Our Story

Our story

Named for light.

La Luer takes its name from the French word for light. We believe everyone deserves to see their own, without hiding it beneath layers of makeup.

The La Luer Facial Treatment System in soft natural light
IThe search

It began with my own skin.

In my late twenties, my skin began to change. I was breaking out, and it was dry, sensitive and inflamed. The first fine lines appeared beneath my eyes, beside my nose and across my forehead. My face looked as tired and stressed as I felt.

It shook my confidence so deeply that I never left the house without a heavy layer of foundation. I tried everything: products with perfect reviews, holistic remedies, prescription treatments, a ten-step nighttime routine. And yet the more I did, the worse my skin became.

La Luer founder Nicole Chau's skin in 2017, with breakouts, redness and inflammation
2017My skin, before La Luer. Unfiltered, as it really was.

“I created La Luer because there should be no barriers to good skin.”

Nicole Chau, Founder
IIThe discovery

The answer was in the treatment room.

Then I discovered professional facials powered by beauty technology, and I fell in love with the technologies they used, because the results were incredible. I knew consistency was everything, but with a full-time job, weekly appointments simply weren't possible.

So I went searching for an at-home tool that would truly target the root cause of skin concerns, rather than simply cover them up. It had to meet three conditions.

OneComprehensive

Every essential technology in a single tool, so someone with hormonal acne and someone with fine lines could both find what they need.

TwoImmediate

Results you can see and feel from the very first treatment.

ThreeRestorative

Not a quick fix, but genuinely healthier skin over time.

Nothing like it existed. So I set out to make it myself.

IIIThe making

A thousand prototypes later.

Nothing on the market brought six technologies together across four targeted treatments. I partnered with five engineers to build the first prototypes, and again and again I was told it couldn't be done.

I believed otherwise. With an obsessive eye for detail, and partners who shared the vision, we pioneered the first true 6-in-1 facial device: six technologies working together in a single handheld tool. And we hold the patent for it: a utility patent for integrating six technologies into one, alongside two design patents.

We introduced La Luer to the world at CES 2019, alongside the biggest names in technology.

1,000+prototypes before the first device
6 in 1technologies across 4 treatments
2019launched at CES, the world's largest tech show
3patents: 2 design and 1 utility
An early La Luer prototype beside engineering drawings of the device
The prototypeAn early build, and the engineering drawings behind it.
IVThe promise

Skin technology, made for real life.

The first time I used our Facial Treatment System, I knew it could help so many people facing what I had. Professional skin technology should be accessible and affordable, and a busy life shouldn't mean compromising on your skin.

I believe beautiful skin begins with healthy skin. And healthy skin comes from more than what you apply. It comes from awakening your skin's own ability to renew itself.

EffortlessResults, quickly

Visible results that build with consistent use, and no downtime.

FeltClearer, firmer, brighter

How my skin feels after every treatment, and what our community tells us, too.

CustomizableFour treatments, your routine

Choose Detox, Tone, Lift or Infuse to target exactly what your skin needs that day.

VFull circle

Back in the treatment room.

The technology that first inspired me came from the treatment room. Today, La Luer has returned there. We partner with plastic surgeons, estheticians and luxury spas, who recommend La Luer to help their clients maintain their results between appointments.

For our plastic surgery partners, it's a way to help protect the investment their patients have made, with gentle, consistent care at home.

Plastic surgeonsProtect the investment

Gentle at-home care that helps patients maintain the results of their procedures.

EstheticiansExtend every facial

Keeps the glow of a professional treatment going between appointments.

Luxury spasThe ritual, at home

The treatment-room experience, carried into everyday life.

Detail of the La Luer Facial Treatment System treatment head
Nicole Chau, founder of La Luer, holding the La Luer Facial Treatment System
A note from Nicole

I make La Luer for people like me: short on time, tired of products that sit on the surface, and ready for results they can see and feel. And for clients protecting the results of their professional treatments.

Thank you for being part of our story.

Nicole ChauFounder, La Luer
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