I would like to thank all of the following:
My better half, a great dad, lover, best friend, and business partner, Bertrand, who pushed me to write this book.
My kids, Paul, Louise, and Marion, who inspire me, even though they may drive me crazy sometimes.
My sister, Alice, who is the coolest.
My wise father, who encouraged me to follow my passion and pushed us to create our company. I hope I inherited his legendary common sense.
My mother, for her drive and her all-time inspirational high energy.
My maternal grandparents: Yvonne, who was the incarnation of kindness, and who made the best wild strawberry jams; and Maurice, for teaching me about plants and nature.
My paternal grandma, “Mam,” for being an inspirational entrepreneur and a strong independent woman.
My lifelong friends Tania and Nathalie. We had fun growing up together, and I learned a lot with you.
Professor Joseph Vercauteren, the genius scientist behind Caudalie, who started it all. And Professor David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School, for finding the next Caudalie reverse-aging molecules. You both rock—thanks to you we are going to look younger longer!
Dr. Bernard Hertzog for discovering the secret recipe of the Beauty Elixir of Queen Isabelle of Hungary.
Dr. Heidi Waldorf, Régine Berthelot, Patricia Manissier, Agnès Lefur, Delphine Sicard, and Delphine Courteille for your contributions to this book. I consider you the best pros in your fields.
Thank you to everyone at Caudalie for being such an amazing team: Stéphane Enouf (our visionary general manager), Aude Minc, Emmanuelle Daumesnil, Mathilde Stronher, Aurélie Nattée, Hélène Salat-Baroux, Edouard Nicol, Angélique Mahot, Cécile Ossola, Marine Hery, William Addi, Hervé Sachot, and Odile Grossman.
Thank you Caudalie US for helping me make this book happen: Carole Silverman (our charismatic CEO), Desiree Lestingi, Ellen To, Liz Shoer, Thea Kocher, Emilie Bondu, and Antoine Lefort.
Thank you for sharing your beauty secrets with me : Laure Castets, Aurélie Steinmetz, Alix Ligot, Emily Le Moult, Gaëlle Vassilev, and Delphine Duffours.
Thank you, Karen Moline, for helping me write this book in English. I think you are secretly French.
Thank you to my PR, Alison Brod and her team, and Sharra Lebov and Cara Maiman Hilfer.
Maxime Poiblanc, for your beautiful photo.
My agent, Steve Troha, and his assistant, Dado Derviskadic, at Folio Literary Management.
Everyone at Gotham. Brooke Carey, our tireless Francophile editor; Lucia Watson, thank you so much for your patience. Monica Benalcazar and Spring Hoteling, whom I drove crazy with my sense of detail, and Lindsay Gordon, Caroline Sutton, Megan Newman, Lauren Marino, Casey Maloney, Gabrielle Campo, Pi Pemberton, and Farin Schlussel.