Susan Ciminelli

Tackling Winter Skin

As a kid, SUSAN CIMINELLI suffered from all sorts of digestive issues—and saw first hand how they manifested on her skin, a correlation that ultimately launched her career. These days, she's somewhat of a healing jack-of-all-trades, administering everything from facials to body wraps to crystal color therapy on her clients (including, at times, all our favorite first-name supermodels, like Naomi, Cindy, and Kate). Though her skillset is wide (she's even worked as a makeup artist), her treatments share the same basic principles: Natural ingredients, and an emphasis on curing the skin from the inside, out. In practice, this means that a visit to her spa in New York (she also takes appointments every other month in Los Angeles) entails a face reading, to determine which internal organ needs an assist. (Redness on your forehead? Your liver, which you'll now notice every time you have a night of heavy drinking.) Now that harsh winter elements are upon us, we asked her for some skin-hydrating tips.

Susan Ciminell's DIY Avocado Mask

This takes less than half an hour from start to finish, and delivers some serious "skin brightening" results. "This is good for everyone," Ciminelli explains. "Most people have dry skin even if they're breaking out."

  • Ingredients
  • ½ Very Ripe Avocado
    1 Teaspoon Bee Pollen
    1 Tablespoon of (Local) Honey
    Splash of Fresh Lemon Juice
  • Directions
  • Mix and mash all the ingredients. Apply all over clean face, neck, and chest (and the backs of the hands and arms if there's enough to go around).

    Leave on for 20 minutes.
DIY Avocado Mask Ingredients
Avocado

Straight to the Good Stuff

Ciminelli's in-house product line exclusively features all-natural products (no big surprise there), and is formulated to be super-hydrating and gentle. This trio—architected to be used in this order—is particularly prized for making skin dewy.

 
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