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Cynthia Rivas Shares Her Own Skin Care Routine
Interview by Caitie Kelly
The first thing I do in the morning if I’m washing my hair is put in an Olaplex hair mask. I shower and do my face massage as I’m cleansing, usually with the Cleansing Complex from iS Clinical. I use Oribe Hair Alchemy Resilience Shampoo and Conditioner or Rōz Foundation Shampoo and Conditioner. One or two times a week I’ll use C & the Moon Malibu Made Body Scrub. I like Nécessaire Eucalyptus Body Wash and I really like Le Labo Santal 33 Shower Gel or Body Bar. I always apply my skin care to the face, neck and chest. First, the iS clinical Pro-Heal Serum Advance+ and then a targeted serum for a concern I’m having. Next I use Skin Better Techno Neck Perfecting Cream. I’ve used MBR CytoLine Eyecare Cream 100 for years. For my final skin-care steps, I apply Reparative Moisture Emulsion from iS clinical and EltaMD UV Clear. On my hair I use the Roz Hair Milk Serum and Santa Lucia Styling Oil every day, even if I haven’t washed my hair, because it helps with frizz. My latest obsession has been the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer. It’s worth every penny. I also love the ColorWOW Dream Coat Supernatural Spray. Every time I use it, people ask if I got a professional blowout, and it lasts for days.
I feel naked if I don’t have Chanel’s Le Volume mascara, Hourglass brow pencil and Anastasia Brow Gel on. If I’m going out, I’ll use a tiny bit of No.1 De Chanel Revitalizing Foundation just where I have redness. I like my skin to show through. I’ll use Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sun-Kissed Powder blush and eye shadow. For lips I like to use Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat and Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb. At night I always double cleanse. The first cleanser is usually Bioderma Sensibio to remove that first layer of makeup and sunscreen. The second step actually cleans your skin. I use N°1 De Chanel Red Camellia Powder-to-Foam Cleanser. Twice a week I’ll apply a mask, like Chanel Hydra Beauty Camellia Repair Mask, and jump in the shower. Then maybe I’ll use May Linstrom’s Clean Dirt to exfoliate.
If I’ve done a face scrub, I won’t use a retinol. Instead, I’ll use Hydra-Cool serum from iS Clinical and targeted serum for rejuvenation, like this EGF Serum. Then I’ll apply the neck cream, Restorsea Pro Firming Eye Serum and my eye cream, followed by my face cream or SkinBetter AlphaRet. I use Chanel Sublimage La Brume Intense Revitalizing Mist throughout the day to refresh my skin or I apply it right before my night moisturizer and Restorsea’s LipMagic exfoliator. I take iS Clinical Active Peel System with me when I travel and will do it before an event. I wear Le Labo Santal 33 body lotion and perfume and I also love Costa Brazil Aroma perfume. I gravitate toward grounding, earthy scents.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
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The Surrey Returns to Manhattan’s Upper East Side With Textured Interiors and a New Restaurant
While Manhattan has seen a flurry of new hotel openings in the past few years, much of that activity has happened downtown. But next month, the Upper East Side will get a debut of its own with the Surrey, a Corinthia Hotel, the first U.S. property from the Malta-based company, which currently has hotels throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Art Deco high rise on Madison Avenue sits amid the neighborhood’s blue-chip art galleries (Gagosian is around the corner) and a few steps from Central Park. The 16-story building had been a magnet for the city’s socialites and celebrities since opening in 1926, and this new iteration is the result of a four year renovation — and the latest New York City hospitality project by Martin Brudnizki, who recently designed the interiors of Tribeca’s Fouquet’s New York and the Fifth Avenue Hotel in NoMad. For the Surrey’s 100 guest rooms, the London-based Brudnizki decided on a color palette dominated by soft neutrals, while adding details like woven wall coverings, green and slate blue beds, and marble-topped side tables. Art plays a big part, too: Works by American superstars George Condo and Robert Mapplethorpe mix with emerging contemporary artists like Ethan Cook and Gizam Vural. The hotel’s dining venue, meanwhile, is another newcomer to the city: Casa Tua, the seafood-focused Mediterranean restaurant that has outposts in Miami, Aspen, and Paris. Both guests and the public are welcome here, though a second-floor members’ club offers a more private uptown experience. The Surrey, a Corinthia Hotel opens Oct. 1; from $1,000 a night; corinthia.com.
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