Celebrities often display skin that borders on perfection. Who hasn’t already dreamed of having the same glowy complexion as Marion Cotillard? A large number of celebrities leave their face in the expert hands of a star facialist, “a leading figure in a profession now placed in the firmament of the beauty planet”. Who is she?
“A profession placed in the firmament of the beauty planet”: To age well, the stars swear by this Frenchwoman, an expert in her discipline
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Celebrities often display skin that borders on perfection. And if perfection is often boring, we wouldn’t be against it when it comes to our skin. While some actresses swear by keratopraxya facial treatment technique of which Virginie Efira or Laetitia Casta are particularly adept, others can no longer do without from a facialist. And in this area, a French woman excels. So much so that she even has among its faithful international stars like Naomi Campbell, Caroline de Maigret, Lady Gaga, Emmanuelle Béart, Emily Ratajkowski and of course some secret clients. Sophie Carbonari’s act there. Who is she? The young woman has been practicing for over 18 years. Now, stars are fighting for it at the Golden Globes, Cannes and even the Venice Film Festival. It was in London that Sophie Carbonari was introduced to Japanese well-being, then she collaborated with an aesthetic doctor in New York, before launching her own technique. This combines the medical and the hollistic. Its loyal 5 stars swear by its magical fingers and describe its technique of “strange but super effective“.
So what is this famous method? Sophie Carbonari confides, as reported by Madame Figaro : “It is a 4D vision of tissues. I work on metabolic functions by mobilizing the fascia to ‘crack the skin’. It’s my magic touch. In-depth work, but without pain. It feels like a liberation, like a skin chiropractic session..” After the session, the skin continues to work on its own, sometimes until a long time later. The vital functions of the latter can improve from month to month, as assured by the main interested party. The recognized facialist creates her own mixtures to based on plants, vitamins, trace elements, including zinc, silver and colloidal gold, “developed the S Multifunctional Serum and opened its Parisian studio near the Palais-Royal“, just a few steps from Place Vendôme. And the price goes hand in hand with the neighborhood. In fact, it costs €600 for 1h30 of treatment.
-Who is Sophie Carbonari, the facialist to the stars?
It was in London in 2013 that it all began for the woman who already had solo experience at the head of her institute in Aix-en-Provence. If she turned to aesthetics it is thanks to her parents who always liked to take care of them, in her words. “Being dyslexic, in third grade, I naturally turned to aesthetics and it was a revelation. I started my CAP study cycle in 2007, at the Espace Bourgier School in Nîmesshe confided to Aesthetic News. Then, I did a work-study BP in an institute which mainly practiced hair removal. I stopped my studies after a few months because I wanted to work. I started my own business in 2010 while being aware that to become a good beautician, I had to build a solid foundation, brick by brick..” In the English capital, she joined the Wellness Center Chi Yu of London, a trendy spot dedicated to Japanese treatments. There she refined the contours of her signature method: a mix of Kobido, the natural facelift of Japanese women and facial sculpting, gestures learned in Nîmes and Marseille during her studies Then, an appointment was made in New York in 2016. She built her reputation there before returning to London. She considered Caroline Maigret. like that “good fairy“, she who helped him gain notoriety. And in less time than it takes to realize it, here she has become the star facialist, “figurehead of a profession now placed in the firmament of the beauty planet“, recalls Vogue. If she now has a studio in the golden triangle, Sophie Carbonari travels to her luxury clientele.
About her technique, she explains: “I work the muscles, fascia, epidermis and dermis on different aspects, massaging more or less deeply. I rely on shiatsu, fasciatherapy, drainage and Jacquet pinching. This method is completely personalized. It’s a global awareness. I position myself in the luxury market. Firstly, there is a whole communication part with my client to establish a diagnosis. I also examine his skin. Thanks to all these elements, I build a protocol. I work with the products I created in 2018.“
