It's time for a wellness reset...”

Colette Yeomans Owner, Clarité Wellness

“With all of the advances we will see in technology and our world over this next decade, we will benefit greatly from bringing old-world wisdom and practices in to keep us balanced, and I think people will be seeking this out more. The interesting thing about advances in science is that it often does a full circle back to what was always known and practiced in the past. I think the emphasis will likely shift from synthetic isolates to bioavailable plant extracts, from synthetic scents to properly distilled essential oils and natural infusions, from overuse of ablative intensive resurfacing to more restorative treatments and from a one-sizefits-all approach to truly bespoke treatments. As a society we have mastered and overvalued the logical, pragmatic ‘masculine’ way, but we have to make more space for the integration of the ‘feminine’ aspects to emerge now. In the wellness industry I believe this means listening in a new way. To feel beautiful, [and to] smell, taste and see beauty is one of life's

Charlotte Diassé

Export Sales Manager, Biologique Recherche

“Beauty and skin health has become very, very important in people’s minds. It always has been but looking good—not only your skin and beauty but also your style, your clothes, your haircut—has become very important because of the exposure on social media. More and more people are working remotely and look at their reflection and appearance during video calls. An increasing number of people have been doing aesthetic medicine with doctors, injections to fix what they dislike, however the texture of your skin and its health cannot be changed with injections.

You still need cosmetics, you need hydration and you need high-quality products to have a nice skin texture. Today, receiving a treatment is, yes, of course, taking care of my skin,but also offering myself a parenthesis of relaxation. We’ve been doing a study that looks at neuroscience and proved that, if you received a treatment—you lay down on the bed, that you let yourself be taken care of by someone—it is going to have an impact on your wellbeing induced by this facial care. This approach aims to decipher the psychophysiological mechanisms triggered during a Biologique Recherche facial treatment and provide new understandings that link treatments to the construction of emotional wellbeing in its psychological and physiological dimensions.” 

Founder's Letter

The pursuit of wellness and self-care started out with good intentions, offering accessible ways to heal ourselves and find calm in an increasingly chaotic world. But thanks to an emphasis on commodification and the advent of some increasingly impractical pursuits—not to mention societal obligation—wellness has morphed into a series of time-consuming, and often quite expensive, lifestyle requirements. In a recent issue of The Atlantic, writer Sophie Gilbert examined how being well has added even more tasks to our never-ending to-do list, and is starting to feel like a chore—and we couldn’t agree more.

It’s clear that we’re heading into a new era of wellness that’s focused on strengthening the mind-body connection while honouring our personal experiences. We’ve dedicated this issue of the Living Beauty newsletter to exploring what it means to live well in 2023, from expert predictions on the evolution of wellness to a guide to the best retreats around the world and tips and tricks on improving your sleep.

The key takeaway? It’s time to stop putting pressure on ourselves to follow the wellness fads that don’t serve us and listen to our own intuition instead.

What still rings true is that quality is always going to be your best investment, and nothing is more valuable in life than the relationships that fill your cup with positive energy. Whether that’s spending time with your family or maintaining a connection with a skincare professional, the best medicine is other people.

xo Mariam Founder and CEO, Living Beauty Inc.