Tailor-made shampoo and brushing, gourmet tea time, skin diagnosis, personalized beauty routine… At Carita, all the ingredients are there to create sweet memories With his mother.
Carita, This is the story of two visionary sisters, Maria and Rosy, de luxury cosmetics, from a mythical address: that of 11 Faubourg Saint-Honore. Treatments, hairdressing, make-up… For more than 70 years, this temple of voluptuousness has offered most complete beauty experience. At the time, it was the first time that all the experts in the sector were brought together in one place. A concept avant-garde, very quickly acclaimed by crowned heads and celebrities around the world. Combining luxury and culture, the famous maison d'édition Assouline has also brought together testimonials, archive images and magazine clippings in a sublime eponymous work. Something to pay homage to know-how by exceptional French house.
Last September, this place of worship got a makeover, under the guidance of the architects Sophie Thuillier et Cristiano Benzoni de REV Studio. Behind the large ornate door hides an atrium bathed in light. A luxurious decor, tinted with black and white. The gaze immediately wanders over the majestic stairs connecting the different open spaces of this cathedral of (all) beauty. On the ground floor is the art of living at Carita a lifestyle shop, cozy space dedicated to tailor-made protocols and restaurant orchestrated by the chef Amandine Chaignot. Treatment cabins nestle on the first floor. The second, meanwhile, houses a grand hair salon as well as private spaces. At the last level, place at gaze studio which looks like a real luxury cocoon, an invitation toevasion.
This year, Carita imagined a well-being parenthesis in which mother and daughter can meet from Saturday May 20 to Friday June 30, 2023. A moment, or rather two long hours, at the heart of his Beauty House.
« 15 h. I enter this fabulous place and takes a few seconds to admire its elegant lines. They tell me that my daughter is already waiting for me Hair salon. I take the stairs, both moved and happy to share this moment out of time with her. The expert combs our hair through a fine-toothed comb before settling us on luxurious armchairs calling for to relax : that happiness to discover let them stretch out like beds!
15h. Two shampoos and two brushings later – I opted for the “ combed/discombed Signed John Nollet, AD of Carita, and my daughter for one sublime smoothing -, we are invited to go to the restaurant Rosy & Maria.
16h. After one beauty treatment, up to the appetizer ! Seated comfortably on a bench in curly wool of incredible beauty, we discover the tea time proposed by the Parisian chef: White chocolate madeleine, Earl Gray Opera, Strawberry Melba in sweets… There is something to delight the taste buds. And the eyes too.
16h. We are then expected on the ground floor for a skin diagnosis in augmented consultation. mingling artificial intelligence et Carita expertise, it allows us to take stock of our skin and then define a beauty routine adapted to its needs. A amazing experience that we lived without saying a word, so we were amazed by the technicality and expert know-how !
17 h. To close this enchanted parenthesis, we are given products in trial format, which my daughter and I immediately slip into our handbags. Before leaving the premises, we immortalize our moment of complicity thanks to the photo booth specially set up for the occasion."
Un moment of beauty to share. Because'two is better !
Offers Carita Mother's Day: 100€ per person
Carita – 11 rue Faubourg Saint Honoré, 75008 Paris
