The high-tech facial tools your skin actually needs (2025)

Congested skin makes you look tired, under the weather and older than you actually are. There, we said it. So it helps to have a couple of tricks up your sleeve to bring life back to your skin on those lacklustre days. FOREO Luna 3 Cleansing Device (it’s powered by artificial intelligence and controlled via the FOREO app) uses sonic waves to get deep down into your pores, sweeping up all the stuff your regular cleansing routine misses. While some exfoliators and cleansing brushes can feel quite rough and aggressive on your skin, the FOREO Luna 3 Cleansing Device uses soft silicone brushes for a deep, yet gentle, clean. The result? Healthy, glowing and radiant skin. We can get on board with that.

$369 at Sephora

When it comes to tackling the signs of ageing, it can be an absolute carnival trying to figure out what kind of skin care tools actually do what they say they’ll do. LightStim For Wrinkles: LED Light Therapy is one of those goodies that won’t leave you wondering why you just blew half of your pay cheque. Used for a few minutes every day, LightStim is a handheld device that uses LED therapy to boost the skin’s plumpness, and smooth fine lines and wrinkles, leaving your skin looking smooth and rejuvenated.

$382 at Adore Beauty

If you’re beginning to notice a little thinning and sagging of the skin on your face, injectables aren’t your only option. NuFACETrinity Facial Toning Device is a nifty little handheld tool that uses microcurrents to encourage the production of collagen and elastin in skin (it’s like a facial stimulation device). Using the Toning attachment and the Gel Primer, you simply glide the device over your skin(it only takes a few minutes to use every night). FYI, Lili Reinhart also happens to be a fan of it! "I love high tech skincare," she wrote in an Instagram Story alongside a snap of her device (and an apt heart-eyed emoji). Want to find out more? Read our tried and tested review here.

Was $609, now $450 at CurrentBody

Blackheads are the worst. And, while there are a whole heap of treatment options out there, a lot of them don’t really work or are more of a short-term solution (those pore strips are satisfying as hell, but won’t help prevent blackheads). If blackheads are ruining your clear skin goals, we recommend checking out Rodan + Fields’ blackhead tool: the Pore Cleansing MD System. It’s a downright blessing if you want to get rid of those sinister little buggers (everyone) and help prevent them popping up in the first place. Using the blackhead attachment (it also comes with a cleansing attachment) and the Pore Prep Solution, the device basically acts like a vacuum to suck out all the dirt, oil, dead skin cells and impurities from your pores, leaving your skin looking clear and fresh with minimal fuss. We LOVE minimal fuss.

$376 at Rodan and Fields

A quality LED mask is a blessing in both the texture and tone-refining departments – this3-in-1 option includes red, blue and amber light settings to help address fine lines, breakouts and healing/radiance respectively. It’s cost-effective, convenient and honestly, as fun as it is efficacious.

Was $160, now $120 at Selfcare Social Skin Co.