Where to Get Your Paris Beauty Fix: 8 Products You Need from the Cult Shop, Oh My Cream Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Joëlle Ciocco1/8“Joëlle Ciocco is the French skin guru who treats everyone from Laetitia Casta to Marc Jacobs. She has a very specific philosophy, which is that the skin is an ecosystem and you have to protect it, and the best thing you can do is cleansing. If you’re not doing that well, even if you put on a cream that is 300 euros, you’re just wasting it, because the skin isn’t prepared to receive the ingredients. Her best seller is the Lait Onctueux Capital cleanser, which is just amazing and smells like orange blossoms.”
Joëlle Ciocco Lait Onctueux Capital Sensitive Cleansing Milk, $69; ohmycream.com
Photo: Courtesy of Susanne Kaufmann2/8“This serum is really great because it only has three ingredients—and the second one [on the label] is hyaluronic acid, which means that the concentration is high. It’s very lightweight, so it penetrates very easily. It gives your skin a beautiful glow, and it plumps it instantly.”
Susanne Kaufmann Hyaluron Serum, $137; ohmycream.com
Photo: Courtesy of Grown Alchemist3/8“Grown Alchemist is an Australian brand that I love. Their purifying mask has clay in it, and also cranberry, which is a very powerful antioxidant. It gently exfoliates so you have a wonderful complexion afterward, but it won’t dry out your skin. However, before you use it—and this is very important—we tell all our clients to exfoliate first. We don’t use the kind with little beads here, because they can be irritating to the skin. Enzymatic exfoliators with AHAs, like Ren’s Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask, are gentler and more efficient—plus they fight wrinkles and hyperpigmentation at the same time. Use it first in a thin layer for ten minutes to remove the dead cells, then apply the Grown Alchemist purifying mask. I also like Antipodes’s Aura Manuka Honey Mask a lot as an alternative.”
Grown Alchemist Deep Cleansing Masque, $24; ohmycream.com
Photo: Courtesy of Aurelia4/8“Aurelia is a brand from London that is based on probiotics, which boost your skin’s natural defenses by calming the inflammation that causes aging. It’s perfect for sensitive skin, and it also has peptides to boost your collagen production. I think it’s especially great for a woman who is about 30 and maybe isn’t ready for strong anti-aging treatments yet, but she wants to protect her skin from the aggressions of the city, like pollution.”
Aurelia Cell Revitalise Day Moisturizer, $61; ohmycream.com
Photo: Courtesy of Kure Bazaar5/8“People come in for manicures and they always end up falling in love with Kure Bazaar nail polish. It’s natural [and non-toxic], but it stays a long time and the colors are very powerful. I like the Bordeaux shades, and then this one, called Mademoiselle K, which is a red with a tiny touch of pink. I also really like their beige in Cappuccino.”
Kure Bazaar Nail Polish in Mademoiselle K and Cappuccino $18; ohmycream.com
