Tested for you: Maria Galland Facial Treatment

Maria Galland Paris- my test… I am an expert in facial treatments. I love having my skin pampered by a professional. Since I was 25, hardly a month has gone by without me having a cosmetic treatment. I have tried a wide variety of methods, both manual and mechanical. Some experiences were good, others less so.

That’s why I was particularly excited about my appointment with Maria Galland. What do they do differently? What is so special about them? After all the brand is known for its effective treatments. The institutes now offer nine different methods for the face and two body treatments. I was lucky enough to get an appointment with Verena Koller, trainer at Maria Galland Paris, at her training center in Munich. This is where Maria Galland beauticians are trained in new treatment methods and massage techniques.

First, the Maria Galland skin analysis

The basis of the “Maria Galland Method” is a precise skin analysis. Verena Koller is very happy with my skin and sees it as a challenge to “make beautiful skin even more beautiful,” as she says. She then puts together my treatment, which is specifically tailored to each area and meets my individual needs. Maria Galland, the founder of the cosmetics brand, called it the “Shaping Mosaic Method,” a customized approach in which creams are applied in response to the different concerns of the facial zones.

A cleansing ritual including exfoliation, which introduces the treatment, goes without saying. This is part of every facial.The subsequent Maria Galland care products are combined with an innovative manual massage. Everything is done 100 percent manually. No devices are used, which I really like. The novel massage is a combination of deep, gliding anti-aging strokes and intensive kneading movements (petrissage), including tapping and rolling movements. All of this is designed to stimulate cell activity, tighten and firm the skin, and immediately visibly plump it up.

A type of cosmetic facelift

Verena Koller’s professional hands work wonders. After the massage and lifting mask, my skin actually looks firmer, my facial contours are better defined, and my wrinkles are less deep. Overall, my face looks sculpted and visibly younger. The volume and firmness are striking, and not just for a few hours afterward. The effect actually lasted for a few days. Since then, I have been using the products for my Maria Galland beauty ritual at home every day.

Incidentally, while the mask was taking effect, I also received a wonderfully relaxing massage on my décolleté and arms to firm up these areas of skin – regions that are often neglected in many facials. Another plus point for Maria Galland.

Who is or was Maria Galland?

The brand name is not fictitious, but rather refers to a very special woman. Madame Galland (who passed away in 1994) was a ballet dancer. She was aware of the power of touch and kinetic energy and used her experience to create an effective choreography of movements for her facial treatments.

In the early 1960s, Maria Galland established customized care protocols that relied entirely on the experienced hands of beauticians, a true dance around skin care. “Beauty care is a lifestyle, a philosophy,” said Madame Galland.

Thanks to her degree in aesthetics, Madame set up a “consulting room” in her Paris apartment in the Marais district. Her exceptional skincare methods were precisely tailored to the different skin zones. Soon, their remarkable firming effects became the unrivaled benchmark in the world of professional skincare. Galland supplemented her method with advice tailored to the lifestyles of her clients, whom she called “her patients.”

Each product has a number

She succeeded in convincing dermatologists, chemists, and physiologists to join her in creating a revolutionary new approach to skin care. Maria Galland established her first research laboratory and her own production lines. In 1962, she opened her first beauty institute on Rue Chateaubriand in Paris, where she offered products and treatments under her name.

Maria Galland assigned each of her creams a number to categorize them according to the essential steps in a skincare routine. After a thorough diagnosis based on extensive knowledge of the skin, she provided each woman with her own personal, unique code. Galland gave Cream No. 5, a regenerating night cream, the same number as her friend Coco Chanel’s famous perfume. This cream became a must-have among women who were conscious about their skincare.

Today, the Maria Galland brand is considered an expert in the field of anti-aging and has long since positioned itself in the luxury market. And it still uses numbered codes to identify the different product lines. There are now imitators of this coding system, but Maria Galland is and remains the original. It is a kind of insider language with secret codes.