FIGGI Beauty is Finally on sale. The Sens-Soul Regimen is available in the USA via our online store www.figgi.eu! Jeanne talks about the Sensi-Soul Range and why its the perfect luxury experience for your dry and sensitive skin.
Jeanne introduces us to the FIGGI Beauty Skincare line that is online in the USA now. Shop here.
Jeanne explains how the Sensi-Soul Range is made to pamper sensitive skin without upsetting its delicate balance. She talks about the difficulty in finding a skincare routine for dry and sensitive skin and the limited options that are available. FIGGI aims to bring back the luxury experience for those like Jeanne, with dry and sensitive skin.
The FIGGI Sensi-Soul range is discussed with an in-depth breakdown of each of the products in the Sensi-Soul Regimen. From the Double Cleanse to the day and night creams that are changing the sensitive skincare game. All the products are fragrance free, essential oils free, and vegan.
Introducing the FIGGI skincare line
[00:00:01.210] - Jeanne
Hello, Goddess. I am so excited for this episode. We're finally talking about FIGGI Beauty skincare. It's finally available. Go to figgi.eu or go to figgilife.com and click Shop and get yourself our Sensi-Soul regimen. Let me tell you about the FIGGI products. Stay tuned.
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Welcome, Goddess, to your sacred space. This is my FIGGI Life podcast, where we openly discuss life's wins and losses on our journeys to self-discovery. This is your best life. This is your FIGGI life. And now, here's your host, Jeanne.
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If you enjoy these conversations, please consider subscribing and following this podcast. Please consider liking this podcast because it really helps us. You can also go to figgilife.com and subscribe to our newsletters. So you're always in the know about the latest podcast episodes, blog posts, FIGGI news, and now, the FIGGI Beauty range. I am so excited, so excited about this episode. This has been oh, gosh, this has been a long time in coming. I don't think I ever thought I would be able to do this. I'm so proud of what we have created here. And I went back and I studied something completely different. I finished my diploma in cosmetic chemistry. When I tell you I'm personally involved in every single step of the skincare routine, I cannot stress that enough. I have a manufacturer I visit regularly. I am integral to every single part of the formulation, the packaging, what it looks like, every single part of the business, from shipping to logistics, to personalized emails, to the gift boxes. So, yes, this is my baby, which I'm super happy to share with you. So I have dry and sensitive skin, and I've always struggled with that.
[00:02:12.600] - Jeanne
But when I moved to Europe, it became a lot worse. I really struggled to find products that worked for me. I was super surprised to learn that a lot of products in Europe contain a lot of fragrance, essential oils, and all sorts of exotic extracts. And my already super unhappy skin was even more unhappy with me. This is when I started launching FIGGI, and I already knew I wanted to commit to FIGGI. One of the reasons I wanted to commit to figuring is because I was feeling out of balance. I felt like I needed a change. You're so welcome to listen to the Birth of FIGGI episode in which I explain all of these things, and I really talked about it in detail. But what I realized was this feeling of my skin being so dry and really actually itchy and painful and burning and stinging, it's just something else that threw me off balance and off my equilibrium. It sounds like something so small, but to me, it's something so big. In my day, that part of my day where I get to nourish and nurture my skin and I get to just spend that time with and for myself.
[00:03:23.880] -Jeanne
And not even that was working for me anymore because my skin was breaking out. I couldn't find any products that worked for me. My skin was burning, itching stinging. I started getting cystic acne, which is something I never had a problem with. My dry skin became parched, so I needed to start somewhere. What perfect way to start then? Bringing back my alltime favorite pastime skincare and creating something that worked for me.
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You're listening to the My FIGGI Life podcast.
