A beauty tool that doesn’t require you to look at yourself
Skims and Jenny Patinkin’s new cryo tools promise effortless beauty—without the need for a mirror.
The story
Skims, co-founded by Kim Kardashian, collaborates with makeup artist Jenny Patinkin on a limited-edition Cryo Glow Globes set, a cold beauty tool meant to reduce puffiness and inflammation.
Source: wwd.com
Our reading
Jenny Patinkin’s Cryo Glow Globes are the first beauty tools that don’t require you to look at yourself while using them, which is both a relief and a warning. If you can’t even be bothered to check your reflection, what else are you neglecting?
The idea that you can ‘just sit and hold them under your eyes’ while doing nothing else is the kind of luxury that only exists for people who can afford to be lazy. It’s not a tool, it’s a passive experience—like having a spa in your hand, but without the spa’s ability to judge you for not booking a massage.
And yet, you’re supposed to use them without any moisturizer or oil. It’s like a skincare product that assumes you’re already perfect, which is the only way this could possibly work.
