The Dosha Theory

Ayurveda is the oldest natural medicine of mankind, a tradition of ancient Vedic culture of India. It teaches us that the human body is made up of the same elements as nature: ether, air, fire, water, and earth. Its therapeutic principle is to maintain the balance of the body’s energy flows called “doshas”: Vata (ether, …

A complete hand care with Brise sensuelle

Today, we offer a special hands beauty protocol with the  balm Brise sensuelle. Worn out by repeated washing, messy activities or changes in temperature, are your hands damaged? Here are our tips for a deep repair. – Choose your soap wisely! Rather than attacking your skin with synthetic surfactants, we recommend washing your hands with …

A four-step protocol

When developing products for the Kaliom range, the entire team came together to offer an intelligent way to “prioritize”, or organize, the care to be given to the skin of the face and body. We then established a 4-step protocol: – Prepare the skin to receive care by cleaning it thoroughly The Prepare range, identifiable …

Why do we have a specific Men range?

At a time when gender equality is (finally) a subject, we are entitled to wonder whether the use of a “gendered” range in cosmetics still makes sense. The Kaliom team asked themselves whether or not to enlarge the men’s range, and even questioned its legitimacy! Why, then, did we decide to keep specific products for …

Discovering the primary forests

From my first trip to India, I felt that the stars were lining up to help me realize my dreams. I met Prabhu, a young man from Pondicherry, passionate about reptiles and collector of old English motorcycles. He invited me to participate in a hike, along with three other of his friends, which he organized …

Initiation to medicinal plants

I was about 9 years old when I first discovered my first bottle of essential oil, it was during the 70s. Every Friday afternoon when I got back from college, my mother gave me a shopping list, then I rode my bike to cover the five kilometres that separated us from the only known shop …