Facial rollers and Gua Sha tools are currently all the rage, but did you know that the jade and quartz skin care tools date all the way back to ancient China? Facial rollers are a quick and convenient option to stimulate blood flow and drain puffiness from the skin, in addition to helping skin care products absorb better.

Discover the Benefits of Gua Sha for Skin

Gua Sha tools are small, hand-held devices with rounded edges made from jade, rose quartz or metal, and are used to scrape the skin to relieve pain and tension hidden in deeper layers of muscle. Tip: Store your facial roller or Gua Sha tools in the refrigerator for an extra refreshing touch!

Here, we highlight the best facial rollers and gua sha tools that will help you achieve beautiful glowing skin:

Bur Bur Hand-Made Scalp Gua Sha ($32)

This gua sha tool is hand made with organic clay, making it ideal for facial and head massage. Benefits include faster prodyct absorption, activated blood circulation and stress release. Pairs great with the brand’s Botanical Hair Growth Oil—also available as a bundle.

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Flower Wild Turquoise Facial Roller ($30)

These stunning facial rollers are turquoise with rose gold accents and help to improve elasticity of the skin, reduce appearance of puffiness and fine lines, ease facial muscle tension, and help product absorb better.

Herbivore Jade Facial Roller ($30)

Crafted with improved hardware that withstands tests of time and use, these jade rollers improve circulation and vitality, helping to freshen the complexion and luminosity. Metaphysically, jade is thought to attract luck and opportunity.

Honeybelle Dalmatian Jasper Facial Roller ($34)

Maximize your skincare routine by incorporating this crystal roller to massage your skin. The facial lifting tool incorporates a natural one-of-a-kind gemstone with rose gold accents. This is a grounding stone that lifts your spirits with innate happiness. It inspires a joy that enhances strength and creativity, happiness, and playfulness.

Mount Lai Gua Sha Facial Lifting Tool ($28)

Xiyuan jade is a stone with balancing properties and retains its coolness for long periods of time, and this facial massage tool enhances beauty rituals by promoting the lifting and smoothing of the skin, leaving the face lifted and radiant after use. The shape of the lifting facial tool is designed to allow for comfortable grip during use. 

Native Nectar Botanicals Opalite Roller + Gua Sha Massage Set ($52)

These facial massage tools are the perfect addition to help increase circulation, release muscle tension, smooth fine lines and wrinkles, decrease inflammation, and help deeper absorption of products into the skin. Rose opal encourages you to express your true self, helping you feel comfortable and confident in your own skin. 

Poppy and Someday Rose Quartz Gua Sha ($30)

Carved from rose quartz to increase self love, this self care tool releases excess heat or cold out of the lymphatic tissues. It helps to move stagnation and increase blood flow, and it can also be used on scars and cellulite to smooth and break up blockages.

Province Apothecary Dual Action Jade Facial Roller ($44)

This Dual-Action Jade Facial Roller features a smooth, polished end and a textured, studded end crafted from high-quality Xiuyan Jade. The smooth end cools and calms the look of skin, eases muscle tension, reduces the appearance of puffiness and under-eye bags, and encourages lymphatic function. The studded end activates the deep dermis-layer of skin to boost and maintain elasticity while gently exfoliating and improving product absorption.

ReFa CAXA RAY ($280)

Designed to replicate the scooping and kneading methods of professional estheticians, this platinum, waterproof facial contouring tool with solar-powered microcurrent technology helps visibly diminish puffiness for sharper, more enhanced-looking features. The Seagull Line and Crescent Line are precisely engineered to fit every contour of your face.

Shiffa FaSha Crystal Clear Quartz Tool ($40)

This multi-edged tool is designed to massage, stimulate, and release blockages in the skin, muscle, and superficial fascia that prevent optimal blood and lymph circulation. With continued use, loosening the tension that prevents the lymph from doing its job results in the release of toxins, relaxed muscles, reduced hyperpigmentation, decreased puffiness, softening of wrinkles, and a clear complexion.

Skin Gym Amethyst Facial Roller ($42)

This natural amethyst facial roller has a large and small stone for easy, effortless movements all over the face. It may help you maintain healthy blood circulation and skin tone. It can help to reduce the appearance of puffiness, fine lines, and under-eye dark circles. It may also aid in improving the elasticity of skin, eliminating toxins, and refining pores.

Snow Fox Skin Care Gua Sha Hair & Scalp Revival Brush ($98)

Stimulate acupressure points and promote healthy hair growth with this 24k gold-plated Gua Sha Hair and Scalp Revival Brush. 150 gold-and-titanium-plate needles scrape and massage over the reflexology and Meridian lines throughout the scalp, de-stressing and stimulating specific acu-pressure points. Gentle yet stimulating enough to help boost and balance blood circulation in the scalp, it’s an easy sensory, de-stressing scalp massage tool that also helps to brush through hair strands.

Every component of this brush is handmade and assembled by traditional Taiwanese brush makers, using a proprietary design passed down through generations. Every purchase goes towards preserving a centuries-old haircare tradition and art form for future generations.

Ulta Rose Quartz Facial Roller ($20)

This rose quartz facial roller promotes skin suppleness, soothes and calms, and eases tension in facial muscles.

Zaman Premium Black Obsidian Facial Roller ($35)

This double-sided black obsidian roller helps encourage the lymphatic system’s natural detoxification process by boosting the circulation and blood flow beneath the skin, granting a visible glow. It also helps improve complexion, fight the effects of aging, and revitalizes skin.

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Kamala Kirk is a University of Southern California graduate and has been an editor/writer for more than a decade. She has written for E! Online, Total Beauty, TravelAge West, Malibu Times Magazine, and many more. She resides in Los Angeles and is a proud pug mom. Follow her on Instagram: @kamalakirk