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Triona McCarthy: Turned off by the Skims ‘face shapewear'? Here's how to combat tech neck without wearing knickers on your head

Our columnist has a few clever tricks to help you deal with lines and sagging on your neck and jawline Today at 00:30 The neeeeeccccckkkkk! So Kim Kardashian's Skims brand is normally associated with getting our wobbly bits under control, but now it has launched shapewear for your face. Yes, you heard that right. Kim's face wraps are meant to de-puff your face to give you a jawline that is shaped and sculpted, thanks to pressure and heat retention – but if you don't fancy wearing knickers on your visage, here are some of the products that I'm loving for skin-smoothing. Riding The Elevator The skin on your neck is thinner, drier and has less collagen than the skin on your face, and Trinny London The Elevator (€84, lifts sagging skin, smooths the neckline and sculpts the jawline. Trinny herself demonstrates the results on her own neck, showing how it helps to strengthen the genes that 'glue' the epidermis and dermis together, and restores the connection between the skin layers to improve the skin's resistance to gravity. Its peptide blend helps to boost collagen and elastin levels to smooth neck lines and to firm and restructure skin lacking in volume. And this one, my friends, is what all my girl gang repurchase over and over again – because it works! You're a Saint I love a good device and Irish brand Cosaint – which means 'protection' in Irish – has one that uses radio frequency and healing red and yellow LED light to bust those wrinkles. The Cosaint RF & EMS Eye, Face & Neck Device (€169, is designed to tighten the eye and facial contours and neck area, and decrease fine lines and wrinkles. It's like a facial gym that does the same exercises as face yoga, but goes deeper into the muscles to give results that improve with regular use. Firm Up To help reduce the appearance of uneven tone on the neck and decolletage, try Neostrata Triple Firming Neck Cream with MicroDiPeptide 229 (€79.95, It targets signs of ageing and wrinkles caused by 'tech neck' – where you are looking down at your phone or laptop for extended periods. You just smooth it over your neck and decolletage twice daily and your skin will appear firmer, lifted and more evenly toned. Interrupt Me, Please To improve the look of your face, forehead wrinkles and nasolabial folds and to boost firmness, give SkinCeuticals AGE Interrupter Ultra Serum (€165, a go. You'll look more sculpted with regular use of this firming serum, which gives the skin a more lifted appearance in three areas – the forehead, cheeks and jawline. This is because it harnesses potent ingredients to reduce the signs of ageing – including wrinkles, laxity, and a reduction in smoothness and firmness – caused by glycation and collagen loss. Trick Chocolate-scented locks I love this DIY cocoa powder dry shampoo trick to keep your hair looking amazing and smelling great. If your hair is light-coloured, mix 7 tbsp organic cornstarch or arrowroot powder with 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder. If your hair is dark, use 3 tbsp organic cornstarch or arrowroot powder, a quarter cup plus 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, and add a dash of cinnamon if you have red or auburn hair. Add 3-4 drops of essential oil if you like. Treat Factor 50 for farmers It was my uncle Connie O'Driscoll who kicked off the Drinagh Sunsafe Initiative, having read an article in this very paper about how skin cancer is so prevalent. Drinagh Co-op was granted funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's dedicated farm safety budget to help provide free factor-50 sunscreen for their farming customers at Drinagh agri branches in Co Cork. It's vital as farmers are exposed to two to three times more UV than people who work indoors so are more likely to develop skin cancer. Treatment Snatch that jawline To address the dreaded double chin, head to the Eavanna Breen Clinic in Dublin 2 for the InMode Lift (€350, Dubbed the 'snatched jaw treatment', it lifts and tightens sagging skin and is designed to sculpt and rejuvenate your jawline. It uses the most advanced tech out there (Joanne and Vogue have praised it on their pod), is non-invasive, and enhances collagen production with no downtime for a more youthful complexion.