Hydrate Cleansing Bar
$42.00
In stock
Slow‑melting and nutrient‑dense — most customers enjoy one bar for 6–12 months.
3 OZ Bar
A zero-waste, non-harsh creamy facial cleansing bar that steadies your skin and leaves it quietly hydrated.
A gentle reset in one slow breath.
A nervous system skincare™ formula designed for sensitive women.
SKU: HYDRO-BAR
Hydrate Cleansing Bar
When your skin feels tight before it even feels clean.
If your skin is dry and reactive, you already know how this goes. The wash that squeaks. The tight, parched feeling that sets in before you have even reached for moisturizer.
The Hydrate Cleansing Bar was made to be a soft, steady beginning. It melts into a cushiony cream that washes the day away with no stripping and no sting, and it leaves your face feeling calm and comfortable rather than tight.
At a glance
Seventeen ingredients · fragrance-free · 64% natural · EWG 2
HydrationBalanced
MinimalMaximum
GentlenessSoothing
CalmingActive
ScentNone added
UnscentedAromatic
What is in it
Cocoa Butter · Stearic Acid · Oat Kernel Flour · Shea Butter · Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate · Coconut Milk Powder
The first six label lines, largest first.
ScentNone added
WhenAM and PM
UseCleanse
FormatSolid bar
The hero · certified gluten-free oat
Oat is what gives this bar its cushion, and it is here as kernel flour.
It is certified gluten-free, sourced and tested to the below-20 ppm standard, so it carries no gluten from neighbouring grains. To be precise, that certification sits on the oats rather than on the finished bar. Two honest notes: oats naturally contain avenin, a protein a small number of people with celiac react to on its own, and oat is a contact allergen for a small number of people, most often those with eczema. The allergens fold has the detail.
Left out on purpose
No synthetic fragrance and no essential oils. No benzyl alcohol, which is why this one is fragrance-free with no caveat. No sulfates. No parabens, paraffin, dyes, or talc.
- Creamy, non-stripping washSodium cocoyl isethionate, a mild coconut-derived cleanser, washes the day away so skin feels soft and comfortable.
- Hydration that lingersSnow mushroom and oat kernel flour help skin feel cushioned and hydrated well after the rinse.
- Botanical comfortAloe, oat, bamboo, bisabolol, and allantoin, chosen to feel calming on reactive, easily-overwhelmed skin.
- Truly fragrance-freeNo synthetic fragrance and no essential oils, preserved with an ECOCERT-certified system that carries no benzyl alcohol.
- Made for skin thatFeels tight, dry, or parched after cleansing. Is sensitive, reactive, or easily overwhelmed. Wants a cleanse that hydrates as it washes. Prefers a creamy, low-foam wash.
- Where it sits in your routineThis is step one, morning and night. Once or twice a week, follow with the Cacao Renewal Polish or the Radiance Mask. Finish with the Defy Face Butter or whichever elixir you already keep. The middle step is optional. In a hard week, cleanse and finish, and leave the rest for when you have more to give.
Full ingredient list
Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter*, Stearic Acid**, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour* (certified gluten-free), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter*, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate**, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Milk Powder*, Squalane*, Calophyllum Inophyllum (Tamanu) Seed Oil*, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice Powder, Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate, Bambusa Arundinacea (Bamboo) Stem Powder, Tremella Fuciformis (Snow Mushroom) Extract, Bisabolol, Allantoin, Sodium Phytate, Gluconolactone***, Sodium Benzoate***.
*Organic **Sustainable ***ECOCERT-certified
Because we prioritize freshness and small-batch production, the list above may occasionally vary from your packaging. The ingredient list printed on your bar always reflects the exact formula inside.
Free from
Synthetic fragrance · Essential oils · Benzyl alcohol · Sulfates · Gluten-containing grains · Parabens · Paraffin · Dyes, talc
Truly fragrance-free, with no caveat. The preservation system is gluconolactone and sodium benzoate, both ECOCERT-certified, and it contains none of the benzyl alcohol that keeps our water-based butters from carrying the claim. 64% natural and 36% naturally derived. The soft cocoa note you may notice is the raw cocoa butter itself.
What you notice
- In handFirm, smooth, dry to the touch. Dense for its size.
- LatherCreamy and low-foam. Closer to whipped cream than to bubbles.
- While you washSlippy rather than draggy. A little goes a long way.
- After rinseSoft and cushioned. No tightness, and no film left behind.
- An hour laterStill comfortable. This is the part that tells you it suited you.
- ScentFaintly of cocoa, the way a bar of dark chocolate smells through the wrapper. You notice it while you are lathering, and it is gone by the time you have dried your face. It never fills the room. That note is the raw cocoa butter itself, and nothing was added to make it smell that way.
How to use it
1
Morning
Lather between your hands with warm water, massage gently over damp skin in small circles, and rinse.
2
Evening
Use as your first or second cleanse after removing sunscreen or makeup. Massage gently and rinse with lukewarm water.
3
Take your time here
Small circles at light pressure, and a few unhurried breaths. Washing your face is the first thing you do that says the day is over, and your system hears it.
