All you need is SMILE

We’re Agathe & Charline, two pharmacists who chose to deliver smiles rather than prescriptions :)

With our pharmacy degrees in hand, we met at a cosmetic startup and immediately clicked: the same way of working – as dedicated as ever – and most importantly, the same joy of life – not a day without a smile –... 

As the years passed, our duo grew stronger. We were quickly nicknamed TIC & TAC – we’re sure you also work with THAT colleague, your working wife, the one you tell everything to, the one you say, “I swear, I can’t I-MA-GINE working without you!” to –.

After 5 years of working as a duo, THE realization hit: what if we put all this energy into something for ourselves? What if we took the plunge? What if we started our own thing? – What if, what if…as Patrick would say – (French singer Patrick Bruel's song "Alors on s'dit, dis, dis... et si?")

What if we created THE brand that makes women smile?

The origin of the project

To get here, we made 3 observations – not 15! – :

• The first is that makeup has power: the power to make you feel even more beautiful, to give you even more self-confidence, to allow you to express your personality even better... But beauty can be damaging… – we're talking about the eyelashes you lose when you remove your makeup, the dry lips you get after wearing matte lipstick... you know? –. We don't want you to suffer to be beautiful anymore! – what if all it took was a smile? –.

• The second is that we are increasingly turning towards “consuming better”: we decode ingredients to choose natural products and “FREE FROM” products, we prioritize made in France, we buy through short supply chains…. We pay attention to food products, cosmetic skincare, but we often end up ruining everything with the last step of the beauty ritual: makeup. Many women are unaware of its poor composition, yet it is applied to the most sensitive areas of the face: eyelashes, lips,...

• The third, is that simply, smiling feels good. Since we can't imagine a day without smiling, but we unfortunately meet many people who have lost their smile, we want to spread the Smile Power with you! And the good news is that a smile is contagious!

For all these reasons – drumroll…– we are creating a skincare-makeup brand, clean & green, that won't harm your skin but will care for it while enhancing its beauty, to make you smile :) 

What about you?

Our challenge: to make this makeup make you smile, so what better way than to create it with you?

So – if you’re willing to become our Pomponnette ;) – we’ll often ask for your opinion on Instagram (@Pomponne.makeup) to best adapt our formulas to your needs.

Everything we know, everything we learn, we share with you through our Smile Blog  – a blog that gives you a smile, hence its name! – where you can find: 

• Make-up tips tailored to your skin tone, eye color… –  for you, to avoid drama! – 
• Product reviews to save you time on your purchases 
• Interviews with Pomponnettes who share their makeup secrets – from brides, but also from women who aren't getting married! –
• Articles on the virtues of plants – the power of flowers, jasmine, jasmine, lilac, lilac… –
• Tips for consuming clean – even in your makeup bag –
• Our tips for better caring for the planet – without overthinking it –
• And finally, behind the brand is the entrepreneurial adventure, and we want to make it a collective story – the more the merrier, right? – And if it can inspire you to take the plunge too, we'll know we've done something useful – and that will make us smile! –. Every Friday, we'll review – calmly, remembering every moment – the week: our struggles, our successes, our meltdowns, – our uncontrollable laughter –… we'll tell you everything, very transparently!

Above all, never hesitate to intervene, give us your opinion, or ask us for advice... What we want is to interact with you!

At Pomponne, it goes both ways: we'll teach you things – well, we hope so! – but we're sure that you also have a lot to teach us – we're far from perfect, but we try to do our best! –.

Let’s spread Smile Power,

Agathe & Charline