VIOLET GREY

1 week ago | violetgrey.com | Laura Regensdorf

Written by Laura Regensdorf For the Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Jason B. Diamond, familiar faces are part of doing business. “My cell phone would be a matter of national security, I think, if you could see who’s in it,” the doctor jokes, though some fans make themselves known.

2 weeks ago | violetgrey.com | Laura Regensdorf

Written by Laura Regensdorf DISCOVERED There is no mistaking the appeal of a long session at the Korean spa, from the thorough sloughing to the communal recharge. But to achieve that feeling of brand-new, born-this-very-minute skin at home is a feat. With Lilis’s Korean Body Resurfacing™ Set, the potential for wholesale renewal rests in your hands—and the results arrive in mere minutes.

2 weeks ago | violetgrey.com | Laura Regensdorf

Written by Laura Regensdorf “My husband always laughs that he’s never met a woman who gets ready so quickly but takes such a long time to go to bed,” says Pia Baroncini, the founder and creative director of the fashion brand LPA. For the mother of two with a stacked slate of projects—including a podcast and Substack, an olive oil label out of Sicily, and marketing strategy for her husband Davide’s line, Ghiaia Cashmere—it’s understandable that the evening routine is a sacred one.

2 weeks ago | violetgrey.com | Laura Regensdorf

Written by Laura Regensdorf DISCOVERED It’s the holy grail of skin care: a topical formula that bottles up the transformative results of an in-office procedure. If this sounds too good to be true, it often is! Puffed-up claims and unearned hype have made skeptics of us all—which is why it’s such a thrill to land on a real wonder-working product.

3 weeks ago | violetgrey.com | Laura Regensdorf

Written by Laura Regensdorf “People like Jennifer Aniston have texted me so many times over the years, ‘When are you going to make me something that can make my skin like that?’” says the editorial makeup artist Gucci Westman. That, of course, refers to Westman’s on-set specialty: conjuring a healthy, sun-kissed glow that feels resolutely natural, as seen in her deep catalogue of Vogue covers and red-carpet work. But is it really possible to bottle up such carefully wrought finesse?