India, Feb. 18 -- Just like 'no-makeup' looks require patience that needs to run longer than a full-glam routine, carrying effortless skin, was probably never this effortful an endeavour. With deteriorating climate conditions and increasingly fast-paced, stress-stepped lives being a baseline reality for most, that pore-less, soft-glow look doesn't come easy.

Now skin clinics are well on their way to becoming an aspirational fixture on the higher range of bills when it comes to upkeep-forward self-love. But if social media is to be held as an intel-marker in this scenario, there's actually been a consistent stream of investments away from these medical parlours and towards their own bathroom shelves. LED masks are usually the first step o...