Medicube Age-R Booster Pro Mini

A hotel bathroom at eleven at night, with two products in the washbag and a face that looks like the flight. A week so full that the evening routine has shrunk to a cleanse and whatever is nearest. This is the device for those weeks, because it is the one that actually comes with you.

A rechargeable handheld about the length of a lipstick, built around a single job instead of six. It runs electroporation, which Medicube puts at a 562% gain in how much of a serum gets taken up, and it adds two LED modes.

• One mode, done properly: the absorption pass is the one people use most on the full-size device. Stripping the rest out is what makes this one small, cheap to run and quick to pick up.
• A red light for the mornings the face looks flat: the red mode is the one for dullness and for the day after a hard night.
• A blue light for the days the face shines: the second mode is the one to pick when the T zone is the problem rather than the tone.
• A session short enough to actually happen: five to ten minutes, and the brand allows up to three passes a day. On a packed week, three minutes on the cheeks beats a routine skipped.

It works on your own serum, with no special gel, so nothing extra has to travel with it. Packed, it takes the space of a lipstick and no more.

Recommended for frequent travel, short routines, a second device for a handbag, and the curiosity of trying one of these without clearing a shelf for it.

serum first and plenty of it, then the device.

• Apply your serum generously on clean skin. The pass needs something to push.
• Switch on and choose red or blue.
• Move the head slowly across the cheeks, the forehead and the jawline.
• Five to ten minutes is a session. Two or three a week is plenty, and up to three a day is allowed.
• Wipe the head with a soft cloth afterwards and charge it before it goes back in the bag.

One note on the rating, since it is low and you will see it. The score here sits at 3.9 out of 5 on seven reviews. Seven is not a verdict, and we are not hiding them: read them before you decide, because they will tell you more than the average does. If you want the full set of modes rather than one, the Age-R Booster Pro carries all six.

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