{"id":1086,"date":"2020-05-24T17:49:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T07:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=172331"},"modified":"2020-11-15T14:29:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T14:29:31","slug":"ole-henrikson-interview","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/ole-henrikson-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Ole Henriksen The Benjamin Button Of Skincare?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If the fountain of youth exists, I’m almost certain Ole Henriksen<\/a> bathes in it every single day. \u201cI turn 69 on Monday. I feel great!\u201d he chirps down the line from Los Angeles, where he\u2019s sitting out the COVID-19 pandemic. The man seemingly defies the concept of aging, a feat that has positioned him as a bit of an icon in the beauty world. The fact his eponymous product line is a bestseller globally only adds to the Ole magic \u2013 the kind of magic you can feel through the phone. He calls me at 7 in the morning (his late afternoon) and profusely apologizes for the early wake up. I assure him ‘I’m up, it’s fine!’ (just) but it soon becomes evident that his high frequency is way more uplifting than the black coffee I gulp down between questions. The “most positive man in skincare” references are absolutely correct.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Denmark, Henriksen grew up in a small village where skincare didn\u2019t exist within the modern discourse of \u201cself-care.\u201d Instead, it was a necessary means to protect what is essentially the body\u2019s largest organ from the extreme temperatures of Northern Europe. \u201cProtecting skin from the cold was just a part of life \u2013 it wasn\u2019t skincare. You had to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a young age, Henriksen moved to Indonesia to pursue one of his greatest passions: dance. But unhealthy habits (bad food, soft drink, the usual vices) caused him to develop cystic acne. He visited a local aesthetician who cleaned up his diet and put him on a skincare regime, and the improvements were significant: “I couldn’t believe the way I was able to heal myself.” It was this epiphany that led him down the skincare trail. And<\/em> the fact he “couldn’t kick his legs in the air for the rest of his life” (but in retrospect, he probably could have).<\/p>\n

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