Notes On…Spring Cleaning Your Skincare
It’s important to assess your skincare regime every few months or so. The needs of your skin can change, and so too should your regime. Your skin can become “immune” to products as they may develop a tolerance for certain ingredients and formulas over time. I like to cycle and trial different products seasonally and […]
VOGUE · Décolletage Doctor: Why It’s Imperative To Look After This Delicate Area And How
“Your face finishes at your boobs.” As a beauty editor, I’ve heard plenty of dermatologists, facialists and skincare devotees – and even my own mother – recite this phrase with gusto over the years. But still my daily skincare ritual usually finished at the chin, at best the collarbones, which is down to time restraints, […]
Space N K · Melanie Grant On Facial Massage Technique
Counting the likes of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Victoria Beckham as regular clients, Melanie Grant is the name to know in celebrity circuits right now. The Australian-born aesthetician has clinics in LA’s coveted Melrose Place, as well as Melbourne and Sydney. Her treatments employ light therapy, microdermabrasion and ultrasound technology to achieve her signature fresh, healthy glow. While we might […]
US Magazine · Chanel Skincare Expert Melanie Grant Walks Us Through Her At-Home Facial Routine — Watch!
The sought-after Sydney-based facialist, who is Chanel’s skincare expert, shared a series of exclusive videos with Us Weekly’s Stylish to show readers like you how to do a facial at home. The expert’s also just one of the beauty pros to share cleansing hacks and tips in the new issue of Us Weekly. The pro filmed her facial […]
Harper’s BAZAAR · The Skinfluencer
Run a search on Melanie Grant and Google will tell you she’s the skin whisperer Jessica Gomes and Nicole Trunfio will fly home for. You’ll see holiday selfies of her in New York with devotee turned friend Lara Worthington. But when you meet Grant, 35-year-old celebrity facialist, you realise hype has little to do with […]
Harper’s BAZAAR · Forget Botox, Facial Massage Is The Next Frontier Of Anti-Ageing Science
“Synergistically, these factors work in harmony to brighten and firm skin while draining and moving any fluid around. The overall objective with facial massage is to lift skin and amplify the potency of your products, while reducing any excess fluid or puffiness and promoting collagen production.” What’s involved in a traditional facial massage? In traditional […]
BROADSHEET · Six Of The Best Melbourne Facials For Glowing Skin
The “celebrity-approved” facial Melanie Grant With a clientele including Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian – and a recently-opened salon in Los Angeles – Mel Grant has earned fans for her “signature glow”. Stylist and blogger Nicole Warne (Gary Pepper Girl) describes Grant as the “only person I let touch my face”. Grant opened her first salon in […]
Sunday Life · This Week I Try…A Laser Facial
Pain factor I cannot lie, the laser is really ouchy. Downtime Sixty minutes for the treatment. I was quite red and looked a little swollen for a couple of days after, so I used a tinted moisturiser to disguise the redness. Results Once my skin settled down, the texture was finer and firmer and the […]
Violet Grey · Woman Made
For Aussie esthetician, Melanie Grant, beauty was always at the forefront for her career-wise. “I always knew I’d work in beauty, even as a little girl,” she says. “I’d read the beauty pages in glossy magazines next to pictures of the It nineties supermodels. I studied skin therapy straight out of school, earned my international […]
Notes on…What Not To Do
Incorrect Topical Care Common mistakes I have observed with skin care regimes include using products that aren’t the right fit for one’s skin type and concerns, exclusively using one skincare brand (it is best to cherry pick our products and treatments), over-complicating a skincare regime with too many actives or steps (which can lead to […]
