To get a facial appointment with Lord Gavin McLeod-Valentine on Met Gala Monday, you have to be a “genuine icon, or a friend.” Which is not to say he isn't fully booked all week (Naomi Campbell, Chris Hemsworth, Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller, and Lily Gladstone all have appointments)--and for good reason. The results of Lord Gavin's treatments speak for themselves, and if you've ever seen a red carpet, you've seen his work. In a rare spare moment before the facialist left LA for New York--accompanied by a suitcase bursting with formulas by Agustinus Bader, the brand he swears by for both instant results and long-term optimization of skin, plus a staggering amount of LED and cryotherapy devices--the facialist sat down with VIOLET GREY to let us in on his meticulously developed process for giving skin a glow worthy of the ultimate red carpet.