photographer: Théo Pitout
 
Your appearance is not easily forgotten. I can guess that you devote a lot of time to self-care so that your beauty shines in all its splendor. How often do you visit a beautician and what procedures do you do at home? What good habits should a woman have to look good?
Thank you! Yes, indeed, I’ve been very conscious about self-care and diet basically since my childhood. My mother cooked Mediterranean cuisine, so healthy eating was natural for me. Later on, I introduced intermittent fasting to my habits. I think my success in keeping fit and healthy inside out is consistency. I don’t follow specific diets or rigorous exercise routines. Instead, I have a more “French” approach – I walk a lot, don’t compensate by eating, drink a ton of water, and sleep at least 8 hours per night. My only weak point here is my love for champagne and red wine… As for my beauty habits – I have a quite rigorous routine, mainly in the morning, when I have more time and I’m less tired. Usually, I start with a face peeling, which I believe contributes a lot to my youthful skin. I also do face massages and face masks, and I’m a bit addicted to beauty devices… I learned most about self-care in Japan, where the industry for beauty products is enormous and you can really tell that the Japanese take dealing with skin aging seriously.
I wish we had more Japanese products on the European market, for example, the ones based on the byproduct of sake – sake kasu (it’s actually the secret ingredient of Sk-II lotion). That’s why I’m seriously thinking about having my own beauty brand in the future. I have extremely fair skin, just like my mother, and thanks to her I started to use sunscreen very early on, although at that time it was more trendy to have a tanned glow. Now even more I embrace my porcelain skin and again thanks to Asian influence, I protect it rigorously. 
Everyday skincare is essential if you want results, but of course, I love to visit the clinic as well. I treat it like a well-deserved investment in myself and if I had to decide between buying a brand bag and doing a procedure, I would pick the second one. I’m a big fan of facial lasers, which again I started in Japan. I can’t say I don’t like fillers – they give you an immediate effect, but the danger of looking too different with time is not a risk I want to take, so I use them with caution. I’ve been also friends with a healthy amount of Botox in the past few years. I’m not a fan of beauty trends that make women look may be beautiful, but all alike and unfortunately – very fake. From the less invasive end of treatments – as often as possible I enjoy kobido and buccal massage. And in general massage for the body as well, like shiatsu for example.  In the end, the best beauty treatment is self-love, then things will fall into place naturally…