The Brittenelle Fredericks questionnaire
On getting a mini-lift in her 30s, Beverly Hills veneers, and rediscovering sleep.
In this send:
Sulwhasoo, Agent Nateur, water-based lubricant, Bottega Veneta, NuFace, Reddit, Vitamin D + K12 drops, protein, The Beauty Chef, Valery Joseph, Spencer’s Spa, Removery, Rumble, magnesium, veneers, LEEP, Brightwood, CGM…
Welcome back to High Touch. It’s been almost a month since we launched and can I just say how fun it’s been. More than ever, you guys are coming up to me at parties and DMing to tell me about what you’re doing to your faces and bodies, what new thing you heard about on TikTok, asking “is this worth it?” Because of this newsletter I can walk through the most private doors in the UES and ask top dermatologists and plastic surgeons anything I want to know; I can reach out to those among us with the je ne sais quoi and hit them with literal hours of questions that, if not invasive, I don’t know what they are.
Brittenelle Fredericks is one of my good friends who really walks this walk and is today’s subject of my prying, although, even prior to launching HT, she was always one of the most forthcoming people I could have these conversations with. Today, in the text below and in our video call (this is turning into a podcast somehow, excuse the rawness of it all as I settle into a new medium), she tells us about getting a mini facelift in her 30s, living with veneers, lasering off all of her tattoos, her LA ob-gyn who steered her away from cervical cancer. Truly a wealth of experience and intel in “this space.” But first, naturally, some gossip.
A touch of High Touch
I chatted with a girl at the Burberry World Cup watch party at Corner Bistro this week who works with Justin and Hailey. She’s taking GLOW (a peptide stack combining GHK-CU, BPC-157, and TB-500) on the recommendation of their functional medicine doctor who she tells me is in-house and has an exclusive contract with the couple. Can you imagine having a peptide MD on payroll, full-time, with a non-compete? How do they even find enough to keep them busy? I would if I could, ofc.
Midjourney…the AI image generator…is making the craziest pivot since Allbirds and is refashioning itself as an ultrasound CT scanning service. I mean, I get the appeal: replace the dreadful experience of a conventional CT scanner with one that involves getting into a hot tub while waves vibrate your insides into a 3D digital rendering. (So High Touch tbh.) But naturally, there’s lots of skepticism around the mechanism coming down to vibes and the output being overly assembled by AI. The first “spa” will be opening in Union Square, San Francisco in 2027.
Now that red light therapy has hit critical mass, other forms of phototherapy are starting to hit the market. Solius just launched a UVB panel that promises to deliver precise, personalized sunlight-like benefits without the damaging effects: vitamin D production, boosting metabolism, aiding in microbiome diversity (insane that the sun, and now a panel, truly does all of those things).
AG1 (f.k.a. Athletic Greens) adds creatine to its blend with AG1 Pro. It explicitly targets GLP users with creatine’s muscle-preserving properties. I don’t take this product, but I do sometimes take a green powder in my water because it makes my sweat smell less, and I go back and forth with creatine, though it’s probably the best supplement anywhere now for performance, mental acuity, longevity, per recent research.
At-Home Products
Skincare
I feel like I naturally have such dry skin. As someone who's blessed to receive gifting, I get to try so many different products. I've always had the notion: if it doesn't work right away, I don't use it again. I love Clarins. Their under eye serum and hyaluronic acid serum make my skin feel amazing. And it smells like I’ve just gotten a really expensive facial. I've used some of the U Beauty products, like the resurfacing compound. Sulwhasoo has a really light moisturizer and I really like that. Moussse miracle drops—I wake up and I feel like my skin is feels shiny and amazing. They have a moisturizer that’s unbelievable, but I already used it all.
Haircare
Diffar fragrance hair oil—it smells so good. I don't care how dirty your hair is, put it on; it's what I've been using to style my hair. I’ve been using water balm pomades to style my hair, I find that it gives my hair a lot more flexibility. Any kind of wax pomade makes my hair feel like a Lego man. I use a lot of purple shampoo. Once a month I do a hair mask—I color my hair so much, I have to.
Bodycare
The Agent Nateur body oil changed my life. I use it right when I get out of the shower before I put my robe on. Then I usually use Nécessaire body lotion or something afterwards, it’s my favorite combo.
Hands, Feet, Nails
L’Occitane makes a cuticle oil that I use and I'm obsessed with it. I’m low-maintenance with the rest of that stuff, to be honest. Sometimes I’ll use a hand mask or a foot mask.
Eyes
Clarins has this double eye serum. I use this a lot. I put it on at night or in the morning. They also have this eye lift one—I haven't really noticed a difference with it, but I love their products. Their serums are unbelievable. I have La Mer cold presses for under eyes—the metal things that you just put on and hold. I use those when my eyes feel super puffy.
Oral health
I use Marvis. This is probably going to be controversial, but I like the lavender (Jasmin Mint). I use one of those over-the-counter mouthwashes that are antiseptic.
Sexual health
Maude. So chic, I love it. I use their shine aloe water-based lubricant a lot, I also think a lot of their products, like their mini vibrators, are unbelievable.
Fragrance
Now I'm wearing Bottega Veneta Good Morning Midnight. I think it might be my favorite scent I've ever had. The packaging is very, very sexy.
At-Home Devices
Face + neck
NuFace. It’s a very temporary thing for minor lifts. It works for me, but a lot of people were saying online—I’m such a Reddit person—they didn’t like it. I like it. I use it when I feel like I’m not feeling that great, or my skin feels too held down by gravity, and I'm like, "Okay, I need some help here."