Beauty Gadgets Every Woman Should Own

These beauty tools will supercharge your get-gorgeous routine. BY ANNIE TAN.

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These beauty tools will supercharge your get-gorgeous routine. BY ANNIE TAN.

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1 Blur the Lines.

Enjoy an age-defying laser treatment at home . Iluminage Skin Smoothing Laser, $1,588, sends calibrated pulses of laser light to specific depths beneath the skin’s surface to supposedly generate new collagen fibres. Use it five times a week for two minutes each time to reduce the appearance of fine lines around the eyes and lips. It also leaves your pores looking smaller as it smooths and tightens the skin around the cheeks and forehead.

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2 Five-minute Facelift.

Can’t fit a lunchtime facelift into your busy schedule? Nuface Mini Facial Toning Device, $301, gives you a facelift in five minutes flat. The device uses microcurrents to stimulate skin cells and tone your face. Simply cleanse, slather on primer, and glide the gadget in upward motions over your cheeks and forehead.

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3 Customised Cleansing.

Reboot your skin with Foreo Luna 2, $299. Producing up to 8,000 low-frequency pulses each minute, the T-sonic technology gently removes 99.5 per cent of dirt and oil from your skin. It also gently massages and stimulates blood circulation to help increase firmness. An upgrade from the previous model, this a llows you to choose from four br ushes designed for sensitive, normal, combination or oily skin, as well as 12 intensities to deliver the perfect cleansing exp erience for your needs.

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4 Super Skin-saver.

If you’re looking for a do-it-all device, try the Skin Inc Optimizer Voyage Tri-light, $398. With three LED lights and low-frequency technology, this gadget allows you to tailor your treatment to the different areas of your face. Red LED light supposedly boosts collagen and elastin production for overall skin firming, yellow LED light revives dull skin, blue LED light calms troubled or sensitive skin, and low-frequency technology contours the cheeks and optimises the efficacy of skincare products.

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5 Perfect Curls.

Never leave home without salon-wor thy hair again. The Philips Pro Care Auto Curler HPS940/00, $239, rolls hair in a rotating heated barrel for soft, bouncy curls. With three heat settings (170 deg C, 190 deg C, and 210 deg C) and three time settings (eight, 10 and 12 seconds), it can create anything from tousled beach waves to high-volume curls. The unique heat-isolating chamber also protects tresses from getting trapped, overheated or damaged.

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6 Home Spa.

Think of it as having a massage therapist at your beck and call – MTG Refa Active, $450, customises its kneading pressure to your needs, and replicates the experience of a professional spor ts massage. Developed to help fitness buffs cool down after a workout, it is equally restorative after a long day at work. For enhanced lymphatic drainage, its drainage rollers grip and glide over your skin in a slow rolling movement, and a microcurrent boosts blood circulation and tightens your skin.

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