Article: NATURAL BEAUTY; Decadent touches: (clockwise from top left) Maria at home, her living room, extravagant master bedroom, and gilt hall table and French mirror.

Byline: ANGELA VILLA

STEP inside the chic Chelsea town house belonging to Maria Hatzistefanis and you are immediately seduced by the understated glamour of every room.

It's no surprise, really, as glamour has become a byword for the founder of cult beauty brand Rodial.

Grecian-born, 37-year-old Maria founded the label in 1999, taking advantage of a gap in the market for serious skincare made with natural ingredients.

With no advertising, she has built the brand up via word of mouth, virtually becoming the face of Rodial herself.

It helps, of course, that she is inherently elegant and has a chic social circle both in London ...

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