COVER STORY
"VINOTHERAPY? THAT'S WHERE YOU DRINK COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WINE TO FEEL BETTER," CELESTE BARBER SAYS WITH CERTAINTY. WE'RE ON THE SET OF HER WOMEN'S HEALTH COVER SHOOT, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST OUTLANDISH WELLNESS TRENDS IN RECENT YEARS, LIKE THIS SPA TREATMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE WHERE YOU SOAK IN A TUB FILLED WITH WINE-INFUSED WATER.
The wine soak is preceded by a full-body exfoliation with a scrub made out of wine grape extracts, all in a bid to lower cholesterol and stimulate collagen. “Sure. I reckon six people did that study,” Celeste deadpans after being told of the purported benefits (FYI: there was no study), “but I'm in.”
With 9.4 million Instagram followers – Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore and Cindy Crawford are just some of her famous a comedy-drama based on the novel of the same name by Australian writer Brigid Delaney, which launched globally on Netflix. The series follows Celeste’s character Liv Healy, a writer living a life of decadence in New York, who suffers a major health crisis that puts her career goals on hold and sees her embark on a radical wellness journey back home in Oz.
