September 22 | 5 minute read
Words by Izzy Wight
“I never went into the sun, and we had all the French dermocosmetics products in my house,” she explains over video chat, calling in from her sunny office in Paris. “I was obsessed... I wanted to try everything. Every day was like a new discovery, and it really became a passion. When people tell me I have nice skin, I’m like ‘of course!’”
With its minimalistic, apothecary-style packaging and no-frills approach to formulation, Fabienne’s dermocosmetics brand Mimétique (pronounced mi-mi-tick) is an amalgamation of a lifetime spent decoding the complexities of science and skincare. Defined as ‘skincare agents with dermatologically active ingredients’, dermocosmetics are the cornerstone of French pharmacy beauty – but Fabienne brings an approach to Mimétique that feels entirely her own.
Similarly, the Skin Cloud Nourishing Cleansing Balm is made up of skin-identical squalene, plant oils and rice wax – a silky, hydrating texture that melts makeup away effortlessly. As for treatments, Mimétique’s Skin Revive Smoothing Face Serum and Skin Booster Radiance Face Oil pack a seriously luminous punch. “I put a lot of ingredients in my formulas. I put at least 25% active ingredients,” Fabienne explains. “How can I do this? It’s very simple. Because I am the formulator, and I can buy my ingredients direct... My SMR-C5 Complex, my skin-identical actives, they are mine, meaning I can control how much of them are used through this process.”
