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Creme Masque Vernix is now back in stock and available to ship today!

The Biologique Recherche Creme Masque Vernix is inspired by the protective layer on a baby’s delicate skin at birth. This dual-purpose face cream and mask mimics the original composition of vernix thanks to a selection of active ingredients rich in lipids, proteins, and antioxidant peptides. This revitalizing, repairing, protective, moisturizing cream facial treatment is ideal to aid and repair skin damage for deficient and/or stressed skin. It revitalizes, repairs, and protects the epidermis for radiant glowing skin.

What is Vernix?

Vernix is a natural substance that protects the skin and boosts the skin's metabolism. It is composed of antioxidant molecules, Vitamin E, water, lipids, and proteins. Vernix is a cream face mask that helps recondition the epidermis by offering it a “second birth.” Inspired by the first epidermal protection at birth, the formulation of this cream face mask virtually reproduces the original composition of the vernix, thanks to a selection of active ingredients rich in lipids, proteins, and antioxidant peptides. It's designed to be a revitalizing, repairing, and protective treatment for the delicate skin of the face, ideal for deficient and/or stressed Skin Instants©.

Regular use will preserve and optimize skin's hydration, smooth dehydration wrinkles, soften skin, and restore and strengthen the skin's protective barrier. After 4 weeks of use in clinical trials, the skin feels 14 percent softer.

How to use Biologique Recherche Creme Masque Vernix

To use as a face cream apply a thin layer of Biologique Recherche Crème Masque Vernix over the entire face in the morning and/or the evening after using the recommended cleansing milk and Lotion P50. For more intensive results you can also use this cream as a face mask. To get a mask effect, apply a thick layer after cleansing. Leave on your face for about 10 minutes, then delicately remove any excess with a damp cotton pad. Follow with your favorite Biologique Recherche quintessential serums and finishing serums for best results

Paul Labrecque Salon and Spa is the Original Biologique Recherche Skincare Spa with more than 20 years of trusted product knowledge and service experience. We have been awarded "NYC Upper East Side's Premier Facial - Biologique Recherche Bio-Sculpt Lift & Firm Facial at Paul Labrecque" by Gotham Magazine and "Best Advanced Skincare Day Spa Facial" by Allure Magazine.

All our facial treatments exclusively utilize the performance-based Biologique Recherche skincare product line for face, body, and hair. The Biologique Recherche anti-age management skincare program is formulated with highly active botanical ingredients that deliver immediate and visible results. Each facial treatment is customized to your individualized skin type and condition.

All Paul Labrecque skincare specialists are professionally trained and fully licensed in the state of New York and will determine the best products for your skin's needs. Supplement your favorite spa treatments with at-home use of the full Biologique Recherche skincare line for best results from head to toe. Shop online for the full array of Biologique Recherche face, hair and body products or visit our spa to customize the right skincare regimen for your skin's specific needs. 

Biologique Recherche VIP 02 "Anti-Pollution" Skincare Collection. Harsh climates and urban city environments with heavy pollution can wreak havoc on your skin. City pollution can have severe consequences for your skin’s overall health and condition. The daily attack of these environmental elements will disturb the skin’s balance and, ultimately, its overall appearance. It is critical to understand and address these issues to maintain your best skin ever.

Although you may have no choice in the environmental effects and pollution where you live and work, there is hope to help protect your skin from premature aging. The cumulative effects of a properly prescribed skincare protectant program can make all the difference in the world. Acne, pre-mature aging, and dehydration are all common symptoms of exposure to city pollution on a daily basis. The results typically present themselves with redness, a dull complexion, dry skin, eczema, wrinkles, and loss of elasticity. The Biologique Recherche VIP 02 Anti-Pollution Skincare System was specifically formulated to address all of these concerns. This Biologique skin care and hair care system works on three levels to purify, detoxify, and protect the skin.