[00:04:01.240] - Jeanne
So I'm not going to go into all of that because as we all know, there are thousands and thousands and thousands of beauty brands on the market, all proclaiming to have secret sauce, secret recipe, something that worked for the founder, but there is no true truth in that for me. I made this for myself and realized that this could actually be an amazing addition to FIGGI and FIGGI Life and others who struggle. So it's the sensi-soul regimen made uniquely and specifically for sensitive skin. And it's a unique regimen. I wanted to bring the skin to a space where it's happy again, just happy, taking away everything that could be irritants, everything that could be causing it to be angry with you, bring it into a good balance again, and then introducing the FIGGI actives and targeted treatments. This is a really unique measurement because it starts in the morning with your day cream. Yes, you heard me correctly. Not with your cleanser. For my dry and sensitive skin, a game changer was when I started rinsing or washing or cleansing in the morning only with water. Nothing else, just water. Because my super dry and sensitive skin could not afford any additional stripping of moisture and beautiful oils at all, I needed to be super, super careful.
[00:05:29.100] - Jeanne
Also, I cleanse really well at night. I never go to bed with my makeup on. So cleansing with only water in the morning for me is perfect. I cleanse with water, and then I follow it up with the FIGGI Day cream. Now, the FIGGI Day cream is Nurture the Goddess, an antioxidant enriched day cream. What I will say about this day cream is all of the FIGGI products are made with my most favorite ingredient, and I also consume this as a tea on a daily basis. Rooibos extract. Now, let's just be clear. This is not normal fermented Rooibos extract. It is the Green Rooibos extract, which has scientifically proven evidence to be even more effective than normal fermented extracts. And if you're interested in robos and how amazingly wonderful Rooibos is, please listen to the FIGGI episode with Dr. Mariska Lilly, the robot expert that tells us everything we need to know about Rooibos and why you should be super, super, super excited that all FIGGI products contain green Rooibos extract. Now, green Ribbons extract is a very powerful antioxidant. And again, please listen to our episode in which we discuss why it's such a powerful antioxidant and why it's such a unique antioxidant and has a unique polyphenol content, or polyphenol structure, because this will help you understand how it helps the skin fight free radicals, how it helps with inflammation, how it helps to reduce redness, and the wonderful anti-microbial properties it has for the skin.
[00:07:13.210] - Jeanne
I'm telling you, it's my superhero. So the FIGGI day cream we created because I wanted there to be a feeling of all day moisture and hydration. So we all know that there is a difference between moisturisation and hydration, just as there is a difference between dehydration and dryness. When your skin is dehydrated, you have a lack of water in your skin. When your skin is dry or has a lack of moisture, you have a lack of oil. So for people like me with super dry and sensitive skin, we often have a problem of not having enough water in our skin being dehydrated and not having enough oil, which means we are not getting enough moisture. I wanted something that would help me feel like my skin is really supple and moisturized and plump and beautiful and glowing all day long without it feeling sticky and greasy. And so the FIGGI day cream was born. A super important thing to me to mention here is, you'll see, the FIGGI day cream does not contain SPF. Yes, you heard me correctly. It does not contain sunscreen. Why? First of all, I personally do not like using day creams or moisturizers with SPF because the SPF protection it grants you is not enough.
[00:08:40.360] - Jeanne
We don't use the right amount of sunscreen that we need to use to avoid pigmentation and all the problems that come with sun damage, we have to use a lot more than we do, and we have to reapply every day. So I personally prefer to have a super good sunscreen. I always apply with my day cream 50 or more. You will also notice usually it's very hard to find day creams that have super high SPF rating. So even if you use a day cream with a good SPF, chances are that you probably should also be applying a sunscreen after. Because I'm such a sunscreen geek, I did not want to take away from the protection that sunscreen offers you. So you will see on the FIGGI day cream box, the box for the Nurture the goddess, it specifically says: Follow up with sunscreen. Use your sunscreen Goddess. Have a super amazing 50 SPF or more that you use after your FIGGI day cream. What we also wanted the FIGGI day cream to achieve was to be a really strong antioxidant. What research also shows us is that antioxidants can help the efficacy or boost the efficacy of your sunscreen.
