Our story

In Kerala the bath was a ritual, not a rush. Coconut milk pressed that morning, rice ground at home, and a grandmother who knew the order of things.

CocoVerge began at home. When Supriya's daughter was treated for a deep vein thrombosis, the scrubs and soaps she had always used suddenly felt harsh on her skin. She went looking for what her grandmother had used: rice, coconut milk and a few plants from the yard, mixed fresh. She worked out the recipes for herself, batch by batch. Supriya watched, used them too, and decided they should not stay in one house.

CocoVerge is the result: a small company run from Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, by Supriya AR. We make bars and powders inspired by those baths. Waterless means solid formats with no added water: the coconut milk in them is dried.

Coconut milk is in everything we make. Chamba polishes with it, Venna moisturises with it. Each product starts with one place and one ingredient, and we tell you where we buy it before we tell you what we made from it.

This is a company started by a woman, and we want to build it with women. As we grow, our plan is to make the products in Kerala, in a licensed unit, and to train women from low-income households to run it. We are at the beginning of that, and we will report what we actually do here, not what we hope to do.

Products

Chamba — rice body polish

Red matta rice, dried coconut milk and bamboo silica, ground fine. For the body, not the face. Leaves skin smooth and polished.
Launching first. Pack size and price announced at launch. Full ingredient list on the pack.

Venna — after-bath lotion bar

Kokum butter and dried coconut milk in a bar you warm in your hands. Inspired by the after-bath oil ritual. Moisturises. 50 g tin, Rs 549. With Chamba, Rs 1,199 the set.
Launching second. Full ingredient list on the pack.