With the new year underway, like many of us, you may be wanting to update or “glow up” your look. If so, we would like to share some interesting and exciting new beauty trends 2023 will bring. With the new year, we have a new focus.
First, we just have to say it: glazed donut skin is finally out! We say, cheers to that! The current trend is towards more inclusivity. Instead of trying to look one certain way, it’s all about enhancing your natural beauty and staying uniquely you.
Toward that goal, we have our eye on products that contain ingredients that address hydration, correction for unwanted pigments, and peptides. Key this year are restorative treatments, and multi-tasking products. While many of these correct and improve your skin’s appearance, the approach is tailored to your goals, and you still look like yourself. We hope this will be an apparent theme throughout as we describe some of the more exciting trends.
Top 6 Beauty Trends 2023
“Skinimalism”
Think about streamlining your skincare for a more “minimalist” approach. We all love to save time and money, especially if we continue to see the results we want. The key is using high-quality, multi-functional products blended with long-lasting “skin boosters.”
By “skin boosters” we mean a new generation of injectables that moisturize the skin, stimulate collagen production, and smooth fine lines. These hybrid skin boosters work to even creepiness for a more youthful, dewy look.
Give the Body Some Love
It’s not just your face that deserves love and attention. Non-surgical body contouring has made great strides over the past several years, but the idea isn’t yet as mainstream as non-surgical facial cosmetic treatments. Body contouring may help remove unwanted fat, add or enhance curves, and subtly sculpt the body. It is a supplement to your healthy eating and fitness routine and is about looking the way you want.
In addition, products that help enhance the results, such as any that promote improved skin texture, are also a hit.
Diversity
Diversity is more than a buzzword. The beauty industry is changing and embracing the full range of beauty all around us. This brings more products that specifically target and enhance the beauty of darker skin tones as well as lighter skin tones. Many skincare brands are also releasing gender-neutral products.
Facial Harmonization
In recent years, some people opted to use injectables to alter their facial structure. Sometimes the results looked great in selfies or on zoom but were just a little exaggerated looking off-camera. The 2023 trend is more about balance. A skilled provider can use injectables to create a subtly more symmetrical-looking face with balanced proportions. It isn’t about looking different, it is about looking like yourself, possibly just with fewer of the things that make you feel a little self-conscious.
Some use injectables to add volume to the cheeks or lips or to fill in expression lines. The results often make one feel like they regained their younger face, at least to some extent. The results look natural and don’t require surgery.
Skin Health
Healthy skin is always in style. We are excited that this 2023 trend recognizes the importance of prioritizing skin health. For example, some of the best products promote a healthy skin barrier. Your skin barrier helps retain your skin’s moisture, elasticity, and smooth texture. It is your shield from pollution and anything that irritates your skin and makes it sensitive.
Products using Peptides are among the superstars when it comes to helping strengthen your skin’s natural protective barrier. Peptides are made from chains of amino acids and function like building blocks for your skin. They help strengthen and rebuild skin damage and are a part of wound healing. They also help to correct fine lines, dullness, redness, and discoloration. With so many benefits, Peptides are a great all-rounder skin health ingredient and balance Retinols which can irritate the skin and damage the skin barrier.
Hybrid Formulas
With so many exciting skincare ingredients, how do you choose? Hybrid formulas bring the best of multiple together in formulations that multi-task. Especially exciting are those that blur the boundaries between skin health and cosmetic products. When your cosmetic makeup products also help keep your skin healthy, you save precious time and avoid that goopy feeling that can come from layering too many products on the face, not to mention saving money.
If any of these trends appeal, we bet you want to know which products or treatments you should be looking for. We have a few recommendations!
Top Skincare Products for 2023
- SkinMedica’s New Even & Correct product line launched January 2023
- Even & Correct Advanced Brightening Treatment, Even and Correct Dark Spot Cream, and Even & Correct Brightening Pads
- ZO Skin Health Wrinkle and Texture Repair Creme
- ZO Skin Health Radical Night Repair – at-home customizable chemical peel
- SkinMedica Firm and Tone Body Lotion
- Alastin HydraTint – moisturizer, broadspectrum SPF, foundation all-in-one
Skincare devices don’t replace professional-grade medispa procedures like injections or Profound® RF microneedling. However, they can help improve and maintain your skin’s appearance at home. We compiled a list of some of our favorite skincare devices that help you achieve some of the beauty trends 2023.
Top Skincare Devices for 2023
- LED Facial Masks can help promote healing for anything from anti-aging to acne. Red and blue lights penetrate different layers of the skin to boost collagen, stimulate cellular healing, and help destroy bacteria that can cause acne.
- Facial Ice Globes help elevate your skincare routine with a cooling massage that helps reduce puffiness and redness, shrinks pores, calms inflammation, helps brightens skin tone,reduces dark circles, relaxes facial muscles, provides a skin tightening effect and even increases lymphatic drainage.
- Microcurrent Facial Toning Devices, think of a microcurrent device as a personal trainer for your face. By delivering electrical pulses into your skin, microcurrent works to tone the muscles in your face. With consistent use (just like a body workout), the results of microcurrent are cumulative.
- Golden Pulse Facial Massager for a warm and soothing massage that helps improve circulation, tightens, tones, and rejuvenates skin; also the warmth helps with better product absorption.
- Aroma Therapy Steamers which offer calming steam to soothe and hydrate skin and elevate the spa-at-home experience
Of course, the best skincare is customized to your needs and goals. To find the right products, treatments, and devices for you, feel free to book a consultation at The Skin Center by CPS.
We help Charlotte area residents look their best through quality products and today’s best non-surgical cosmetic procedures. Contact us today to schedule your appointment.
