Bill Mullen

Thursday afternoon, after braving the rain and clouds I met with a lovely editor from WWD - Mayte Allende - who despite the horrid weather, looked so pulled together...and her skin was glowing flawlessly. Which lead me to think, I want to be that girl that always looks perfectly coiffed with impeccable skin! Very much influenced by my plastic surgeon father my born and raised in Manhattan Grandmother who was always in tune with what was happening in the world of fashion, I began my obsessive-compulsive quest for perfection. The journey is still very much on-going. All this has brought me back to an incident I had when I first started working at Sean John on the design team. In preparation for fashion week (after approx 3 months of almost 24 hour work days and being trapped at Industria studios helping to style the runway show) I decided to try and prepare by giving myself a medical grade chemical peel. Needless to say, I am no doctor and burned a good quarter of my face just before the fashion show. I could barely move my face because the burn was so bad, and had to go into the office (my boss would not let me work from home because he said that it would teach me a lesson) with a swine flu mask on my face to cover the burns!  Please imagine try to imagine ME walking into the office to sit with a room full of designers, our stylist (who was Bill Mullen at the time), reps from KCD and Puffy....it makes me cringe to this day.

My skin obsession has lead me to the best products and doctors to die for, so here are the finds that I would love to share:

Lancaster Suncare (Vitalizing Age Defying Cream).

Obagi Skincare Systems (Blue Peel and a system created just for you).

L'Oreal Paris Dermo-Expertise Advanced Revitalift Anti-Aging Glycolic Mini Peel Kit

Dr. Andrew Kornstein (an amazing NYC Plastic Surgeon who has worked on many celebrities, and I was introduced to him by Sean Comb's team).

Source: stylelist.com, questmag.com