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 red-carpet calendar always seems to gather momentum 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 lighting doesn’t give much room to hide.

For me, prep is all about intentional, well-timed 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 structure – nothing dramatic, just a gentle that restores the contours winter tends to blur.

This is when I book .

It’s one of my pre-event treatments because it gives that subtle, along the jawline and cheeks – the kind that reads 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 .

If my under-eyes are hinting at how long the week has been, and winter lighting 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 brilliant for this area: a little support, a little elasticity, a little more so makeup doesn’t cling. It a kind of refreshed brightness that shows up beautifully in .

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

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

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

Together, Fire & Ice and Genesis create that “editorial skin” finish, smooth, calm, and .

Winter can make the skin look flat, and this brings it back to life without a single minute of time. This is when I reach for the It leaves the glossy, plump, and balanced, the kind of that makes makeup glide and light catch in all the right places!

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

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

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