If you’ve been to Biologique Recherche’s heavenly spa in Paris or used any of its products at home, you’re no doubt a fan. There’s something about the straightforward formulas and the pared-down, apothecary-style packaging that make its rich but not in the least bit greasy Huile Bénéfique body oil and its aptly named brightening Biomagic [...]

KUDZU (kood-zoo) / n. / 1. / Also known as Pueraria lobata, a climbing vine in the pea family that is native to southern Japan and southeast China; / 2. / A coiling plant with purple flowers nicknamed the mile-a-minute-vine for its ability to grow as much as one foot per day; / 3. / [...]

The temperatures may be hovering in the fifties this week in New York, but rest assured, a frigid dip is right around the corner. And that means big changes for your wardrobe—and your skincare routine. Just in time, old-school French brand Biologique Recherche has two botanically charged products to add to your beauty regimen. Its [...]

Martial arts workout routines weren’t the only things on Courtney Love’s mind at last night’s Cinema Society screening of Due Date. Sporting her now signature fringe and, dare we say, demure makeup, Ms. Love had beauty on the brain. “Beauty is terror. Isn’t that what Balzac said?” she mused, as she sat in a booth [...]

Handing me a mirror at her Philadelphia-based Rescue Rittenhouse Spa to see the almost instant results of one of the better facials I’ve received in a long time, Danuta Mieloch asked, “How do I get women to turn right?” As I noted a plumped-up radiance from her patented “manual lift” facial massage, which she enhanced [...]

It’s unclear when the cult of P50 started, although we’d have to assume it was around the time that Biologique Recherche first released the wonder product, which has become the cornerstone of its 40-year-old line. With active ingredients including usnic acid, lactic acid, witch hazel, onion extract, myrrh extract, and sage extract, the toner-cum-astringent -cum-”balancing [...]