Focus on: ceramides
February 19, 2024
It's cold, the air is too dry indoors, it's windy outside - in short, it's winter and your skin is suffering. It's time to dig out your favourite skin barrier repair products! Why not focus on their star ingredients, the pros of repair and comfort? Today, we're taking a closer look at ceramides!
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Focus on: vitamin C, the ultimate guide
March 27, 2023
Let's talk about vitamin C (yes, again). The real one, the pure one, the L-Ascorbic vitamin A. But also its derivatives! How to choose your vitamin C product according to your skin needs, and how to be sure that it will be as effective as possible? Let's take a closer look at vitamin C, this anti-aging ingredient that is so popular and yet so complicated!
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Focus On: Copper Peptides
May 24, 2020
According to some, copper peptides are one of the most effective anti-aging ingredients available on the market! However, they remain relatively unknown to the public at large and rarely used by cosmetic brands… Today, let's discuss copper peptides, shall we?
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Focus on: retinol
February 23, 2020
Over the past year or two, retinol made a huge comeback in our skin care products. And this is only the beginning, you can expect to be inundated in the coming months! This ingredient is supposed to be the most effective for a true, proven and recognized anti-aging action. But sometimes sensitizing, it can also frighten beginners. Let's take a closer look at retinol, or rather the family of retinoids!
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Focus on: microbiome and probiotics cosmetics
November 10, 2019
Bacteria in skincare products… This idea is a bit scary! However, at the moment, probiotic-based cosmetics are literally proliferating in the beauty industry. Today, let's talk about this trend, which is only just starting but is already very promising!
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Focus on: JAY JUN cosmetics
October 13, 2019
A Korean skincare brand known for its high quality sheet masks, and tailor-made for demanding consumers, of course I had to look more into it! Let me introduce you to JAY JUN cosmetics, one of my K-Beauty obsessions
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Focus on: Paula’s Choice, interview of Paula Begoun
June 16, 2019
I had the great opportunity of meeting and interviewing Paula Begoun, founder of the American skincare brand Paula's Choice, when she came to Paris in May.
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Focus on: Mugwort/ Artemisia
March 31, 2019
When South Korea comes up with a new miracle ingredient for skin damaged by pollution, you can be sure that I want to tell you more about it! After the huge popularity of the Cica trend in skincare, let's focus today on Mugwort (or Artemisia), which will be everywhere this year, at least in K-Beauty products.
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Focus on: Centella Asiatica (and the “cica” trend)
September 23, 2018
A huge trend in Korea, Centella Asiatica-based "cica" products are absolutely everywhere at the moment. Today, let's focus on this ingredient adored by sensitive skins!
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Focus on: May Lindstrom, luxurious green skincare
May 4, 2018
When you think of a green skincare brand, that doesn't compromise on the quality of its formulas but remains very sensory and luxurious, only one name comes to mind: May Lindstrom.
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Focus on: fermented ingredients (ferments, yeasts, probiotics)
December 15, 2017
Like probiotic cures that are recommended at each change of season, cosmetics use more and more bacteria, yeasts and other fermented ingredients in skincare products to take care of the skin and its micro-bacterial flora, the microbiome.
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Focus on: Honey and Propolis
December 13, 2017
Skin products rich in hive ingredients such as honey and propolis have always been popular, especially amongst sensitive skins. The use of these ingredients in cosmetic is definitely not new, but skincare products made in Korea put a spotlight again on these very powerful and effective natural ingredients.
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Focus on: exfoliating acids (AHA, BHA, PHA)
November 20, 2017
Some cosmetic ingredients are notoriously great to give the skin a true glow from within. And exfoliating acids are definitely amongst these ones!
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Focus on: Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid)
November 12, 2017
Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) products are everywhere at the moment. It's not really surprising because this ingredient is really magic to give radiance to the complexion, the famous glow that everybody wants these days. But it's also a very unstable ingredient that needs a certain environment to be able to deliver all its benefits.
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Focus on: Drunk Elephant, “clean” and innovative skincare
October 13, 2017
Drunk Elephant is a super trendy American skincare brand: very focused on natural ingredients but which doesn't leave aside neither the technology nor the chemical elements essential for a real effectiveness on the skin. "Clean skincare" sure, but that works!
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