The 411: Sunday Riley
Sunday Riley has been making and testing skincare products since she was a 12-year-old girl in Texas. That’s when her grandmother first introduced her to the Native American botanicals her own family has prized for decades. Her eponymous skincare line incorporates a medley of those same botanicals in the very high-tech-sounding NV-5 ageless complex that appears in all her products. Riley has a clear-cut skincare regimen—her nighttime ritual includes Stimulant III, then Juno serum, Bionic antiaging cream, and a few dabs of Stimulant I around the eyes (all from her own range, naturally)—but she relies on a number of local beauty experts in her hometown of Houston just as faithfully. Here, her neighborhood favorites.
The Pro: Sunday Riley
The Massage Therapist: Dick Juby at Houston Massage Clinic
“No spa massage here, only intense, medical-grade bodywork—and he’s an incredible healer. You’ll hurt the next day, but from then on out everything is miraculously better. I work 60-plus hour-weeks and have two kids; luckily he does house calls or I would be sunk!”
701 W. Gray St., (713) 253-0651; www.houstonmassageclinic.com
The Acupuncturist: Jie Bo Acupuncture & Alternative Medicine
“Dr. Bo was an MD in China and a practicing plastic surgeon in Seattle, and now specializes in facial-rejuvenation acupuncture. She does a seven-step micro-current treatment with about 25 needles. After an hour, she finishes up with acupressure. I do this every six weeks as a preventative treatment measure for muscle sagging and to help relax facial tension.”
3000 Wesleyan St., Ste. 225, (713) 960-1994; www.jieboacupuncture.com
The Pedicure: Kai Spa
“It’s clean, intimate, and close to my house. I bring my own nail polish—usually Chinoise by Rescue Beauty Lounge.”
3601 Westheimer Rd., (713) 877-1074; www.kaispa.com
The Perfume: Cologne Pour Le Matin by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
“Houston is so unbearably hot in the summer, it’s hard to find a fragrance that isn’t sickening in the heat. Pour Le Matin is refreshing, light, and bewitching; I’m in love with it.”
$195, available at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman
The haircut and color: Cerón Salon in Uptown Park
“It was recommended to me by a friend with impeccable taste, and they never disappoint.”
1180 Uptown Park Blvd., (713) 892-8330; www.ceronsalon.com
The healthy lunch: Ruggles Green
“I order the same thing every time I go: a salad with blueberries, avocado, heritage tomatoes, and seared tofu. I also LOVE the Moroccan salad at Central Market.”
2311 West Alabama St., (713) 533-0777; www.rugglesgreen.com
