Beauty finds at SM Makati: Beauty tools to power your self-care routine

What’s the one thing we hold precious these days? It’s not something we can hold, for sure, but it gives us far more than material satisfaction.

The most treasured thing of all, simply, is time.

And when it comes to multitasking and working smart, women have always led the way in time management.

The best thing about living in this age? Making time for self-care is possible without sacrificing our priorities — like family, career and community.

Keeping it together — amidst the stressors we see around us and in the world these days — is a skill we need to master. And if you ask the experts, the first thing one needs is a boost of wellness and a dose of confidence, very often coming from feeling good about oneself.

But who has the time to go to a three-hour hair treatment these days? If your favorite salon is an hour away and back, then what happens to your day? Let’s not even get started on those facials and lasers and other treatments. Addressing skin and beauty concerns is easy, even exciting, in this age of technology — and we, ladies, should make the most of the tools available to us now.

Because we believe in women helping women, let me share six of the top beauty tools I discovered in SM Makati, which is a spacious haven of beauty essentials and luxury labels for skincare, cosmetics and fragrances.

Dyson Airwrap

No time to go to the salon for a daily blowdry? With multiple attachments for every style — barrels to curl and wave in both directions; brushes to shape and volumize — this nifty yet powerful blow-dryer also hides flyaways. It is suitable for all hair lengths, and optimized for hair that’s chest length or longer. The Dyson Airwrap is engineered for multiple hair types.

Luxelle RF Wand

This is an absolute must for anyone who wants firmer and fresher looking skin. Portable and easy to use, this beauty gadget uses advanced radio frequencies, which heat the deepest layers of the skin to spur new production of collagen. A non-invasive skin tightening and lifting tool, this device activates cells to actively enable it to improve the skin. Upon first use, skin feels tightened and lifted. The device, with a warm and cool mode, also soothes tired skin and shrinks pores.

Love K-derma LED Light Mask

The LED Light Mask — the newest Korean skin care technology that uses LED Light therapy to reduce acne, wrinkles and discoloration — is great to have at home or bring along (it comes with a travel pouch) on those staycations for some self-care. Improvements are seen in just two weeks.

Luxelle Eye and Lip Pen

Beloved by style icon Heart Evangelista, this gadget could well become the must-have of all genders. I mean, who does not (or will not) endure eyebags, dark circles, fine lines and crow’s feet at some point in their lives? This five-minute eye and lip spa device uses high-frequency vibration, red, yellow and blue triple-spectrum technology and 38-45 °C adjustable temperature to effectively release stress, relieve eye fatigue and reduce swelling. Comfortable hot compress plus adjustable vibration and the black gallstone massage head promote better nutrition absorption of skin care products. It also helps stimulate the surrounding eye skin area, improve blood supply around the eyes and adjust eye pressure. Zap those eye bags, dark circles, fine lines and crow’s feet with a few rolls of this pen, whenever!

TouchBeauty Contour Sculpting Wand

Honestly, you can be watching Netflix and working on your circulation for a radiant glow, reducing puffiness and tension, and sculpting and toning your face and other body parts.

Love K-derma LED Face Lift Wand

The magic about the revolutionary LED Face Lift Wand is that it firms face muscles, smoothens wrinkles, lifts sagging skin and enhances collagen and elastin production, and you don’t have to take a trip to the derma, either!