Slugging is an incredibly growing skincare ritual: just think that it has more than 300 million views on social media. What is it about? The focus is on how to fix the products applied to the face and "seal" the skin to counteract "perspiratio insensibilis" or continuous and imperceptible dehydration. You need to spread a substance with film-forming characteristics such as on your face shea butter (contained in high percentages in the snails face cream based on snail slime), petroleum jelly or beeswax, preferably in the evening. The look you get after slugging goes beyond the glow effect, it's glass skin to the nth degree.
How and when slugging was born
This ritual may have originated from children's skin care. According to a belief, in fact, spreading Vaseline all over a newborn's body would make him less susceptible to eczema later in life.
Is slugging good for all skin types?
Slugging is not a panacea, it is not one size fits all. In fact, we must be very careful about the potential occlusion of pores, especially for those who have it acne-prone skin. In short, slugging is fine but only in specific cases.
Skincare as a sacred ritual
What K-beauty has taught us is a new concept of care, understood as a sacred ritual towards oneself to be carried out with method, patience and with the right cosmetics to every step of the beauty routine. 7 to 16, to be precise. Double and triple water- and oil-based cleansing, emulsions, exfoliants, tonics, eye contour, lip balm and obviously sunscreen to preserve the beauty heritage for as long as possible. The Korean beauty routine has exploded the addiction to masks of every shape, purpose and colour, in alginate or in patches, reminding us precisely through the latter that the skin on the face is not all the same and that each area has its own needs.
Korean skincare: where are we at?
The term "is usedhallyu” to indicate the Korean current. A long wave, a widespread euphoria that shows no signs of stopping. Whatever carries the imprimatur of South Korea, from fashion, to food, to cinema, to music, is still perceived as synonymous with avant-garde, especially in the world of beauty, an area in which women with "glass skin" are considered absolute authorities.
