Sunday, June 15, 2014

Few thoughts on Indian Skincare VS. French Skincare Brands

Its been a long long time since I posted something new. Kind of drifted away by life a bit..Nonetheless trying to be back on track.

So just wanted to write few things that I have experienced during my oblivion..First and foremost a big shoutout to French Pharmacy and its amazing products.

Things started to change when I came across this  amazing youtube blogger named Lisa Elridge around 6-7 years back..No introduction required Lisa is a big deal in make up and stuff ..I bought few products recommended by her which happens to be a French dermatologist recommended products.And I never looked back..I am wondering why it took so much time for me to discover something like this before..And here is what I now realize..

We as Indians  use products just for the sake of it..For example : a soap : No matter if its harsh,or non-cutaneous,or lipid replacing or whatever the purpose of soap is to do a ritual like bathing and its just an object for that..Similarly there are too many things which we do just for the sake of it ,I guess what I am trying to say is we dont use products based on exactly for what we are using it. Hence these skincare,make up etc are just a very side stuffs which lies in a corner.

But the same is not the same with French Derma Brands..I was facing a hell lot of issues with my skin..After visiting tons of Dermatologist who happen to prescribe Indian made products which did little to none for my skin. It amazed me now after using French skincare brands how radically it is changing the way my skin feels.
I mean I almost stopped reading the components of any skincare products because I know that this is not what the product actually consists of..Our Indian brands will have picture of exotic fruits or whatever in the label of the product but in reality none of it actually exist or serves the purpose of the product. Its amazing how French pharma products actually stands upto what it claims. If a product says its going to soothe your skin,It actually does it..If a product says its going to restore lipid of your body skin, It actually does so..And I am so enthusiastically reading all the components the product consist of simply because I am now curious what the product consist of which is so amazing about it..

This brings me to the next thing about ethics in business and more specifically the R&D behind Indian skincare brands. I am wondering why its so superficial to most of these brands which serves just no purpose for our skin.Why too many strong chemicals are used which may be way too dangerous for our body..And most importantly why such red herring images of fruits and milk and all these exotic stuffs are displayed on the product packaging which in reality doesnt even exist in the product components..

The depth of skincare in French brand just amazes me a lot. No need to say 9 out of 10 French woman look incredibly beautiful. And it took me  a while to understand why . When the society itself dedicates itself to things that matter to them this is what the result is..And I must mention how French people take skincare so seriously.

Growing up when my mother was facing too many problem with eczema I remember how many dermatologist we went to which could not do anything but prescribe her with strong medication which invariably did massive harm to her body..What is it about us ? what is it about Indians ? why we are unable to do anything more significant no matter in whatever domain ? Why everything seems to be always so superficial?




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