Cate Blanchett

Blanchett at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Cate Blanchett told Vogue in early 2018 about a treatment she received at Georgia Louise, an upmarket New York salon which is so expensive that it refers to itself as an atelier. Her quoted statement below was discreetly removed from Vogue’s website, but not before spurring a series of “penis facial” headlines.

“	Penis Facial She gives what we call the 'penis facial' and ... there's some enzyme in it, so Sandy refers to it as the 'penis facial' – Cate Blanchett (VICE)

Blanchett referred to Georgia Louise’s “Hollywood EGF Facial”, which according to Louise’s website involved a serum “derived from the progenitor cells of the human fibroblast taken from Korean newborn baby foreskin”. The prices weren’t advertised online, but Business Insider reported that the treatment was $650USD and had a two-year wait list.

She's been quoted by other magazines with more information later:

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Smells a bit like sperm Sandy [Bullock] and I saw this facialist in New York, Georgia Louise, and she gives what we call the penis facial and it’s something -- I don’t know what it is, or whether it’s just cause it smells a bit like sperm – there’s some enzyme in it so Sandy refers to it as the penis facial. – Cate Blanchett (ET)