Our story

One good cream, and a short routine around it.

Halden started in 2021 with one jar on a kitchen table in Burlington, Vermont, and a simple wish: a face cream we would reach for every morning, and a jar we would never have to throw away. Five products later, we still make everything around that cream.

Shea butter

Body without the heaviness

Shea butter is what makes the Daily Cream feel like a cream and not a lotion. We use a lightly refined one, so it keeps a faint nutty note but no strong smell, and we keep it sixth on the list: enough for a soft, cushioned feel, not so much that it sits on your skin.

Squalane

An oil that sinks in

Squalane is a light, stable oil that skin takes in quickly. It is why the cream leaves your face soft rather than shiny, and why the Face Oil feels dry to the touch. Ours is made from olives.

Rolled oats in a bowl beside a cut aloe leaf on linen

Oat and aloe

For the steps around the cream

Aloe leaf juice in the Gel Cleanser keeps skin feeling soft after rinsing. Oat kernel extract gives the Milk Essence its comfortable, milky feel. Each product has its own short list, and every list is printed in full on its page.

Hands squeezing cream from the refill pouch into the clean glass jar

Refills

Keep the jar, refill the cream

When the jar is empty, wash it in warm soapy water and let it dry completely. Unscrew the spout of the refill pouch and squeeze the cream in from the bottom of the pouch up. Snip the pouch open at the end; a clean spatula gets the last of it out. The pouch holds the same 50 ml as the jar.

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