$111.00
Soap-Free Syndet Cleansing System • Donkey Milk + Fruit Enzyme Complex • Double Cleanse in One Step • Dissolves Makeup, Sunscreen & Daily Impurities • Optimized for Beard Shaving • Prepares Skin for Better Treatment Absorption
Healthy skin begins with effective cleansing.
PASTÈSE™ removes sunscreen, long-wear makeup, excess oil, and daily impurities while respecting the skin barrier. It leaves skin exceptionally clean, soft, and hydrated without the tightness often associated with traditional cleansers.
Designed for dry, mature, sensitive, and makeup- or sunscreen-wearing skin seeking the effectiveness of a double cleanse in a single nourishing step. Optimized also for Beard Shaving.
Barrier Breakdown
A soap-free syndet cleansing system removes impurities while helping preserve the skin’s natural barrier.
Dehydration
Nutrient-rich botanical lipids help replenish moisture during cleansing, leaving skin soft and comfortable rather than stripped.
Reduced Epidermal Renewal
Papaya and pineapple enzymes provide gentle enzymatic exfoliation to help lift away dull surface cells and reveal smoother, brighter-looking skin.
Cleansing is the foundation of every effective skincare routine.
If the skin is not thoroughly cleansed, treatment products cannot perform at their full potential. Yet many cleansers remove more than makeup and sunscreen—they also strip away the lipids that help maintain a healthy skin barrier.
PASTÈSE™ was formulated as the preparation step of The Layland Method™.
Its soap-free syndet cleansing system transforms from a softly grainy cleansing pâte into a silky oil before emulsifying into a luxurious cleansing milk with water. This three-stage transformation dissolves makeup, sunscreen, and daily buildup while respecting the skin barrier, creating the ideal foundation for every treatment that follows.
Every ingredient in PASTÈSE™ was selected because it contributes to a specific biological purpose and is supported by published scientific literature.
Donkey Milk Cleopatra’s legendary donkey-milk baths may have been more biologically sophisticated than they appeared: naturally soured milk contains lactic acid and fermentation-derived compounds. An ancient ritual that, viewed through modern science, anticipated today’s interest in fermented skincare and the skin microbiome.
Papaya & Pineapple Enzymes provide gentle enzymatic exfoliation, helping loosen accumulated surface cells to reveal smoother, brighter-looking skin without relying on abrasive scrubs.
Soap-Free Syndet Cleansing System gently removes sunscreen, makeup, excess oil, and environmental impurities without disrupting the skin’s natural barrier.
Nutrient-Rich Lipid Network featuring meadowfoam seed oil, radish seed oil, shea butter, lecithin, and botanical lipids replenishes moisture while helping maintain skin comfort throughout cleansing.
Sandalwood, long prized in Ayurvedic traditions, contributes a warm, grounding aroma that transforms cleansing into a sensory ritual.
PASTÈSE™ is named after the French word pâte, reflecting its distinctive balm-like texture before it transforms into a cleansing milk.
At the heart of PASTÈSE™ is donkey milk, drawing inspiration from one of history’s most enduring beauty rituals. According to ancient accounts, Cleopatra bathed in donkey milk as part of her skincare practice. While she could not have known its chemistry, those baths exposed the skin to a naturally complex mixture of lipids and fatty acids, proteins and amino acids, lactose, minerals, oligosaccharides, and bioactive components including lysozyme and lactoferrin.
Modern research offers a new lens through which to understand this ancient ritual. These naturally occurring milk components are studied for their roles in hydration, skin conditioning and innate antimicrobial defense, while compounds such as lysozyme, lactoferrin and milk oligosaccharides are of particular interest for their interactions with microbial ecosystems. Rather than treating donkey milk as folklore alone, PASTÈSE™ looks at the biology hidden within the ritual, and brings that thinking into a modern barrier-conscious cleansing formula.
PASTÈSE™ brings this ancient ritual into contemporary cleansing science, pairing donkey milk with soap-free surfactants, papaya and pineapple enzymes, and nutrient-rich lipids. Papaya-derived papain and pineapple-derived bromelain are proteolytic enzymes, meaning they act on proteins. On the skin’s surface, they help loosen the protein bonds associated with accumulated dead corneocytes, encouraging their gentle release without relying on abrasive particles or a high concentration of exfoliating acids.
The result is cleansing that does more than remove the day: it helps lift surface buildup and refine the skin’s texture, creating a smoother, more receptive surface for the treatments that follow. Meanwhile, donkey milk and the formula’s lipid components provide a conditioning counterpoint to the cleansing and enzymatic action.
PASTÈSE™ was designed as the first step of the ritual: cleanse, gently resurface, condition, and prepare.
Most cleansers simply remove impurities.
PASTÈSE™ prepares the skin for treatment.
Double Cleanse in One Step
Removes makeup, sunscreen, and daily buildup without requiring a separate cleansing oil.
Soap-Free Syndet Cleansing System
Cleanses thoroughly while respecting the skin barrier.
Donkey Milk + Fruit Enzymes
Inspired by one of history’s oldest beauty rituals and paired with gentle enzymatic renewal.
Treatment Preparation Technology
Creates the ideal biological foundation for every formulation that follows.
Designed for Changing Skin
Thoughtfully formulated for dry, sensitive, mature, peri-menopausal, menopausal, postmenopausal, and barrier-compromised skin.
Massage onto dry skin using slow circular movements until the cleansing pâte melts into a silky oil. Add lukewarm water to emulsify into a cleansing milk, then rinse thoroughly or remove with a soft, damp cleansing cloth.
Use morning and evening as the first step of The Layland Method™.
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Raphanus Sativus (Radish) Seed Oil, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sorbitan Olivate, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Tribehenin, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Ananas Sativus (Pineapple) Fruit Extract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Lecithin, Donkey Milk Powder, Tocopheryl Acetate, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil.
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