Beauty treatment trends 2018
Self-care and self-love has stormed into the new year with us. J-Beauty, Clean Beauty and Anti-Pollution skincare are just a few of the beauty trends 2018 is bringing to the fore, and all across London spas and salons are offering up services to answer to them.
In conjunction with the changing face of London's beauty scene, we've rounded up the key beauty treatments trends to try and where to get them - from the best micro-needling in London to the sustainable salons to visit.
The Japanese beauty industry has re-asserted itself after a period of buzz around Korean skincare. 'J Beauty' brands fuse ancient beauty rites with innovative formulations.
The 'Precious Ko Bi Do Fountain of Youth Facial' at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel Spa is a recreation of a beauty ritual created in 15th century for Japanese empresses. The anti-ageing facial massage has the primary objective of a creating a glowing complexion. 'Ko Bi Do massage employs a quartet of deep, energising movements to create a natural face-lift, plumping and lifting the skin, targeting wrinkles particularly around the eyes, and generating firmness and radiance in the face, neckline and arms.' Prices start from £105.
A cheaper alternative is to learn how to give yourself a Tanaka Face Contouring massage. We recommend using a Sakekasu-based product – a miracle ingredient used in many J-beauty brands – like this range from Shiro. The ingredient is made from left over lees that come from making sake, and was dscovered when people realised that older workers who handled sake had notably youthful hands.
