Here are five red-carpet-ready facials
celebrities love.
Biba de Sousa is a celebrity esthetician
who's worked on celebrities like Miley Cyrus,
Emily Blunt, and Emma Roberts.
Insider visited Biba in 2019
to try a customized contouring facial.
This facial includes orbital microdermabrasion
to lightly exfoliate and remove dead skin cells.
That's followed with an ultrasonic skin spatula
for more exfoliation.
She applies a pomegranate massage cream
with shea butter for the lymphatic-drainage massage.
This helps contour, reduce puffiness,
and regulate skin tone.
With her hands,
Biba does a deep-tissue facial massage
followed by gua sha.
She does microcurrent with two types
of attachments to lift the skin.
You leave the experience
with lifted, contoured, and hydrated skin.
Vanessa Marc in New York City
offers a $275 caviar facial.
Celebrities like Winnie Harlow and Candice Swanepoel
have visited Vanessa Marc for a red-carpet glow.
The facial consists of
dermalinfusion to remove buildup
while also infusing the skin with serums
to nourish and unclog pores.
Depending on your skin concerns,
she then applies a custom face mask.
The ingredients in this mask help with
skin congestion, blemishes, and hydration.
This blue LED light-therapy mask
can help reduce acne and calm inflammation.
And finally, for an add-on service,
she applies a dose
of platinum-infused hyaluronic serum
to detoxify and hydrate the skin.
Actresses Halle Berry, Eva Mendes, and Sofía Vergara
are all fans of Olga Lorencin's facials in Beverly Hills.
This facial is called the Red Carpet facial
and leaves you with immediate dewy skin.
It starts at $250.
It includes a facial massage using seaweed,
aloe, and marula oil.
The star of the treatment is the red-carpet peel,
which consists of lactic acid,
malic acid, and glycolic acid.
The second step of the peel is neutralizing
with baking soda and green tea,
which can slightly sting for a few seconds.
For further exfoliation, she does microdermabrasion
and applies a mineral-infused mask
followed by an ultrasonic skin spatula
to penetrate the mask into the skin and exfoliate.
One of the final steps is a microcurrent
with a hydrating sheet mask to tighten the skin.
Celebrity esthetician Joanna Vargas
offers the Supernova facial for $325
to leave skin radiant and smooth.
It includes an exfoliating aqua peel.
A collagen mask for your face and neck
is meant to treat dry skin and smooth fine lines.
A gold molding mask is layered on top
to boost the benefits of the collagen mask.
That's followed by electroporation,
which uses LED and electric currents
to penetrate products deeper into the skin,
and cryotherapy to stimulate collagen production,
increase circulation, and reduce inflammation.
In the end, Joanna adds a serum with a blast of oxygen
that are inflammatory and antibacterial.
Tracie Martyn has been treating Hollywood skin
for decades, with clients including Naomi Campbell,
Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Emma Stone, and Sofía Vergara.
The spa's Red Carpet facial helps
to energize, lift, and depuff the skin
before events like the Oscars.
She starts with light microdermabrasion.
This is followed by an enzyme exfoliant mask
with pineapple enzymes that help brighten up the skin.
This microcurrent machine lifts,
firms, and contours.
The LED red-light treatment helps
tighten up the skin and reduce fine lines.
The spa also offers a Ruby Ray light bed
for the skin and body that uses NASA technology
to regenerate the skin from the cellular level.