Just in time to prep purchasers for the Oscars, facialist and skin-care guru Joanna Czech — who lengthy has traveled to Los Angeles from her studios in Dallas and NYC for personal appointments throughout awards season — will open her first L.A. studio, at L’Ermitage Beverly Hills resort, on March 3.
Jennifer Aniston, Anna Wintour, Michelle Williams and Hailey Bieber are longtime purchasers, as is Kim Kardashian, who Czech assisted in creating the SKKN by Kim skin-care line, which debuted in 2022. For the 2024 Golden Globes, Czech tended to the faces of Natasha Lyonne, Camila Morrone and Suki Waterhouse.
Facialist Joanna Czech doing a customized blended facial masks
Courtesy of Joanna Czech
“Kate Winslet flew me to L.A. [in 2009] to care for her as a result of she was nominated for an Oscar, after which she was treating her buddies to my facials, in order that’s how I began touring to L.A. for the Academy Awards,” says Czech. “Later on, I used to be employed by skincare strains — La Mer, Clé de Peau, Dior, now Chanel — and likewise work by myself, so it’s been over 16 years going forwards and backwards.”
Treatments in Los Angeles will embrace facials, forehead and lash companies, and physique remedies starting from $50 for a forehead tint to $1,250 for the Ultimate Facial with Czech. (To e book an appointment, electronic mail [email protected] or name 310-492-2990; open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday via Saturday.)
Most face and physique remedies embrace LED mild remedy, with add-ons akin to Dermaflash to take away vellus hair, aka peach fuzz, ($50) or MyoContour (microcurrent and infrared warmth) to detox and stimulate muscle tone on the stomach or arms/glutes/thighs ($250 every).
Czech tells THR that the Myocontour physique remedies are particularly in style for awards present prep. “Everybody desires additional tone!” she says.
Joanna Czech’s C+ Serum with secure vitamin C; $340, bluemercury.com
Courtesy of Joanna Czech
As for what goes into her customized Ultimate Facials, Czech explains, “Our facials incorporate cleaning and therapeutic massage and as a lot exfoliation as you are able to do throughout awards season. We usually are not going after deep peel or mega extractions. Then there are no less than 5 completely different types of microcurrent, relying on what works for explicit pores and skin. And ultrasound mixed with LED remedy, adverse ionization, a lot of cryotherapy. We might record modalities and applied sciences, however we don’t have an outline of our remedies. When you concentrate on a purple carpet facial — truly mine is type of an obnoxious value! — purchasers will get precisely what’s wanted on a given day for his or her pores and skin after a really thorough session. My purchasers by no means obtain the identical facial twice.”
Czech tells THR that her coaching nonetheless informs her apply. “One of crucial issues — graduating from a magnificence institute in Poland [her homeland] — was to be skilled in deep tissue facial therapeutic massage. The first phrases I heard from my teacher have been ‘deal with the muscle groups like a dough and the pores and skin like a sponge,’” she says, including that “all people is speaking about LED remedy now, and I’ve been doing it since 1995.”
Czech additionally has turn into a wellness advisor of kinds. “During crunch time, I inform purchasers to eat simply apples and tomatoes, since you lose lots of water and match higher into clothes. No Botox for six weeks earlier than in case of bruising. Even from a distance, I supervise them on FaceTime about weight-reduction plan and dietary supplements.”
In 2021, Czech launched The Kit, a $1,250 set of seven facial skincare necessities together with two serums, toner, a cream, a face masks, a balm and cleaning wipes packed in a smooth journey bag — it’s at present on sale at Net-A-Porter.
She additionally gives cleaning pads made in Poland, a physique brush, and different equipment. The new L.A. outpost will carry a curated mixture of skincare merchandise from such manufacturers as Biologique Recherche, Environ and Forlle’d, plus two bodycare strains from Poland not but accessible within the U.S.
A model of this story first appeared within the Feb. 14 situation of The Hollywood Reporter journal. Click right here to subscribe.
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