never under it. Our Fragrance Roller Oils come in Hawaiian Black Lava, Violet and Bergamot, and Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, so you can roll the same scent as your cream onto your wrists, behind your ears and along your collarbone.
The everyday version
On a weekday morning, the routine shrinks to three steps and about three minutes:
- Body wash in a warm shower.
- Pat dry, leaving skin slightly damp.
- Body cream, with a little extra on elbows and shins.
If you will be outdoors, let the cream absorb and follow with sunscreen on exposed skin. The Body Wash and Body Cream Bundle puts the wash and the cream together in one matching scent, which is all this version needs.
The weekend version
When you have more time, usually in the evening, use every step: wash, Body Caviar on the rough spots, pat dry, oil on the driest areas, then cream from ankles to shoulders. Finish with fragrance if you like, or leave your skin to the scent of the cream. The Indulgent Body Box gathers the scrub, the Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba body oil and the cream in one box, with a set of gold under-eye masks for the same evening.
Matching scents across the routine
The body wash and body cream share four scents: Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, Hawaiian Black Lava, Violet and Bergamot, and Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba. Choose one for both and the routine smells like one thing rather than several. The Body Caviar is always Hawaiian Black Lava, musky and woodsy, which sits well under any of them.
Questions about the body routine
Do I need to use a scrub before the cream?
No. The scrub is for days when skin feels rough. On other days, wash, pat dry and go straight to the cream.
Is this routine better in the morning or the evening?
Either works, because the key moment is right after bathing. Many people do the short version in the morning and the full version in the evening.
What order do wash, scrub, oil and cream go in?
Wash, then scrub in the same shower, then pat dry. Body oil goes on damp skin next, and the cream goes over it. Fragrance comes last.
Can I put the scrub on my face?
No. Hawaiian Black Lava Body Caviar is for the body only, from the neck down.
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