Free UK delivery over £30 · Dispatched before 3pm · 14-day returns

The everyday apothecary

Skin care,
dispensed
simply.

A small, deliberate shelf of fragrance-free formulas for skin that reacts to everything else. Cleanse gently, hydrate properly, and let your barrier do the rest.

Formulas
Two
Fragrance
None
Delivery
Free £30+
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Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

No. 01 · Cleanse

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

From £8.99

  • Fragrance-free
  • Dermatologist-formulated
  • Barrier-first
  • Free UK delivery over £30
  • Dispatched before 3pm
  • 14-day returns

Dermatologist-formulated

Chosen for skin that reacts to everything else

Fragrance & soap-free

Nothing added that stings, strips or perfumes

Barrier-first

Ceramides, glycerin and humectants that hold water

Free UK delivery

On every order over £30, dispatched same day

Cream pressed between fingertips on a warm apothecary counter

Sixty seconds, twice a day

A ritual short enough to actually keep.

Most irritation comes from doing too much. Two steps, applied properly, beat a ten-product shelf fighting itself every single time.

Shop the routine
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The dispensary

Read like a label, not a perfume ad.

Every formula on this shelf is judged on one question: does it leave the skin barrier better than it found it. Here is what that means in practice.

Skin type
Sensitive, dry, normal to oily
Use
Morning and night, face and body
Key actives
Ceramides · Hyaluronic acid · Glycerin
Free from
Fragrance · Soap · Harsh surfactants
Tested
Dermatologist-tested, non-comedogenic
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How to use

The whole routine.

  1. 01

    Cleanse

    Warm the gentle cleanser in your palms and work it over damp skin. It lifts oil, dirt and sunscreen without foaming the barrier away.

  2. 02

    Hydrate

    Press the cream into skin that is still slightly damp. Ceramides seal the water in, and hold it there for up to 24 hours.

  3. 03

    Repeat

    Twice a day, every day. Barriers are rebuilt by consistency, never by adding a fourth or fifth product to the shelf.

House standards

What has to be true before it reaches the shelf.

01

Short ingredient lists

If a component is there to make a formula smell or foam, it does not earn its place on this shelf.

02

Proven over novel

We stock actives with decades of clinical use behind them, not whichever ingredient trended this season.

03

Made to be finished

Everyday sizes at everyday prices, so the routine gets used instead of admired on a shelf.

Start today

Calmer skin starts with fewer, better products.

Free UK delivery over £30, dispatched before 3pm, and 14 days to change your mind if your skin disagrees.

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