The French Beauty Capsule: 15 Items Every Beauty Lover Has to Try in Their Life
You'll be hooked forever.
Sorry to be such an inevitable cliché, but French beauty products have a certain je ne sais quoi that simply can't be ignored. Beautiful ingredients, clean formulations, gorgeous packaging, try as we might, our obsession runs deep. And it doesn't help that our favorite celebrities, makeup artists, and all-around beauty icons encourage said obsession by consistently favoring beloved brands like Bioderma, Caudalie, Leonor Greyl, Talika, Darphin, By Terry, and so many more. What with it being the season of gifting and showing our love, we decided to compile the ultimate French beauty capsule chock full of the best French brands—and the top-selling formulas from each—we know you'll try and instantly fall head over heels for. Oh, and just in case you're wanting to get ahead of the shopping curve, they also make amazing gits. Ahead, 15 cult-loved French hair, skin, and makeup staples every beauty lover should try in their lifetime. Keep scrolling! Little did you know that this lesser-known cleansing oil is actually one of the best in all the land. Plus, since it's fragrance- and soap-free, it's a great option for those with extremely sensitive skin or ongoing conditions like atopic dermatitis or eczema. But, of course, the nourishing formula plunges deep into pores for optimal cleanout. This one probably doesn't come as a surprise—Bioderma's cult-loved micellar water is one of the most iconic skincare products maybe ever. Alas, nothing beats the hydrating formula when it comes to cleaning and perfecting your complexion in just one swipe.Delicate, lovely, and steeped in calming agents like soothing chamomile extracts, this limited-edition toner from Darphin is on every beauty editor and celebrity's It list. It keeps the pH of your skin in check (which can easily get thrown off balance!) and also reduces any kind of redness or inflammation that might creep up this season. We're also convinced it makes our makeup application look about 10 times better. The name of this fan-favorite serum doesn't lie—it really does perk a lackluster complexion up with instantaneous radiance. It's filled with unique ingredients like Viniferine (a natural compound found in vine sap patented by the brand in 2004), olive squalane, organic chamomile, and organic grape water, and no other serum quite compares. Talika's bio-enzymes masks are legend, and this brightening one is our extra-special favorite. Saturated with luxe ingredients like vitamin C, aloe, grapefruit, and chamomile, it's the perfect thing to pre-game your face with before a night out or special occasion. Everyone from celebrities to makeup artists to beauty editors keep this bottle of tubed magic stashed close by at all times. It's rich, thick, luxurious, and an immediate antidote to parched, thirsty skin. People can't stop buzzing about this powerhouse of an eye cream from French skincare brand Filorga. Brimming with the latest and greatest medical techniques, the formula utilizes key things like peptides, proteins, plumping spheres, and a unique lifting complex with helps fight the look of sagging, fine lines, and wrinkles. Yes, your hands deserve just as much love and attention as your face and hair—especially right now during the onset of bone-chilling temps, winds, and all other chap-causing environmental factors. Luckily, L'Occitane's lush hand cream has your back this season. In fact, it's such a hot ticket item, the brand says one tube is sold every three seconds around the world. This epic sunscreen formula wins award after award and is probably the best mineral sunscreen formula hands down—even beyond the French beauty realm. It's lightweight, non-greasy, water-resistant, non-comedogenic, fast-absorbing and blissfully free of parabens and fragrance. It's almost impossible to pick just one favorite product from iconic French haircare line Leonor Greyl, but this pre-shampoo treatment (the most beautiful blend of botanicals oils) has to be our all-time favorite, and one of the first products to fly from our mouths when someone is seeking some serious hair TLC. René Furterer is a Parisian legend within the haircare industry, and it just so happens this shampoo is one of the brand's must-have best-selling formulas. Great for all hair types, it's saturated with nutritious antioxidants, vitamins, and all other things your strands are likely craving right now. For the ultimate shiny, healthy hair ritual, follow the above shampoo with this highly restorative mask. Creamy and rich, it remarkably rejuvenates strands with moisture and strength without weighing them down. We swear—your hair will actually feel lighter and bouncier. Enriched with nourishing oat milk, this French dry shampoo star not only zaps up excess oil and debris but bathes hair in softening, natural ingredients to boot. French brand Vichy might date back to 1934, but that doesn't mean the brand lacks exciting innovation—this game-changing serum boasts a clinically advanced formula to help tighten and plump the skin around your eye area almost instantaneously—in 10 minutes to be precise. Plus, if you're good about regular application, it will even boost the volume and shine of lashes; $35 multi-tasking at its finest!Meet THE dark horse product for a glowing and subtly sunkissed complexion. By Terry makes some of the most beautiful makeup and skincare formulas, but it's this stunning CC-serum and luminizer hybrid that's had our hearts forever and always. Up next: 21 Beauty Finds I'm Buying Pre-Holiday Because I Honestly Can't Wait Any Longer
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