By combining medical and cosmetic expertise, Biologique Recherche treatments rebuild clearer, firmer, and softer skin. All skin needs maintenance, at least one treatment a month, but the best results are maintained by having a facial every three weeks—that’s the length of the epidermal renewing cycle. An at-home regimen is also suggested, with the cornerstone product being lotion p50. All Biologique Recherche treatments, whether administered at home or in a beauty institute, incorporate the p50 ritual; the lotion gently exfoliates the skin, regulates excess sebum secretion, moisturizes, and helps maintain the epidermis’s ph. (Photo Credit: Eydis Einarsdottir)

Throughout the facial, the therapist does a massage technique that I had never experienced before, comprising of strong pinching movements and holding the ends of the facial muscles into a particular position. She told me, this would lift my face temporarily, but that if you get these treatments often, this trains the muscles into lifting by themselves. And staying lifted. There is another Biologique legend, where women in France are asked what surgeon they use for botox and fillers, and they say ‘non, I use Biologique Recherche’!

I have been told several times by friends who are looking up close, that my skin looks amazing.  I have been asked if I am pregnant because of the glow.  People have asked what foundation I am wearing and I have said I am wearing none.

I have not experienced a facial like it (the smells, the cold water, the stinging), but I have also never experienced a facial that truly worked either. My skin looks clearer than it has in a long time.