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5 Cheats to Getting Great Skin from the Experts Who Do it for a Living

time:2025-02-06 04:30:32 Source: author:

When the weather heats up, your grooming game better be on point. After all, a pair of chino shorts can only car a man so far. For some solid intel that'll keep you looking your very best this summer, we asked a dozen grooming pros—the ones that comb and buff the likes of Ryan Gosling, The Weeknd, and Rami Malek—for their best tips on all things hair, skin, and body. Up today, hacks for turning dull, tired skin into great skin (and quickly).

The key to aging well is obvious: Eat a well-balanced diet, don't smoke, drink lots of water, and get 8-10 hours of sleep every night. Since all that good behavior is easier said than done, it helps to have a few cheats in your pocket that give you the effect of agelessness, without requiring you to live such a pure life. And who better to let you in on a few of those secrets than the women who get Hollywood's hardest-working, hardest-living actors ready for public scrutiny? That's why we asked them for their best great skin secrets, the 5 best of which are right here.


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Peter Thomas Roth Max Anti-Shine Mattifying Gel, $35, available at nordstrom.com

1. Look Sober in Summer Wedding Photos

If you tend to get sweaty and shiny whenever you have a drink, get excited, or put on a suit, a mattifying gel will save you from looking like a hot mess at summer weddings and other formal events. Put a dime-size amount on after you moisturize your face or right before you hit a party. Groomer to Luke Evans and Joel Edgerton, KC Fee, likes Laura Mercier Secret Finish while Michael B. Jordan and Milo Ventimiglia’s go-to groomer, Carola Gonzalez, relies on Peter Thomas Roth Max Anti-shine Mattifying Gel.


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Aveda Botanical Kinetics Skin Firming/Toning Agent, $21, available at nordstrom.com

2. Revive 70-Hour-Workweek Face

If you’ve been stress-rubbing your forehead all day, running to appointments all over town, or calling Coffee Bean your office for the better part of 10 hours, you probably look less than alive. Use a cleansing water or reviving toner to fake post-shower skin. Gonzalez uses Koh Gen Do Cleansing Water Cloths while Donald Glover’s groomer Jhizet Panosian uses Aveda Skin Firming Toning Agent. Both will fit in your work bag and can be applied directly to the skin.


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Tom Ford Bronzing Gel, $48, available at sephora.com

3. Fake “I Own a Vacation House” Skin

Tom Ford’s bronzing gel is beloved by almost all celebrity groomers, especially the ones who service a lot of pasty white guys (like Christine Nelli , groomer to Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling). If you tend to get green-ish yourself, it’ll be the best $48 you ever spent. Simply mix some of the solution with moisturizer to ensure the effect is ultra-subtle. We promise: You will not look like you’re wearing makeup. Instead, you’ll look like you just spent a couple of days sleeping on the beach.


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Lab Series BB Tinted Moisturizer SPF 35, $45, available at labseries.com

4. Take the Party Years Off Your Face

Speaking of makeup, here’s a bold move that just might be worth making if you’d describe your complexion as “walking mug shot”: BB Cream or tinted moisturizer. Yes, technically it’s makeup, but it’s very lightweight and, hey, if it’s good enough for celebrities, right? Cheri Keating, groomer to Tom Hiddleston and David Oyelowo, points out that many also have sunscreen built into the formulas, which is convenient if you’re prone to nose sunburns. (Never a good look.)


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Tatcha Aburatorigami Japanese Blotting Papers, $12, available at sephora.com

5. Hit Reset After a Borderline Gross Lunch

Here’s an easy one: Rid your skin of the lingering essence of a particularly heavy burrito lunch with blotting papers or, for the punks in the crowd, ordinary rolling papers. Just wipe along your mug and watch the tortilla chip grease and hot sauce-induced sweat disappear. Panosian taught us the rolling paper trick; she also uses Tatcha's Japanese Blotting Papers when she’s feeling fancy.

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