SkinFood since 1957

SKINFOOD
Beauty Food for Urban Sweety

Headquartered in Seoul - South Korea, the SkinFood village currently comprises of 204 stores throughout Asia.

Websites: For a glimpse of their original cute 'village' layout: http://www.skinfood.sg/beta/index.html 

For their new, more corporate looking English language layout: http://eng.theskinfood.com/

I discovered SkinFood during a holiday in Hong Kong in February 2008.

This company was founded by J.M. Cho and offers a complete range of skin, body, hair and makeup products based entirely on food based ingredients - food cosmetics. Their main goal is "to protect your skin for 14 years, not just for 14 days".

I visited a SkinFood store again during a return visit to Hong Kong in October/November 2009.

On both occasions, I was like a child in a sweet shop - armed with my credit card in one hand and a basket filled to the brim with goodies in the other.

 

SkinFood bag





2011 products

 

Some of the products purchased in 2009



Société Detaille 1905

Maison Detaille

Address: 10, rue Saint-Lazare, 75009 Paris, France
Telephone number: +33 1 48 78 68 50
Website: www.detaille.com

I discovered Detaille during a holiday in Paris in September 2006.

This famous little store was opened in 1905 by the Countess de Presle. Being a high speed driver of a windshield-less car, she suffered from dry skin and decided to discuss the matter with her chemist friend, Marcellin Berthelot. He then created a hydrating lotion called Baume Automobile, the very first product in their high-quality range entitled the Préparations de Beauté. They are still sold in exquisite bottles and still uses extremely elegant packaging.

Next time I return to Paris, I will definitely be visiting Detaille again to purchase more of their beautiful products.

UPDATE: October 2012, I am pleased to discover that Detaille are accepting online orders and payment via credit card.