Exclusive | Fake facelift hack takes years off, boosts confidenceand is free: Ironing your face without surgery

When Manhattanite Fro Moniz needs a little pick-me-up, she doesn’t run out for a fancy iced coffee or splurge on luxe label retail therapy. She simply gives herself a facelift. But rather than blowing $100,000 to go under the knife — à la the likes of Kris Jenner or the elite ladies of the Upper East Side — Moniz opts for a no fuss, no charge change to her look that not only raises the 30-something’s spirits, but also elevates her eyelids, brows and forehead with just a few funky twists of her hair.  “The more lifted you look, the more you love looking at yourself in the mirror,” Moniz, a makeup artist of 10 years, exclusively told The Post of the trending “fake facelift” hack.  It’s a makeshift makeover with faux real results. “Everything just looks cleaner,” Moniz gushed of the age-reversing transformation, which she achieves by making a small braid near each temple or just behind her ears.After tightly entwining both sides, the brunette snuggly secures the braids toward the center of her head, binding them together with an elastic band to create tension near her hairline.The taut styling offers Moniz a splendidly “snatched” — or lifted — finish that virtually erases sagging and fine lines. She then hides the braids beneath tresses from the crown of her head so that no one’s the wiser. “You just look fresh,” Moniz raved of the quick fix, achievable in less than 10 minutes.

“Your cheeks pop, your eye makeup looks sharper — you’re ironing your face without surgery.”“It’s a look we all crave.”And owing to its $0 cost, everyone — from Big Apple bombshells to A-list luminaries — is eating it up. Actress Anne Hathaway, 43, sent mouths watering for the titillating trick mere moments ahead of the 2026 Oscars last month. The star of “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” out May 1, and her glam squad, led by hairstylist Orlando Pita, amassed over 17.5 million Instagram views with footage of their not-so ...