PURIFY

The first step is to purify the skin and cleanse away the polluting particles. The objective here is to eliminate polluting particles, which are often smaller than your pore size, making it easier for them to get trapped and affect your skin. Step one in the Biologique skin care system is a deep cleanse to eliminate any accumulation of pollutants, dirt, debris, oils, and dead skin cells on the epidermis. The recommended cleanser for this step is the Biologique Recherche Lait VIP 02 Face Cleanser. The same attention should be given to your hair and scalp as most of these same issues apply. The Shampoo Traitant VIP 02 is an excellent choice to gently cleanse the hair follicle and purify the scalp. This shampoo works on the same concept as the VIP 02 face cleanser. Purifying and balancing the scalp is one of the most important factors in growing healthy, shiny hair. This should not be forgotten or ignored.

Detoxify

The second step in this anti-pollution system is to detoxify the skin by neutralizing the pollution. The objective is to capture the polluting agents in the skin and neutralize them to limit their access to the skin and the long-term harmful effects they can have on the skin. The detoxifying active botanical ingredients help to repair the skin, eliminate cell waste, and replenish vital proteins and lipids back to the skin. After cleansing the skin, you can begin the detoxification phase with a masque followed by a face and eye cream. The Biologique Recherche Masque VIP 02 soothes and revitalizes stressed skin by replenishing moisture and stimulating cell growth. Follow with the Crème VIP 02 Face Cream and the Contour Des Yeux VIP 02 Eye Cream. Both will brighten dull skin complexions, tone, moisturize, and naturally protect the skin’s epidermis against harsh environmental agents.

Protect

The third and final step with the system is to protect the skin with an anti-pollution shield. The objective is to limit polluting sediments on the skin’s surface and to form a protective barrier for the skin to block polluting agents' penetration of the epidermis. Use and application of The Biologique Recherche Fluid VIP 02 Finishing Serum after applying your face and eye cream will stimulate the epidermis, replenish moisture, and trap oxygen at the surface of the skin to protect skin throughout the day. The result is a brighter complexion, smoother skin, and a visibly more radiant glow.

Building better skin day by day is the philosophy at the Paul Labrecque Skincare Spa. Paul Labrecque is the original Biologique Recherche Skincare Spa in New York with more than 20 years of trusted knowledge and product experience. Call 212-988-7816 for your free one-on-one customized skincare consult and analysis. Shop the full Biologique Recherche skin, hair and body collections at www.paullabrecque.com.

The New Biologique Recherche La Grande Creme is now available to ship from Paul Labrecque. The wait is over for this amazing new face cream. Biologique Recherche brings 40 years of skincare passion and knowledge to this innovative new face cream. Years in the making this new cream is hand formulated at the Biologique Recherche laboratories in Paris and luxuriously packaged in a one of a kind designed ceramic jar. Order today.

A total innovation in the world of professional cosmetics, La Grande Crème targets all age-related phenomena. It acts on the cutaneous aging process to promote genuine cellular regrowth. This new anti-aging face cream is a game changer to protect, renew and regenerate skin at a cellular level.

Le Grande Creme has multiple benefits to fight skin's aging process. Cellular regeneration: protects the cells to preserve their longevity for a regenerating effect. Improves the overall water balance of the epidermis. Restructures and regenerates the dermis for a corrective anti-aging and anti-wrinkle effect. Intensifies cellular cohesion. Total restructuring and firming effect. Reinforces the skin's barrier function against harsh external factors. Boosts dermal-epidermal interactions, which often decline with age.

Paul Labrecque is New York's original Biologique Recherche Skincare Spa with more than 20 years of trusted product knowledge and experience. Call for your free, one-on-one skincare consultation with our professionally trained and certified Biologique Recherche Skincare Specialists. Call 212-988-7816 or email appointments@paullabrecque.com to book your free consultation. Let our team help repair your hair and skin with high-quality ingredients in the hands of our experienced professionals.

Shop Lotion P50 and the full Biologique Recherche Skin Care, Hair Care and Body collection. Always Free Shipping, No Minimum Order Purchase and Free deluxe Samples with Every Order.

