Dear Frenchonista’s, The Pier Augé brand was founded in 1961 by Pier Augé himself. He was a pharmacist who was driven by the love for his wife (who had very sensitive skin) to develop products that give back to the skin what belongs to it. His already famous method is patented as the Dergyl©-method which means all his products have 8 active ingredients: Hydration (DH3 complex) , Protein (amino peptide complex), Lipids (evening primrose oil, camelia oil and shea butter) and Vitamins & Mineral Salts (Vitamin E). We have a very good experience with their Cucumber Hydrating treatment (our writ ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, I have discovered the Ilia makeup brand at Cosmania. The creators of COSMANIA introduced me to the brand years ago and I immediately fell in love with loads of their products. Just recently I discovered that The C of Cosmetics (a new and amazing company, stay tuned for more!!) represent not only my beloved Ilia but also other amazing brands that I am very excited about! These are my latest 2 favorite « Can’t do without « products: First, the illuminator Summertime: Omgggggg i will never ever stop using it! Then the Limitless Lash mascara. I rarely use mascara because someh ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, Wouldn’t you agree that the search for the perfect deodorant is like the quest for the perfect jeans or the perfect mascara? And then when you find it, it’s almost like you can strike one item off your bucket list? Well, we found it, and with it, some very valuable knowledge about the difference between normal sweat and stress induced sweat. For us it happened when, after a lovely drive through the Dutch countryside, we met up with the even more lovely Maureen van Aken, the founder of Pure Beauty PR. She explained to us that not only do you sweat many times more when under ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, Passing by a Holland and Barret store often? Don’t walk by because Balade en Provence new and groundbreaking skin care products are for sale there! We all know soaps and shampoos in bars but Balade en Provence introduces cleansing oil as well as day cream, night cream and amazing contour eye cream in bars! These solid Beauty Bars in zero waste packaging are packed with bountiful natural ingredients like shea butter, rosehip oil, grape seed oil, borage oil, immortelle flower and apricot pit oil. They are easy to use and last extremely long, so they are kind to your skin, mo ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, These colourful products do their appearance justice. An explosion of fun and fruity sensations just jump out at you once you open them. If you are a sucker for coconut and beach vibe smells ( I mean, who isn’t) then you can definitively not miss out on the ‘Buff and ready coconut body scrub’, it will take you right to that tropical island. Besides having sweet and fresh smells, these products come in fun and original packaging, making it hard to just walk by without looking twice. The product range is large and it has something which will tickle everyone’s fancy. From han ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, We can finally go out and play and show ourselves again! Don’t feel bad if you didn’t give your skin the attention it deserves during all this ‘whocareswhatIlooklike’ phase, because No7 will make your skin glow and shine once again. ‘Radiance’ being the keyword in all their products, best describes what these products will do, as radiant is how you will look using these beautiful products. Vitamine C is their nr. 1 ingredient, which will give your skin a boost and feeling new. The serum has a fresh lemony summer smell and will burst your complection open, getting rid of th ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, Guerlain’s 15 year research on the longevity of Orchids, a flower that can live beyond a 100 years, has led to the exceptional Orchidée Impériale skin care range. The magic ingredient is the Orchidarium®, an ingredient to which an entire Guerlain research centre is dedicated. The line is anti-aging and combines high regeneration, high sensoriality and high naturalness for a younger and more beautiful skin. The creams come in normal, light and rich, for normal, greasy/combined and dry skin and there are various add-ons, like emulsion, serum, eye cream, cleansing f ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, It slowly starts to dawn on me that Christmas is near and I didn’t get all my presents yet. Now for my female family members and friends it’s always super easy but for men…. That’s why we are very happy to give you an amazing Xmas shopping tip for her AND for him, namely the debut perfumes of the brand Moncler. The two perfumes are tightly linked, not only in the look and feel of the bottle but also the scents themselves are linked by a common accord. Back to nature, is the message and while the male perfume hints toward the mountain woods, the female scent refers to the s ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, Elie Saab’s impressive career as fashion designer did not make him forget his home country Lebanon. I actually drove through the town he was born in; Damour, a city that was completely destroyed during the Lebanese Civil war in the seventies. He was the first ever non-Italian Fashion Designer who became a member of the National Chamber of Italian fashion. This year he launched an initiative that consists in donating a portion of sales to UNICEF’s “Integrated Education and Well-Being for Vulnerable Girls in Lebanon Program. This man has dressed Kate Middleton, Halle Berry a ..read more

Dear Frenchonista’s, It’s no secret by now that bees and the honey they produce have healing powers benefiting us inside and out. The new Advanced Huile-en-Eau Jeunesse – Abeille Royal by Guerlain combines the power of a serum, the richness of an oil and the freshness of a lotion by including Black Bee Honey and Royal Jelly. You can use it morning and evening on your face and neck. The result is soft, radiant and fresh skin. We really like to massage it gently into the skin before our day or night cream and we love the way it helps our skin to repair itself more quickly in the long term w ..read more