“I only use Clarins [laughs] for sure, for everything! It is the best for me, I am used to it, if I put something else on my skin I am going to have a reaction–even my makeup is Clarins and what I use on my body. In the morning I wake up, shower and wash my face with Doux Nettoyant Moussant then I put on Lotion Tonique for the visage. Next I use the Crème Éclat for vitamins and radiance. Everyday I use Défatigant cream on my eyes. It is great to combat fatigue when I am very tired.”

“What I use on my body is very complicated [laughs]. I use a moisturizing cream, Baume Hydratant on my hands and calves. Then on my thighs I use Tonic Huile, which is the best and it smells so good. When girls are pregnant they use this oil to prevent stretch marks. It is to tonify the skin so I put it there and on my butt [laughs]. On my chest I use something special for the bust. It firms and pushes everything up, but you have to use it for a long time. And you have to do exercises also [laughs]. That is what our grandfather always told us, for him it was the worst for a woman to have her boobs fall down.”

“I use a light foundation to matify my skin so it doesn’t look shiny. Then I use blush and for sure mascara and a lipstick. The most important thing for me is to have some color on my lips like a light pink lipstick. I think I look very sick when I don’t have anything on my lips. And I always use Baume Lèvres Réparateur to keep my lips moisturized.”

“Our grandfather explained to us how to properly apply products. It is not just the products that are important but how you put them on your body. A girl can apply a very efficient cream incorrectly and then it isn’t efficient at all. For example when you put creams on you need to apply it upwards and never rub your face always pat it in.”

“I love pink polish because I have brown hair. I am going to Monaco tonight and am wearing Strawberry Margherita by O.P.I. it is the best, and lasts so long.”

Photos by: Aimee Blaut

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The salon is homogeneous and eclectic — it’s a universe in here, a total package. We are up to nine years of business now and started off with just two of us and now there’s a team of twenty with a bunch of exciting things in the works.

I am extremely excited about our new massage room that is opening up in a few weeks. It’s been six months in the making and it’s going to be an exceptional service. We are not a beauty salon — we are just hair, although we do nails too, which is something I fought a lot for in the beginning. The broad, unifying factor that brings our clients in is an interest in fashion. I had a lot of clients who, for a very long time, would tell me: “David, when I’m having my color done I would really like to have my hands and feet done.” So we tried it and it’s been very successful.

We had a good month in February and March with Haute couture, and Prêt-à-Porter was also really fun. We had a nice story come out for the salon with Karl Lagerfeld as well. All of those elements — fashion, events, actresses… those are the sorts of things I like to amalgamate into the shop, so we are not a simple hair salon.

Our new products are something I am extremely proud of, as well as the great response we have gotten somewhat quickly from people that I consider the right people — which is a horribly snobby thing to say — but from people in the beauty industry who are very aware of how far you can go with products. I am in my thirty-second year of hair dressing and I have consistently heard my clients come in with the same dilemma, ‘My hair is really dry; I do a lot of blow-drying or coloring, I go to the beach, I’m on a boat — and every time I heavily moisturize my hair, it becomes flat, dull, doesn’t shine and is heavy. So what’s the answer? I need something to hydrate my hair, give it a shine but not something that will weigh it down.’ It was a real challenge for us to get something highly efficient that was easy to use and worked immediately that you can travel with.

The whole idea was to make an amazing product with the universe around it – the quality, the packaging, the smells or lack of smells. Aside for the serum, all the products are scent-free. They are all color-free as well so that people with allergies or sensitive skin can use them without a problem. We made them as simple and pure and clean and effective as possible. The design is meant to mirror and echo the feeling you have when you are in my salon.”

Photos by: Aimee Blaut

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