Inspired by the movement of light reflecting and refracting over Lake Geneva, La Prairie’s scientists sought to recreate that glimmering luminosity in skin. But to do so, they first had to establish the equation of light, which is that light is a function of colour and reflection.
Using that discovery as a baseline, the Swiss beauty house began to find parallels between the way rays of light interact with water as it does with skin, to better understand how to enhance luminosity. After all, skin’s ability to reflect light is one of the most important characteristics of a beautiful, healthy complexion. Not to
