NEW YORK: From facial workouts to laser peels, celebrities will be turning to a range of skincare routines to look their best for the Oscars red carpet on Sunday.

Estheticians, dermatologists and other beauty teams are busy preparing their clients ahead of Hollywood’s top ceremony, the culmination of awards season.

Among the regimens celebrities like actor Kerry Washington and comedian Chelsea Handler apply is FaceGym, which describes itself as “the home of facial fitness.”

“We’re founded on the idea that just like going to the gym to work out your body and transform your body, you can do the same with your face and the 40-plus muscles we have in our face,” FaceGym coach and trainer Gianna Graham told Reuters at one of the brand’s New York studios.

Behind her, a trainer carefully massaged, rolled a ball and used an electric muscle stimulation device on a client.

“It’s reaching places of the face that our hands cannot reach, so it’s going to work out the micro muscles as well as the regular muscles of the face,” Graham said.

“You’re going to have more hydration and smoothness under the skin. Darkness under the eyes will dissipate. And overall, the lift is really what (celebrities) like to see. That sculpt is really great for (the) camera.”

Dermatology office Weiser Skin offers the popular Hollywood Laser Peel, in which liquid carbon is applied.

“It’s a great option for immediately before a red carpet event,” dermatologist Dr. Jessica Weiser, who is tight-lipped about her celebrity clients, said while demonstrating the procedure.

“When we fire the laser at it, the carbon will come off and it will pull a dead skin cell layer with it. And what that does is it accomplishes the effects of a chemical peel without actual and any downtime, redness or peeling effect,” Weiser said.

Los Angeles-based celebrity aesthetician Bianca Edwards, who once gave boxer Floyd Mayweather $5,000 facials, says she sees clients twice in the week before a major event.

“I would want to bring them in and do something like this first,” she told Reuters while performing a Beauty Peel facial to remove dead skin.

“And then maybe 48 to 72 hours prior to the actual Oscar I would bring them back in just for another quick little mini facial. I would probably do some microcurrent on them. That’s going to help plump, lift. It’s going to get them like a 72-hour facelift,” she said.

Edwards uses her beauty tool, Ice Dice, to massage the skin.

“These are stainless steel pattern tubes that are filled with glycerin to hold their temperature and to mimic ice on the client’s skin,” she said. “I like for my clients to walk out looking like a glazed donut.”

Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, a.k.a Portable, has warned popular music director and cinematographer ThankGod Omori Smith, better known as TG Omori or Boy Director, not to visit the Lekki area of Lagos State or Sango for his own safety.

This is coming after Omori, on Tuesday, gave in to the Portable demands to shoot his video after constant attacks on social media.

TG Omori told Portable to send a song so that he would do the video, but he’s yet to disclose whether it would be free of charge or he will discount the $50k fee.

Following the proposal, the duo launched an Instagram live session. Portable, who expressed dissatisfaction at TG Omori’s expensive charges, queried the director for not loving him again as he begged for his assistance.

He then jokingly threatened the music director not to visit Lekki or Sango for his own safety because there would be a fight if they met.

The Zazuu star wondered why the director was giving him attitude and stated that he should have continued with his offensive behaviour and seen what would have happened.

In response, TG Omori said it wasn’t personal, that he was only chasing after money before any other thing.

Recall that Omori had demanded $50k (over N22 million) for a video shoot from Portable earlier last month, which infuriated the ”Zazu Zeh” crooner, who enquired whether the director produced videos for ghosts.

Billionaire daughter, Temi Otedola celebrates six years after meeting her fiance, Oluwatosin Ajibade better known as Mr Eazi.

TheHeute recalls that the actress had earlier sparked a break-up rumour with Mr Eazi after she shared a teary cryptic post.

Contrary to what people speculated about her relationship, Temi took to her Instagram page minutes ago to share beautiful moments with her fiance to celebrate six years their stars collided.

Captioning her post, she wrote: “Yesterday, we met 6 years ago”.

Mr Eazi opens up on his private love life with Temi Otedola

TheHeute recalls that Mr Eazi opened up on his private relationship with Temi Otedola.

The couple got engaged months back after Eazi popped the question to the love of his life.

In a recent interview, Mr Eazi stated that due to his low-key lifestyle, he could be married to Temi and no one would know.

The singer recounted how he popped the question to Temi and no one knew, until he announced the news of their engagement two weeks after.

For him, he believes one shouldn’t publicize everything that goes on in their lives.

He said: “I was engaged for 2 weeks before the world knew that I was engaged. So is like, I could he married right now and you wouldn’t know and maybe I ain’t just wearing my ring.

It’s just how you feel, like it isn’t everything that should be outside”.

Temi Otedola opens up on her love life

TheHeute recalls Temi Otedola had opened up on the reasons she agreed to marry singer, Eazi after he proposed to her.

During an interview on Beat FM, the beautiful daughter of Otedola who is also an actress and a model, revealed the real reasons she accepted his marriage proposal.

She said she felt a sense of peace with him like she has found her soulmate and she had never felt it with anyone else.

Temi Otedola affirms her love and commitment to Mr Eazi

TheHeute recalls that Temi Otedola reaffirmed her love and commitment to her fiance, Mr Eazi.

The actress shared photos taken from Mr Eazi’s music video, Legalized, where she was featured as his love interest. Captioning the post Temi stated that she wouldn’t walk down the aisle with anyone else.

According to her, if it’s not Mr Eazi, then she wouldn’t get married. She wrote: “If e no be you, I swear I no go do!”.

 

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