Listen and learn, ladies. It’s come to my attention that the secret to looking like The Kate Moss is – wait for it – something called “skin icing”.
As revealed in W mag’s September bumper issue, the hedonistic hard partier’s beauty hack involves “ice in the morning”.
As in, ice forged from actual aqua, which she collects in a clean cloth and caresses her face with for a minute or so. Purported beauty benefits? This cool trick is said to take care of puffiness, pores, ruddiness and such – essentially any and every cosmetic concern.
Now for the whys and wherefores. You may be aware that facial redness and bloatedness (“erythema” in derm-speak) is due to the dilation of pores and blood vessels on the skin’s surface. To dial back the blotchiness, you’ll need to shrink said vessels and pores, which is where ice cubes come in.
To skeptics out there, it appears as if science backs Kate Moss up on this one; studies show that ice can soothe sensitive skin. Beauty bonus: Icing before Botox has also been shown to pare down the pain of the pinprick – but that’s a moot point because an aesthetician’s needle must surely be absolutely alien to Kate Moss, right ...?
Other bon mots from Kate’s W mag exposé: She urges fellow alchies not to “mix the grapes and the grains” (duly noted!) and says that La Mer’s Crème de La Mer (but of course) is of the essence in maintaining her modelesque mien.
All of which makes for a nice segue to La Mer’s latest miracle worker, which would pair really nicely with a spot of skin icing, methinks. The Intensive Revitalizing Mask comes in a sleek silver tube stuffed with the posh beauty brand’s patented Miracle Broth, a potent skin-plumping slurry of soothing sea kelp, plus two new botanical restoratives said to soften and smoothen like no other.
Massage in a generous glob of the buttery balm on your cleansed face, kick back and relax for eight minutes, then tissue off to reveal Kate Moss-worthy skin. Even better, follow up with the supermodel’s neat trick with ice, and pair with a chilled glass of Chianti. We’ll toast to that!
La Mer Intensive Revitalizing Mask, $265, is available at all La Mer counters. For more information, visit intensiverevitalizingmask.cremedelamer.com, www.lamer.com.sg and follow La Mer on Facebook.