In the name of Chanel, we pray

May it always be:

On our shelves

In our bags

For on the go

On our lips

In our pockets

And in our hearts,

Amen.

Coco’s favourite flower and an emblem of the House of Chanel, the white camellia is a resilient flower which represents purity and perfection. When gifted, they signify care, affection and admiration for someone; which – beyond the multitude of active ingredients – make camellias the ideal floral element to the new Chanel Hydra Beauty skincare line.

There’s a specific kind of intimacy that’s reserved for the girls. Lip gloss passed around, touch ups on a camera-phone, “what’s in your bag?”, favourite things spilt across a table with the bill and an empty wine glass – a mood, a moment. Equal parts chaos and care. A check-in, a top-up, a “you look so good” from a stranger.

The Chanel Hydra Beauty range is skincare that belongs in the middle of all of this. Not tucked away in a cupboard, or just a step among sixteen, it’s the precious thing that comes with you, that you can’t be without – it lives in your bag, in the car, on display, by the sink, passed around between friends after long lunches. A quick press of hydration before heading back out, a shared glow. Skin that looks looked after – but maybe by the girls you just met in the bathroom.

Girlhood is collaborative. It’s tactile. It’s important. The Hydra Beauty ritual slips into that rhythm easily: light, fresh, uncomplicated. Less about perfection, more about presence.

REEM - DR / MODEL / CREATIVE DIRECTOR

What makes you feel beautiful?
Feeling at ease in my own energy - when my mind feels clear and my body feels cared for.

What is your favourite compliment? (to give or receive)
Being around you feels easy - to give, and receive.

What is your beauty/skin care non-negotiables?
Listening to my skin rather than following trends, choosing consistency over perfection, and never going to bed without properly cleansing my face and using my chanel hydra beauty micro crème.

How do you prioritise yourself?
By choosing what feels right for me, even when it’s not the most convenient option.

What is your favourite non-traditional self-care?
Romanticising everyday routines and tasks (even something small like making coffee)

SORAYA - MUA / STYLIST

What makes you feel beautiful?

I feel most beautiful when I feel like myself—when nothing feels too structured or overthought. A black eyeliner always helps. But more than anything, I feel beautiful when I’m making someone else feel beautiful through my work. There’s something really powerful about that connection—watching someone see themselves differently, or more confidently, through makeup. As much as beauty can feel personal, some of the most beautiful moments for me come from creating that feeling for someone else.

What is your favourite compliment (to give or receive)?

The compliments that stay with me are the ones that recognise my point of view. When someone understands my vision, my taste, or the intention behind what I create, and sees that it hasn’t been diluted by trends or expectation. As an artist, that means far more to me than being told something looks “pretty.”

When I compliment others, I try to do it with intention. I’m always more drawn to noticing something someone has chosen or shaped about themselves. Whether it’s their style, or the way they carry themselves. Something that feels considered, personal, and distinctly theirs.

What is your beauty/skincare non-negotiable?

Hydration. Always. It’s the one thing that changes how everything else sits on the skin. Makeup can only ever be as good as the foundation underneath it. I keep coming back to the Chanel Hydra Beauty collection—especially the Hydra Beauty Crème at the moment—because it gives the skin that fresh, light-filled quality without ever feeling heavy or overworked. It looks like me… just with eight hours of sleep.

How do you prioritise yourself?

Honestly… I’m not sure I do, at least not in the traditional sense. I tend to work in long, obsessive stretches—little sleep, editing and doing admin late into the night, with whatever show I’m obsessed with at the time playing in the background to keep me awake.

Creating has always been the place I feel most like myself, so for a long time I convinced myself that was enough. I’m still learning that ambition and self-care don’t have to exist separately.

What is your favourite non-traditional self-care?

Non-traditional self-care for me is looking outside of myself. Spending time with people and friends who recharge me. I can get quite consumed in my own world, so being around the people I love pulls me out of that and brings me back to something more real. It resets me in a way nothing else really does.

SIMONE – CREATIVE DIRECTOR / EIC

What makes you feel beautiful?

When I'm being authentic to myself, in what I wear, what I say, in what I do, and who I spend time with.

What is your favourite compliment? (to give or receive)

I love you.

What is your beauty/skin care non-negotiables?

Hydra Beauty Micro Serum Levres, SPF, and sleep.

How do you prioritise yourself?

Running a magazine can be a 24/7 job so making sure I don’t work weekends is the main thing; taking time to sit in the sunshine and look up at the trees.

What is your favourite non-traditional self-care?

90s films on repeat, phone calls, long walks with Sadie, and cropping my clothes moments before leaving the house, even if it makes me a little late.

Discover Chanel Hydra Beauty here

Words by Isabelle Webster

Images by Reem, Soraya and Simone

Produced by Olivia Repaci