Skin care has been buzzworthy for a while now—but the top skin care trends of 2022 reflect some interesting new ideas. While people have virtually always relied on various products to improve the way their skin looks and feels, the beauty industry has undergone a massive boom over the past couple decades. The skin care side of the industry leads the charge with a plethora of moisturizers, serums, masks, and so much more.
It's no surprise that skin care is so popular since it comes with so many benefits. Consistent skin care can improve one’s health and appearance. With the right active ingredients, it may slow signs of aging. For many people, this leads to a big boost in confidence. Even at a basic level, it’s just fun to take care of yourself and enjoy products that feel amazing as you apply them—and leave you feeling good all day.
Those are the reasons why we love skin care—but what about the trends that are surfacing this year? There are quite a few, and we’ll examine some of the biggest 2022 skin care trends below.
For a long time, skin care trends inspired by Korean beauty focused on multi-step, complex routines involving not just cleansers and moisturizers, but toners, serums, gels, essences, and anything else that could work together. It wasn’t at all unusual to see beauty influencers touting routines with 12 steps or more.
Now? Those complex routines are still out there, and a lot of people still love them. That said, lots of other people are scrapping that complexity and embracing “skinimalism” by reaching for multipurpose products that can deliver similar benefits in fewer steps.
The beauty industry has absolutely boomed in recent years. With this rise, the amount of waste produced has also been rising, namely in the form of packaging. This clashes with popular consumer sentiment, which seeks to reduce waste and environmental impact as much as possible.
That’s why eco-friendly packaging is becoming super popular among skin care enthusiasts. It’s not all about recyclable packaging, either. The thing about recycling is that consumers are becoming more aware that many of the papers and plastics used for their skin care products are recyclable—but that doesn’t mean they will be recycled. Only 8.7% of plastics produced get recycled into something else.
Because of that, skin care enthusiasts are turning toward other types of packaging. Aluminum is a popular choice because its value means it has a higher recycle rate. Refillable packaging that consumers can reuse over and over has become another popular choice.
Skin care isn’t all about the face anymore. In 2022, we’ve seen an explosion of skin care products targeted at other areas of the body—and that includes elegant body moisturizers with active ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, AHAs, BHAs, and retinoids.
Part of this trend comes from the need to create glowing skin everywhere—not just on your face. Another part of it arises from the need to correct issues such as acne or ingrown hairs while creating a firmer, healthier look. Because of that, people are talking about acne on the back and elsewhere a lot more. New skin care products from acne-busting body lotions to exfoliating body washes are becoming more popular.
By beauty bars, we don’t mean salons, but rather an elevated version of the traditional bar of soap that most of us abandoned years ago in favor of body washes.
What’s behind this comeback?
Part of it is rising consumer demand for reduced packaging and environmentally friendly packaging. Nearly all body washes come in plastic bottles—but bar soap is easily wrapped in biodegradable paper, which is becoming a major selling point.
With that, modern bar soaps are becoming more luxurious. Gone are the utilitarian-looking lumps of soap from yesteryear. Today’s bars come in every shape, size, color, and scent imaginable. Plus, many of them have some fantastic add-ins. You’ll find soaps infused with essential oils, activated charcoal, various kinds of clay, botanical extracts, and more.
Certain treatments—such as dark spot reduction or skin resurfacing—are challenging to do at home with over-the-counter products. More and more clinics are popping up with technological answers to these common concerns. That includes treatments such as microneedling, radio frequency treatments, lasers against pigmentation and veins, and more.
One example is IPL photofacial treatments, which use Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology to fade sun spots, visible veins, and discoloration. It’s commonly used on the face and décolletage —but in keeping with the body care trend, many look to fade spots and discoloration using this technology on their hands, too.
These are among the top skin care trends in 2022, but there are a variety of others emerging, too. In the future, technology will feature even more prominently—and Venus Treatments leads the way with several high-tech solutions to suit your skincare needs. Read more about those solutions here!
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Venus Versa™ has CE Mark as a multi-application device intended to be used in aesthetic and cosmetic procedures. The SR515 and SR580 applicators have CE Mark for the treatment of benign pigmented epidermal and cutaneous lesions and treatment of benign cutaneous vascular lesions. The HR650/HR650XL and HR690/HR690XL applicators have CE Mark for the removal of unwanted hair and to effect stable long-term or permanent hair reduction for Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV. The AC Dual applicator has CE Mark for the treatment of acne vulgaris. The DiamondPolar™ applicator has CE Mark for non-invasive treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides on females with Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV. The OctiPolar™ applicator on the Venus Versa™ system has CE Mark for temporary body contouring via skin tightening, circumferential reduction, and cellulite reduction. The NanoFractional RF™ (Viva) applicator has CE Mark for dermatological procedures requiring ablation and resurfacing of the skin.
NeoGraft® 2.0 has CE Mark with indication for use in suction-assisted follicular extraction and re-implantation for males and females.
ARTAS iX™ has CE Mark with indication for use for harvesting hair follicles from the scalp in men diagnosed with androgenic alopecia (male pattern hair loss) who have black or brown straight hair. ARTAS iX™ is intended to assist physicians in identifying and extracting hair follicular units from the scalp during hair transplantation; creating recipient sites; and implanting harvested hair follicles.
Venus Epileve™ has CE Mark for hair removal, permanent hair reduction (defined as the long-term stable reduction in the number of hairs re-growing when measured at 6, 9 and 12 months after the completion of a treatment regimen), and the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae for all Fitzpatrick skin types. Venus Epileve™ is also CE-Marked for hirsutism.
Venus Legacy™ has CE Mark for the temporary increase of skin tightening, circumferential reduction, cellulite reduction, and wrinkle reduction.
Venus Velocity™ has CE Mark for hair removal, permanent hair reduction (defined as the long-term stable reduction in the number of hairs re-growing when measured at 6, 9 and 12 months after the completion of a treatment regimen), and the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae for all Fitzpatrick skin types.
Venus Viva™ has CE Mark for the use in dermatologic and general surgical procedures requiring ablation and resurfacing of the skin, and the treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides in Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV with the DiamondPolar™ applicator.
Venus Freeze Plus™ has CE Mark for treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides using the DiamondPolar™ applicator, and CE Mark for the treatment of cellulite reduction, increase of skin tightening, and temporary circumferential reduction on the OctiPolar™ applicator.
Venus Freeze™ has CE Mark for treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides using the DiamondPolar™ applicator, and CE Mark for the treatment of cellulite reduction, increase of skin tightening, and temporary circumferential reduction on the OctiPolar™ applicator.
Venus Glow™ provides a dermal rejuvenation treatment that works to open up and deep-clean pores. Venus Concept is the exclusive distributor for Venus Glow™.
Venus Bliss™ has CE Mark for addressing aspects related to body contouring, such as fat reduction and circumferential reduction, temporary increase of skin tightening and temporary cellulite reduction.
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