WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
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Thanks for the detailed response 🙏 - that's much more than I bargained for! It's a hitty that there's nothing like a DM in France - but we have hyherøarkets, and these tend to have a good selection of cosmetics.
You're welcome. As someone with combination skin and atopic skin inflammation myself, I had to educate myself way more on skincare than I originally planned - turns out it's a rabbit hole equally as deep as wetshaving. Stay tuned, as I plan to write a little essay on skincare that should be out around the end of October 😉
Yeah, I wasn't even aware that stores like Müller, Rossmann or DM aren't existing in France since so many big brands in the cosmetic business hail from there. There's always something new to learn. However, I hope you'll find products that are a good fit for your skin somewhere - as I said, I'm happy to help since it's something I became really passionate about. ✌🏻
There is Yves Rocher, but they only sell products from Yves Rocher (and AFAIK, that's exclusively for women), and l'Occitane - who also just sell their own stuff.
I think there would be a market for something like DM, but contrary to Lidl and Aldi, they don't seem to have crossed the border yet
Actually not only for women, they have a small pour homme section ... But IMHO, Yves Rocher is not as eco-friendly as they try to market themself as. They often use cheap ingredients like dimethicone and propylene glycol, their peelings also used to contain microplastics (I know since their presence in Germany is huge too and my mom used to be a fan, until we found out about their questionable ingredients).
DM has stated clearly in a message that they don't consider expanding to the french market as they fear it'd be too risky financially. At least that's what I found out in my quick research of german-speaking resources. Weird, since Aldi & Lidl are doing pretty well in FRA and I'd definitely see a market for them there.