Word.ws English Dictionary

skin fasting

skin fasting noun: abstinence from skincare products for a determined time period; the temporal reduction or elimination of the use of skincare products.

Noun

skin fasting (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Abstinence from skincare products for a determined time period; the temporal reduction or elimination of the use of skincare products.
    • The trend toward abstinence and “skin fasting” makes sense, especially in response to the recent product mania of 12-step routines that add a new retinoid, face mask, or serum on a monthly basis.2019 May 22, Rachel Sacks, “I Tried Skin Fasting, the Latest Skin Trend for Clear Skin”, in Healthline, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024
    • In some cases, skin fasting can be as simple as skipping out on skin-care products once a week at night before bed. However, I opted to try out the more intense version where I skipped all makeup and skin-care products other than water and SPF for an entire week.2022 July 11, Renee Rodriguez, “I Skipped Skin-Care Products For 7 Days to Try TikTok's Viral "Skin Fasting"”, in PopSugar, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024

Questions about skin fasting

What does skin fasting mean?
Skin fasting means abstinence from skincare products for a determined time period; the temporal reduction or elimination of the use of skincare products.
What part of speech is skin fasting?
Skin fasting is a noun.

Words near skin fasting in the dictionary

  1. skin dressers
  2. skin effect
  3. skin effects
  4. skin fade
  5. skin fades
  6. skin fasting
  7. skin flick
  8. skin flicks
  9. skin flute
  10. skin flutes
  11. skin food

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: skin fasting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “skin fasting.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/skin_fasting. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.