Biologique Recherche’s first flagship Ambassade in India
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The cloying scent of my drugstore moisturising lotion makes me really feel a trifle ringarde (cheesy)— a la Emily in Paris — contained in the studiedly luxurious interiors of Biologique Recherche’s first flagship Ambassade in India. The centre, which opened this month, makes an attempt to intently emulate the skincare model’s iconic centre at 32 Avenue des Champs-Elysee in Paris: assume marble interiors, beige and blue furnishings and gilded glass cabinets containing a variety of merchandise. “The atmosphere displays what the model stands for,” says Dr Varshini Reddy, the proprietor of this Ambassade Biologique Recherche situated in Sadashivanagar. “You could be assured that you’ll get the identical expertise right here as you’ll get anyplace on this planet,” she says of the remedies provided right here, which embody facials, peels and lifts, all finished utilizing Biologique Recherche merchandise.
A board-certified dermatologist who accomplished each her undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Chennai’s Ramachandra Medical School, Varshini has been a pores and skin fanatic for a very long time, even earlier than she entered the occupation. “My curation comes from private expertise. I’ve all the time cherished to analysis new merchandise; what’s out there,” says the dermatologist and founding father of Glow, a skincare centre with branches in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
The therapy room at Biologique Recherche
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Her induction into the model got here with Biologique Recherche Lotion P50, the model’s iconic product, and she or he has by no means regarded again ever since, says Varshini, who started stocking Biologique Recherche’s merchandise at Glow again in 2020. “We had been one of many first few clinics to inventory it. I began my profession with BR,” she says.
Based on her, plant-derived botanical merchandise, when sourced from the best place, virtually all the time ship superior outcomes. “BR will not be a white-label model. It has an R&D lab the place they take a look at and formulate their very own merchandise,” she says, including that these merchandise are vegan, cruelty-free, and largely botanically derived. What additionally units it aside is the extent of customisation that the model presents, she believes. “We do a pores and skin evaluation when folks come to the clinic, and primarily based on this report, tweak merchandise for shoppers,” she says of the 50-year-old model based by Yvan and Josette Allouche. “We’ve trainers coming in and coaching our professionals.” Moreover, the model makes near 130 merchandise. “We’ve the liberty to choose merchandise to swimsuit totally different variants to swimsuit totally different pores and skin varieties and issues,” she says.
Dr Varshini
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On future plans, she hopes to proceed creating extra areas which fuse the scientific facet of dermatology with a extra wellness-oriented side, “something that can increase an individual’s total well-being in addition to deal with pores and skin issues,” says Varshini.
Therapies begin at ₹10,000 + taxes. To ebook an appointment, name 9888965555.