If you thought getting ready for the Met Gala required merely a hairstylist and makeup artist, well, you are incorrect. It’s a production, with the most talented practitioners in the beauty industry descending upon Manhattan like an incredibly well-groomed flock of birds. Scattered throughout five-star hotels, world-renowned lymphatic drainage specialists, dermatologists (cystic pimples don’t respect red carpet timing), tanning experts, brow artists, and nail pros are setting up makeshift studios. But perhaps the most coveted talent, whose schedules resemble an intense game of Tetris, are the inimitable celebrity facialists.
Booking an hour with one of The Best the week of The Met elicits a super-charged treatment that goes above and beyond the typical cocktail. Take Cynthia Rivas, for example. The celebrity aesthetician and founder of Cynthia Rivas Skincare, who regularly treats Olivia Palermo, Paris Hilton, and Meghan Fahey, stocks her Met Gala suite at The Carlyle with nearly a dozen gadgets that can boost glow, decrease acne, lift, sculpt, tone, calm, smooth, and tighten skin.
