French Pharmacy Secret: A313 Anti-Aging Cream for €7French Pharmacy Secret: A313 Anti-Aging Cream for €7 While visiting France, don’t overlook the pharmacies for beauty products. They often offer excellent and affordable skincare. Among these is A313, a well-kept secret among Irish beauty enthusiasts. Despite its unassuming packaging, A313 is a highly effective anti-aging cream. It contains a mild form of retinol, retinyl palmitate, which targets fine lines, wrinkles, pores, and uneven skin texture. How to Use: * Start by using it one night the first week and gradually increase the frequency. * Apply a pea-sized amount to your face and neck. Results: A313 is known for its transformative effects, including: * Smoother texture * Reduced pores * Diminished wrinkles * Evened-out skin tone Tips: * When using any retinol product, wear sunscreen daily. * If you’re a first-time user, patch test before applying it all over. * Purchase A313 from older, less fancy pharmacies for a lower price. Celebrities and A313: Even celebrities like Sienna Miller swear by A313. It’s a testament to its effectiveness and affordability. If you’re planning a trip to France this summer, don’t miss out on this fantastic anti-aging cream. You’ll be amazed by the dramatic improvements it can make to your skin at a fraction of the cost of luxury brands.
Your local pharmacy might seem like the last place you want to go when you’re holidaying in France this summer, but if you don’t you’re missing out on the best anti-aging cream out there.
It is not a luxury cream that the French keep for themselves. In fact, it does not even look that nice in the simple packaging and it also has the strangest name in the beauty world: A313.
But here’s the thing, it’s effective, it lasts forever and it’s only €7 for a big tube of the stuff. It’s a French girl secret anti-aging cream and it works fast to smooth rough texture, pores and wrinkles and you need to use this if you’re going to France before the summer is over.
French pharmacy buys
French Pharmacy Brands Photo: Shutterstock
The great thing about French pharmacies is that you can buy excellent beauty products there (and usually at a lower cost than in Ireland) because they are made in France.
We’re talking the usual Irish favourites like Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Avene, Bioderma, Klorane, Nuxe and many more that we use every day. Then we have the more upmarket skincare products like Caudalie, Embryolisse, Gallinee, Hei Poa and Darphin which have sadly disappeared from our shores recently. And in the mix of buying these brands at a lower price abroad, we have the best budget anti-ageing cream that beauty editors are raving about.
A313 Anti-aging cream
A313 anti-aging cream Photo: Supplied
It may be a well-kept secret among Irish beauty fans, but French women swear by A313 for their anti-aging needs and it’s an easy over-the-counter purchase at any French pharmacy. A little tip: go to one of the older, less fancy pharmacies as it’s cheaper (it can cost €10-€12 in one of those).
In Paris I recently checked A313 in an expensive pharmacy and it cost €13, across the street in an old pharmacy it cost €7, so ask around if you are going to buy the anti-aging cream this summer. So, how does it work and how do you use it when you come back from vacation?
How
Apply a pea-sized amount. Photo: Shutterstock
The retinol anti-aging cream contains a retinyl palmitate, a mild form of retinol in ointment form. This does not mean you can just slather it on and wait for results, it is powerful and should be treated as such.
For face and neck, a pea-sized amount is sufficient. As with all retinol products, use it one night the first week, two nights the second week, and adjust your routine until your skin is happy with it, i.e., it feels comfortable and doesn’t flake.
Results
Sienna Miller uses A313 Photo: YouTube/Harper’s Bazaar UK
A313 works on dark spots, fine lines, wrinkles, pores, and uneven skin texture. Like all retinol products, you should wear sunscreen daily with an anti-aging cream like this one, so be diligent. Sienna Miller is also a fan, read what she has to say about A313 here.
Newbies should patch test before using any retinol product, but once you get started, you’ll see dramatic improvements in your skin and a glow you’ve never seen before. So if you’re headed to France this summer, make sure you pick up a tube of this anti-aging cream before you go home. French women swear by it, and so will you.
