There had been the frigidarium of the Roman baths, but closer to us, aesthetic centers offered treatments based on cold. Many devices have existed, ranging from the simplest to the most complicated …
Epigenetic’s and cosmetics
New concepts emergence in cosmetics is not always a guarantee of sustainability. Many ideas, based more or less on scientific advances, are regularly proposed. Some of them impose themselves as new …
Chanel still N°1
The legendary fashion house has just introduced a new line of beauty products. Baptized Chanel N ° 1. The brand reconnects with its history in the beauty world. Indeed, when the brand returned to …
Muscular beauty part 4 : the Botox like or Cosmetic Botox.
We have seen in the previous episode that Botox had become a basic gesture of beauty and aesthetics in general. But that its use was complicated, even impossible in cosmetics. However, the cosmetics …
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Muscular beauty : Introduction
Can face beauty be actually related to muscle functions? The two are much more closely interdependent than one can imagine. It has even become one of the essential approaches in the world of …
Instrumental beauty
Sometimes called Beauty Toys, beauty devices have been around for a while now. In the late 19th century, a few cartoonists already offered their own forward-looking interpretations. And there are …
Nourishing Creams
As a professional, like me, you must have met people who talked to you about “nourishing creams”. It is quite a common, even ordinary term. But every time you need to describe what it refers to, maybe …
Seeing skin through rose-coloured glasses
I decided to write this mood note as I was listening to a show called “La Méthode Scientifique” on the French radio. At first, I was only half listening, but then I paid more attention and even …
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Spotlight on a bacteria from the Swiss glaciers.
Fatigue is one of the most easily factors which can be read on the face. When you are young, recovery capacities are important and a few quieter nights can restore a fresh complexion and good looks. …
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The Barbara Gould’s saga
Have you known Barbara Gould? The brand still exists, but it lost quite a lot of its prestige, after enjoying a prominent status in the cosmetics world in the 1950s-80s. Now, if its name sounds …
Emotion through skin
Cosmetic products can give as much pleasure as a caress. This notion emerged a few years ago, but, interestingly, it reappeared as a topical issue at the In-Cosmetics 2019 show. It is an issue that …
A precious cosmetic
After gemmology, let’s take another look at “gemmology”, or rather “lithotherapy”!! Indeed, if these two terms are identical, they do describe very different approaches. They are derived from a Latin …
Making new skin : the cosmetic peeling.
Cosmetic peeling is a famous mechanism of action intended for improving the quality of the skin surface. It relies on a well-known skin feature: the continuous renewal of the epidermis and its …
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Cult product : DDML
Cult products are products that have marked the history of a product category or a brand, or that have installed new concepts or new gestures of use in the long term. It is normal to do them justice …
Roller skin ? Part 3
Beauty accessories have always occupied a special place in beauty routines. And today, as cosmetics are getting increasingly more accessorized, people are more than ever interested in them. Some of …
Rolling skin: part 2
Beauty accessories have always occupied a special place in beauty routines. And today, as cosmetics are getting increasingly more accessorized, people are more than ever interested in them. Some of …
Rolling skin : Part 1
Beauty accessories have always occupied a special place in beauty routines. And today, as cosmetics are getting increasingly more accessorized, people are more than ever interested in them. Some of …
The Avant-Garde Lady
There is an outstanding exhibition going on at the Paris Museum of Jewish Art and History about Madam Helena Rubinstein. I am inviting you to go see it – or go back – which I did. It is full of …
The Sensitive Skin
The birth of the Sensitive Skin concept in the 90s. The notion of sensitive skin has always been a tricky issue for the cosmetics industry. Long mistaken for skin irritation or allergic skins, …
Urea
This substance, which eventually gave its name to a well-known ailment, has a poor reputation worldwide. And yet, it is an ingredient of key interest in cosmetology. Indeed, it has been widely used …
Tensor as active ingredient
Tensors are a group of substances commonly used in cosmetics and representing a class of their own. The term ‘tensor’ comes from a Latin word. It was introduced in 1846 by William Rowan Hamilton to …
Space and beauty.
Has space research enabled beauty to progress? Yes and see how. As we can more and more often hear about a new space conquest, with travels to Mars lasting several months, or even a few years, it …
Active ingredients past and present
Back on an article made for Expression Cosmétique which remains perfectly topical. The concept of active ingredient is central in cosmetics, although it can be discussed in some aspects. A return …
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The storied pasts of the beauty brands you love.
Over the years, only certain brands and products have managed to attain legendary status, first for capturing the needs of the time and then for nimbly keeping pace as those needs changed. We reveal …
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The ultimate customized cream
More and more brands are settling on the niche of customized cream with performance qualities very different from each other. It is feared that the final consumer will have a lot of …
