“I don’t believe in treating people differently, everyone should be treated like stars, trying to understand what skin deserves. We all glow from the inside out”. Today we met Ole Henriksen, a skincare guru from L.A. whose homonym brand is already a best seller in Italy after only one year. Using natural extracts only, Ole Henriksen is overturning the rules of skincare with “out of the box” products that are driving all the beauty lovers crazy. Let’s meet him better!
TBS: Ole Henriksen you’re nowadays considered a skincare guru: how do you feel about it?
OLE: Well it’s an honour to be called a “skincare guru” and I guess the skincare guru title happened when I began working on all the celebrities in Hollywood. It was gorgeous to see the great Barbra Streisand or the beautiful Cher or Silvester Stallone in your salon because that’s where you understand that we’re alike, we all want the same things and we’re all stars.
TBS: What were your studies focused on and how did you decide to deepen the skincare field?
OLE: I studied in London Cosmetic Chemistry, body treatments, theatrical makeup and face make up for fashion and even manicure and pedicure. I began because I had acne when I was young. At the time I was living in Jakarta, Indonesia, and I developed acne because my eating habits were very bad ( I ate tons of sugar and drank a lot of coke) but I’m so thankful that it happened because those irruptions made me look for solutions. I met this lovely Indonesian woman who treated my skin using natural products that she cooked in her kitchen and I saw the transformation of my skin, which impressed me to the point of creating something more solid that could help everyone. So, at the age of 23, I decided to start my very first spa in Hollywood.
TBS: Understanding how to have a perfect skincare routine could be sometimes a little bit tricky. What are, according to you, the fundamental and basic steps that we need to take daily to have a healthy skin?
OLE: The first important thing is to deeply clean your skin from makeup and all the impurities in the air, then use a toner because it is fundamental to perfectly clean our skin. Then I would apply a serum to make your skin compact together with a moisturizer to deeply hydrate the skin. These basic steps, taken daily, are enough to have a perfectly healthy skin.
TBS: According to this basic skincare routine, what are the products we should choose from your collections to follow it to the letter?
OLE: I would suggest The Clean Truth Foaming first, then as a toner, I particularly love the Balance Toner if you need to control the oil of your skin or the Transform Toner if you have dark spots and you need to purify. I would use Truth as a serum with vitamin C and Banana to have a glowing effect and then the Truth Advanced Moisturizing cream to be hydrated all day long
TBS: You’re now presenting the new Phat Glow Facial mask, what can you tell us about it? Who would you recommend it to?
OLA: The Phat Glow Facial is something completely new! We decided to play with the PHA acids, that act on the superficial layer of the skin leaving it immediately smooth and without any redness. I love Phat Glow because it makes your face look glowing, it reduces pores, thin lines, wrinkles and dark spots and…everyone can use it! Just try it and let me know…it will take just 15 minutes!