[00:09:56.770] - Jeanne
Please, please, please hear me correctly here. I am not saying, nor am I suggesting that an antioxidant day cream or an antioxidant replaces sunscreen. Never, ever can that be true. You must use a really good sunscreen. All that has been proven is if you use antioxidants with your sunscreen, the efficacy of that sunscreen that you must use and must apply is boosted even more. And I wanted my little baby to do just that. So the FIGGI Day Cream has the Rooibos extract, which is a super powerful antioxidant, which we also combined with algae, which we also know to be a very powerful antioxidant, and vitamin E. I also included a little bit of niacinamide to just work a bit on the pigmentation and the dark spots. And we've included wonderful hydrating factors and moisturizing ingredients. You will see it also contains squalane, shea butter and a little bit of olive oil extract or olive extract, otherwise known in the cosmetic industry, as sorbitan olivate. It is a derivative of that. It's like a super waxy form of it. It also contains a little sodium hyaluronic acid to help with dehydration. And it's really a beautifully formulated product, Goddesses, really.
[00:11:31.960] - Speaker 1
I love it. And as with all of the figure range, it is completely fragrance-free. It's completely essential oils free and free from all types of exotic extracts. Now, why am I saying it's essential oil free? A lot of times, especially in my experience with my sensitive skin, you will buy products that say it is fragrance-free, but it contains essential oils. Essential oils severely irritate my sensitive skin, severely. So I have to be super careful when I'm buying products, even if it says it's fragrance-free, to make sure it's also essential oils free. And that little miracle worker is. So we have your first part of your day, which is your morning cleansing only with water. Put on the beautiful FIGGI Day Cream, put on the beautiful Nurture the Goddess FIGGI Day Cream, and follow it up with sunscreen.
[00:12:24.990] - Jeanne
Super, super important in the evening. What we've created is a FIGGI double cleanse. I love double cleansing. Double cleansing changed my life. The idea of double cleansing, if you don't know, is that you first cleanse your face with a balm or an oil-based cleanser, because this really helps loosen the oil inside the pores, the oil of the pollutants, the sebum that may be stuck in there, and the really grimy, hard to get dirt that you want to remove from your face. Then you follow it up with a gel or a foam cleanser to get rid of the excess oil left from your oil cleanser because you don't want that to get stuck in your pores, but also to remove any last traces of dirt or grime or makeup that you may still have on your skin after the first cleanse. Double cleansing, my Goddess, is a must in my books, especially if you wear makeup on a daily basis, you must double cleanse. It really changes the game. So we've created a double cleanse for you. It starts with step one, your Purify the Goddess makeup dissolving balm to oil cleanser. Again, beautifully and uniquely formulated for sensitive and dry skin. No fragrance, no essential oils, and yes, containing the absolute beauty that is the Rooibos extract. I really love the balm because my eyes are super sensitive, so I don't wear a lot of makeup. But when I do wear makeup, it does not go over well when I'm constantly rubbing and rubbing and rubbing at my eye to try and remove the mascara or the eyeliner or the makeup. And this balm is a beauty at cleansing your makeup. It really comes off so easily and so quickly. I love to use it with a microfiber or a bamboo microfiber cleansing cloth just to remove any and all traces of dirt and make up. It's so, so soft, and it contains beautiful hydrating and moisturizing elements. It has ceramides, jojoba oil, and Rooibos extract to make sure that through the cleansing ritual, we're not removing too many of the goodies from your skin and still maintaining a healthy balance.
[00:14:52.390] - Jeanne
After that, you follow it up with step two of your double cleanse, which is the Refresh the Goddess Gentle Gel Cleanser. Now, this one is beautiful because it's non-foaming, so it is not harsh, and it does not contain any harsh sulfates. Sulfates are what we use to cleanse. That is the actual ingredient that attracts the dirt from your skin, and it doesn't contain any harsh sulfates. It's super soft and gentle. It's super creamy. It doesn't create a foam. It actually you can barely see it when you're rubbing it onto your skin. And it's got the most beautiful, fresh smell. Again, fragrance-free essential, oil free, and made with the beauty of Rooibos. So this little baby is packed with Rooibos and ceramides to help maintain a healthy balance for the skin and to really just make sure it's a soft but effective cleanse, because you really don't want your skin to feel tight and itchy afterwards.
[00:15:51.660] - Jeanne
And I have to say, usually when I cleanse my skin, I feel like it's five sizes too small for my face. It's so tight and itchy and dry and just angry, and it feels super well cared for and soft. When I use these cleansers, prefer to.
