For Many GenXers and older Millennials, the reigning queen of goth girl porcelain skin was and will always be Christina Ricci. After her debut in Tim Burton’s original “Adams Family” as the quirky Wednesday Adams, the petite actress has been a beauty and style icon. With emotive dark eyes and a signature black bob, her aesthetic spoke to beauty mavens with a preference for edgier black eyeliner looks and an ultra matte complexion. Decades later, the petite actress has experimented with more-sunkissed looks and recently returned to her goth roots with a haute couture vibe for a best-dressed designation noted in Met Monday 2024 Meditations & Musings. However throughout the years, the one constant about Christina Ricci – flawless skin.
Her secret? She’s been a client of top Beverly Hills Derm Dr. Lancer for five years, and has curated her favorite skin care essentials in Christina Ricci’s Favorites Kit.
Once rumored to be on retainer for the Kardashians, this skin MD revolutionized cleansing years before the Korean skincare revolution made double cleansing a household name. Along the same principles of first indulging in a pre-cleanse step before the full monty of a foaming cleanser to rid the dermis of debris, sebum, and makeup, the Lancer Method is predicated on a protocol of exfoliating and then cleansing for pristine pores and optimum absorption of actives.
The first products in Ricci’s Favorite Kit are The Method: Polish for Normal-Combination Skin and The Method: Cleanse for Normal-Combination Skin to be used in that order. This exfoliate-first protocol is quite intuitive. Even skeptics will love the Lancer Method after one use of the lavender oil-infused Quartz scrub bolstered with naturally brightening Pomegranate and Pumpkin enzymes. With a smoothed canvas, free of dead skin, the Cleanser, rich in Aloe, Rice Silk Proteins, and Amino Acids foams beautifully to rid pores of sebum and impurities without drying.
For the final step in Lancer’s twice-daily system, apply The Method: Nourish for Normal-Combination Skin for a delivery of moisture and age-disrupting Peptides, Hyaluronic Avocado and Olive Oils for a lifted, youthful complexion. For that extra jeuge on facial nights or before special events, the kit contains Eyes Wide Open Hydrogel Patches, Caviar Lime Acid Peel, and full-sizes of both the Gravity Defying Moisturizer and Dani Glowing Skin Perfector.
Eyes Wide Open Hydrogel Patches are soaked in a solution of Peony Root, Chamomile Flower, and Centella Asiatica Extracts to moisturize, brighten, and depuff the eye contour to prep for bold eye makeup looks. The Caviar Lime Peel delivers professional-level exfoliation with AHA from Caviar Limes, Phytic Acid, Pineapple and Papaya enzymes, as well as stabilized Retinol to slough of dull skin, reduce fine lines, refine pores and brighten for a radiant complexion.
To continue the age-disrupting and lifting benefits of The Method, the proprietary red algae-derived Gravityl™ in the luxury Gravity Defying Moisturizer targets sagging and collagen-boosting for snatched facial contours. Even on oily-skin, it absorbs beautifully, without greasiness for a firm, nourished canvas.
Dani Glowing Skin Perfector, similar to a radiance primer, is a makeup bag essential. I mix a drop in with my foundation or sunscreen on “no makeup” days for a diffused luminosity. Applied directly to cheek bones and clavicles, it doubles as a nourishing highlighter with aloe, balancing Asian botanicals, Oat Kernel extract, and microfine minerals.
As an added bonus, Christina Ricci’s Favorites Kit of Lancer luxury skin care is available for half the price if the products were purchased à la carte.
