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An interview full of inspiration with Jeanne Damas x Juliette Lévy-Cohen
To celebrate the launch of our summer washbag collaboration between Rouje and Oh My Cream Skincare, founders Jeanne & Juliette talk about being an entrepreneur and share their vision of beauty. And of course, we tell the tale behind this summer’s must-have beauty and fashion collaboration!
Have you always been passionate about beauty?
Jeanne My mother passed on to me simple and essential values of beauty. I understood at a very young age that the sun could be very bad for my skin and my health: we didn't go out in the sun from noon to 4pm and I've always used factor 50 cream. Even today, I include sun protection in my beauty routine every day of the year. I have also always loved to see the skin, the little features I call "perfect imperfections" and expression lines. I'm all about makeup that reveals rather than hides.
Juliette I have always been passionate about beauty, as far back as I can remember. As a little girl, I would sit on the edge of the bathtub and watch my mom get ready before she went out, chatting with her and trying on her products. I always thought she looked good without overdoing it, and she gave me a taste for "less is more", in skincare as in makeup: she taught me very early on the right gestures, to use the right products, to enhance rather than conceal. She is the one who, at the end of my studies and when I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, encouraged me to do what I loved, to finally listen to myself and make my passion my profession.
Jeanne, share your Oh My Cream story with us?
Jeanne: I discovered Oh My Cream thanks to its very first boutique in the Marais, because it was the only place that sold my rather niche, natural products like Léonor Greyl or Joëlle Ciocco. These were brands I had adopted after going off the pill and realizing that my hormonal skin problems needed to be soothed by the most cleansing products possible. And a few years later, an Oh My Cream! opened around the corner from the Rouje boutique and became my almost weekly stop-off for advice, to test new products or buy gifts.