'Slugging' skincare trend sweeps social media – but would you dare try it?

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From cleaning make-up brushes to faking a fuller pout, 2020 has been the year of the TikTok beauty hacks. And the latest is one of the weirdest yet, with one of the strangest names – “slugging”.

First made popular on Reddit a few years ago and now doing the rounds on TikTok, slugging is a beauty trend that started in Korea and involves applying a petroleum-based emollient such as Vaseline all over the face, then leaving it on overnight.The method gets its name from the sticky, shiny way the product looks on the skin.

By “occluding” the skin (locking in moisture), this trick claims to leave the face glowing and feeling softer and smoother. “I woke up the next morning, and my face has never been so soft,” wrote one Reddit user. “I am reborn..