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My Red-Carpet ritual: Winter edition
By , Founder of Harley Street Injectables
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 straight from full days in clinic to evenings out, and the lighting doesn’t give much room to hide.
For me, red-carpet prep is all about intentional, treatments that make the skin look fresh, lifted, and quietly luminous, the kind of radiance 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 of structure - nothing dramatic, just a gentle tightening that restores the winter tends to blur.
This is when I book .
It’s one of my favourite pre-event treatments it gives that subtle, tightness along the jawline and cheeks - the kind that reads beautifully under but never looks "done." London winter can leave the skin feeling a little lax or puffy, and HIFU brings back into focus. It that held, lifted quality that makes every angle look intentional.
If my under-eyes are at how long the week has been, and winter loves to emphasise 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 for this area: a little support, a little elasticity, a little more smoothness so makeup doesn’t cling. It creates a kind of brightness that shows up in photographs.
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 and polished without irritation, smoother pores, better texture, and that clean, even surface makeup loves.
I often pair it with in the same week. Genesis quietly elevates everything: it softens redness, smooths uneven tone, and gives the skin that soft-focus radiance that looks incredible on camera. It’s like the of good .
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 recovery time. This is when I reach for the It leaves the complexion glossy, plump, and balanced, the kind of that makes makeup glide and light catch in all the right places!
It gives that final, sheen that reads well under lights.
This ritual works it’s layered, thoughtful, and timed to perfection: sculpting first, next, refinement in the middle, and glow at the end.
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