4
For reactive skin
Use minimal pressure and avoid hot water. Let the creamy lather do the work, and avoid the eye area.
5
Let it dry
Stand it on a draining dish out of the shower spray and let it dry between uses. That is most of what makes a bar last.
Allergens and sensitivityEvery ingredient named, and who each one matters to
I formulate for skin that reacts to almost everything, including my own. So I build for less, and I name all of it. Here is everything in the bar, written for anyone with a specific allergy.
Oat Kernel FlourAvena Sativa · certified gluten-free · hero
Soothing and cushioning for most skin. The oats here are certified gluten-free, sourced and tested to the below-20 ppm standard, so they do not carry gluten from neighbouring grains. Two honest notes remain. Oats naturally contain avenin, a protein a small number of people with celiac react to on its own. And oat is a contact allergen for a small number of people, most often those with eczema. If either applies to you, decide alongside your doctors, never instead.
Sodium Cocoyl IsethionateCoconut-derived cleanser
The mild cleanser behind the creamy, low-foam lather. Coconut-derived, so worth noting if you have a coconut allergy.
Cocoa, Shea & CoconutTheobroma Cacao, Butyrospermum Parkii, Cocos Nucifera
The nourishing base, and the source of the soft natural cocoa note. Shea is tree-derived and clinically low-allergen even for tree-nut-reactive skin. Coconut is named here for anyone with a coconut allergy.
Tamanu Seed OilCalophyllum Inophyllum
A replenishing plant oil pressed from the tamanu seed. Some people with nut allergies choose to avoid or patch test seed-derived oils like this one.
Snow Mushroom, Aloe, Bamboo, Bisabolol & AllantoinTremella, Aloe, Bambusa, Bisabolol, Allantoin
The hydrating and soothing botanicals, all low-reactivity. Tremella is a mushroom, so a small number of people with mold or fungal sensitivity prefer to know it is here. Bisabolol is very gentle, and if you react strongly to the daisy and chamomile family, it is named here for completeness.
Squalane & supporting baseSqualane, stearic acid, polyglyceryl-4 oleate, sodium phytate
Lightweight conditioning, structure, and texture, all well tolerated.
PreservationGluconolactone, sodium benzoate · ECOCERT-certified
An ECOCERT-certified preservation system, and the reason this bar can be called fragrance-free, with none of the benzyl alcohol our water-based butters carry.
That is everything in the bar. Nothing hidden, nothing implied. If a particular ingredient gives you pause, the oat if you are celiac or react to oat on skin, or the coconut if you are coconut-sensitive, patch test a small area first. You know your body best.
Care and keepingHow long a bar lasts, why it is preserved, and keeping it clean
How long one bar lasts
Slow-melting and dense, used morning and night. It wears down evenly rather than cracking apart near the end.
Whether it is preserved, and why
There is no water in the bar itself. It is preserved anyway, because a cleansing bar lives in a wet bathroom and gets wet every time you pick it up. The system is gluconolactone and sodium benzoate, both ECOCERT-certified.
It carries no benzyl alcohol. That is the reason this bar can be called fragrance-free without a caveat, while our water-based butters cannot.
Keeping it dry
Let the bar dry out between uses, on a draining dish or a slatted rest. A bar left sitting in a puddle softens and goes through two or three times faster. Out of the direct spray in the shower, and away from a sunny windowsill.
If it arrives soft in hot weather
It is fine. There is no water phase to spoil, so a soft bar is a warm bar and nothing more. Leave it somewhere cool for an hour, or put it in the fridge for twenty minutes, and it will firm up again.
It may come back looking a little more matte on the surface. That is the cocoa butter settling after a warm journey, and it washes exactly the same. If it arrives genuinely damaged, tell us and we will replace it.
Community accessIncluded free with your purchase
Your purchase includes free access to Rooted & Well™, our holistic community with monthly founder sessions, journaling prompts, meditations, and practitioner-supported resources.
Please note
Formulated for reactive, easily-overwhelmed skin. We suggest a patch test on the inner forearm, left 24 hours, before facial use.
For external use only. Keep away from the eyes, and rinse with water if it gets in.
Nervous System Skincare™ is a language for noticing. It is not a diagnosis, and it belongs alongside your doctors, never instead of them.
Indiefog products are cosmetics, made to cleanse, soften, and comfort skin. They do not treat, cure, or prevent any condition.
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Amy –
My hair loves this bar. It’s so soft without leaving it crazy frizzy. Which is so nice because my skin is sooo sensitive to most hair products. I’ve noticed that if it’s not sudsing big after a just few swipes it’s time to use my clarifying shampoo. I’ve gone from clarifying once a week to maybe once or twice a month and I’m shocked how long this bar has lasted me. Literally months! washing my thick shoulder length hippie hair 3 times a week. Also, no strong smells. Get it!
Amy –
I do like this facial bar. However, I find that it is a little bit drying for MY skin using it stand alone but coupled with rejuvenate elixir they make a really great team. No crazy smells and easy to use.