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Booze, Blowouts, Gels: Inside Top Oscar Beauty Lounges

By Natalie Alcala

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  • Morning mimosas at SLS Hotel's Moroccan Oil beauty lounge.
  • Welcome.
  • Superstar hairstylist Robert Vetica was on hand to give free blowouts at his debut salon inside Ciel Spa.
  • Free gel manis by Haute Polish keep paws pampered.
  • The St. Tropez spread at Four Season Beverly Hills' Brit Beauty Suite.
  • Celebrity facialist Nichola Joss hooked up bespoke skincare treatments using Sanctuary Spa products.
  • Cali-ready products from Sanctuary Spa.


In addition to free teeth-whitening, this year's slew of Oscar beauty suites are hooking up all kinds of skin, hair and nail fixes for A to Z stars. Yesterday we stopped by the Four Seasons Beverly Hills and the SLS Hotel to test-drive a few treatments.

Starting at SLS, the celeb hot spot was serving super-strong mimosas and Moroccan Oil blowouts at legendary stylist Robert Vetica's debut salon inside the hotel's Ciel Spa. Gel manicures using fast-drying, Formaldehyde-free Haute Polish was another perk. Naomi Watts and Miss Europe were in the house.

Over at Four Seasons, the legendary luxury hotel presented its Brit Beauty Suite, celebrating star-favored products from across the pond. St. Tropez tanning rescued pale partygoers and Sanctuary Spa facials offered one-on-one time with famed beauty expert, Nichola Joss.

A favorite of Kate Moss, Charlize Theron, Heidi Klum and Cate Blanchett, Joss lifted, sculpted and tightened skin by massaging inside the mouth and along the jawline to "de-stress the muscles and stimulate lymphatic drainage." It was all pretty intense, but totally worth it if it gets us one step closer to looking like Theron.
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