More often than not, a TikTok beauty trend will pop up on your timeline, and it looks too good to be true. Usually, our suspicions are correct and when we put the hack to the test – we never get the result we were promised.
However, there are a few needles in the haystack that are worth the effort. Here are five TikTok summer beauty hacks you should be testing out this summer.
1. Pearl skin
Unlike the “glazed” makeup trend that almost drenches the skin with dewiness, pearl skin opts for subtlety, aiming to refine and blur the skin giving an elevated and healthy glow.
Dior Forever Glow Veil, £40, Boots
2. Skin flooding
Despite being simple to execute, this hack does take a fair amount of time, as you have to wait for the products to dry out and penetrate the skin before applying another. With a focus on lightweight products such as gels, serums and essences, this hack is perfect for summer.
Shiseido Treatments Waso: SHIKULIME Mega Hydrating Moisturizer 50ml, £22.50, Allbeauty
3. Soap nails
The key to this hack, is having perfectly natural manicured nails. Start by evening out the length of all your nails, rounding the tips and trimming the cuticles.
Manicurist Active Bright, £16
4. Salmon-sperm facials
Kim Kardashian recently revealed on an episode of The Kardashians that she’d tested a salmon-sperm facial. The treatment is marketed at around £500 – but exosome therapy is perhaps a more palatable alternative.
An exosome facial is a skin treatment often used in conjunction with micro-needling. It’s used to ‘signal molecules’ that stimulate your skin to regenerate at a cellular level, helping it to speed up collagen and elastin production.
Harley Street clinician Rupesh Shah, founder of London Lip Clinic says “Exosomes are naturally released by skin cells and keep the skin plump and youthful because they contain amino acids, peptides, collagen, and elastin.
“As we age, our body releases less exosomes, which means our skin health isn’t able to function as well as it once did, leading to sagging of the skin, loss of volume and wrinkles.”
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The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + HA Serum (“Buffet”) – 30ml, £15.90
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Discussions surrounding “chicken” or “strawberry” skin have been circulating the beauty realm of TikTok for some time now. Otherwise known as Keratosis pilaris, the latest hack for eradicating this skin condition is by applying glycolic acid.
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The INKEY List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Stick, £21.95, Boozyshop