A skeptic's take on recent buzzy skincare products. 

I consider myself somewhat of a skincare&nbsp;tool skeptic. My main reason is that I&#39;ve never had&nbsp;any&nbsp;need&nbsp;to buy one &mdash; I have two hands and access to beauty products intended to cure any ailment; rosacea, wrinkles, sallow skin, discoloration, fine lines, and acne don&#39;t stand up against the arsenal of serums, oils, masks, washes, toners, and scrubs I have accrued over the years. Another reason is that I have a long-standing fear that they will actually be worse for my skin.&nbsp;Being only in my 20s, wrinkle reducing isn&#39;t at the top of my list, but when those&nbsp;new facial rollers started popping up all over my Instagram, I decided I needed one, and fell down a bit of a beauty tool spiral.&nbsp;Surprisingly, I&nbsp;discovered some must-haves in the process.

Ah, where it all started. I went with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shiffa.com/shiffa-jade-facial-massage-rollers">Shiffa&#39;s Jade Facial Massage Roller</a>&nbsp;to start&nbsp;off&nbsp;because Shiffa is a brand that focuses on merging both modern and ayurvedic practices into its beauty products. Shortly after opening, my cat mistook it for a toy and knocked it on the floor. I can now confirm this roller&#39;s durability. Upon first use, it was cool on the&nbsp;skin. I used it ritualistically for about a week, but as I don&#39;t have wrinkles, it showed no come-to-Jesus signs of general skin improvement. That&#39;s okay with me. Now, I keep it in my fridge, and use it when I need to relax. The cool sensations are wonderful, and it does help with lymphatic drainage &mdash; important for skin recovery.

The Facial Massage Roller

The <a href="https://www.slipsilkpillowcase.com/collections/all/products/charcoal">Slip</a>&nbsp;silk pillowcase is something that had been sitting in my Sephora cart for a while.&nbsp;Like, a long while,&nbsp;and now I regret every night that I didn&#39;t sleep with a silk pillowcase under my head. $79-$99 sounds like a heavy price to pay for a pillowcase, but we humans spend roughly 1/3 of our lives sleeping. Even I am shocked to be saying this, but I truly believe that should exclusively be done on silk pillowcases from&nbsp;now on. Never again will I make fun of the concept as an unnecessary bougie luxury. My rosacea has lessened, my hair has&nbsp;less flyaways, and sleeping overall feels like a more luxurious experience. Even without the skin and hair benefits, the comfort of the silk pillowcase alone would be enough for me to recommend the product.

The Silk Pillowcase

When I first received the <a href="https://gloprobeauty.com/collections/glopro-collection/products/glopro">GloPro</a> I was terrified. I know that celebrities like Kim K and Sienna Millerr frequently get in-office derma- and microdermabrasion facials in order to have their best skin. But something about poking my face with what I imagined to be a million tiny needles didn&#39;t really sit right with me. Thus, I made sure to try it out on a day I had nothing to do and nowhere to be, in case the worst happened. However, the roller turned out to be nowhere near as bad as I thought&mdash;in fact, it did exactly what it was purported to do. The needles on the roller create small injuries (so small you can&#39;t see them) on your skin, which stimulates collagen production and allows for deeper&nbsp;absorbtion of beauty products like serums and oils. Specifically with the GloPro, red LED lights and vibrations help to repair your skin as well. It&#39;s now a consistent part of my beauty rotation.

The Microneedling Roller

My first thought when I pulled the <a href="https://ziipbeauty.com/collections/all">ZIIP</a> machine out of the box was, admittedly, &quot;how the hell&nbsp;do I do this?&quot; And honestly, there was a learning curve, but I mastered it after some Googling. You slather your face and neck in conductive goo&mdash;which feels gross, but&nbsp;don&#39;t worry, washes off easily with water&mdash;and then run the machine across your face in a ton of different directions. The way in which you run the machine across your face is determined by which facial you select on an app.&nbsp;You preload the facial onto the machine via bluetooth.&nbsp;Electrical facials are all the rage at spas, but I&#39;ve never in my life used an at-home product that gives such a satisfying result. Every part of my face that I wanted to be better-defined&nbsp;was.&nbsp;The ZIIP may come with a hefty price tag ($495,) but it&#39;s going to save me thousands in facials. And with&nbsp;fashion week on the horizon, it&#39;s my new best friend.&nbsp;

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