SomaElement™
Neurocosmetic skincare that supports skin through the nervous system.
SomaElement™ is Menteath’s signature approach: sensory ritual + earth-born botanicals + smoke-infused scent, designed to help calm the body and support skin resilience.
Because when your nervous system is under pressure, your skin often shows it.
What is SomaElement™?
SomaElement™ is the idea that skin isn’t separate from how you feel. Stress, sleep, overwhelm, hormones, seasonal shifts—these states can influence the skin barrier, reactivity, dullness and imbalance.
Menteath formulations are built to support skin in a more complete way:
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Barrier-first nourishment (to strengthen and restore)
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Neuro-sensory aromatics (to help ground and soften stress response)
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Ritual design (to turn daily care into a steadying practice)
SomaElement™ isn’t “quick-fix skincare.” It’s slow beauty with a nervous-system lens.
The SomaElement™ Method
3 layers of support
1) Skin Resilience
Products formulated to support the barrier, comfort dryness, reduce the feeling of reactivity, and help skin stay steady through change.
2) Sensory Calm
Aromas used with intention—less “perfume”, more atmosphere. A cue to slow down, breathe, and return to the body.
3) Ritual Rhythm
Skincare as a repeated signal: you are safe, you are cared for, you can soften. Consistency is part of the result.
Why smoke?
Smoke is elemental. Ancient. Memory-rich.
In Menteath, smoke isn’t about harshness—it’s about depth, grounding, and ceremony. A sensory anchor that helps shift you from “busy mind” to “felt body.”
It’s the difference between applying product and entering a ritual.
Who SomaElement™ is for
SomaElement™ is designed for modern skin that changes with life.
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Skin that feels stressed, sensitive, reactive, or unpredictable
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Skin that needs barrier support without overload
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People who want skincare that feels meaningful, not frantic
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Anyone craving a calmer relationship with their routine
Not a rigid “skin type.” A skin state approach.
How to use SomaElement™
A simple ritual (AM / PM)
Step 1 — Begin (30 seconds)
Warm product in hands. Inhale gently. Let scent mark the transition into care.
Step 2 — Apply slowly (1–2 minutes)
Face, neck, body—wherever you need grounding. Use pressure that feels supportive, not rushed.
Step 3 — Finish with stillness (10 seconds)
One final breath. Let the nervous system register the ritual is complete.
Small, repeated signals create change.
Shop SomaElement™ Rituals
For calm + balance (daily):
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Dusk Wood Facial Oil
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Orchy Path Facial Cleanser
For deep evening recovery:
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Wild Eye Night Serum
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Smoked Bay Body ritual / bath ritual
For full-body grounding:
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Body Ritual oils + Gua Sha + Facial Roller / Lymphatic Drainage
[Shop Facial Oils] [Shop Body Care] [Discovery Set]
Ingredient philosophy
We choose ingredients for function + feeling.
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Botanicals selected to support comfort, softness, and resilience
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Aromatics used thoughtfully to support calm (not irritation)
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Formulas designed to complement the skin barrier through formulation and ritual, not to strip it
SomaElement™ is where science meets senses without losing soul.
FAQs
Is SomaElement™ a product?
SomaElement™ is Menteath’s approach - a neurocosmetic framework behind how we formulate, scent, and design rituals.
Will the scent be strong?
Menteath aromas are designed to feel grounding and atmospheric. Some formulas are deeper than others, but always intentional - not overpowering.
Is SomaElement™ suitable for sensitive skin?
Menteath is built with a barrier-first philosophy and is designed to support calm and reduce the feeling of reactivity. If you’re highly reactive, patch test and start slowly with a Discovery Set.
How long until I notice results?
Skin can respond quickly to barrier support, but SomaElement™ is designed for steady, long-term resilience, especially when used consistently as a ritual.
By embedding these rituals into your everyday life, and truly allowing yourself to restore and recalibrate, you create the conditions for real change. Skin reflects rhythm. When your nervous system begins to soften, your skin gradually follows.
This isn’t an overnight transformation. It’s a return to balance.
Just like restoration, it takes time for the skin to catch up with a new state of calm.
Allow yourself to sleep.
Allow yourself to feel.
Allow yourself to slow down.
Change happens quietly, and steadily.
