Kajsa Ziebell wanted the jowls gone.
She did not want a needle anywhere near her face.
The 36-year-old refused Botox and filler because she was convinced she would end up with what she calls a “marshmallow face”.
So she went looking for something cheaper, and says she found it for £6.
The £6 tool she credits with ‘snatching’ her face
Ziebell uses a gua sha, the flat stone facial tool that has been doing laps of beauty social media for years and costs about the same as a sandwich.
She uses it every morning or every night, and she is firm about how.
“Using a Gua Sha every night or morning will help to drain fluid from the face and snatch it significantly,” she told Creatorzine.
“With the Gua Sha, it’s vital to educate yourself about proper technique, pressure and the lymphatic system rather than simply applying excessive pressure to the face.”
She also says results take months and consistency matters more than effort.
That is the least glamorous part of any routine, and the part most beauty content skips.
The Botox maths that sent her looking elsewhere
In the UK, Cosmedics Skin Clinics puts a single Botox session at anywhere from £100 to £350.
The effect fades after a few months, so anyone who wants to keep it books again. And again.
Ziebell lives in New York, where prices run differently, but the shape of the spend is the same wherever you are.
Injectables are a subscription.
Two months of watching dark spots fade
She used to have hyperpigmentation.
She credits an LED mask with clearing it, and she did not expect that to work.
“I absolutely had concerns before using it, as I was skeptical whether it would make any noticeable difference,” she said.
“But after using it consistently, there was dramatic improvement. I was actually quite amazed.”
Her routine is 10 minutes a day, three times a week.
She says the dark spots were gone in roughly two months.
LED masks start around £20 and climb to £1,440, which makes the gua sha look like a rounding error.
‘Mounjaro in a glass’, in her words
Every morning she drinks organic ginger, turmeric and celery powder stirred into water. She calls it “Mounjaro in a glass”.
Mounjaro is tirzepatide, a prescription medicine, and a powdered root drink does not do what it does.
Her phrase describes how the habit makes her feel, not a clinical result, and anyone weighing up weight-loss medication needs a doctor rather than a spice rack.
Bottled water on her face, purified water in the shower
Facials every four to six weeks do more than most products, she says.
For anyone not spending that money, her substitute costs almost nothing: wash and dry your face with bottled water and paper towels.
“I’ve found that the water I use on my face makes a significant difference in how my skin looks and feels,” she said.
“Since making that change, I rarely experience breakouts and my skin feels much smoother. I even use purified water in the shower now.”
‘People question what cosmetic surgery I’ve had’
The reaction is the part she keeps returning to.
“Seeing the results made me feel a thousand times more confident in myself,” she said.
“People will say I look so different or question what cosmetic surgery I’ve had done.
Some have asked if I lost weight because my face looked noticeably slimmer. That was surprising to me.”
She stops short of calling any of it better than injectables.
“I also don’t think people should feel as though Botox or fillers are their only options, especially if those treatments aren’t something they’re comfortable with or able to afford,” she said.
“There are plenty of ways to take care of your skin and enhance your appearance without cosmetic injections.”
Why It Matters
Anti-ageing is one of the most profitable corners of beauty content, and the no-injectables niche is where the growth sits.
A creator who can point at her own face and credit a £6 tool is holding a product recommendation with the before and after built in, and every item in a routine like this has an affiliate link attached somewhere.
Worth keeping in view when the results are self-reported and the reviewer is also the shop window.
GLP-1 drugs have rewritten the beauty conversation, and “Mounjaro dupe” content followed them into feeds within months.
In the UK, prescription-only medicines cannot be advertised to the public, and the Advertising Standards Authority has been pulling down influencer posts that promote weight-loss drugs, which makes the phrase Ziebell used heavier than it sounds.
Whether a post like that ends in a brand deal or a complaint mostly depends on who reads it first.
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