Inside the London hotel where guests can leave with a full skincare routine

When St. Clement officially opens at 180 The Thames on 1 September, its much-anticipated Health Club and Spa will still be a month away, yet guests will not have to wait until October to see how seriously the hotel takes wellbeing. It appears throughout the room, in details intended to help people maintain the routines they follow at home, whether that means applying SPF in the morning, taking an evening supplement or fitting in a short workout before breakfast.

The clearest example is the mirrored “medicine cabinet” in every guest bathroom, which hotel founder Nick Jones has described as a “bathroom minibar”. Every product inside is complimentary, and guests are welcome to use the contents during their stay before packing them into their case and taking them home.

A complete routine behind the bathroom mirror

Unlike the usual collection of hotel miniatures from a single amenities supplier, St. Clement’s cabinet brings together several skincare, haircare, body and grooming brands. The products have been chosen to form a usable routine, beginning with Cultured Biomecare’s Biome One Cleansing Balm, a formula created to remove make-up, dirt and pollution while supporting the skin barrier and microbiome. Cultured was founded by Rob Calcraft, who also co-founded REN, and continues his interest in skincare that works with the skin rather than overwhelming it.

Inside the “medicine cabinet” in a standard room.

Guests will also find the £60 You’re Looking Well Discovery Kit, which provides a seven-day introduction to the brand’s combined skincare and supplement programme. It contains 15ml versions of the Day Cream and Night Cream, together with seven Day Pills and seven Night Pills. The morning supplement combines probiotics and vitamins, while the evening capsule contains magnesium bisglycinate and L-theanine, reflecting the brand’s focus on the relationship between skin, sleep and gut health.

DABA’s Hydrating Daily Face Moisturiser with SPF 30 completes the daytime routine. Developed with melanin-rich skin in mind, it has been formulated to provide hydration and daily UV protection without leaving the conspicuous white cast associated with some facial sunscreens. With the Cultured cleanser, DABA moisturiser and You’re Looking Well day and night products, guests have the essentials for both morning and evening, as well as enough of the seven-day kit to continue the routine after checking out.

The rest of the cabinet covers hair, body, nails and oral care. There is a St. Clement London Manta hairbrush, alongside Hershesons’ Almost Everything Cream for smoothing frizz, defining curls and tidying flyaways. AKT London supplies The Deodorant and The Assistant, a metal tube key that helps dispense every last trace of the balm. The cabinet also includes Arlington Shaving Cream from D.R. Harris & Co., the St James’s chemist and perfumer founded in 1790; nail polish from Harry Styles’s Pleasing; and Laro Naturally Whitening Toothpaste with Active Mouth Rinse. Together, the selection feels like a well-edited introduction to British beauty, mixing younger names with one of London’s oldest grooming houses.

Elsewhere in the bathroom, St. Clement has its own citrus-scented bath collection created by Lyn Harris of Perfumer H. The fragrance refers to the “Oranges and Lemons” nursery rhyme associated with the nearby St Clement Danes church, from which the hotel takes its name. A Dyson Airwrap is also provided in the vanity for guests to use during their stay, although that, understandably, is intended to remain in the room.

For the beauty brands involved, the permission to take the products home makes the arrangement particularly interesting. Instead of briefly trying a miniature and leaving it behind, guests can continue using the products in their own bathrooms, giving each formula considerably more time to make an impression. The medicine cabinet therefore operates as both an amenity and a carefully placed discovery edit, without feeling like a retail display.

Exercise equipment in every bedroom

The hotel has taken a similarly practical approach to fitness. An upholstered bench or ottoman at the foot of every bed contains a concealed exercise kit with a mat, cork yoga blocks and a set of hand weights. Guests can use the equipment for stretching, yoga or a short strength session without visiting the main gym, while the compartment allows everything to be stored out of sight afterwards.

Even the entry-level bedrooms measure around 450 sq ft, so there is sufficient floor space to use the equipment properly. Eagle + Hodges has designed the rooms with the atmosphere of a comfortable London residence, using tactile finishes, vintage furniture and discreet storage to prevent the practical additions from making the space feel crowded.

This emphasis on ease continues elsewhere in the hotel. Non-alcoholic minibar snacks are complimentary, laundry and steaming are included, and the arrival process dispenses with the usual queue and paperwork at a formal reception desk. These may appear to be small conveniences, but they support the same understanding of wellness as the skincare and exercise equipment: a stay feels more restorative when unnecessary irritations have already been removed.

St. Clement is Nick Jones’s first independent hospitality project since he stepped down as chief executive of Soho House. The hotel comprises 90 bedrooms and 15 River Lofts, including a two-storey River Penthouse, with views across the Thames and towards the London skyline. Rooms will start from £800 per night.

The hotel’s full wellness offering will be revealed in October, when its three-level Health Club and Spa opens to hotel guests and members. A 25-metre swimming pool will run alongside a glass wall overlooking the Thames, accompanied by dedicated weight-training and cardio areas.

Plans also include a banya, hammam, steam room, sauna, ice baths and treatment rooms. The hotel is currently recruiting experienced massage and spa therapists, although the treatment menu, visiting practitioners and skincare or technology partners have not yet been announced.

Those details will follow closer to the October opening, but St. Clement’s intentions are already visible upstairs. By placing skincare, supplements and exercise equipment inside every room, the hotel has made wellness part of the stay from the moment a guest arrives, rather than something reserved for an hour spent in the spa.