18 French Pharmacy Skincare Favourites I Really, Really Rate

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There are certain countries that are well documented for their unique approach to beauty. For example, you can expect cutting-edge skincare formulations to come from Korea, and it's known that Australia produces some of the best SPFs in the world. However, when it comes to French beauty, there are just so many areas that they get so right. Not only is France considered one of the major fragrance capitals of the world, but if there's one thing they have refined to a T, it's skincare.

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French pharmacies, in particular, have become widely known for their skincare selection, offering the kind of effective and affordable products that you would never come across in your local British chemist. Skin health is a much more widely appreciated topic in France,& and it is more commonplace for people to seek a pharmacist for skincare advice than it is here in the UK. After all, the skin is the largest organ in the body, and it deserves just as much TLC as the rest of our organs. As such, the allure of French pharmacies is their range of incredible French brands that support this lifestyle. You'll find just about anything you could want under one roof, from Vichy to Nuxe to Caudalie to La Roche-Posay, and it will come in at a reasonable price, too. While it can be fun to splash out on expensive skincare, the more affordable French pharmacy skincare brands are likely to become the backbone of your routine.

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There's a lot of skincare advice that we can learn from the French. For one, they do not tend to implement an over-the-top, 10-step skincare routine. Instead, they'll have a couple of dependable, key products that they return to time and time again. It's about keeping it simple, just like their fashion choices. And it's an ideal approach to take if you have sensitive or acne-prone skin, which can often be exacerbated by using too many products.

Ahead, we round up some of the best French pharmacy products to stock up on the next time that you plan a trip to France. However, if you're not able to make it across the channel, we've linked everything below that you can get in the UK. It's a win-win.

The Best French Pharmacy Skincare Products

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Beauty Editor, Who What Wear UK

Eleanor Vousden is the beauty editor of Who What Wear UK. She was previously deputy editor at Hairdressers Journal, health writer at Woman & Home and junior beauty editor at beauty website Powder. She has also contributed to Wallpaper and Elle Collections with written and styling work.

Working as a beauty journalist since 2015 after graduating in fashion journalism at the London College of Fashion, she has been highly commended at the BSME Talent Awards and also contributed to Powder, winning Website of the Year at the PPA Awards for her work in beauty journalism.

Eleanor’s journalistic focus is to provide readers with honest and helpful beauty content. Through words, video and live broadcast, she has interviewed several celebrity makeup artists, hairstylists and top dermatologists throughout her career. She has a particular interest in finding solutions for acne and eczema, which she has experienced firsthand. She has also amassed a large collection of fragrances and can never say no to a new candle.

When she’s not writing or testing the latest beauty product or treatments, she’s on the seafront in her hometown of Brighton and Hove, where she lives with her partner.