The brands included Clos du Val wines, Kiss My Face skincare products, and other brands appropriate to the demographic sampling.

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Chic brands Caudalie and Nuxe both have spas in Paris and farther afield in the French countryside , yet sell their ranges of luxurious and effective skincare products in the humble pharmacy.

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Navin Geria, vice president of research and development for the Spa Dermaceutical Products Group, a New Jersey-based consumer product development company that specializes in custom development of anti-aging skincare and products for dermatologists and spa chains, says that a new range of anti-aging technology called cosmeceuticals (cosmetics that companies says possess drug-like affects) will go a step further.

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The spa uses VOYA products, a 100% organic, Irish skincare line based in the usage of seaweed as its primary ingredient, which is picked by hand in the Northwest coast of Ireland.

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