My Red-Carpet ritual: Winter edition

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Winter has its own rhythm - colder air, heating, long clinic days and late events, and the always seems to gather at the same time. It’s the point in the year when I’m going from full days in clinic to evenings out, and the doesn’t give much room to hide.

For me, red-carpet prep is all about intentional, that make the skin look fresh, lifted, and luminous, the kind of you can’t fake under flash.

This is the ritual I return to every time.

A few weeks out, I like to create a soft foundation of - nothing dramatic, just a gentle that the winter tends to blur.

This is when I book .

It’s one of my favourite pre-event it gives that subtle, along the and cheeks - the kind that reads beautifully under cameras but never looks "done." London winter can leave the skin feeling a little lax or puffy, and HIFU brings everything back into focus. It that held, lifted quality that makes every angle look intentional.

If my are hinting at how long the week has been, and winter lighting loves to this, I’ll add a touch of in this window.

They’ve been talked about this year, often thanks to the "salmon DNA" nickname, but behind the headlines, they’re simply brilliant for this area: a little support, a little elasticity, a little more so makeup doesn’t cling. It a kind of refreshed that shows up in .

This is when the resurfacing steps in and the skin begins to look more polished.

is my go-to at the two-week mark. It leaves my skin refined and polished irritation, pores, better texture, and that clean, even surface makeup loves.

I often pair it with in the same week. Genesis quietly elevates everything: it redness, smooths uneven tone, and gives the skin that soft-focus radiance that looks on camera. It’s like the complexion equivalent of good lighting.

Together, Fire & Ice and create that "editorial skin" finish, smooth, calm, and .

Winter can make the skin look flat, and this brings it back to life a single minute of time. This is when I reach for the It leaves the glossy, plump, and perfectly balanced, the kind of that makes makeup glide and light catch in all the right places!

It gives that final, refined sheen that reads incredibly well under lights.

This ritual works because it’s layered, thoughtful, and timed to perfection: first, next, refinement in the middle, and glow at the end.

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