For its new beauty column, Paris Match has decided to focus on the place of ageing women in our society with the release of Sophie Fontanel’s book: « Admirable. The story of the last wrinkled woman on Earth », a tale that invites us to reflect on the art of ageing.
An opportunity to ask Dr Sandra Texier, founder of Maison Magnifisens, about changes in demand at her beauty centre. Women today no longer aspire to completely erase the signs of ageing. What they are looking for is « to love themselves when they look in the mirror in the morning and to project an image of health and freshness, with beautiful skin and a radiant complexion ». The trend is to smooth out frown lines (those caused by anger), nasolabial folds (those caused by sadness, but also by smiling) and bitter lines that harden the facial features, while keeping those that give the face its personality!
But what exactly is a « good wrinkle »? It is one that « does not particularly alter the face and remains in harmony with its overall ageing process », such as crow’s feet and malar folds that we acquire through laughing and smiling and which give the face its identity and expression.
Read the full article in this week’s Paris Match (2nd to 8th November 2023).
