The Philosophy
ABOUT ALOÏSE
This is not skincare. This is soulcare.
Aloïse was born from a simple but radical belief, that the most expensive cream in the world cannot do what it promises if you feel disconnected from yourself. That beauty is not a problem to solve. That aging is not a battle to win. That your skin, like you, is not broken.
The skin remembers everything the mind has tried to forget.
This is a space for depth and radiance. Shadow work and play. Embodied and transcendent. For women who are done pretending the surface is enough — and equally done romanticising the wound.
She goes into the dark — but she brings light back with her. And she refuses to let the dark become an identity.
We create small-batch botanical skincare rooted in the language of plants. But what we're really tending to is your relationship with yourself. Where a daily ritual becomes an act of remembrance. Where you touch your skin not to fix it, but to come home to it.
You are enough. You always were.
Aloïse. For women who are ready to stop fighting themselves.
Aloïse — from the old German Alwiz, meaning "All Wise." A name that carries what we believe — that nature knows, the body knows, and deep down, so do you.
We believe skin is not something to fix, but something to meet. Beauty begins in connection — with nature, with the body, with ourselves…
Sophie Engelen’s work explores and unearths subtle perspectives on personal wellbeing. A lifelong learner, she has over 20 years of experience as an esthetician, makeup artist, massage therapist, health & nutrition consultant, herbalist, and ongoing student in the modalities of holistic healing, and plant medicine. Aloïse is inspired by Sophie’s love of the natural world —a passion inherited from her late father, and that she hopes to pass down to her two daughters. Her philosophy was further enriched by a period of living in Los Angeles, where she continued formal herbalism studies while connecting on a deep level with the local community of holistic healers and experts in traditional plant medicine.
FOUNDER
Through this intuitive and holistic take on awakening through the senses, Sophie is guided by evoking an awareness of and reverence for botanical ingredients as healers, keepers of wisdom, and representations of pure beauty.
Through this intuitive and holistic take on awakening through the senses, Sophie is guided by evoking an awareness of and reverence for botanical ingredients as healers, keepers of wisdom, and representations of pure beauty.