Baby's On Fire
Take your time she's only burning
This kind of experience
Is necessary for her learning
Because baby's on fire.
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Holistic Luxury with The Feelist
Products ranging from their 'extra strength body cream' (infused with 500 mg of CBD), and their popular gentle face scrub, 'juice shot,' all allow for new opportunities of lanes not discovered — holistic luxury. 'The Feelist' becomes transformative with its name as the silkiest creams and softest oils cling onto your skin allowing hydration to enter its' deepest barries.
In Beauty, transparency has become more of a ringing issue as there is a zero-tolerance policy for additives, harm to animals that occupy the earth, and the protection of mother nature has become ubiquitous in every conversation surrounding the industry. This collection is beautiful products you can trust, 'The Feelist' has sourced the highest grade ingredients from agricultural leaders with epochs of knowledge and experience in consumable and sustainable farming while also being certified by rigorous in-house and third-party testing.
Below, office sat down with Founder and CEOr, Shea Marie to discuss The Feelist
Who did you create this line of clean and natural products for? Please describe the everyday consumer.
When we launched The Feelist, we felt like the market was missing a clean, vegan, cruelty free, nontoxic skincare brand that looked as chic and luxurious as top shelf brands, while still remaining affordable to everyone. You should not have to sacrifice aesthetics or efficacy for price. Our Total Package Youth Protecting Concentrate serum that just launched is comparable (and even better) to $300 serums, however, our retail price is only $68. The chic minimalist branding has been a hit on social media and has offered a fresh and clean alternative to the millennial pinks and baby blues that dominated the space the past several years. The branding is appealing to all demographics, and both men and women.
What makes you most excited about your line?
The most exciting thing is how much people love the products and how The Feelist is changing people’s skin. I’m really involved in every step of the process - the formulation, what ingredients I don’t want to use, and making sure the end result is super clean. So, when I hear from people that they never thought their skin could look this good, or that they look forward to using our products to relax after a long day, it truly makes all the hard work worth it.
What was your process like working with CBD?
When we first started working on this project nearly 4 years ago, we thought CBD would be in a very different place by now. But it’s been and still is a legal and regulatory rollercoaster.
The Feelist is above all a beautiful conscious plant powered line of skincare and bodycare products. We believe in the power of mother nature and botanicals. CBD was one of the first superpowered botanicals we started working with because I personally loved it and believed in it so much, but it was never the end goal to just sell CBD products. CBD is an incredible ingredient in skincare - it’s anti-inflammatory and it helps a wide range of skin conditions, but people use CBD as a buzzword to sell products. For us CBD is an ingredient and not a marketing tool, in the same way that having clean vegan and cruelty free products is not a buzz word or a marketing tool.
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Ice: Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Holiday Experience
“After these past months, I feel that people need to be together and have fun. We want to reconnect with that joyful child inside of us that loves the holidays,” says Kurkdjian, the perfume creator, artistic director, and co-founder of Maison Francis Kurkdjian.
To keep the holiday spirit going, Kurkdjian released a collection of scented candles alongside their holiday fragrance, to warm your fingers post-iceskating session. Following a skater's journey through the holidays across the globe, Kurkdjian shares three holiday scented candles to warm your homes and hearts. The Mon Beau Sapin candle conjours memories of a winter stroll through a snowy forrest, with a woody and resinous fragrance drawing from the scent of a traditional evergreen tree. The Pain D'Epices candle brings you out of the forest, following your nose down a small dirt road to a gingerbread house, skipping along to the promise of sweet treats and warm fires. The gourmand fragrance, with notes of orange, honey, cinnamon, and anise invite the innocent indulgence of the season. Bringing in the bustle of the season, the upbeat Pomme D'Amour scented candle celebrates the boisterous atmosphere of a Christmas fair, with the saccharine smell of a generously caramal-coated candy apple.
Families, friends, lovers, and the like are welcome at the Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Parisian holiday cart at the Lodge at Brookfield Place to experience Maison’s festive holiday collection until January 16th, and the Parisian Holiday Cart at The Lodge will be open through December 22nd.
LuxBae: The Meaning of Treat Yourself
office got the opportunity to sit down with LuxBae and talk about their facial techniques and favorite Biologique Recherche products.
Why do you only use Biologique Rechere products?
Luxbae uses Biologique Recherche products because this is a brand which allows us to address the specific needs of each person, especially since the products are very well known by Mahtab Moaven our skin expert and treatment curator, who is the official International Trainer for the company and knows how to combine and create advanced protocol with medical spa technology.
