5 beauty facial tools (and the best skincare to use with them)

Sisley Gingko Gua Sha, $180

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Made with a naturally cooling metal, zamac, this luxurious gua sha tool is inspired by the shape of the key ingredient, gingko biloba leaf, found in Sisley’s products. It perfectly adapts to the contours and lines of the face, allowing for easy lifting, firming, smoothing and sculpting movements to achieve a youthful-looking complexion.

Massage the face with the smooth edge to lift and promote radiance, followed by using the curved edge to sculpt the cheeks and jawline. The notched edge helps massage away fine lines and wrinkles while the spherical tip can be used to stimulate energy points on the face to boost skin vitality.

Pair With: Sisley Supremya At Night The Supreme Anti-Aging Skin Care, $797

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To enhance the benefits of the gua sha movements, this lotion uses plant-based actives and its Fundamental Regeneration Complex to re-synchronise your skin’s fundamental mechanisms of its night-time cycle, optimise cellular repair and detoxify to reverse damage done during the day while you sleep for a well-rested complexion and healthy glow.

Est. Lab VitaLift A+ SmartSculpt Buddy, $298

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Now you can achieve that much-desired V-shape face with ease. Using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) – microcurrent pulses that stimulate involuntary muscle contractions, along with sonic vibration therapy, this sculpting tool refines the connective tissues and facial muscles, increases cellular activity, promotes collagen production and enhances blood circulation for a lifted and more radiant complexion. Think of it as a quick workout for your skin.

But that’s not all. It can also be used on arms, waist, thighs and glutes to tone and sculpt these areas on your body too.

Pair With: VitaLift A+ SmartSculpt Booster, $68

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It’s also important that this tool should be used with its accompanying activating cream. It’s designed to conduct EMS to achieve the tightening, firming and lifting results you desire. The booster is packed with a blend of actives – botanical extracts and caffeine – to enhance the effects of the device.

Foreo Luna 4 Balanced Skin 2-in-1 Smart Facial Cleansing & Firming Device, $449

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Delivers a deep and effective cleanse to keep complexion clean and clear. With 16 adjustable intensities of T-Sonic pulsations, this cleansing device is able to remove traces of dirt and impurities on the surface and trapped within the pores. More importantly, it does it ever-so-gently so it won’t damage the natural skin barrier – its silicone bristles are also ultra-hygienic, keeping the device bacteria-free.

Once you’re done cleansing, flip the device around and use the ridged side to boost the absorption of your skincare products like serums and moisturisers, and to tone the skin to reduce signs of ageing.

Pair With: Augustinus Bader The Foaming Cleanser with TFC8, $100

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Keep skin clean with this purifying cleanser. Enriched with the brand’s signature TFC8 complex together with botanical extracts like maca, langsat leaf and moringa oil, as well as niacinamide, it effectively removes impurities and makeup while helping to strengthen skin’s moisture barrier, keeping it well-hydrated and supple.

Medicube AGE-R I Shot, $320

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Using an advanced dual-volumising technology, this eye care device promises to reduce signs of ageing around the delicate eye area, such as fine lines, wrinkles and even loss of firmness by boosting collagen and elastin production within. This plumps the skin from inside-out to fill in the lines and firm the skin. The two modes – Shot and Booster, work synergistically to get the eye area looking more youthful with time.

Best bit? The device can also be used on the naso-labial area to reduce deep-set smile lines too.

Pair With: Chantecaille Bio Lifting Eye Cream, $412

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Enriched with active ingredients like a de-puffing peptide, natural tensing agent and hyaluronic acid, this nourishing eye cream smooths, firms and revitalises the delicate eye area to reveal brighter and more youthful-looking peepers.

BSkin ELVI Pro, $495

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Truly a hardworking, multi-tasking device. It combines microcurrents, LED light therapy and gentle heating to stimulate the facial muscles, promote collagen production and enhance the absorption of your favourite skincare products. The result: Signs of ageing are reduced and complexion looks smoother, more supple and youthful. Shaped like a leaf, it sits comfortably in the hand and can even double up as a gua sha tool.

Pair With: Sulwhasoo S Cream, from $320

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Besides nourishing the skin, this anti-ageing moisturiser also works on seven key areas of the face – cheeks, crow’s feet, corners of the lips and the jawline – to combat the signs of ageing. The secret lies in the use of a unique ginseng berry SR compound that encourages collagen and elastin production to lift and firm the skin, improve its texture and help regain its youthfulness.