7 French Pharmacy Products French Women Swear By
Like a fine wine, for the French, ageing isn’t about not getting any older, it’s about how well you do it.
Shunning the plumped up look favoured by many across the seas, French women have an alternative take on beauty, with a more subtle approach to facial aesthetics and a stronger focus on skincare.
Ensuring good skincare is accessible to all, the humble French pharmacy has become one-stop-shop for all things skincare related. Featuring an array of carefully curated brands, sold at affordable prices, the French Pharmacy has been a beauty editor’s secret ever since they started popping across the channel for fashion week…Until now.
An online treasure trove of French beauty products, The French Pharmacy is on a mission to share the secret of their ‘Je ne said quoi’ with us Brits. Keen to find out more, we asked Dr Marine Vincent, docteur en Pharmacie and founder of The French Pharmacy, to share the 7 cult French Pharmacy products that French women swear by.
We don’t know a French person without these products in their bathroom. Some of them are hard to find in the uk. But not to worry, you will find them at The French Pharmacy, in-store and online!
CATTIER
Clay Mask £5.99
Amazing quality green clay that never fails to do the job.
It is the very first mask I remember putting on my face.
Tip: Never let clay mask ‘crack’, always keep it damp by spraying thermal water
FILORGA
Time-Filler Eyes Correction Cream £47
Filorga is the number 1 anti-ageing range in pharmacies in France. Thanks to their background in aesthetic cosmetic, their products are the most effective to fight signs of ageing. Time Filler cream and Time Filler eye contour are now cult products in this category.
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BIODERMA
Bioderma is the first laboratory to have introduced micellar water in the market.
Sensibio is now world number one micellar water.
Fun fact: it is called Crealine H2O in France and not Sensibio.
KLORANE
Still the best dry shampoo on the market. I don’t know any French hairdressers who don’t use one.
Effective without drying or leaving any residue, I have never found anything better.
LA ROCHE-POSAY
Cicaplast Baume £14
I could have chosen the whole brand, La Roche Posay as a French pharmacy cult...
Lipikar, thermal water, toleriane, etc … are all quintessential French pharmacy products.
Cicaplast was one of the first repairing multi usage balm on the market and I don’t know any French person without it in their bathroom.
CAUDALIE
Caudalie is one of my favourite skincare range. Effective, patented formulations backed by Harvard university, natural, oriented in sensoriality with amazing fragrances and texture. Great price point: what else could you wish for?
The Vinoperfect serum is still one of the most effective serum for dark spots on the market and forever a French cult.
AVENE
This thermal water bring rich in mineral, it helps combat damaging free radicals with antioxidants and it has incredible soothing properties which calm the skin when it's irritated or feeling sensitive. It is the n°1 best selling spray. Most French women have one in the bathroom cabinet and one in our handbag.
