Dalan

Dalan makes olive-oil-based personal care, and the brand is closely tied to Marseille-style soap, a traditional method that uses vegetable oils rather than animal fats. Olive oil runs through nearly every product we carry, from the bar soaps to the shampoos to the body oil. If you like the idea of a simple, oil-led routine across washing and moisturising, that is the brand's whole proposition. The decision you are making is which formats you need, not which actives you want.

The bar soaps are the heart of the range. We stock the Marseille Glycerin Soap in three 150g versions: Organic Olive, Organic Rose, and a Lavender weed soap. Glycerin in a bar helps it feel less stripping than a plain soap, and the three scents let you pick by preference: olive for a clean, neutral bar, rose for a floral note, lavender for something calming. A bar soap suits hands, body, or a low-fuss shower routine, and one bar lasts a long time, which makes it the most economical way into the brand.

Dalan offers two 20ml hand creams, the Intensive Hand Cream and the Olive Intensive Hand Cream. Both are travel-friendly tube sizes you can keep in a bag or by a sink. Hand creams matter most if you wash your hands often or live somewhere dry, where skin on the backs of the hands cracks first. The 20ml size is small enough to carry and cheap enough to keep one in more than one place.

For broader skin care, two products step up from the hand creams. The Pure Olive Intensive Care Cream comes in a larger 60ml jar for richer, all-over moisturising. The 200ml Pure Olive Oil body oil is a different texture again: an oil you smooth on after a shower while skin is still slightly damp, which helps it sink in. Choose the cream if you prefer a cream texture, the body oil if you like the slip and finish of an oil. Some people use both, cream on rough patches and oil over larger areas.

The hair range gives you two olive-oil shampoos for different needs. The Pure Olive Volumizing Nourishing Shampoo comes in a 400ml bottle for fine or flat hair that needs body. The Pure Olive Oil Anti Dandruff Shampoo is a 250ml bottle aimed at a flaky or itchy scalp. Pick by your main scalp concern rather than buying both, and if your needs change with the seasons you can keep one of each on rotation.

If you prefer a liquid body wash to a bar, the Pure Olive Oil Moisturizing Shower Gel comes in a 400ml bottle. It covers the same washing job as the Marseille soaps but in a format that some people find easier in the shower, especially shared bathrooms where a pump bottle is tidier than a bar. The olive-oil base keeps it on theme with the rest of the range, so you are not switching to a different style of product just to get a liquid.

A full Dalan setup is straightforward because the products map onto everyday steps. Pick a wash (a Marseille soap or the shower gel), a shampoo that matches your scalp (volume or anti-dandruff), a moisturiser (the 60ml care cream or the body oil), and a hand cream to keep by the sink. You do not need all of it at once. A soap, a shampoo, and a hand cream is a complete starter set, and you can add the body oil or shower gel later if you want them.

Dalan's sizing makes it easy to spend sensibly. The 150g soaps and 20ml hand creams are low-cost ways to try the brand and see whether the olive-oil base suits your skin and hair. The 400ml shampoos and shower gel and the 200ml body oil are the bigger, better-value bottles for products you have already settled on. A common path is to start with a soap and a hand cream, then move up to a full-size shampoo or body oil once you know you like them.

Dalan fits anyone who wants a simple, olive-oil-led routine without a long ingredient list. The bar soaps and shampoos appeal to people moving toward plainer washing products, and the hand creams and body oil cover dry skin without heavy fragrance beyond the rose and lavender options. If you are after high-active facial treatments this is not that kind of brand: it is everyday bath, hair, and body care built around one well-known oil.