TikTok has turn out to be considerably of a go-to platform in the case of all issues beauty and style.
Whether it’s beauty ideas, tutorials or simply the newest trends you’re after, TikTok’s received your lined. But, what does the specialists take into consideration the newest trends?
TIKTOK BEAUTY TRENDS: YAY OR NAY?
Beauty and style trends appear to pop up every day. Some are life-changing whereas others can possibly trigger extra hurt than good.
Karen Bester, medical coach at Lamelle Research Laboratories, investigated some of the prime TikTok skincare trends of 2022.
Here’s the verdict:
SLUGGING
Struggling with dry and flaky pores and skin? Many TikTokkers consider slugging to be the reply.
According to Daily Sun, slugging originated from Ok-Beauty (Korean Beauty) and includes coating your pores and skin with an occlusive like petroleum jelly to your pores and skin earlier than going to mattress. The perception is that the pores and skin barrier will seal in moisture till the subsequent morning, hydrating dry and flaky pores and skin.
Bester’s verdict: “I consider that steadiness is essential. We know that occluding the pores and skin will entice water which is able to in flip assist the enzymes in the pores and skin to exfoliate any dry cells that want eradicating. If we, nonetheless, entice an excessive amount of water this may result in maceration which is rarely a very good factor.
“So slug along when your skin is feeling dry in general or after having a treatment, when your skin needs to heal. Occlusion is not required every night though; your skin should have the ability to trap enough water if the lipid bi-layer is intact. ALSO — long-term use of occlusive products can be comedogenic (cause breakouts).”
MOISTURE SANDWICH
On the subject of moisture. Have you ever tried a moisture sandwich?
Another Korean beauty approach to hit TikTok, a ‘moisture sandwich’ is when merchandise are utilized to damp pores and skin (versus dry pores and skin), and merchandise are layered on prime of one another. The concept is kind of the identical as slugging, however the pores and skin (on this case the lips) are first moistened with water to assist higher hydrate it. Thereafter an occlusive like Vaseline is utilized to additional seal in the moisture.
Bester’s verdict: “It is true and well-researched that making use of your merchandise to your pores and skin when your pores and skin continues to be moist after cleaning does assist your pores and skin to entice larger concentrations of water and preserve it higher hydrated.
“Applying a humectant (hyaluronic acid is my favorite) first can even assist to attract the water in and can entice the water in the pores and skin. A great moisturiser, utilized over the hyaluronic acid-containing serum, will mimic the pores and skin’s biology and oils and can preserve this moisture trapped. It can even enable the pores and skin to ‘breathe’.
“Occluding the skin is not required and has its own challenges as discussed under Slugging.”
PORE VACUUMS
Pore vacuums are throughout on-line purchasing websites like Takealot and in principle it sounds straight-forward sufficient. In essence, a pore vacuum is a tool that makes use of suction to take away any oil or filth lodged in the pores and skin. But is it actually as simple as sucking out the filth out of your pores and skin?
Bester’s verdict: “I want that these did work – we may then simply go for enjoyable facials and never must have deep-cleanse facials with extractions. Unfortunately, these instruments may be fairly damaging and trigger painful bruising with out extracting the comedos. Especially when the pores and skin is just not ready nicely or with bigger, extra cussed congested areas.
“You would need to cleanse and moisturise the skin, maybe use an enzymatic exfoliator just to loosen the congested areas.”
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SKIN RECYCLING
This pattern has some substance and was initially posted on TikTok by a dermatologist. It breaks down skincare into totally different days specializing in totally different merchandise.
According to Daily Sun, it includes a four-day skincare cycle, throughout which energetic elements are utilized to the pores and skin for the first two days (normally a chemical exfoliant on day one and a retinoid on day two). For the subsequent two days, the pores and skin “rests” and solely moisturisers are utilized, permitting the pores and skin to rejuvenate.
Bester’s verdict: “We love this pattern. Even although it was made TikTok well-known round a yr in the past, this has been how medical practitioners have all the time included extra aggressive elements which have a side-effect profile, into pores and skin routines.
“This removes the need to add lots of ingredients over each other, it lowers the risk for irritation when using products that contain high concentrations of ingredients and it gives us the ability to also combine ingredients used on the skin and look at stimulating the skin in different ways.”
FACE TAPING
This is the pattern the place you actually tape your face to attempt to minimise wonderful strains by “straightening” it and get an total youthful look.
Bester’s verdict: “I have not personally tried face-taping, but I think it is a fabulous cosmetic tool to have droopy skin look younger. Joan Collins cannot be wrong! Unless you are ripping off the top layer of the skin – the corneum. That is not a good thing and can cause semi-permanent damage to the skin. Of you are using tapes, maybe use an oil to remove the glue so you do not hurt your skin when removing them.”
SALT WATER CLEANSE
This pattern is predicated on the therapeutic and hydrating impact of salt water and customers cleanse their pores and skin with salt water twice a day earlier than making use of skincare merchandise. The pattern is claims to assist deal with and stop breakouts.
Bester’s verdict: “There may be very little knowledge on the use of salt water in skincare. In historic (pre-2000) drugs we used salt water to rinse wounds and mouths to decrease bacterial load and help in therapeutic. I don’t consider that salt water cleaning can have any damaging results on the pores and skin. The solely problem is perhaps if the salt content material in the water is extraordinarily excessive.
“In this case, the salt can draw water out of the skin and have a drying rather than a hydrating effect on the skin. With regards to toxins and oils being drawn out of the skin, it does not make sense at all. In fact, if you are using so much salt you will probably find that it dehydrates your skin. This is never a good thing.”
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