He is famous for playing one of Coronation Street's toughest tough guys for the past 35 years. But in real life Jim McDonald actor Charlie Lawson was heading for more relaxing pursuits at the weekend.
For the soap's legendary hard man was looking for soft skin as he placed himself in the hands of beauticians at a new salon in Macclesfield in Cheshire.
Charlie was happy to go for a glow up at the Beyond Beauty salon on Water Street which has just been launched by his friend Danielle Owens.
Although the treatment he went for was firmly in keeping with his Irish roots. READ MORE: Coronation Street star at risk of going blind after being diagnosed with serious condition For he opted for a Sphagnum moss facial - a treatment that uses the peat moss he fondly remembers from his days growing up in Northern Ireland.
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