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The big fashion is to make your own beauty creams and masks. It’s economical, and social media influencers are grabbing it. However, be careful when handling.
In France, more and more consumers are starting to manufacture their own cosmetics, and specialized stores are multiplying. Controlling the composition of her products for more naturalness was Julie Quatrehomme’s concern when she started making her own cosmetics four years ago. She regularly shares her tips on social networks, and today has more than 90,000 subscribers. She wishes “show that there is another way of doing things”.
A growth market
The market is so buoyant that several brands have seized it. In a specialized store, you can find all the ingredients to get started. For a precision scale and various basic utensils, it costs 29.90 euros, and add 24.25 euros of ingredients for a moisturizing cream. The initial cost is significant, but the savings are made in the long term.
To guarantee the safety of their ingredient mixtures, most brands offer recipes, which they assure are validated in the laboratory. “Cosmetology is not cooking”however, warns Dr. Laurence Netter, aesthetic dermatologist, who warns of “infectious risks”.