[00:16:12.130] - Jeanne
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Then, the cream of the crop for me is the Nourish. The Goddess evening rescue cream. Again, fragrance-free essential, oil free, and made with the beauty of Rooibos. This is, to me, the ultimate pillow for my face. Again, it doesn't contain a lot of Actives. Of course it has Rooibos in it, but I wanted to create a targeted treatment serum and active separately because I first needed to get my skin to a good place. And for me personally, when I use my moisturizers, I don't trust moisturizers targeting a whole bunch of things. I want my moisturizers to be there for one reason and one reason only, and that is to make my skin feel super soft. Cared for, nourished nurtured hydrated. That was my main goal with this moisturizer. When I go to bed at night, it keeps me moisturized. This is a lot thicker formulation than the day cream. It is a lot heavier because it's the cream that you will leave on throughout the night, that you will sleep in and that will nourish and restore your skin while you're sleeping. It is made with a glycerin base, which is my absolute favorite humectant. Humectants are the ingredients that draw water to your skin and keep it there. And this is really one of the most important things that we want if you have dehydrated skin. And it also contains beautiful shea butter, jojoba oil, and of course, the Rooibos. It's filled with ceramides and peptides and it just I don't know, for me, when I apply it, it feels like a pillow on my skin. It feels like I'm applying a cloud or a pillow. And I absolutely love it. My skin is so hydrated and so moisturized. So that's the FIGGI range. And I really hope you will try it because I went even further and I thought about the things that really irritated me a lot about skincare.
[00:18:21.940] - Jeanne
And one of the things that irritate me the most is the packaging. I hate it. If I buy creams and I lose a week's worth of product because it's stuck in the bottle of the tube and I cannot access it, I want to be able to use all of my products and I don't want to be cutting off the back of the tube to be able to scrape out the last bit at the edge. So I created the FIGGI creams in a really unique airless tube. And what it does is, first of all, it doesn't let any oxygen into your formula. So your formula is protected, it's preserved, it's safe and it's clean and you can use every single last drop. It's a measured pump that gives you exactly the correct amount that you need for your face and neck. And it's structured in such a way that you use every single last drop. And I love it. I love it. I love that I can use the entire product. The most important thing with the packaging of all of the FIGGI products is its airless packaging elements.
[00:19:22.170] - Jeanne
Did you know that your skincare is the most perfectly fertile environment for microorganisms like fungi and bacteria? Because we formulate our skincare to be in a perfect PH PH 5.5 range and our skincare is often open and used thing. For example, you're dipping your fingers into your cream jar. It's stored in your bathroom, which is a very humid environment. Most creams or most products are stored at 25 degrees. All of these are the perfect situations for microorganisms. They love to live in a perfect Ph balance. They love 25 degrees, they love humidity. They love you introducing all sorts of new microorganisms into the cream with whatever is on your fingers or underneath your nails. I know it's a super gross picture. I'm so sorry, but I have to tell it to you because you need to know how amazing it is to have air less packaging. With this airless packaging, we make sure that all of your beautiful formulation is not coming into contact with any new microorganisms. It's not oxidizing. It's just staying beautiful for you to use with ease.
[00:20:35.340] - Jeanne
The same has been done with our cleansing bottles. It's an airless bottle, and it squeezes out every single last drop of your cleanser. And what makes it even more amazing is it is completely food degradable. So I'm so, so proud of this range. It has taken so much to get here. And so many sleepless nights and so much stress. And so many things I didn't know how to do, like manufacturing, logistics, shipping, international agreements, tax treaties, tax laws that sales tax in a business episode. I will take you through all of those steps, nightmares and headaches. But for now, it's here.
[00:21:20.890] - Jeanne
Goddesses. It's finally here. The FIGGI Goddess Sensi-soul regimen for dry and sensitive skin. So go to figgi.eu and shop now or go to figgilife.com, click on Shop and order your sensei-soul regimen now. So, as always, remember, we all deserve to celebrate the Goddess within. Have a wonderful week. See you next time.