Review: ‘Skincare’ is watchable but predictable [Video]

Facialist-to-the-stars Hope Goldman (Elizabeth Banks) is outraged when Angel (Luis Gerado Méndez) opens a rival skincare studio directly across from hers. As she’s preparing to launch her own line of products, Hope becomes convinced that someone is trying to destroy her life and her business. With her sights set on her new rival, Hope wages war in an attempt to prove that Angel is behind it as she fights to save her reputation and salvage the empire she’s worked so hard to build up.

Loosely based on the real-life case of Dawn DaLuise, a beauty guru who was arrested and acquitted for a murder-for-hire-plot against a rival, ‘Skincare’ is a steadily building thriller about a woman who is pushed to her limits. Hope is furious when her business comes under threat but that’s only the beginning of her problems; she soon finds she’s being targeted by someone who is out …