Can This £585 Skin Tool Really Lift, Sculpt and Snatch? I Tried It for a Month

As a beauty editor, I've become somewhat fatigued with beauty tools. There's always a new LED mask or microcurrent device claiming to lift and sculpt (they're lying), and they're often very, very expensive. So, when I'm reviewing any beauty tool—from hot brushes to radiofrequency devices—I want to find out whether they're truly worth the investment. Next on my hit-list is the NuFace Trinity (£585), a microcurrent device that I see all over my feeds and counts Hailey Bieber amongst its fans. So, it's needless to say I had high expectations and was initially sceptical about the results I'd see. I've put it to the test over the past month and have a lot of thoughts about it. Scroll ahead for my honest review.

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The Attachments

The Facial Toning Attachment

This is the main microcurrent attachment that will be used in the majority of your treatments. The two probes deliver a painless microcurrent to help stimulate the facial muscles and boost the skin. It's also the main attachment in the NuFace Mini.

The Lip & Eye Attachment

Included in the Trinity+ set is the eye and lip attachment, which provides more precise treatment to these areas, helping to lift the brows and treat fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth. This attachment comes in the Trinity+ set, or you can also buy it separately.

The LED Attachment

Lastly, you have the LED attachment, which delivers infrared light therapy to the skin—ideal for encouraging collagen and elastin production and fading skin pigmentation. Like the lip and eye attachment, you can also buy this separately too.

What to Expect

The NuFace pairs with your phone via Bluetooth, where you can download the NuFace app and sync the device up to several different treatment tutorials depending on what concerns or areas you want to treat. There's also three different treatment settings, designed to work more surface-level on fine lines, all the way up to treating deeper layers of the skin and targeting the muscles of the face to help lift and sculpt.

Once you've selected a treatment, you'll want to apply the NuFace Hydrating Aqua Gel (£35), which helps the microcurrent flow through your skin. However, any water-based serums will work, too—but the gel is the most long-lasting on the skin during the treatment and helps to device to glide easily without tugging.

There are a lot of treatments to choose from on the app (ranging from about 5-20 minutes), but I decided to go for either the Ultra Sculpted Facial or the 20 Year Anniversary treatment most of the time, both of which treat all areas from the neck, jawline and lips, to the cheeks, eyes and forehead.

Most treatments begin with the classic toning attachment I'm using above, which treats the neck, jawline, cheeks and forehead. It's totally painless, but you do feel a certain buzz as you glide it along the skin.

Depending on your treatment, you may also swap to either the lip and eye attachment or the LED attachment. The former has two nimble probes that really help to reach under the brows and fit snugly around the eye or lip contours. Often used as the last step in the treatments, the LED attachment uses infrared light to help encourage collagen and elastin production.

I liked the app and being able to follow along to different tutorials, which gave me confidence knowing I was using the tool effectively. However, in between different treatment areas, there is a brief pause where you're required to switch the device on and off and wait around 10 seconds before commencing the next area. It was a little inconvenient, but I can see past it.

A really great feature of the app is that you're asked to take a before-and-after picture, as well as a photo halfway through your treatment, so you can easily spot the difference and track your results over time. Below is my side-by-side comparison after treating one side of my face.

Before & Immediately After

This was taken halfway through one of my treatments, and I can see some subtle definition and lifting around my cheeks and jawline, as well as a small lift in my brows. While the results were short-lived, the lines on my forehead softened in the days afterwards. My skin hasn't been its most behaved this month, but I did see a slight improvement generally after using my NuFace device.

My Verdict

In all honesty, NuFace feels like a luxury gym membership. It's only worthwhile if you go regularly; otherwise, it may feel like a lot of money down the drain. But if you keep going and are consistent, you'll put yourself in the best place to see results.

NuFace recommends 60 days to see full effects, and having tested for about one month, I've seen some subtle changes after each initial treatment. I've seen a slight lift in my brows, a softening of the fine lines on my forehead and my cheekbones look a little more prominent for a couple of hours after. But, I would've liked to have seen some more lasting improvements by now. I'll be honest, I found it tricky to fit the treatments into my busy routine, so if I had been consistent with my treatments, perhaps I would've reaped more benefits from it. I'm in my early thirties, so perhaps I won't see such dramatic results as someone using it in their 60s. However, I'm keen to keep going with it long-term and see if I can achieve the results that everyone else is raving about—I'll report back.

If you're still unsure about whether to take the plunge, I'd recommend trying the NuFace Mini (£244), which has just the classic microcurrent attachment, one of the more basic kits that come with fewer attachments (and the option to buy them separately later down the line). There are quite a few different variants of the kits, so you'll have no trouble finding one that has all of the features you want.

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