Discover the French Pharmacy by Dr. Marine Vincent, and top sustainable beauty brands.

Who is Dr. Marine?

Dr. Marine Vincent is a French Doctor in Pharmacy with a special interest in dermatology and has over 15 years’ working experience in her profession.

She started her career as a pharmacist in Paris and later moved to London to practice Pharmacy in the UK and bring her French expertise to the British healthcare system. Over time she worked with some of the biggest UK companies and independent pharmacies, helping them develop their businesses; building upon this success, Dr. Marine Vincent decided to open her own pharmacy business.

French women are known for their amazing skin! What is the French Pharmacy?

“In France, we have a special bond with our pharmacists; they know our health, skin, and lifestyle background. You would always go to your pharmacist for advice before going to a doctor. I have wanted to bring this special French bonding to the UK. I want to be a pharmacist for the community, someone you can count on and trust for advice, someone that knows you and your family. No appointment [is] needed.

The French Pharmacy is a destination for those seeking the best French skincare, beauty, and para pharmacy products with the Paris experience, including exclusive French treatments and the one-to-one pharmacist contact that they are typically known for in France.

The store is an inviting space for shoppers, tourists, and locals alike to reset, recharge and discover the very best savoir-faire of every Parisian’s go-to para pharmacy. Here glowing skin chimes with wellness and a warm welcome, along with a petite peek into every chic French woman’s ultimate health and beauty destination.

What are your top 5 sustainable French pharmacy brands/products?

1. La Rosée Cosmetiques

La Rosée is an award-winning French Skincare brand formulated by two doctors in Pharmacy.

La Rosée’s range of cosmetics brings simple, clean, and natural formulations. Every product has an ultra-healthy formula using perfectly balanced natural active ingredients.

2. Cosmydor

Cosmydor offers a range of certified organic creams, balms, serums, cleansers, and soaps for your face, lips, hands, and body skin – all artisanally made in France using modern botanical and aromatherapy principles.

The brand is pushing sustainability in beauty to new standards with 100% biodegradable products, regional sourcing of packaging, excluding plastic containers, and gentle manufacturing processes with no waste of energy or water.

Cosmydor’s exceptional efficiency comes from a unique formulation philosophy: the best active ingredients are carefully selected and concentrated to the maximum – 10 to 25 times more than most existing skincare.

3. La Roche Posay new Anthelios body range

The new tube reduces by 45% the quantity of plastic required by incorporating cardboard. La Roche Posay is the first to do this and will allow a considerable decrease in plastic packaging, therefore significantly reducing the carbon footprint.

4. Caudalie

Nature is full of virtuous active ingredients for our skin. Caudalie favors natural active ingredients that respect the environment and your skin. Caudalie also chooses FSC paper or wood for their packs, wooden caps and brochures, recycled or bio-based plastic for our tubes, recycling wastewater from the Spa, using vegetable inks for their boxes.

5. REN Skincare

Even if it is not a “French Pharmacy” brand, REN is the quintessence of a sustainable brand, and I love working with them.

REN is committed to becoming a zero-waste skincare brand by 2021, meaning their packaging will be recycled, recyclable and reusable. They were a pioneer in proposing ocean plastic.

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