Stories from ANGAN
Stories of Icelandic plants, bathing culture and slow rituals.
Bathing Culture · 4 min read
An evening of warmth, steam, skincare and breath by the sea. Here is how our ANGAN Sauna Ritual unfolds, step by step, and how to bring the feeling home.
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Bathing Culture
A 25 metre pool built by hand in 1923 in a valley under Eyjafjallajökull. The story of Seljavallalaug, read through an architect's...
Skin
Skin that stings, flushes or feels tight is usually asking for less, not more. A calm guide to sensitive skin: what is...
Ingredients
Our bath salts and salt scrub begin in the Westfjords, where Saltverk turns seawater into salt with the heat of the earth....
Ingredients
A tiny red microalgae, grown in Iceland, gives us one of the most researched antioxidants in skin science. Here is how we...
Ingredients
Iceland's volcanic ash is a fine, mineral-rich powder shaped by fire and ice. Here is why we chose it for the Black...
Ingredients
Bilberries, blackcurrants and sea buckthorn grow where little else survives. The resilience they build is exactly what we want for skin.
Ingredients
A plant-based alternative to retinol, gentle enough for sensitive skin. What bakuchiol is, how it compares to retinol and how we use...
Ingredients
Five wildcrafted Icelandic plants, handpicked and made into our own botanical blend in the studio. The heart of every ANGAN formula.
Ingredients
Íris Laxdal on how the Icelandic lupine, beautiful and resilient, blooming in the harshest conditions, became the inspiration for our Lupine Bloom...
Ingredients
A thorny shrub with berries so orange they seem to glow. Here is what sea buckthorn brings to dry, sensitive and weather-worn...
Skin
Two or three steps, done gently morning and evening. A calm daily routine for sensitive skin, and how to add actives slowly...
Rituals
A slow facial massage ritual with roots in traditional Chinese practice. How to use a gua sha stone at home, step by...