Firm, tone and slim down down before your big day with the Biologique Recherche Lotion P50 "Nouveau Seaweed Wrap" at Paul Labrecque. As seen in New York Magazine's Wedding Spring/Summer 2018 Edition "checklist" this is a must have body treatment for the bride to be looking to show off her glowing skin.

The cult French toner Biologique Recherche Lotion P50 is now being offered as a body treatment: The Lotion P 50 Slimming Algae Body Wrap at Paul Labrecque Salon & Skincare Spa. It begins with a P50 application and full body scrub followed by a lymphatic massage of the abdomen (this technique, also known as lymphatic drainage, is designed to increase the flow of the lymphatic system and flush out stagnant fluid). Finally, a foamy whip of algae paste, said to release toxins, is slathered on before you are folded into a hot blanket. The result is less bloating smoother and more even skin tone. The P50 Body Wrap has gained a following among Brides-To-Be. "When I got out, I felt lighter", says future bride Rica Silverio. "My dress is backless, and the exfoliation made my skin smoother."

Call 212-988-7816 or email appointments @paullabrecque.com.

Great hair is at the top of every woman's hit list, and something seemingly impossible to achieve. We invest copious amounts of time and money into what has become one's ultimate accessory — and still your hair is too thick, too thin, too oily, too dry, too dull, too bright, too light right now, really dark right now, it won't grow fast enough, it grows too fast to maintain your blunt bob, blowdrying takes too long but you desperately need it, you'd be a frizzy mess without your flat iron but it's slowly frying every precious strand... should you just cut everything off? Probably.

Amidst these list of woes, there's one integral part of your hair care that goes almost entirely ignored. If you're not battling dandruff and/or a deep shampoo fanatic, your scalp is generally forgotten. Crucial error. For anyone inspired by 2006 instant classic Aquamarine, and has done a deep dive into growing long hair, fast, they'll know the scalp is exactly where you should be focusing much of your attention. While it's all very well to do a weekly deep condition and go light on the heat (these are very good things), hair stylist and manager of Manhattan's ,Paul Labrecque Salon and Spa Frederic Moine, says it's time to shift our focus — and the salon is leading the charge with hair & scalp therapy treatments.

The chic Upper East Side location, Moine says, is perhaps the only salon in New York that offers new technology created by Parisian brand, Biologique Recherche, which focuses on revitalizing the scalp (subsequently promoting hair growth and keeping your hairstyle fresher, longer). The key to unlocking your best hair is in the stimulus and sebum (hair's protecting agent) control of the scalp. Biologique Recherche Lotion P50 Capillaire hair and scalp treatment is actually the famous beauty company's famous skin treatment adapted for hair and includes highly activating/purifying ingredients such as horseradish, lemon, sage, myrrh and burdock extracts and witch hazel. Recommended for women with oilier hair — that is, the entirety of New York women contending with the subway and erratic weather conditions on the daily — Paul Labrecque offers a luxurious 60-minute treatment and blowout, which will actually leave your hair more manageable and glossy for weeks to come.

Six different products are used throughout the process, and trust me, this is pampering at its peak. The hair is wet, while an initial lotion that balances the scalp's pH is applied to every part of the scalp; the hair is quite literally divided section by section and the Lotion P50 Capillaire is pressed into each part of the skin. Moine says it's rare that the scalp ever receives this kind of affection and it works wonders in restoring the scalp. Next is the Biologique Recherche Oxygenating Shampoo that protects fragile hair, followed by a balm that restores shine, before an anti-aging mask is applied to the hair and activated under a heat lamp for 20 minutes; this is followed by a deep conditioner, but let's not forget the generous scalp massage that also comes with the treatment. After the hair is blown out a final serum is applied. For 6-8 weeks, your hair will be infinitely easier to style and will look and actually be healthier, with each fiber more resistant to damage and improved texture and shine.

