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ABOUT MARIE VERONIQUE
Marie-Veronique Nadeau is a chemist who founded Marie Veronique in 2002. An inventor at heart who suffered from teenage acne, she was moved to create her own products when she could find nothing on the market that was clean and effective to address her rosacea. From there, she went on to develop a line for acne and was one of the first to formulate a non-nano zinc oxide sunscreen. She continues to lead the way towards safe yet effective skincare, determined to move an industry ensconced in hype into the realm of science. She is a trained esthetician, holds degrees in Math and Science, and is a former high school chemistry teacher. She collaborates with her daughter, Jay Nadeau, physicist and bio-medical engineer, to carefully choose each ingredient in her products to solve real skin issues and address the causes of aging at the source.
Our vision at Marie Veronique is to deliver superior, non-toxic skincare drawing on nature’s genius and the brain of science through innovative formulations. Achieving optimal skin health and healing real skin issues drive us to produce safe products that truly work.
ABOUT MARIE VERONIQUE
Marie-Veronique Nadeau is a chemist who founded Marie Veronique in 2002. An inventor at heart who suffered from teenage acne, she was moved to create her own products when she could find nothing on the market that was clean and effective to address her rosacea. From there, she went on to develop a line for acne and was one of the first to formulate a non-nano zinc oxide sunscreen. She continues to lead the way towards safe yet effective skincare, determined to move an industry ensconced in hype into the realm of science. She is a trained esthetician, holds degrees in Math and Science, and is a former high school chemistry teacher. She collaborates with her daughter, Jay Nadeau, physicist and bio-medical engineer, to carefully choose each ingredient in her products to solve real skin issues and address the causes of aging at the source.
Our vision at Marie Veronique is to deliver superior, non-toxic skincare drawing on nature’s genius and the brain of science through innovative formulations. Achieving optimal skin health and healing real skin issues drive us to produce safe products that truly work.
Like our wonderful planet, each human being is composed of a number of ecosystems or microbiomes. The gut microbiome has received a lot of attention of late, but the skin microbiome is also a fascinating ecosystem composed of living biological and physical components occupying diverse habitats in which, as in all microbiomes, one rule remains constant: disruptions in microfloral balance can result in disorders or infections.
Two types of disruptive changes affect the host-microorganism relationship; they can be endogenous or exogenous. An example of an endogenous disruption is the way some people react to the presence of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) in the skin’s pores/sebaceous glands. The P. acnes microbe is an essential part of healthy skin flora, but if you are hypersensitive to it, its presence can trigger inflammatory events resulting in acne. A good example of exogenous disruption is when antimicrobial-laden topicals are applied to skin for cleansing, deep cleansing or treating conditions of the skin, such as acne and signs of aging.
In general, we are far more cautious about our use of antibiotics than we used to be. At the conclusion of a course of antibiotics, we're careful to nurture our gut microbiome back into balance with pre- and probiotics. I hope we'll soon take the same care with antimicrobial-laden topicals—not just the antimicrobial hand wipes, but antimicrobial cleansers, moisturizers containing preservatives and anti-acne treatments, as well. To prevent disrupting skin microfloral balance, we need to avoid them if at all possible. This leads us to the question of skin cleansing.
We know people want their skin to "feel" clean. I hear it all the time. My counter arguments—wash with water and use yoghurt or lycopene-rich marinara sauce to clean your face—may be persuasive, but truth is most people are simply more comfortable with a cleanser and an exfoliant. So, I responded by creating a cleanser and an exfoliation treatment that do not disrupt either lipid or microbial balance. The formulas have proven so successful that even I prefer them over my tried-and-true yoghurt.
Replenishing Oil Cleanser is an oil-based cleanser full of good things:
This multifunction cleanser cleans, declogs pores, maintains lipid balance, exerts an antioxidant effect and restores microbial balance all at the same time.
Probiotic+Exfoliation Mask, like Replenishing Oil Cleanser, is true multitasker:
Most masks leave your skin an arid desert full of dying microbes. Probiotic+Exfoliation Mask leaves your skin a moist, vibrant and happy landscape. Don’t exfoliate—profoliate!
Keeping our skin healthy begins with a better understanding of the skin microbiome and how it interacts with its host (us). And who knows? If we learn how to be better hosts to our microbiota, the lessons might rub off and make us better guests on the beautiful planet that hosts us.