These Beauty Tools Can Help You Sculpt and De-Puff Your Face

A healthy part of post-facial bliss is emerging with a contoured quality to your face. Using facial massage, a skilled aesthetician can define your jawbone, sculpt your cheekbones, soften fine lines on your forehead and deflate puffiness around your eyes. Hello, mini-facelift! But such an outcome doesn’t demand seeing a pro exclusively. Now, a growing number of beauty tools are putting the power to achieve at-home results in your hands.

“My beauty mantra is that it is better to maintain than to reclaim,” says Jamie Sherrill, a registered nurse and owner of Beauty Park Medical Spa in Los Angeles. “I have always been a firm believer in the power of massage and the different massage techniques used in our signature facials, but it’s impossible to find time for that on a daily basis,” says Sherrill. Inspired to equip her clients for quick at-home maintenance, the celebrity skincare expert developed Nurse Jamie beauty tools that boast user-friendly designs. Along with encouraging skin to defy the pull of gravity, applying gentle pressure to the face, neck and chest creates lymphatic drainage, nixing puffiness and leading to a tightened appearance. If daily use seems ambitious, even a few minutes throughout the week will keep things moving in the right direction.

For best results use tools with a skincare product rather than on dry skin. “One of the keys to a successful gua sha session is using an oil serum that has a perfect slip, so you can glide [the stone] on the skin and not pull,” says Valerie Grandury, founder and CEO of the clean beauty brand Odacité. Grandury first discovered gua sha (pronounced “gwah-shah”), a traditional Chinese medicine practice, in Hong Kong during a body treatment that rejuvenated her after travelling. Impressed by the results, she created a stone tool that was suitable for the face. “Gua sha is the deep tissue [massage] of facial rollers,” she says. “It has the ability to work on fascia tissue that envelops muscle, which is rich in collagen, for a stimulating and lifting effect. It helps flush away toxins and maintain clear skin, and it has a fabulous relaxing effect on the face.” (Also, did you know a roller is also super good for your bod?)

Choosing from the array of wands, rollers and stones comes down to preference. Find one that feels like a natural fit in your hand. “The best beauty tool is something that is easy to use and something that you will actually use,” says Sherrill. “You’ll see a difference after the first treatment, and regular use will strengthen your results,” says Grandury. If daily use seems ambitious, even a few minutes throughout the week will keep things moving in the right direction.

Province Apothecary Dual-Action Jade Facial Roller, $44, provinceapothecary.com

Nurse Jamie Uplift Massaging Beauty Roller, $89, sephora.com

Odacité Crystal Contour Gua Sha Blue Sodalite Beauty Tool, $55, thedetoxmarket.ca

Rose Quartz Contouring Stone, $7, Winners

Next, check out the facial exercises you can do with just your hands.