If you repeat the treatment regularly, as you would with a trim, your hair is also likely to grow exponentially faster and stronger. Sweet dreams are made of these. Of course, well the full treatment is rare and the price of an expensive haircut (the two-hour process will set you back $150), you can, in fact buy each Biologique Recherche product and perform the regime on yourself, once every few weeks, at your leisure. Of course, if even that is too much of a commitment for you, than take Frederic Moine's advice and give your scalp a little more loving — take time to really massage when you shampoo, or give yourself head massages regularly, your hair will thank you for it.

Paul Labrecque Salon & Spa is located at 171 E 65th Street, New York, NY 10065. Call 212-988-7186 or email appointments@paullabrecque.com to schedule your appointment.

Did you know the skin loses more than 25 percent of its ability to hold moisture during winter months? The result: dry and tight skin.To reverse the winter effects, it is important to increase the level of lipids and bring lots of moisture. This boosts the strength of skin and reinforces your skin barrier. 

Biologique Recherche offers a collection of products that make winter skincare easier to manage. It’s not necessarily about using more products, but using different products in a smarter way. Check out our suggestions in this infographic. Read more about each product below.

The Ultimate Guide To Winter Skincare

Face Masks

Masque Biosensible

This facial cream, when used as a mask, softens and soothes sensitive skin. It detoxifies the skin with marine ingredients. This means red blemishes are toned down, which lightens complexion overall. Best of all, this mask immediately alleviates discomfort and tightness so you feel more comfortable in your own skin. Shop now.

Masque Visolastine+

This new facial mask from BR is richly hydrating. You guessed it — this mask is great to fight dehydration for all skin types. It focuses on the upper layers of the epidermis to strengthen and to protect the skin’s barrier. Shop now.

Masque Creme Biofixine

This is a holiday must have. It’s a great stocking stuffer! Increase suppleness in all areas of the face. It also reduces the appearance of wrinkles by tightening the skin. Facial features are instantly smoothed and defined after this mask is applied. Shop now.

Serums

Amniotique E

If you’re looking for a serum that can do it all, you need amniotique E. It repairs the skin first. Then, it regenerates devitalized cells to stimulate cellular multiplication for an enriching look. Finally, it hydrates the top layers of the epidermis to unify complexion. Shop now.

Colostrum Pur and Elastine Pure

These two serums, when paired, help increase suppleness in the face. Colostrum Pur is intensely hydrating. It’s great for emergency hydration. Then, once the skin is hydrated again, Elastine Pure offsets the damage done by dehydration. It smoothes the skin and reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Shop now for Colostrum Pur and for Elastine Pure.

Collagene Marin

This serum is a great product to fight the first signs of aging. Youthful skin can become quickly damaged without proper care. It tightens pores and redefines facial contour. Use it on the face and neck to fight wrinkles and dehydration. Shop now.

Serum T.E.W.L.

The easiest way to protect the skin from dehydration is to prevent it from happening in the first place. Serum T.E.W.L. preserves the skin’s moisture levels, which protects and prevents extreme dehydration. The jojoba and sesame oil ingredients help the skin retain healthy water levels. Shop now.

Creams

Creme VG-Derm

Instantly revitalize your skin with this nutrient-rich hydrating cream. Dull and aging skin will look youthful and glowing again, thanks to bio-marine ingredients. It provides intense and lasting hydration that makes skin feel smooth and soft. Shop now.

Creme MSR-H

Boost moisture with this perfect cream for mature skin. Great for women entering menopause, this anti-wrinkle face cream compensates for hormonal imbalance. The loss of collagen is offset by the unique combination of ingredients that smoothes fine lines and repairs thin, rough, and dry skin. Shop now.

Creme Dermo-RL

This cream is perfect for skin lacking lipids. It is a reconditioning and repairing treatment, so it restores lipid levels. This means skin is repaired in the epidermal structure for a healthier look. Shop now.

Biokiss

Don’t forget about your lips this winter! Biokiss lip balm works wonders for chapped lips. It nourishes and protects this fragile skin from external aggressions. This balm is thick, but it’s not sticky. It hydrates the lips and soothes any irritation. All members of the family can use this balm generously and as often as needed. Shop now.

