Six Concerns, Six Fruits. Find the wash built for your skin.

Most face washes are named after a feeling — "glow," "radiance," "fresh." Ours are named after fruits, because each one is built around a specific job your skin actually needs done. There's no single wash that fixes everything, and any brand that tells you otherwise is selling you fragrance. So instead of one hero product, Lalaba is six — each one a different Indian remedy, formulated at a percentage we're willing to print on the label.

This guide is the fast way to find yours. Below, six common skin concerns, the traditional Indian ingredient that answers each one, and the exact Lalaba wash it lives in — in both a face and a body version. Skip to the quick-pick table if you already know your concern.

Your skin problem already has a remedy. We just bottled it, honestly.

First, what makes a Lalaba wash different

Before the fruits, the rules — because they're the same across all six. Every formula is capped at ten ingredients. The cleansers are coconut-derived and SLS-free, so they clean without stripping your skin's barrier and leaving that tight, "squeaky" feeling. There are no parabens, no phthalates and no phenoxyethanol — just a natural Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate preservative system. And every active is listed at its real concentration, because 8% should mean 8%.

What changes from fruit to fruit is the hero — the one Indian remedy chosen to solve one specific problem. That's the part worth matching to your skin.

Find your fruit

Cucumber

If your skin breaks out, shines by noon or reacts to Indian summers, this is your fruit. Neem — the antibacterial plant your grandmother crushed for exactly this — targets acne-causing bacteria at the root, while cucumber cools and tightens pores. The face wash adds a touch of niacinamide for oil control.

Corn Silk

For uneven tone, stubborn dark spots and an oily T-zone, corn silk is a quiet overachiever — it helps interrupt melanin production and naturally absorbs excess oil. Paired with haldi (standardised turmeric, so it brightens without staining), it's the wash for gradually evening things out.

Carrot

The de-tan and glow fruit. Beta-carotene from carrot helps undo sun damage and dullness, turmeric evens the tone, and a whisper of kesar (saffron) — India's most aspirational skin ingredient — lifts the whole thing into a genuine glow. The face wash even swaps plain water for rose water as its base.

Strawberry

When skin feels rough, flaky or clogged, you need gentle exfoliation — not a harsh scrub. Strawberry brings a natural AHA that dissolves dead skin, and the body wash layers in besan (chickpea flour), the ubtan ingredient Indian families have used for centuries. Smoother, brighter skin without the sandpaper feeling.

Lychee

For tight, thirsty, winter-worn skin, lychee is one of the most antioxidant-rich fruit extracts there is, and it's paired with milk protein and (in the body wash) badam — sweet almond oil — to soften and rebuild the moisture barrier. This is the wash that leaves skin feeling fed, not stripped.

Lemon

India's oldest de-tan remedy, done safely. We use a terpene-free lemon peel extract and buffer it generously with aloe vera, so you get the brightening and de-tanning without the irritation raw lemon causes. Ideal for tanned, oily skin and dark underarms.

 

The 10-second version

Short on time? Match your main concern to your fruit and go

Your concern	Your fruit	The remedy
Acne & sweat	🥒 Cucumber	Neem
Pigmentation	🌽 Corn Silk	Corn silk + haldi
Tan & dullness	🥕 Carrot	Carrot + kesar
Rough, dull texture	🍓 Strawberry	Strawberry AHA + besan
Dryness	🍈 Lychee	Lychee + badam
De-tan & brightening	🍋 Lemon	Lemon peel + aloe

A note on face versus body

Every fruit comes in both. The difference isn't the marketing — it's the formulation. Face washes use a lighter coconut cleanser that foams into a fine, airy lather and are tuned to a slightly lower pH. Body washes use a creamier cleanser and often carry a little more oil (coconut, almond) to handle the drier, tougher skin below your neck. Same remedy, right texture for the job. Most people end up pairing the two in the same fruit.