Lili Barbery-Coulon , a close beauty-editor pal seriously—she hooked us up with an awesome rental apartment downstairs from her own during Paris Fashion Week , gives ITG the scoop on her particular foot fetish:. OK, so we Parisian girls might be the laziest on earth when it comes to our hair. We go for a cut every three months at our best. The more mysterious, the more magic, the better. For a long time, Gwenn Libouban was the name most often whispered about in French beauty circles.
But unfortunately, this amazing reflexologist who can read your mind by just laying her hands on your feet moved back to Brittany, by the ocean. She comes back to Paris every two months for a day or two, and the minute she texts you to announce her visit you feel relieved. As if everything was about to get back to normal. A one-hour treatment is enough to soothe your aura and re-inject some energy inside every molecule of your body. Her office is in the 9th district, near Pigalle and the Moulin Rouge.
First, she asks you if you feel any pain in your body. She also questions your state of mind and your level of emotions. Then, your lie down for one hour and let her play her game. She re-programs your feet as if she were reseting an iPhone. Her gentle gestures, and the lotions and salves she uses [2], are enough to soothe that stabbing pain you had behind your neck when you arrived.
Once she massages your feet, you can hear your stomach. I think this is why she's already managed to magnetize a super demanding clientele—all of us women working in fashion and beauty.
Lili Barbery-Coulon is a freelance journalist based in Paris and the founder of the blog Lili Barbery. Create new Glossier account. Create a Glossier account to build your Into The Gloss profile and save your favorite stories. By signing up, you agree to receive updates and special offers for Into The Gloss's products and services.