What sets Biologique Rechere products apart from what is existing in the market?
Biologique Recherche products use both very natural non-toxic ingredients, along with a heavily scientific approach which provides strong results. Each and every product goes through rigorous testing and clinical trials before approval.
How do you determine what product should be used during a facial?
Luxbae’s facialists use several factors when determining which Biologique Recherche products should be used on each client when they come in for a facial. During the first step when we are cleansing the skin we check the reactivity of the face to be able to choose the strength of exfoliation and if we should be using exfoliation methods at all. If we are able to use products to exfoliate the skin, then we would determine which strength product would be best. Additionally we also look at products that would best repair the client’s skin. These facials have a complex structure which is the reason why we are not able to pre-determine any facial as each time the products or techniques used can change depending on the sensitivity or reactivity of the skin. A client may even receive a different treatment every time depending on the weather or time of year, really any factor that can change the consistency of your skin would require a different treatment. For example, we do an oxygenation treatment for some of our clients. Truly oxygenated products are hard to find, Biologique Rechere is one of the few brands that has actually achieved creating a topical product that provides oxygenation. When doing this type of facial, the oxygenating products will not work with a client that may already have more oily skin. These are the types of qualities we evaluate to choose the right product regime for each client.
What are your suggestions to make the result of your facial to last as long as possible?
At Luxbae we are able to set up a suggested regime of Biologique Rechere products that you can purchase to take home and do yourself. Otherwise, if you have a regiment that already works for you, then the best thing to do would be to continue that to keep your skin clean and moisturized.
Tell me more about the machines you have at Luxbae, what are they and what do they do?
Luxbae uses the most highly ranked medical machinery that's gone through extensive clinical research. The Remodeling Face® Machine is a state of the art bio-electrotherapy machine for transformative results. It features interchangeable electric microcurrents that work from the skin's surface all the way down to the skin's deepest layer. The maker of this machine, is none other than cult favorite Biologique Recherche, a French biological line that takes a clinical approach to skincare — utilizing the power of pure, concentrated, raw, and active ingredients without any extra toxins. Everything about our treatments is results-driven. We are focused on non-invasive and minimally-invasive treatments. In the past, you had to do stronger and more intense treatments, with serious downtime for “results.” But the med spa industry has come a long way and there are some fantastic radio-frequency devices capable of tightening, contouring, or even full skin remodeling from the fat layer up. All of this can be achieved with only a few days of downtime compared to weeks.
What sets Luxbae apart from other medical spas?
Personalization is key for all of our hair, face, and body treatments at Luxbae. We strive to create highly customized treatments to fit our clients needs. We want you to leave here with one-of-a-kind hair colors to skin that is glowing from the inside out. We feel so lucky to have a partnership with Biologique Recherche which enables us to give our clients hyper customized treatments that actually improves skin from under the surface rather than just treating the skin superficially.
What are your favorite products?
I have a favorite Biologique Recherche product for each part of my body, it’s hard to choose but my top products that are best for rejuvenation are:
Amniotique Serum is an unparalleled source of hydration for maintaining the skin's moisture level as high as it can be. Its hydro-fixing active ingredients help cells capture water and lock it into the outer epidermal layers, banishing the discomfort of dry skin for the relief of long-lasting hydration.
Sérum Placenta is an intensive repairing serum. Containing placental biostimulant protein extracts, Serum Placenta is healing and regenerating serum can be used to strengthen and re-build the skin.
Sérum PIGM 400 is specially formulated with six concentrated active ingredients to prevent dark spots from appearing and reduce the appearance of existing dark spots. This brightening, spot-correcting serum will fight free radicals and offer photoprotection to defend the skin against sunlight and slow skin aging. The watercress sprout, wakame seaweed and plum pulp extracts illuminate the complexion; leaving skin visibly brighter and more uniform. This active formula can be used all over the face to give an overall brightness or localized if you have particular areas needing pigmentation care. Recommended for pigmented and dull skin conditions.
Creme Masque Vernix protects, regenerates and revitalises the epidermis. The Crème Masque Vernix reconditions and gives a “second birth” to the epidermis. Inspired by the protective layer on baby’s skin at birth, this cream-mask mimics the original composition of vernix thanks to a selection of active ingredients rich in lipids, proteins and antioxidant peptides.
