Treat Yourself: Best Skin And Strand Treatments To Level Up Your Beauty Routine
Francesca is the Beauty Editor at Adore Beauty. With a background in glossy mags and bylines in publications like Marie Claire, ELLE and BODY+SOUL, Francesca has turned her love of beauty into a career. Whether she's decoding buzzy ingredients or road testing lip glosses (so. many. glosses.), her approach to beauty is equal parts glamour and highly-considered.
Between the cost of living crisis and being time-poor (aren't we all), my once beloved skin and salon treatments are falling fewer and further in between. *Sob, sigh*
So, I've needed to invest in some heavy duty treatments to pick up the pace. The right at-home treatments (smart formulas with real performance) have proven a godsend in reviving my Winter skin and parched strands.
From barrier-repairing hydrators to bond-building masks, these products are more than just “self-care", they’re designed to strengthen, restore, and reset. Bonus points for giving all those relaxing, self-care vibes too.
Here's what we recommend:
NAK Hair Signature Replends Moisture Mask
Fast Facts:
- Moisturising mask to rehydrate dry hair
- Helps to soften and detangle
- Use in place of conditioner
- Vegan, sulphate and paraben free
Brimming with peptides, this supercharged rich mask formula (designed to replace conditioner) works to restore structure and elasticity to strands.
A potent blend of baobab seed and elderflower extracts deeply nourish and hydrate, while barrier-supporting ectoin and conditioning botanicals improve scalp health and strand texture.
Melting into strands (mid lengths to ends), this creamy wash out mask leaves hair feeling plush and soft. Unlike some deep conditioners that leave a coated feeling, this one rinses clean.
I've been incorporating this into my routine weekly (it's my Sunday ritual) for silky, glossier strands that boast salon-level smoothness.
Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Intensive Treatment
Fast Facts:
- Citric Acid, an alpha hydroxy acid helps reinforce weakened bonds
- Strength repair in one use*
- pH balancing acidic formula to bring hair back to a healthy range
- Citric Acid, an alpha hydroxy acid helps reinforce weakened bonds
If Sabrina Carpenter's signature bombshell blow out is anything to go by - this is the IT Girl of at home treatments. Think of her like the rehab your hair didn’t realise it needed.
A pre-shampoo step, this mask is designed to be used on damp hair before you cleanse. It contains the brand’s highest level of Citric Acid plus their signature Bonding Care Complex, which work in tandem to reinforce weakened bonds and kickstart the repair process.
The formula works hard and fast; improving breakage reduction for hair that’s up to two times stronger in just one use. The formula is pH balanced, too, which helps bring vulnerable locks (think: overprocessed, colour treated or heat damaged) back to a more stable, less stressed state. The result? Smoother texture and a softer, healthier finish a la Sabrina Carpenter.
After just one treatment, hair feels more resilient, less prone to snapping and better conditioned. If your ends are looking rough or your strands feel fragile, start here.
Esmi Skin Minerals Probiotic Skin Mylk
Fast Facts:
- Calms hypersensitive, inflamed, and reactive skin
- Strengthens skin barrier against environmental stressors
- Helps balance skin’s microbiome
- Fast-absorbing, non-greasy texture
Milky toners for the win. Part serum, part moisturiser - this Probiotic Skin Mylck is a light, fast-absorbing lotion designed to repair the skin barrier.
Heroing Australian-made probiotic lysates, which work to balance the skin’s microbiome while supporting repair and resilience. It’s particularly well-suited to sensitive, reactive, or compromised skin types with added jojoba seed oil to calm inflammation and grape seed oil to help lock in moisture.
Despite its treatment-level ingredients, the texture is surprisingly featherlight without any grease or residue. It plays well under SPF or makeup, making it an easy fit for both morning and night routines.
Immediately skin feels less reactive, and over time redness and sensitivity are subdued. I'm dubbing it sensitive skin's, new best friend.
Dr Lewinn's Reversaderm Corrective Skin Peel
Fast Facts:
- Overnight peel
- 15% AHA Complex with Glycolic, Lactic and Mandelic Acids
- Exfoliates and resurfaces
- Helps improve the look of tone and texture
- Suitable for dull, uneven, sun-damaged, aged and blemished skin
My favourite kinds of treatments are the ones that do it's best work overnight. Go to bed dull and wake up glowy. The dream, right?
This overnight peel boasts a potent 15% Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) Complex of glycolic, lactic and mandelic acids to slough away rough texture and clear congested pores. Witch hazel calms redness while vitamin C brightens and evens the complexion. It's a gloopy gel, which sits comfortably over the skin for overnight wear. By morning, skin feels smoother, pores appear refined and a radiant glow ensues.
Eleven Miracle Hair Treatment Spray
Fast Facts:
- Leave-in conditioning spray for all hair types
- Adds shine, softness and smoothness to hair
- Acts as a heat protectant
- Protects hair colour thanks to UVA and UVB filters
- Vegan and cruelty free
A featherlight mist (that smells of juicy, tropical melon), it boasts a fortifying blend of panthenol, biotin, and quinoa proteins to strengthen and hydrate strands. Botanical extracts like lotus, bamboo, and aloe help to tame frizz and smooth over the hair cuticle. The result? A silkier, more manageable mane.
Apply on damp, post-wash hair as a leave-in treatment to detangle, nourish and enhance hair’s natural texture as you style it. This miracle multi-tasker also features built-in dimethicone and UV filters, to shield hair from heat and environmental stress. Shiny, salon-worthy strands ahead.
Alpha-H Liquid Gold Exfoliating Treatment
Fast Facts:
- Resurfaces and brightens dull-looking skin
- Improves the appearance of pigmentation, age spots and acne scarring
- Recommended for the signs of sun damage
A cult fave, this efficacious resurfacing treatment has earned its laurels for good reason.
Applying like a toner with a soft glow, it delivers 5% glycolic acid at a low pH level (2.8) to effectively exfoliate, minimise pores and brighten the complexion. Added licorice root and silk proteins work to soothe and hydrate, meaning: the formula is sensitive skin approved.
Basically a facial in a bottle, this will leave your skin glass-like, with notable shifts in tone, texture, and clarity. She's the gold-standard.
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