BIOAQUA Peptide & Pomegranate Rejuvenating Skin Facial Cleanser 100g

"Ishita, turn your camera on — everyone's already joined." Her colleague's voice on the phone speaker, the blue join button glowing on the laptop screen. A tangled headphone wire on the corner of the dining table, a cup of tea with a skin formed on top. And on the white tiled shelf above the basin, right next to the toothbrush mug, one tube standing quietly.

The tube arrived wrapped in brown paper, and for the first week it lived in the dressing table drawer. Then it moved up to the shelf. It has not moved since. The morning office call, the afternoon client meeting, the nine o'clock family video call — before every one of them, Ishita's hand goes to that same shelf.

BIOAQUA Peptide & Pomegranate Rejuvenating Skin Facial Cleanser 100g — the printing on the tube has gone a little faint under her fingerprints. Before opening the cap she runs the tap and waits for the water to turn lukewarm. For this one task she has four minutes.

The tube holds the cold of the tile, and you feel its weight when you pick it up. A squeeze puts a thick little bit of cleanser on a wet palm, with a light sweet-sour pomegranate scent. Rub your palms together and the foam builds — soft, dense, quiet under the sound of the tap. Circle your fingers along the sides of the nose, where the pores show most, and there is a gentle pull. Water takes it all off; nothing sticky is left behind. She presses her face with the towel and walks out without looking at the mirror.

The bottom of the tube is curled up now, rolled from the end upwards. The cap is still clean and dry. On days she goes out, the tube goes into the side pocket of her bag, next to the sunglasses case and one small sunscreen.

And after the call? It goes back to the shelf, beside the moisturizer, in exactly the same spot — waiting for the next one.

It can fit into four minutes of your day too — try keeping one on your basin shelf.