Iles Body Sponge

The secret to a better cleanse isn’t always another bottle. Sometimes it’s the thing that carries the formula to your skin. The Iles Formula Body Sponge is a konjac sponge — a small, unassuming ritual object made from natural plant fiber — and it turns an ordinary shower into something closer to a spa treatment.

Konjac has a quiet intelligence to it. The fiber is naturally anti-bacterial, non-toxic, and fully biodegradable, and it carries its own nourishment: Vitamins A, B, C, D and E alongside proteins and essential fatty acids that feed the skin while you cleanse. Wendy Iles, the celebrity session stylist behind the Iles Formula line, designed it to work hand in hand with her sulfate-free Hair + Body Cleanse — a few pumps against the damp sponge whip up a dense, sumptuous lather that a bare palm can’t match, so a little product goes further and skin rinses to a soft, silky finish.

Why our stylists reach for it

• Natural konjac fiber — non-toxic, biodegradable, and naturally anti-bacterial
• Feeds skin with Vitamins A, B, C, D and E, plus proteins and essential fatty acids
• Builds a rich, generous lather from the sulfate-free Hair + Body Cleanse, so less product does more
• Gentle enough for daily facial cleansing and makeup removal — worth keeping an extra at the sink
• Suits every skin type, leaving skin refreshed rather than scrubbed raw

How to Use

Before the first use, soak the sponge in warm water for five minutes; it will swell to about one and a half times its size. Squeeze out the excess, add several pumps of the Hair + Body Cleanse, and work up your lather. After each use, rinse the sponge well, gently press out the water, and store it somewhere dry until tomorrow.

It’s the kind of small upgrade you don’t know you’re missing until you’ve tried it. Next time you’re in the chair at the Studio Beige atelier in Destin, ask us about it — then take one home and let your evening shower feel a little more like a spa on the Emerald Coast.