A new winter skincare trend, slugging is one of the season’s favorite beauty rituals. Discover this beautiful skin trick that relies on an unexpected product that you inevitably know.
What is the slugging ?
Trend skincare which comes to us from K-beauty, the slugging is a new skincare tip that is buzzing this winter in the beauty world and on social networks. It consists more precisely in applying a rather surprising product on his face: petroleum jelly! This treatment, now ultra trendy, has nothing to do with slugs and snails (whose slime has nevertheless found its place in our jars of cream) although the word slug means slug in the English vocabulary. If it is not possibly the rather viscous texture of the product that is readily apparent, this has to be recognized.
If we already knew the trick of petroleum jelly to treat chapped lips or repair hands very damaged by the cold, the idea of brushing our entire face with this treatment with a dense and oily texture had not yet had us crossed my mind. Yet the slugging promises to make this inexpensive and accessible skincare product, a must-have to fight against dehydration, repair damaged skin and protect skin from cold bites ultra easily and inexpensively. You can, in fact, get 100ml of Vaseline for only € 12.28 on Amazon.
Placing petroleum jelly among the favorite winter skincare products, this beauty trend is more specifically shaking up the beauty routine by offering a new facial treatment step, in addition to your usual daily skincare. Far from replacing your favorite moisturizers, the slugging instead invites you to come and seal the hydration provided by the skincare routine by applying a layer of petroleum jelly on your face, generally in the evening, after having cleaned your skin and having hydrated it well as usual with your serum, cream moisturizer and eye contour care. Followers of the practice assure that with this layer of petroleum jelly on the face, when you wake up, the skin is smoothed and radiant, repaired if it was damaged, and it no longer shows signs or areas of dryness. Another advantage of this layering with petroleum jelly: it would also make the skin soft!
Very popular in Asia, this unexpected step in the beauty routine would therefore be the ideal skincare gesture to adopt in winter, especially for dry skin which particularly suffers from falling temperatures.
Applying Vaseline to Your Face: Good or Bad Idea?
Used in cosmetics as an emollient agent to soften and soften the skin (especially in creams for dry skin and lip balms), petroleum jelly is also used in the formulas of certain hair care products to make the hair soft, shiny and easier to comb. Its use in beauty is therefore nothing new, including when it comes to applying it to the skin and to the face. Considered a moisturizing agent, it is actually more of an occlusive agent which does not strictly speaking hydrate the epidermis but which deposits a film on its surface which prevents the evaporation of water from the skin and therefore allows in fine to preserve hydration and to help regulate the consequent water losses of dry and dehydrated skin. It would therefore seem that petroleum jelly is of concrete use in the context of skin care in winter or to relieve the ailments of various skin conditions such as dry skin scales due to eczema, feelings of overheating and tightness associated with dry skin or to calm irritated skin.
However, we must not forget that this fatty substance – and also known by its more evocative names of petrolatum or petroleum jelly – comes from petrochemicals. In short and plain: it's a derivative of petroleum! If you are a fan of natural care, you will therefore have to go your way without looking back on this beauty trend which relies on the benefits of petroleum jelly on the skin. If this is not a determining criterion for you, on the other hand, then you can try your hand at it without any problem because, as we explained to you, it is a fatty substance commonly used in cosmetics (especially those for dry skin and facial care) and which is therefore subject to strict regulations in Europe intended to avoid any risk of toxicity to your health. The cases of allergic reactions to the substance are moreover quite rare even if it is better, in all cases, to make a test touch on a very small area of the body with petroleum jelly before applying it generously on your face. to avoid disappointments and above all any risk to your health.
In addition to the origin of this substance and its use in beauty products, it is also important to note that this beauty trend is ultimately more suitable for dry, dehydrated and normal skin due to the occlusive effect of petroleum jelly on the skin. If the studies conducted on it do not clearly prove that petroleum jelly is comedogenic as such, the thick and viscous texture of this fatty substance would more easily trap bacteria and pollution or makeup residues that can remain on the skin, and therefore promote inflammation and the formation of new pimples if used regularly on combination to oily skin or, worse, on acne-prone skin. It's never a good idea to risk blocking the pores of your capricious skin with an oily product, study backing or not.
Our advice for adopting slugging, facial treatment with petroleum jelly
- We recommend that you first limit your use of petroleum jelly on your face to your evening beauty routine. As this product is oily and viscous, it is indeed not suitable for use on the face during the day.
- Above all, do not skip the facial cleansing step and application of your moisturizers before putting petroleum jelly on your skin. This is the best way to avoid trapping unwanted particles right up against your face for the night and to fully benefit from the beneficial effects of slugging.
- When applying petroleum jelly to your face, adjust the dose of the product and the areas of application to your skin type. If your skin is very dry and has scales, you can test the treatment on the entire face, but if not, apply it locally to the driest areas. For example, avoid areas where the skin is already naturally oily – like the famous T zone – so as not to risk unbalancing your skin.
- Finally, we recommend that you use the technique only once or twice a week rather than as a new daily gesture of the routine because it is a sufficient rhythm to allow the skin to recover if it tends to become dehydrated while avoiding taking the risk of clogging the pores in the long term.
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