A backstage beauty report in British Vogue from March 2020 on Victoria Beckham’s AW20 show at Banqueting House. Beckham flew Melanie Grant, who looks after her own skin, in from Los Angeles to give the models facials before their make-up. “For me, skincare is the foundation of everything,” Beckham tells the magazine. She says Grant used the VB serum with the Rejuvenating Priming Moisturizer on top.
The writer describes Grant moving between clinics in Sydney, Melbourne, Paris and Los Angeles, and names clients including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Jennifer Aniston, Hailey Bieber, Joan Smalls, Kim Kardashian, Karolína Kurková, Rose Byrne and Georgia Fowler. The piece also credits Grant with introducing Beckham to Augustinus Bader, and the two went on to create a skincare line together.
Most of the rest describes the Custom Skin Health Facial at her Melrose Place clinic, a favourite of Beckham’s. The writer’s view is that Grant’s method isn’t radically different from other good facials. It combines plenty of traditional massage with high-performance products, guided by careful diagnosis. The treatment includes a double cleanse, microdermabrasion, a gentle peel, an ultrasound infusion of vitamin C and hyaluronic acid, light therapy, a collagen mask and massage, sometimes with radio frequency and microcurrent. A team member preps the skin and Grant does the main part herself. While the light mask works, another team member massages the hands, arms and shoulders. The writer found the skin looked even better a day or so later.
