3 At Home Facial Tools That Actually Improve Your Skin

This post is all about the best home facial tools that will make a difference in your skin!

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Let’s be honest, at some point, we’ve been sucked into buying a new beauty gadget that claimed it would do wonders for your skin overnight, only for it not to and end up collecting dust in your drawer in the end. With countless facial tools flooding our social media feeds, it’s difficult to figure out what is actually worth your investment versus what tools are just trying to take your hard earned money.

However, In the sea of endless facial tools to wade through, there are a few absolute gems that do actually work and do what they claim they will. Whether you are looking to lift your skin or reduce stubborn acne, there’s a tool for you. Although, there’s not one tool that can wave miracles and give you perfect skin, you can achieve improvements with consistent use over time.

These 6 facial tools have earned permanent spots in my skincare routine and hope you find one that works for you and your needs!

At Home Facial Tools That Work

1. High Frequency Wand

If you have stubborn breakouts, unwanted texture, or just an overall glowing complexion, you need to consider incorporating this tool into your life! What it is a device that creates thermal energy and oxygen molecules through a glass tube to kill acne causing bacteria on contact, while also boosting circulation in your skin.

It comes with 4 heads and each of these heads come in different shapes for different parts of your face making it easy to target all spots in your face. What stood out was just how quickly it calmed down active breakouts by reducing the redness and inflammation in just 1-2 days!

Although I haven’t tried it too much on my hairline, not only is it useful in clearing and brightening your skin tone, but there’s also an attachment that is in the shape of a comb to massage your scalp to improve your hairline making it look fuller.

A word of caution though, start off a low setting as this tool isn’t painless. You feel a slight zapping sensation when it is a lower setting but it becomes more intense the higher you set it. Working up to more intense session may be your best bet but it is absolutely worth the few minutes a day when you start to see the positive changes in your skin.

2. LightStim – Elipsa (LED Therapy)

If you are looking for plump glowing skin, LED light therapy devices are amazing at helping you achieve that. The LightStim uses a combination of different wavelengths that work together to bring ultimate benefits to your skin.

The blue light zaps acne causing bacteria while wavelengths of amber, light red, dark red, and infrared boost collagen and reduce inflammation, ultimately resulting in clear, brighter, and firmer skin. The fact that plastic surgeons and medical spas have been using this technology for decades before it became available to the consumer market made me confident it wasn’t just another beauty fad.

The convenience of treating both aging concerns and breakouts with one device has made it so worth it for my skin and it can for yours as well!You get the same treatment celebs get during facials, just at home while listening to music or your favorite podcast!

Also just to note, please don’t feel like you have to purchase this exact device to see results. I’m well aware that the LightStim Elipsa has a heafty price, but they also have handheld LED devices for the fraction of the cost that work just as well. I just use and prefer this one since you don’t have to hold it in place, but you can still get the same benefits from their handheld devices that are at a much more affordable price.

3. ZIIP Halo (Microcurrent Device)

The ZIIP Halo has become such a holy grail in my skin care routine for good reasons. I was genuinely blown away when I started to use the device regularly and that is key! You won’t see results until you use it consistently.

The science behind it makes so much sense—it basically uses two types of electrical currents that work at a cellular level to transform your skin. The stronger microcurrent actually exercises your facial muscles like a mini workout for your face, while killing bacteria and boosting ATP, which is basically your skin cells’ energy source.

Then there’s the gentler nanocurrent that works more subtly because it matches your body’s own natural electrical signals, helping trigger healing and renewal from within.The results aren’t dramatic like surgery, but there’s this noticeable lift and glow that builds over time.

You will see a very small lift and glow with just one use but you need to use it very often about 4-5 times a week to see lasting results. Don’t expect to see lasting results immediately. It takes months to see that so stick with it for beautiful lifted skin!

Final Thoughts

While these three facial tools deliver on their promises when used correctly, let’s be real—the most expensive device in the world won’t do a thing sitting untouched in your bathroom drawer. I’ve learned this the hard way after purchasing gadgets that initially excited me but quickly became forgotten.

The results these tools deliver come from consistency, not miracle technology. Whether it’s committing to your LED sessions several times weekly, making microcurrent part of your morning routine, or faithfully using your high-frequency wand on emerging breakouts, the magic happens in the maintenance.

Think of these tools as gym equipment for your face—one workout won’t transform your body, and one treatment won’t transform your skin. But incorporate them into your regular routine, and you’ll eventually wonder how you ever lived without them. Your future self (and skin) will thank you for starting today and actually sticking with it.