Writer Sara Pontes
Today’s gastronomy is increasingly acquiring the position it deserves and turning every moment into a pleasure for our senses, with products that are increasingly healthy, natural and worked into dishes that lead us to discover irresistible flavors and textures. Cosmetics has taken good note of this and has allied with the most irresistible products of the kitchen to present them to us in the form of gourmet creams.
One of the pioneers in this new cosmetics based on edible products has been the Greek brand Korres, known for its natural and organic products. Among its cosmetic lines, its sunscreens made from edible organic yogurt, a natural source of lactose, proteins, minerals and vitamins, increase the water content in the outer layers of the epidermis and intensely refresh the skin.
The latest in the gourmet cosmetics market comes from chef Sergi Arola, who has designed, together with Sisley, a delicious facial treatment for women in their thirties. It is SisleYouth, a product in which its main components are pea extract and peptide soybean extract, ingredients that, together with other natural ingredients, are part of one of the desserts of the ArolaGastro restaurant, which is run by the renowned chef.
Gourmet cosmetics are not only about creams, lately the use of nutricosmetics or oral cosmetics, i.e., food products or supplements that, when ingested, ensure that our body is better cared for from the inside and, therefore, improve our image. Celebrities are implementing the fashion of detox diets, the famous colored juices that replace meals and with which toxins accumulated in the body are eliminated. The last ones elaborated in Spain come from the hand of Drink6, with plans of 1, 3 or 5 days based on 6 juices of 500 ml for each day, 100% natural and prepared at the moment, that include each one 5 pieces of fruit or vegetable and replace the meals to clean from the inside, following each plan according to the objectives that are wanted to obtain to purify our organism in smaller or greater measure.
NaturaBissé has also joined the oral beauty trend, with the launch of Beauty&Go, 4 different 25 ml. drinks made from macro-antioxidants and macro-nutrients, without gluten or added sugars and low in calories, which give the skin extra vitality or regenerative, healing, detoxifying or anti-stress properties. A real luxury to take care of our body and skin from the inside.
It has been proven that cosmetics and gastronomy get along very well, and there is still a long way to go together for younger and healthier skin.