Detoxifying Oils

Huile Sous-Ombilicale

This is an anti-stress oil that facilitates lymphatic system drainage. We love it because it leaves your stomach visibly diminished and refined, something from which everyone could benefit after the holidays. This detoxifying oil is great for massage, stress, and skin problems. Shop now.

Huile Detente

Help yourself get some much-needed sleep this winter with this calming oil. This oil complex, usually used in the bath or with massage, includes a collection of relaxing essential oils. These ease tension in your body, which enhances sleep. Shop now.

For The Eyes

Patchs Defatigants

Reduce puffiness. Lighten dark circles. Diminish wrinkles. If you’d like to get away from this harsh winter look, then you should add this eye treatment to your winter tool kit. The powerful ingredients in these patches give eyes a rested and luminous look. Each box includes three treatments. Shop now.

Pamper Yourself

Creme MSR-H Corps and Creme Dermo-RL Corps

Everyone deserves to get pampered, especially after the busy holiday season. Treat yourself to an in-home spa treatment with these two creams: MSR-H Corps and Dermo-RL Corps. Together, they increase lipid production and revitalize skin. They are intensely hydrating and nourishing. They restore the youthful glow of young skin. Your skin will feel refreshed and rejuvenated. Shop now for MSR-H Corps and Dermo-RL Corps.

Focus On Your Well-Being

Griffonia & L-Tyrosine

For the first time ever, Biologique Recherche has put the powerful ingredients of Griffonia Simplicifolia and L-Tyrosine into a daily dietary supplement. It promotes the production of neurotransmitters, which influences overall well-being. It controls food cravings and regulates mood and sleep. Shop now.

With the help of Biologique Recherche and Paul Labrecque Salon and Spa, you can have radiant and healthy skin throughout the winter. Stock up on some of your favorite skincare products before the weather gets too harsh.

Biologique Recherche introduces La Grande Creme. The highly anticipated new super rich face cream that has all the industry professionals and skincare enthusiasts abuzz. The early buzz from industry insiders and beauty editors is that this new face cream is a game changer.

Biologique Recherche La Grand Creme improves cellular regeneration, protects the skin's cells to preserve their longevity for a regenerating effect, improves the overall water balance of the epidermis, restructures and regenerates the dermis for a corrective anti-aging and anti-wrinkle effect, intensifies cellular cohesion, gives a total restructuring and firming effect, reinforces the skin's barrier function against harsh external factors, and boosts dermal-epidermal interactions, which often decline with age.

A total innovation in the world of professional cosmetics, La Grande Crème targets all age-related phenomena. It acts on the cutaneous aging process to promote genuine cellular regrowth.

Biologique Recherche tested more than 80 different versions of the new La Grande Creme over 3 years before the final formulation was approved. This anti-aging skin care product uses a truly unique formula based on the science of Epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence, that is genetics that are "on top of" or "in addition to" the traditional inheritable genes.The formula is based on the study that gene activity and expression can change with external environmental factors and aging. How the skin interacts with external factors affects the expression of these genes and can reflect new characteristics of the skin.  

The new Biologique Recherche La Grande Creme contains the most highly active and concentrated ingredients available that work to improve the skin’s condition on six different levels.

La Grande Creme will be available to ship January 10, 2018. Biologique Recherche is launching this amazing new face cream in limited quantities. Paul Labrecque is accepting pre-orders starting November 19th at www.paullabrecque.com.

Paul Labrecque is New York's original Biologique Recherche Skincare Spa with more than 20 years of trusted skincare product knowledge and experience. Call for your free, one-on-one skincare consultation with our professionally trained and certified Biologique Recherche Skincare Specialists. Email appointments@paullabrecque.com to book your free consultation. Shop for all your Biologique Recherche Skincare products and Lotion P50 1970  at www.paullabrecque.com. Always Free Shipping, No Minimum Purchase and Free Deluxe Samples with every order.