Lapidem Clear Watery Cleansing Gel, 500mL

LAPIDEM is a Japanese wellness skincare brand founded on a simple philosophy: true beauty lies in good health. Born from the spa, Lapidem takes a holistic approach to skin, mind, and body, combining Japanese beauty traditions, Eastern traditional medicine, the wisdom of nature, and advanced cosmetic science.

Rather than treating the skin in isolation, Lapidem considers the changing relationship between skin, environment, lifestyle, age, and overall well-being. Every treatment and product is designed to support a deeper sense of balance, relaxation, and healthy-looking skin through a sophisticated sensory experience.

Lapidem brings together professional skincare, spa rituals, massage therapies, wellness programs, and therapist education, creating an integrated approach to modern luxury wellness.

From Japanese Spa Expertise to Global Luxury Hospitality

Lapidem's expertise was developed through years of hands-on spa experience in Japan. The brand works with leading luxury hospitality groups and properties worldwide, including Four Seasons, Rosewood, Shangri-La, Marriott, Banyan Tree, Melco, and Sands, among others.

Lapidem's professional expertise extends beyond products. The brand provides spa consulting, original treatment development, wellness program design, therapist training, and spa opening support, allowing each partner property to create a distinctive wellness experience.

For individual spas, Lapidem can develop a Signature Menu tailored to the property's concept, guests, treatment philosophy, and operational needs. With more than 30 professional protocols and treatments across facial, body, massage, ritual, and wellness concepts, Lapidem offers the flexibility to create highly individual spa experiences.

This philosophy has also been recognised internationally through numerous awards, including Japan's Best Day Spa, Best Beauty Spa, Best Luxury Day Spa, and Best Signature Spa Treatment at leading global spa awards.

A Holistic Wellness Experience

For Lapidem, skincare is more than a daily beauty routine. It is a ritual that can influence how we feel, rest, breathe, and reconnect with ourselves. The brand's philosophy brings together three dimensions of well-being:

Skin Health — nourishment, rejuvenation, brightening, hydration, and purification.
Mind Health — relaxation, meditation, sensory experiences, deeper breathing, and emotional balance.
Physical Health — massage, body rituals, movement, warmth, and restorative spa experiences.

Inspired by Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship, Lapidem carefully selects natural ingredients, traditional techniques, sensory elements, and modern actives to create treatments that engage both the skin and the senses.

The Lapidem Collections

RITUAL — Lapidem's signature wellness skincare collection, created around the idea of transforming everyday skincare into a meaningful moment of self-care. The collection includes two core concepts: Sleep & Rejuvenation, a restorative ritual inspired by the importance of quality sleep, relaxation, and the connection between mind and skin; and Skin Detox, a purification and brightening concept developed for skin exposed to environmental stress, heat, urban conditions, and daily accumulation of excess sebum and impurities.

FIVE ELEMENTS — Inspired by Yin-Yang and the Five Elements of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, this is Lapidem's professional massage oil collection. The oils are designed for holistic facial, body, head, and stone massage, as well as body rituals, foot baths, and other professional treatments.

BATH COLLECTION — Extends the Lapidem philosophy into hair, scalp, body, and bathing rituals. Formulated with a high proportion of naturally derived ingredients and gentle cleansing technologies, the collection combines Japanese botanical ingredients with modern cosmetic science.

MASSAGE STONES — Lapidem incorporates Karelian Soapstone by Hukka Design, a natural Finnish stone formed approximately 2.8 billion years ago. Renowned for its density and excellent heat-retention properties, Karelian Soapstone provides a distinctive approach to hot and cold stone treatments.

Japanese Wisdom, Modern Science

Lapidem combines the wisdom of Japanese natural traditions with contemporary cosmetic research. The brand works with Japanese botanical ingredients, traditional fermentation, plant-derived oils, botanical extracts, peptides, vitamins, ceramides, and other advanced cosmetic ingredients. Fermentation is particularly important to Lapidem's approach — rooted deeply in Japanese culture, it transforms natural ingredients through the activity of microorganisms, producing compounds such as amino acids, enzymes, and vitamins.

Lapidem Academy

Education is an essential part of the Lapidem philosophy. Through Lapidem Academy, the brand shares its professional knowledge with spa therapists and beauty professionals, providing training in facial and body treatment techniques, product application, treatment protocols, hospitality, therapist mindset, consultation, and retail knowledge. At the Kogao School, Lapidem's expertise in facial and body techniques is translated into practical professional education.

Sustainability & Conscious Beauty

Lapidem believes that true wellness also means taking responsibility for the environment. The brand prioritises naturally derived ingredients, Japanese agricultural and botanical resources, responsible sourcing, and the reuse of selected local raw materials within spa programs. Depending on the product, Lapidem also incorporates initiatives such as FSC-certified packaging, vegetable-oil-based printing inks, and biomass materials.

No unnecessary additions. Only what is truly needed, in the right balance.

The Lapidem Philosophy

Lapidem's vision is to bring Japanese wellness to the world. Through skincare, professional treatments, sensory rituals, education, and spa expertise, the brand creates experiences designed to reconnect skin, mind, and body.