ABOUT L’ORIENT

L'ORIENT EXISTS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PRESCRIPTION, COSMECEUTICAL AND AYURVEDIC INGREDIENTS. DESIGNED BY A WOMAN OF COLOUR AND TESTED ON DIFFERENT SKIN SHADES, IT'S SAFE, SMART AND SCIENCE-BACKED.

our FOUNDER

dr. prasanthi

L'ORIENT was founded by Dr. Prasanthi Purusothaman, a general practitioner and cosmetic physician with a passion for skin health. She advocates for total wellness via a considered combo of efficacious skincare, nutritious diet, sleep and movement, but she’s also partial to an amaretto sour and truffle mushroom burger.

Dr. Prasanthi is a highly knowledgeable clinician with a refreshingly practical perspective. She cares as much about using best-in-class actives as she does formulating products that’ll still get results if you skimp on shut-eye. This mix of expertise & realism makes her a trusted source for those seeking healthy, radiant skin. A qualified yoga teacher and Pilates enthusiast, she’s the girl who’s always up for trying the most advanced moves on the mat, even if she’s just come from a bottomless brunch. (She’s an overachiever from way back.)

Her heritage as a South Asian woman fuels her passion for creating skin care products that promote overall health and wellness. By combining the latest scientific advancements with the timeless wisdom of Ayurvedic botanicals, she has created a collection of perfectly balanced formulations to benefit all skin types. This holistic approach to beauty recognises the integral connection between skin health & overall well-being.

meet OUR mantras

We think of skin health as a dynamic combination of elements. Skincare is important, but so are the zillions of small decisions you make towards your overall wellness throughout the day. It’s about chugging enough water (with the occasional Diet Coke thrown in for good measure), eating your greens and moving your body. It’s about getting enough sleep, managing stress and making time for the things in life you love to do most. Turns out, because of all these other lifestyle factors, there’s no one foolproof recipe for great skin that works for everyone.

L’ORIENT takes care of the topical and ingestible beauty side of things via our powerful and efficacious formulations. (And our sophisticated skin solutions do what they say on the box.) Our holistic approach doesn’t end there, we also explore the lifestyle components of healthy skin with our community through our blog and social channels. We don’t do pretentious or overblown, but we do marry scientifically-backed products with an all-encompassing perspective to help you optimise your skin health.

YOUR BEST SKIN STARTS HERE.

The result of Dr. Prasanthi’s personal quest
to engineer premium skincare
for people living full, fast-paced lives,
L'ORIENT ticks all the boxes:

01 RESULTS-DRIVEN

02 ACCESSIBLE

03 BEAUTIFUL TO USE

04 MADE FOR ALL SKIN TONES

Our science-led formulations harness the power of active ingredients (including potent Ayurvedic botanical additions) to help everyone achieve happy, healthy skin. Available direct to consumer, our offering is proof you don’t need dermatologist-recommended skincare to see results.

SKINCARE THAT’S NOT SUPERFICIAL

We take skincare seriously, just not too seriously. Like you, we’re for sunrise yoga followed by brunch mimosas, for Brene Brown with a reality TV chaser, and for masking while munching on takeaway. SHOP L’ORIENT

At L'ORIENT, we strive to surpass the superficial — skincare means more to us than just remembering to moisturise. We’re dedicated to creating considered products that support skin of all tones and types.

While no two skins are exactly the same, melanated skin and non-melanated skin do have general differences. For one, darker skin tones don’t tend to deal with the wrinkles and redness most clinical skincare products address. (Which means using them can be a waste of time better spent scrolling on TikTok.) Plus, skin with more active melanocytes tends to require complex ingredient science to help even skin tone. We’ve got that.

Deeper skin tones are also underrepresented in clinical studies and product testing, which makes the existing research unfairly biased, so it’s difficult to know whether active ingredients will work as intended or are even safe to use. At L’ORIENT, we’re committed to sourcing the highest quality research available to ensure our products are friendly to all complexions. Things we don’t believe in? The concept of ‘perfect’ skin, inaccessibility and leaving skin of colour out of the conversation.