Our skincare regimes are as bespoke as our morning coffee orders with each individual step selected to target specific skin concerns, and every product containing tailored ingredients to best suit our skin types, from oily to dry, and ageing to stressed.

The same precision that we apply to curating a skincare routine at home is applied by facial therapists in a salon, too. It’s for this reason that, if you want results, you do your research and go in with an informed choice. Failing to do so and opting for the most-hyped about, most luxurious-looking or most expensive (and presumably the best facials, surely?) types of facial could actually aggravate existing skin conditions.

First things first, identify the issue you want to tackle. Is it acne causing you agg? You’ll want to avoid facials that allude to thick moisturisers and massages, instead punting for those that promise to purify and clear. If it’s fine lines you’re looking to nix, glycolic and enzyme facial peels can help rid dead skin cells and reduce wrinkles.

Ingredients are important – most veritable therapists will list them under each treatment, but be sure to ask if not. Likewise, the tools that therapists will use have various different benefits: hydra jets will increase blood flow to the face, extraction machines are miracle-workers for blackheads and cleansing the skin, and LED light masks will improve blood circulation and give you that *glow*.

Last but not least, it’s key to find the right professional for you. Look for someone with the qualifications needed to carry out the treatment you go for – again, don’t hesitate to ask if you’re unsure.

This is the kind of knowledge that will set a slightly-disappointing-but-kind-of-relaxing facial apart from one that will grant you crystal skin for life.

So, here are the best types of facial to choose from for every skin kind...

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