Title: Discover a Honey Skin Hack to Achieve Baby-Smooth Skin
The beauty industry is never short of unique and catchy metaphors to describe skin. We have heard about dolphin skin, glass skin, dumpling skin, even glazed donut skin. But herein lies an intriguing and novel beauty concept: honey skin. This term doesn’t refer to skin that reflects light as shiny as a dolphin or as smooth as glass. It does not require a megawatt shine either. Instead, honey skin denotes skin that appears full and luscious, but not overly reflective.
Honey skin, as the name suggests, emulates the exquisite texture of honey rather than the radiance of glass or the dimensionality of a dumpling. Picture the dewiness of a dollop of honey in your mind. Notice how it appears “wet” but doesn’t seem overly oily or shiny? That’s the skincare goal here, and believe it or not, it’s easier to achieve than you might think.
To kick start your journey towards honey skin, you’d require a cream or body serum packed with humectants. Humectants are substances that draw moisture from the environment and infuse it into your skin, thus giving you that ever-coveted honey-skin look. Notable ingredients include hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, glycerin, and one that stands out above the rest – actual honey.
The subsequent equally important step is to lock in all the moisture that the humectants have pulled in with a good occlusive. If the humectants aren’t sealed in, they could draw moisture from your dermis rather than the surrounding atmosphere, eventually drying out your skin.
A great fix for this is a body oil, which effortlessly seals the skin, glistening it while providing a healthy, “wet-looking” shine. This is similar to how hairstylists prefer using oil rather than water to give hair a “wet” look because, contrary to popular belief, water does tend to dry and frizzy the hair. Honey skin works with the same logic: a generous application of oil makes your skin appear plump and juicy throughout the day.
We highly recommend using a dry oil, which can be absorbed into the skin quickly and leaves no sticky residue. This way, your skin makes its glossy honey-like appearance but without the thick viscosity of actual honey. If you’re feeling a little extra, you can mix your body oil with a non-glittery liquid highlighter before massaging it onto your skin. This is a technique routinely used by makeup artists to accentuate certain features. While this kind of shine may bring to mind the concept of ‘body gloss’ rather than ‘honey skin’, remember that these are just metaphors, and rules barely apply. The only limit is your creativity.
In conclusion, aiming for honey-like skin is not as far fetched as it might sound. As a rising trend in the K-beauty domain, more and more people are adapting to honey skin routines. Most tutorials emphasize on the face, but why should the benefits be restricted? Your entire body too deserves to be honey-like! All it requires is the appropriate application of your preferred humectants glazing with a good dry body oil. Adding a touch of highlighter is purely optional, but certainly recommended!
