From a skincare perspective, an exciting new skincare brand is about to land on the market – meet SCRUBD – a set of all-natural grooming products specifically for the demands of men’s skin featuring a more rare experimentative approach to ingredients with, for example, their charcoal and black pepper triple-milled soap block and anti-ageing products that include marine collagen. For now it will be available at Harvey Nichols exclusively and launching online at SCRUBD.com – definitely worth checking out as a progressive alternative made with organic and natural products.

On a fragrance note, the 6th October saw the launch of Oud Wood Intense from Tom Ford, I know lots of you know of my undying affection for Tom Ford and Oud scents overall, so you can imagine how over the moon I was to be using this scent on all my recent trips – truly a dream. The crispness from the Intense range delivers something quite exquisite and unexpected – as you would think that it might verge on overwhelming, it doesn’t! It certainly stays on longer, and the added details for Intense which are created from angelica wood and cypress give it a depth beyond the original.

Another gem from Tom Ford that launched recently is the Shave Cream – which has to be the creamiest, most irritation-free shave experience I have ever had. I am shooting a NEO 10Y video on Sunday and using this again for the pre-grooming, so stay tuned!

Moving back to facial skincare, if you read my piece on Discovering The Power of EndoSPHERES, I mentioned the work of sculptor and genius Pietro Simone, and also wanted to spotlight his own skincare range which I have been using the innovative eye cream and face scrub. Pietro Simone is a very progressive specialist in this field and prides his work on architecture and in de-stigmatizing the beauty of aging; “we believe in aging gracefully, ensuring you can be your best version of you in each phase of your life”.

I want to focus on the Pietro Simone enigmatic eye cream as a non-invasive alternative anti-ager – targeted treatment of concentrated actives that firm, restore and fight visible signs of aging. According to Pietro, “Darutoside is a special, one of a kind active that treats the global contour of the eye by lifting folds, reducing crow’s feet and strengthening the dermal eye structure. Avocado oil is a natural skin food that stimulates fibre blast action on skin to maintain collagen levels. Blueberry extract strengthens and protects capillaries and reduces the puffiness on the delicate eye area. Marine Fennel helps to fade dark circles gently and diminishes puffiness”. I’ve been using it for the last few weeks and have been really impressed with its effect, so much so that I have been using a tiny amount on my forehead too.

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That said, I went to see specialist Pietro Simone last Saturday, who is based out of Nyumba on Sloane Square for my first session. Overall, the technology replaces the traditional method of “suction-traction massage” and focusses on the lymphatic systems to deliver results. Working the body’s natural mechanisms, it breaks down, removes and re-shapes fat whilst stimulating elastin and collagen production. It’s marketed as painless, which is definitely true for the first session, which entailed the transmission of low frequency vibrations via a cylindrical handpiece that rotates on your flesh. I have to say that watching Pietro at work was fascinating in itself, he is nothing short of a body artist, working like a sculptor with his angles and strategic precision movements with the machine to achieve results. Intention is everything and the machine acted as an instrument and extension of his will power to achieve a specific result. Never have I felt more like a Greco-Roman sculpture in progress until that day.

For those of you interested in the technological detail of how it works, the secret lies in a patented and FDA registered endoSPHÈRES Therapy Method that draws on micro-vibration and micro-compression technology. The micro-vibrations increase the body’s temperature (you will definitely feel some warmth!), triggering a natural process within the skin that removes toxins and degrades fat, leading to impressive sculpting as well as cellulite-reduction. This, coupled with micro-compression in the form of 55 rotating spheres, creates a pulsating force where fat deposits are pressurised and as a consequence loosen to finally break down, which the body can then naturally remove and allow the re-shaping of the fat and adipose tissue. But that’s not all, the same unique vibrations; stimulate the fibroblasts in our skin responsible for elastin and collagen production, providing long-term anti-ageing benefits whilst improving oxygenation and circulation.

Immediate results were definitely visible with smoother skin on my buttocks and abs, I even felt toned enough that night to wear a Givenchy shirt that bears some midriff!

As I was on my way to America, we squeezed in a second session three days later – which to be honest, was a little too soon. The post experience pain is like DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), so you need to give yourself at least five days to a week to go for a second time (after that you can go more frequently!). I was definitely too sore to experience the second session to its fullest extent.

Overall, I would definitely recommend endoSPHÈRES and when I return from the US, I’d love to see what progressive transformation results are really achievable through multiple sessions (in conjunction with my plant-based diet) and shall make sure to document for you. It’s definitely a solution for troublesome areas such as lower abs, love handles (for me particularly) and as it’s non invasive, you can go as often as twice a week for a total of 6-12 recommended sessions. Treatments are approx £120 but you can secure a package deal if you book in advance.

Photography of Nik by Joseph Sinclair, endoSPHÈRES illustration c/o endoSPHÈRES

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