The Best Personal Care Devices: Skincare and Grooming at Home

The NuFACE Trinity+ is an FDA-cleared microcurrent device built around two rounded metal probes that deliver current through a conductive gel, which NuFACE says reaches the 69 muscles of the face and neck. The three treatment levels work at different depths, from an instant-lift mode to Pro Toning, the deepest, plus a boost button that raises output by up to 25 percent.

T3’s reviewer got more than a week of daily use per charge, and NuFACE backs the device with a two-year warranty and a 60-day return window. The starter kit sells for $395 on Amazon, the same price NuFACE charges direct.

T3 gave the Trinity+ its Recommends Award after its reviewer saw cheeks that looked plumper and lifted immediately after longer 20-minute sessions, a change T3 calls temporary. The same review flagged real friction: the current stung on sensitive spots at first, and the activator gel is a recurring purchase on top of the device.

Commitment is the limitation, since NuFACE prescribes five sessions a week, five minutes each, for the first 60 days before tapering to maintenance, and results fade when the sessions stop. NuFACE’s own step up is the Trinity+ Complete Set at $595, which adds red-light and lip-and-eye attachments; the step down is the Solawave elsewhere in this guide, a cheap way to test the habit.

The Solawave wand, sold as the 4-in-1 Radiant Renewal Wand, packs four modalities into a pen-sized, aluminum-finish handle: 630nm red light, a mild galvanic current, low-level warmth, and massage vibration, with the light coming from seven dual-core chips that Solawave markets as 14 LEDs. Solawave lists 3-minute sessions per treatment area, about 12 minutes for a full routine, and up to 90 minutes of battery per charge, about seven treatments. Coverage runs to a one-year warranty with a 60-day money-back guarantee. List price is $169, and it typically sells for $130–170 on Amazon.

Independent measurement sets expectations here. Light Therapy Insiders metered the wand and found the wavelength accurate at 630.2nm but irradiance of just 8-10 mW/cm² against the 40-45 mW/cm² claimed in the manual, so each session delivers less light than the spec suggests. The same review found the pen-sized build makes daily treatments time-consuming enough to become tiresome, and its verdict was blunt: anyone buying primarily for red light should consider other devices.

What the wand still earns is its price: it is the cheapest credible way into device skincare on this page. For dedicated full-face light therapy, the Omnilux Contour Face costs $395 and covers the entire face with 132 medical-grade LEDs at 633nm and 830nm in hands-free 10-minute sessions.

The RENPHO Eyeris 1 is a heated massage mask for tired eyes: Renpho quotes a comfortable 107°F warmth, sub-45-decibel operation, and a 180-degree foldable design that packs down for travel, while Pocket-lint’s review adds three pressure settings and a 104-107°F heat band. A built-in Bluetooth speaker can play whatever audio you queue during the 15-minute auto-off session, a bonus rather than the point. Pocket-lint reports six 15-minute cycles from a full charge of the 1200mAh battery, with a 2.5 to 3 hour recharge. Against a list price around $100, it usually sells for $50–60 on Amazon.

Pocket-lint’s reviewer called it a favorite small luxury of 2024 for screen-strain headaches and pre-sleep wind-down, crediting the heat and massage for easing eye-strain tension and stress, while being clear it managed migraine triggers rather than stopping a migraine outright.

The dated details drew the criticism: the reviewer’s unit charged over micro-USB with no wall adapter in the box, and the touch controls proved sensitive enough that a remote helps, which newer bundles now include. Spending more buys biometrics: Therabody’s SmartGoggles, $219.99 at list in second-generation form, add a heart-rate-responsive relaxation mode plus dedicated temple massage for users who want the mask to adapt to them.