You’ve heard of the Korean glass skin trend, but have you heard of honey skin yet? If juicy, bouncy, radiant skin is your end goal, this might be the skincare trend for you. And good news, it’s really easy to achieve if you get your skincare products and ingredients right.
To find out how to get your yummiest skin yet, scroll on for our tips, tricks, and recommendations.
What is the difference between honey skin and glass skin?
Although the honey skin and glass skin trends both focus on hydrated, youthful-looking skin, there are a few differences between the two. The end goal of honey skin is enriched, radiant, plump-looking skin, whilst glass skin focuses on making skin look clear, dewy, and reflective.
How Do You Get Honey Skin?
The key to achieving honey skin is to layer hydrating, brightening, and smoothing products and ingredients to leave your skin looking more radiant, plump, and youthful. Need some help? Try the products and ingredients below…
Step 1: Smoothing
Ingredients to look for: bio-active ceramides, AHAs and BHAs
Smooth and plump skin are the basis to achieving honey skin. Exfoliating once or twice a week to remove dead skin cells from the outer layer of your skin will improve your skin texture and its appearance. Some of the most effective exfoliation ingredients are AHAs and BHAs, which is why we love this By WishTrend liquid exfoliator as it’s formulated with AHA, mandelic acid.
Products that reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles are also essentials for honey skin. This The INKEY List moisturiser features bio-active ceramides, which smooth, firm and plump skin, to help with signs of ageing. Afterwards apply the Peter Thomas Roth Instant FIRMx Eye Temporary Eye Tightener and watch the skin around the delicate eye area instantly tighten and smooth. The result? Fewer and less visible crow’s feet, deep wrinkles, and fine lines.
3 skincare products to smooth skin
Step 2: Hydrating
Ingredients to look for: hyaluronic acid, squalane
Hydrated skin is what keeps your skin looking juicy and youthful. Although hyaluronic acid and squalane can both deeply hydrate the skin – key for honey skin – they are two very different ingredients. Squalane is an emollient, which means it seals in moisture. So, using a cleanser formulated with squalane, like this one from The Ordinary, means the moisture barrier is supported whilst cleaning and removing impurities, all without stripping the skin.
Hyaluronic acid, on the other hand, is a humectant, which means it helps your skin hold onto water and stay hydrated, making skin appear more youthful, plump, and firm. A gentle face mist, like our By BEAUTY BAY mist, or a failsafe hyaluronic acid, like The Ordinary’s, are two of the easiest ways to incorporate hyaluronic acid into your skin routine to achieve honey skin.
3 skincare products to hydrate skin
Step 3: Brightening
Ingredients to look for: vitamin C, niacinamide
Radiant skin = honey skin. And the simplest way to make your skin appear more radiant is by incorporating brightening ingredients into your skincare routine
Vitamin C can help brighten a dull complexion, as it essentially helps reduce pigmentation from developing to effectively brighten the skin. We recommend The Scar Slayer from Glow Hub, which is formulated with vitamin C and other brightening agents.
Another skin brightening ingredient we love is niacinamide, which reduces the appearance of dark spots and improves the overall skin tone. It’s most effective in doses of 4-5%, which this AXIS-Y serum is formulated with. For double the ultimate brightening dose, our By BEAUTY BAY Vitamin C + Niacinamide Cleansing Gel features both ingredients.
