This facial tool is the secret behind many of the lifted, toned celebrity faces on red carpets, including Jennifer Aniston and Margot Robbie – and our beauty editor is a fan too
With awards season both here and in Hollywood drawing to a close, we’ve been inundated with stunning celebrity red carpet looks, with seemingly every A-lister sporting flawless skin and a lifted, sculpted complexion. And while celebs’ beauty routines often stay under wraps, there’e one face tool that we know has been used on plenty of famous faces in recent years: the ZIIP Halo Microcurrent Facial Device.
Although the brand is keeping tight-lipped about if the ZIIP Halo was used on any of the stars at last night’s Oscars, we know that Jennifer Aniston and Margot Robbie have both declared themselves fans of this nifty little tool in the past, while make-up artist Pauline Briscoe shared that it was used on Oti Mabuse ahead of last weekend’s BRIT Awards.
The ZIIP Halo, which costs £379, works by delivering microcurrent and nanocurrent to the face’s skin and muscles, resulting in lifted, more ‘snatched’ facial contours, and brighter, less puffy skin – like a ‘workout for your face’. I’ve given this popular tool a go, and here are my honest thoughts…
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Pros
- Quick and easy to use, the ‘regular’ programme just four minutes long
- Fits easily into your skincare routine
- Gives instant results
- Face looks sharper, firmer and less puffy
- Small and compact to travel with
- Lots of different facial programmes available on the app
Cons
- Results are subtle and temporary; it won’t work miracles on extreme jowls or sagging skin
- It’s expensive
- You need to use special conductive gel with it; ZIIP’s own one is also quite expensive
- Wiping the gel off your face, hands and the tool is a bit of a faff
I’ve tried plenty of at-home face tools but have been left largely underwhelmed by most of them due to the need to use them repeatedly and consistently for a long time to see results; something I just don’t have the patience for. What I love about the ZIIP Halo, however, is that it really does give instant, noticeable results, which I’ve never really found with any other tool.
It’s super quick and easy to use: just turn it on, apply the conductive gel all over your face, and place the ZIIP Halo to your skin, moving it upwards and outwards with gentle pressure. It’ll gently buzz when it’s time to move to a new area of your face, and switch itself off after four minutes. There are also plenty of dedicated facial routines for specific areas of your face on the ZIIP app, which is really easy to use.
I use it first thing in the morning, before washing my face (as you need to remove the conductive gel afterwards), and notice a subtle-but-sure difference after using it: it doesn’t do much on my double chin and weak jawline (you can read about what does work here), but my skin looks slightly firmer, tighter and more lifted, while my eyes looks distinctly less puffy.
I don’t completely buy into ZIIP’s claims about long-term results from the nanocurrent with prolonged use, but I always reach for it in the mornings or before an event for a quick skin pick-me-up.
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