Every red-carpet appearance is prefaced by a multitude of beauty treatments, but perhaps the most important are those performed on the face. Facials not only help improve the quality of the skin, but also what’s beneath it, creating the ultimate canvas for beautiful make-up – a nonnegotiable when you’re being photographed. So what, exactly, does it take to create award-winning skin? Here, Vogue speaks to some of the world’s most in-demand facialists to find out more.
Melanie Grant
Jennifer Aniston, Dua Lipa, Riley Keough and Jessica Chastain… just some of the names on Melanie Grant’s client list, many of whom are “opting for more natural, skin-centric beauty looks” nowadays. She achieves a “bright, refined and plump finish” through a bespoke treatment that marries ultra-fine diamond microdermabrasion (to dust away surface debris) with an energising enzyme peel (to metabolise dead skin and flood the tissues with nutrients from within), creating the most incredible glow.
