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Five Minute At-Home Facial

By Kayla Spear · Published June 10, 2020 · Updated February 10, 2025

Until we can have you back at our salons, we've created the perfect at-home facial to incorporate into your routine with our new high-tech beauty tool Magic Glow Wand and our Vitamin C-infused Rescue Serum.

Five Minute At-Home Facial - Joanna Vargas

Until we can have you back at our salons, we've created the perfect at-home facial to incorporate into your routine with our new high-tech beauty tool Magic Glow Wand and our Vitamin C-infused Rescue Serum.

Step 1: Cleanse your skin to remove makeup, dirt, oil pollution.

Step 2: Gently press 2-3 drops of our Vitamin C-infused Rescue Serum all over your face and neck. Make sure you apply enough serum to the skin so it does not fully absorb into your pores, making it easier to glide the device along the surface of your skin.

Step 3: Turn on Magic Glow Wand to your preferred cool setting - you can do with or without the massage mode.

Step 4: Sweep the device outwards starting at your nose, then down the neck to the décolleté. Repeat this motion for 2-3 minutes in each targeted area.

You can do this facial technique as often as you feel your skin needs.

Tag us in your @JVSkincare facial routine for a chance to be featured on our Instagram page, or shop the Magic Glow Wand here.

 

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