The Glow Down on CODAGE Paris
“I don’t think of beauty as going in or out of style, it’s about what fits your face.”
It’s easy to take our skin for granted despite the fact that it is the largest organ of body and is utterly complex. We are all unique in our own personal way, down to our individual skin type. The beauty industry has been trying to tackle the issue of selling products online that consumers prefer to smell, touch and try on, we see this most often in the form of online quizzes to profile the individual consumer to promote the most relevant content and products that suits them. CODAGE Paris takes this one step further and creates a beauty prescription and custom made skincare. Imagine formulas and an entire skincare regime entirely personal to you! While attending Paris Fashion Week, I visited their store to have my skin decoded and get a personal skincare regime. I am now always one phone call away to have the best individualised skincare!
For a while now I wanted to de-code my skin and really learn how it ticks. We all have those moments where we have a breakout or a splotchy complexion that makes you want to have a convo with your skin that might sound like…um hello? Don’t you see all the nice skincare I buy for you, skin? What is going on!? Enter: CODAGE Paris, a family business set up by siblings seeking to fill in the gap of creating skincare dedicated to your individually unique skin type, not just the generic ‘dry’, ‘sensitive’ and ‘oily’ skin types. Although it was my first fashion week that drew me to the magical city of Paris I was not going to miss the opportunity to further my skincare journey. I set out to find out my particular skin type and concerns, I am already aware of my ROSACEA and HYPERPIGMENTATION. The morning I arrived at CODAGE Paris, my skin was on fire, lack of sleep and a little too much bubbly the night before (#guilty) left my skin feeling like hot steam was radiating off of it. As soon as the first CODAGE Paris product touched my skin I was in heaven, it was 45 minutes of pure bliss. The best food for my skin, full of nutrients, sans parabens…I was in my conscious beauty element! Within those 45 minutes my skin was also being analysed so they could create my prescription.
Inspired by the periodic table of elements, Codage has created “Nutri-Elements” which are cocktails of active ingredients to suit a particular skin need. Each individual Nutri-Element then creates a particular product formula. They created a custom made serum for the conscious glow…. sharing more below!
BEAUTY PRESCRIPTIONS
The needs of your skin regularly changes and as it changes so does our skin needs. CODAGE de-coded my skin as a mum, wife and beauty entrepreneur (that is often stressed!) and created a prescription customised to my skin and lifestyle. One that will occasionally need a revamp dependent on the season, life stresses, hormones etc. As I have had my skin analysed by one of their aestheticians I can call the store and they will be able to prescribe new products based on my skins needs. Having unique skincare for your particular skin helps eradicate the trial and error process that can lead to excess expenditure and waste. I am excited to have CODAGE involved in my conscious beauty journey. Some tips I learned are below!
💡 GLOWING TIPS 💡
EXFOLIATION - It’s easy to overdo it when it comes to exfoliation that at times it feels like we’re better off not doing it at all! I learned I should be doing this at least once a week. It removes dead cells from the skin, closes the pores to promote radiance to naturally bring on the GLOW. The MASQUE MICRO-PEELING is a light emulsion using fruit acids without abrasion. So far I have seen incredible results and highly recommend.
HYPERPIGMENTATION - I learned that you cannot eradicate it completely (a girl can dream!) but you can use certain products to balance it out and other products to lighten the existing pigmentation. If you suffer from it like me, ensure you have products that cover both balancing the skin and to lighting existing pigmentation. Sharing my entire regime prescribed to me below!
PRODUCTS PURCHASED AND NOW TRIALING
Made-to-Measure Personalised Serum - Sorry, this is unique to me! (And I have to say, I am just looooving it!) But I encourage you to try one or two of the products below that pique your interest and to look into getting your own beauty prescription! It’s a beauty experience I promise you won’t forget.
MASQUE MICRO PEEL - As stated previously, this was an area I had been a bit lazy on so it was a good reminder to hear that I should be doing this at least once a week to rid my skin of dead cells so that the other ones can maximize the absorption of the great products I’m putting on my face!
L’HUILLE - The Oil - Why settle for one oil when this one contains EIGHT? Its multi-use application makes it ideal for body, face and hair with beautiful oils such as coconut, sweet almond, baobab, macadamia, apricot, grape seed, hazelnut and pomegranate.
LOTION HYDRATANTE - Soothing floral water and hyaluronic acid blend together to bring comfort and softness to skin. It contains ingredients that detoxify the skin from pollution particles for a refreshed and luminous complexion.
HYDRATATION INTENSE - A unique blend of shea butter and baobab oil to intensely nourish skin. It is infused with hyaluronic acid to deeply plump and moisturise skin cells - an utter dream to apply before going to bed.
More products reviews coming soon as well as a full style recap of my trip to Paris!
A glowing woman can help others glow and still be lit, Happy Thursday!
xo Steph
