Beyoncé, Kate Winslet. They love it, and claim that it is the secret to their flawless skin: the Hydrafacial treatment. Jennifer Lopez is such a fan of it that a “booster” – understand a serum diffused by the machine – designed for her, is now available, the Jlo Beauty booster. The class.
How about we try too? At the end of summer, after two months of tanning, sweating in the heat wave, pores smothered by sunscreen, and just before the start of the school year, it’s not even a luxury…
And one, and two and three moments
But before…
Beyoncé, Kate Winslet. They love it, and claim that it is the secret to their flawless skin: the Hydrafacial treatment. Jennifer Lopez is such a fan of it that a “booster” – understand a serum diffused by the machine – designed for her, is now available, the Jlo Beauty booster. The class.
How about we try too? At the end of summer, after two months of tanning, sweating in the heat wave, pores smothered by sunscreen, and just before the start of the school year, it’s not even a luxury…
And one, and two and three moments
But before taking the plunge, what is it, exactly? First, this number one treatment in the United States, where it was developed, is non-invasive and painless.
It is based on a technology, called Vortex-Fusion, which allows, via a machine, to suck up impurities and infuse serums at the same time, via specific tips. Clearly, in three steps, and thirty minutes for the first version, the Hydrafacial deeply cleanses, exfoliates, sucks up impurities, and saturates the skin by filling it with moisturizing, nourishing and antioxidant active ingredients. The composition of the famous boosters is secret, you will know at most that the peeling phase contains a cocktail of glycolic and salicylic acid, while the hydration phase relies on “vitamins, peptides and hyaluronic acid”. Boosters available in six versions with different properties, according to needs, to treat hyperpigmentation, anti-aging, sensitive skin, etc.
Efficiency
If the machine was previously reserved for the offices of doctors and cosmetic surgeons, now beauty institutes can offer the service. “But beware of copies,” warns Ludovic Allain, manager of Skin Innovation in Bordeaux. Indeed, the Hydrafacial is a registered trademark, its effectiveness is due not only to the device, but also to the products used and the know-how of the beauticians, duly trained by the brand.
Reassured? So let’s go. “Don’t expect a cocooning treatment,” warns Sarah, the beautician. Efficiency above all. “Hydrafacial can be done at any time of the year, but it’s ideal at the end of the summer, since the skin thickens in the sun, is more prone to spots and pore clogging. A confirmed beautician, she assures us: “The results are stunning and visible in a single session. “And downright “revolutionary” in cure, especially on inflammatory acne.
For me, it will therefore be the “anti-aging/acne-prone skin” cocktail. Sarah begins by gently cleansing the skin; first an “emollient” product is infused on the epidermis, before the cannula passes to suction. Then, place the peeling. Still no unpleasant sensation, apart from some tickling. For the “exfoliation” phase, Sarah announces that the sensation is more like the passage of a “cat’s tongue”. In fact, the new tip “grates” every corner, Sarah insists on the T zone and in particular on the sides of the nose. No comedones, blackheads and other dead skin are supposed to resist…
And the wrinkles?
And this is already the last operation: hydration. “It’s about filling the epidermis with serum. To moisturize, treat, plump and ensure radiance, a rounded effect, the famous “glow”. Here again, the cannula goes back and forth, infuses the booster. The skin drinks as if it had died of thirst! And in case you still have any doubts about the effectiveness of the cleaning, the beautician passes the bottle that has collected the impurities sucked under your nose, yuck moment guaranteed… Inside, blackheads and comedones swim in the sebum …
The device is equipped with several nozzles to aspirate and infuse the serum at the same time, deep cleanse, extract blackheads and other impurities.
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And then it’s the turn of the mirror. In fact, the skin is much clearer, and replenished with hydration. A few days later, the result is even more satisfying, small pimples and other imperfections have been erased, in favor of a more radiant complexion. Wrinkles ? They are still there, do not dream either. “The Hydrafacial has a real action on fine lines and sagging skin, if it is practiced regularly, but it acts above all on the quality of the skin”, admits Sarah, who also recommends a more effective treatment on this point: the Jet Peel. “Today, aesthetics can rely on technology to increase the performance of treatments,” says Sarah with satisfaction. In the register of beauty 2.0, know that Hydrafacial is also available in body care: neck and décolleté for firmness, hands, back, rashes, legs and ingrown hairs, arms and even buttocks, to have a soft buttock.
A Hydrafacial session costs at least 180 euros at Skin Innovation.