Cosmopolitan UK — June 2017

COSMOPOLITAN · 69

When I opened Bliss

Spa in New York, it

was always manic,

with no room for error. But we had

to make sure clients never felt added

stress, and that treatments ran

exactly to time. One day I had a big

celebrity fashion designer come for

a facial. Flanked by bodyguards, she

was in a rush from the moment she

laid on the table and, at the last

minute, requested a leg wax and

eyebrow tint at the same time. Always

up for a challenge, I gathered the

tools I needed and planned my

strategy. But it was late in the day and

I left the brown tint on her bleach-

blonde brows 60 seconds too long,

turning them a shade of black that

can only be described as ‘caterpillar

noir’. With time running out, I mixed

up a bowl of bleach, delicately

tapped it on, waxed the remainder

of her lower leg and returned only to

find her brows had turned a lovely

shade of green. It took another 45

minutes and some carefully blended

tint, but I made sure she walked out

the door none the wiser and pleased

with her gorgeous arches.

CONFESSIONS

BEAUTY

The experts spill their bad, very bad and super-cringe moments

THE DYE JOB

When I was a

young hairdresser,

a client asked me

to match her cuffs

to her collar, if you

know what I mean.

I was mortified

and obviously

declined the

request!

ADAM REED,

DIRECTOR

OF PERCY

& REED

FILL ME IN

A lady came in for lip fillers.

I popped out of the room to get

some gauze, and when I came back, she was

naked on the couch with her legs spread. It

turned out she wanted her genitals enhanced.

We were both embarrassed, but I redirected her

to a colleague who could do what she wanted.

I should have known something was weird

when she said she was surprised a dermatologist

could do ‘lip’ fillers in the first place...

DR SANDEEP CLIFF, CONSULTANT

DERMATOLOGIST i

MARCIA KILGORE, FOUNDER OF BLISS SPA AND BEAUTY PIE

IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

& REED