More than a great inventor in dermocosmetics, this PhD in Molecular Biophysicochemistry is, above all, one of our last cosmetology humanists! He is extremely warm, charismatic, and creative, so it is hard not to like him, and he has been relentlessly tracking down tomorrow’s cosmetic concepts and molecules for over 35 years. After working in collaboration with the greatest brands, this free man who has managed to stay away from any brainwashing attempts is now independent. And he took part in developing some of the most exciting Spring 2016 cosmetic innovations…
His presence at a press conference always guarantees a thrilling moment (and an influx of journalists!), simply because everything gets clearer with him. If some consider the cosmetics sector as a deeply obscure world, it never gets like this with Gérard Redziniak: when it comes to the most complex technologies, he just knows how to put things plainly with images only he knows about. He is always lively, simple, and generous, and he has a gift for making science rhyme with the imagination. With him, our skin cells get transformed into poetic metaphors! They ‘permanently send each other text messages, they have polluting particle detectors, and they make natural antibiotics (defensins) or melanin (even without UV rays), the first “antioxidant sponges”, etc.’ To him, the secret of the best beauty products can be found in the skin. And the more familiar we get with its most intimate mechanisms, the closer we will get to excellence in cosmetics.
His career
Some say they are ‘epidermologists’; he actually calls himself a ‘keratinologist’, as he has so much passion for our 1,800 billion keratinocytes! ‘Without them, we cannot live. We have 2,000 billion cells in our skin, and keratinocytes are the most …
