A weekly conversation where skin becomes less about panic and more about pattern.
Elise and André sit at the intersection of clinical knowledge and lived experience—
helping you decide what belongs on your face, what belongs in the clinic, and what
can be left behind entirely.
New episodes weekly · Practical, clinic-aligned skincare without the scalpel.
Elise Marais is the person you wish appeared in every consultation—steady, clear,
and quietly exacting. She translates clinical language into choices you can
actually live with: what deserves investment, what can be skipped, and how to
build a routine that respects both your barrier and your real life. Her background
spans treatment rooms, ingredient research, and the slow, disciplined art of skin
repair. On the mic, she is measured, reassuring, and gently protective of both
your skin and your budget—bringing the precision of a clinician with the warmth
of someone who has seen every kind of barrier story.
André
Perspective & Practice · Co-Host
André Solane is the anchor for the listener—the voice that asks the things you
were thinking but weren’t sure you were supposed to say out loud. He comes from
the lived side of skincare: trial-and-error routines, treatment regrets, product
overload, and the quiet exhaustion of trying to look rested in an overextended
world. His role is to keep the conversations human and grounded in how it actually
feels to be in your skin—not just what looks good on a treatment menu. He brings
honesty, curiosity, and a sense of relief to every episode, reminding you that
good skincare is as much about real life as it is about results.
Episodes
Season 1 · The Foundational Series
The season that teaches you how skin truly works.
Season 1 lays the groundwork for everything that follows. Elise Marais and André Solane
take listeners inside the fundamentals of modern skin health—helping you understand the
patterns beneath the panic.
Across the season, they break down what creates visible change, what quietly sabotages
progress, and how to build a routine that actually performs. No hype, no fear, no
“miracle products”—just clear, clinic-aligned guidance shaped by evidence.
From cleansers to vitamin C to retinol and repair, Season 1 helps you learn what your
skin responds to, what it rejects, and how to make decisions with confidence instead of
overwhelm.
It’s the foundation. The starting point. The season that teaches you
how to choose, not chase.
Episode 01
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Episode 02
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Episode 03
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Episodes 04–15
Coming Weekly
As new episodes are recorded and mixed, they will appear here with full titles,
descriptions, and audio players. Season One is planned for fifteen episodes.
Future episodes · To be released
Release Rhythm
Skincare Without Surgery™ releases new episodes weekly. The show is designed to sit
alongside your Époquelle™ ritual and clinic visits—something you can listen to while
masking, cleansing, or simply pausing between the day and the night.
Ready to see the products behind the conversations? Explore the Époquelle™ Collection
or discover the Époque Labs Cosmetics edit.
