Life on lockdown doesn’t mean that you have to forgo your beauty regime. In fact, with limitless weeks ahead, it’s a great time to invest in yourself. This includes keeping your skin looking fresh and radiant.
Now’s the perfect opportunity to try your at home dermaplaning, or making homemade facial recipes to hydrate and nourish your skin. If you’re missing the regular facials Dubai has to offer, here’s some DIY facial ideas to try at home – that actually work.
Dermaplaning to Deeply Exfoliate your Skin
Dermaplaning is an exfoliating treatment that involves gently scrapping the surface of the skin with a scalpel to remove dead skin cells, dirt and oils from your face (and the occasional peach fuzz!). It flushes out toxins, minimizes pores and improves skin tone for a smooth, silky finish with a million-dollar glow. It will also increase absorption of active ingredients into the skin and allows make-up to glide on your skin effortlessly.
If you’re missing your usual facial treatments, you can attempt to try this at home. The only tool you require is a dermaplane. These vary in style, cost and suitability – from affordable 27AED pieces, to premium electronic devices at 735 AED.
To do this treatment at home, just follow these simple steps:
- Cleanse your face with any facial cleanser and pat dry.
- Hold your skin taut, set the dermaplane at a 45-degree angle and use gentle, short strokes in an upward motion.
- Following the treatment, you can apply a hydrating serum or moisturiser to give your skin an extra boost and if you have time you can always apply a hydrating mask.
- Make sure to apply sunscreen before leaving the house, as you should anyway.
Homemade Facial Scrub
Another way to keep that healthy skin glow is to get exfoliating with a homemade facial scrub. If you’re missing your regular Million Dollar Facial, a homemade scrub can remove old cells and promote the generation of new ones for a natural glow.
Whatever your skin type, pineapple is a great choice as it’s naturally soothing. To prepare your homemade face scrub, you just need the following three simple ingredients:
- Pineapple (1 cup chopped) – this fruit has vitamin C to help fight acne, exfoliating properties to unclog pores, and hydrating qualities to keep skin radiant and smooth.
- Cucumber (half sliced) – this green fighting machine contains biotins and essential vitamins which nourishes and brightens skin.
- Fresh cream (2 tablespoons) – to cleanse and soften skin.
To get started combine all the ingredients together and blend to get a smooth paste consistency. This is now ready to use, simply apply a thin layer to your face, massage into light circular motions moving upwards and keep on for 15 minutes. Once finished, rinse off with warm water.
Finally, moisturise to lock in the hydration, and you’re good to go!
Tighten and Plump your Skin with a Dermaroller
There’s nothing quite like mesotherapy for getting rid of crow’s feet and flattening out laughter lines. But this somewhat invasive process requires professional experts, especially since it involves needles and injections. The next best thing for a collagen boost to reduce any fine lines is a ‘dermaroller’. A dermaroller is a mini-wheel that contains hundreds of tiny needles – we recommend using a needle size 0.3mm or lower to avoid the risk of damaging the skin.
When in use these needles create micro punctures in the skin, this promotes collagen production leaving your complexion feeling tighter and looking plumper than before. It also aids products to penetrate the skin more effectively.
To use a dermaroller, first cleanse your face with a facial cleanser, apply a hydrating serum, then taut your skin and roll the Dermaroller in gentle, short movements in all directions. Finally, finish off with a final layer of hydrating serum.
A dermaroller can be ordered online from Amazon, Shopbop and other beauty websites.
So there you have it, three effective skincare hacks for your home beauty survival.
Brau is a brow bar and beauty clinic in Dubai that specializes in luxury beauty treatments.