The 9 Best Ice Rollers for Your Skin Care Routine in 2024

Top 9 Best Ice Rollers 2024

1. Best Overall Ice Roller: ESARORA Ice Roller

ESARORA’s Ice Roller treats puffiness, migraines and offers pain relief. We love how it has decided to use a special type of gel instead of the traditional water, as it means that it will stay cold for a little longer. Whilst ice globes tend to jump over some parts of the skin unless properly lubricated, ESARORA’s Ice Roller glides smoothly over the skin.

However, no product is truly perfect. This ice roller might get stuck in your hair if rolled too far into the hairline, but you should be fine as long as you keep the device away from your scalp. The roller also makes some noise, which might be a dealbreaker for some if they prefer a relaxing skincare session.

Material

This ice roller contains some collagen. Although the usefulness of collagen inside a freezable roller head is debatable as it is not directly applied to the skin, it is certainly thoughtful of the company to do so. Other than that, the ESARORA ice roller possesses all the typical materials of a standard ice roller, utilizing plastic and gel as its main ingredients. You can opt to purchase a metal roller head for extra money.

Shape

The ESARORA ice roller is shaped like an inverted triangle, with a handle at the bottom and a roller at the top. The head is composed of a plastic sack filled with gel – or you can choose to have a stainless steel roller head as well.

Time

If you’re often in a hurry, this ice roller might be the one for you. You should freeze this roller for at least an hour for optimal results, but that’s still much less time than you’ll find with most ice rollers, including one of its closest competitors – like the Recoup Cryosphere Roller, which is best left overnight.

Once defrosted, the roller remains cold for up to ten minutes, depending on the climate you are in.

2. Best Premium Ice Roller: Recoup Cryosphere Ice Massage Roller

The Recoup Fitness Cryosphere Cold Massage Roller holds one significant benefit above its competitors; it stays cold for up to six hours. Although not a lot of people would use a massage roller for longer than an hour, it means that it keeps its freezing point at a stable temperature for far longer compared to ice rollers that defrost in twenty minutes. This mobility tool is also easy to carry around with you.

It’s recommended purpose is to relieve your muscles, joints, and tendons, not to give yourself a facial. Even though you could try, the residue from the ball, especially on the first freeze, might make your skin appear blue, and the roller head would be too big.

Material

This ice roller is composed of stainless steel, with a plastic case.

Shape

The diameter of the stainless steel ball is a little larger than a tennis ball – 3.14 inches or roughly 8 centimeters. It is much larger than the types of ice rollers used for your face.

Time

This roller should ideally be frozen overnight for the best results but freezing it for over two hours is acceptable. The Recoup Fitness Cryosphere Cold Massage Roller should also be frozen at a low freezer temperature setting if you want it to stay cold for longer.

It isn’t recommended to use this roller on your body for more than fifteen minutes at a time. Make sure to give your skin a five-minute break every fifteen minutes before continuing your massage session.

This roller would be perfect for those who want to take their ice roller to different places and have a relaxation session without having to re-freeze the roller every twenty minutes.

3. Best Budget Ice Roller: BFASU Upgrade Ice Roller

The BFASU upgrade ice roller is a cheap but quality ice roller. Like the ESARORA ice roller, it treats puffiness and promotes blood circulation. It can stay cold for up to 20-30 minutes, a long time for an ice roller. Despite being cheaper than most of its competitors, this roller doesn’t compromise price for quality.

It must be stressed that caution must be taken whenever using ice rollers. If you press too hard on your face with the BFASU upgrade ice roller, the extreme temperatures can cause negative reactions to your skin, though this is true for most other ice rollers.

Furthermore, the roller is a little bulky and might be hard to roll on your eyes, depending on how large your eyes are. It’s still a good option for elsewhere, though – just be aware you may need a different product for your puffy eyes.

Material

This roller is manufactured out of a plastic handle and a plastic roller, the latter of which is filled with gel, water, and beads. The beads inside the plastic roller head help to keep the temperature of the ice roller nice and cold.

Unfortunately, you cannot replace the plastic roller head with a metal one, so it wouldn’t be a good choice for you if you prefer metal rollers or dislike the feel of plastic on your skin.

Shape

Like most other plastic ice rollers, the BFASU ice roller is shaped like an inverted triangle with the roller head at the top and the handle at the bottom. The roller head is soundless and rolls across the skin smoothly.

Time

It is recommended to keep this roller in the freezer for at least a couple of hours, but for optimal usage, it’s best to leave the roller head in overnight.

4. Best Value Ice Roller: SPANLA 2 Ice Rollers

With an additional roller barrel for no extra cost, the SPANLA 2 is a great choice for the finicky or adventurous. The exchangeable roller head means that you can exchange the heads depending on your mood or use both for your morning skincare session.

Despite the merits of the ice roller, the screeching sound that it makes as it rolls on the face can be loud and unbearable, especially for the metal roller head. If you’re looking for a relaxing massage session, you might find your zen being interrupted by loud squeaks. Use the plastic roller head if you wish to minimize screeching or choose another option from our list.

Material

These ice rollers are made from plastic, gel, water, and stainless steel. The stainless steel is more efficient when you’re short on time, as it lowers its temperature quickly but also comes to room temperature in a matter of seconds upon skin contact. The plastic roller, on the other hand, takes a little more time to freeze but stays cold for longer.

Shape

Unless you have an extremely large face, the shape isn’t going to be something that you’re buying the SPANLA 2 Ice Rollers for. They’re large and bulky and don’t fit under most people’s eyes. What’s more, the handle is far too big for most people (of course, unless you have big hands!)

Time

The time that is taken to freeze these ice rollers ultimately depends on the coldness of the fridge. This being said, it’s safe to say that the metal roller likely won’t take much more than 5-10 minutes to get cold when placed in the fridge. The plastic roller will take a minimum of 2 hours to freeze.

It doesn’t matter if you have a couple of hours or a couple of minutes to de-puff your face, this roller will freeze within the time you need it to.

5. Best Quick-Cool Roller: Kitsch Ice Roller

The Kitsch Ice Roller might be a great choice if you’re looking to replace your rose quartz/jade roller, but don’t expect it to replace a standard ice roller made of plastic and gel. The ESARORA Ice Roller would be much better, in that case. Why? Steel absorbs warmth very quickly, so this Kitsch stainless steel roller will absorb your skin’s heat before you’re finished with half of your face, at least if the weather’s warm. Bummer!

That isn’t all bad news, though. The fact that this roller absorbs its surrounding temperatures very quickly can be useful in situations where you’ve forgotten to freeze your ice roller. Simply stick the Kitsch ice Roller in the fridge for three to five minutes, and you’re finished. As it freezes in a short amount of time, this roller would be perfect for people who consistently forget to put their ice rollers in the fridge before bedtime.

Material

This Kitsch Ice Roller is made from stainless steel and plastic, which allows for easy cleaning. Simply rub the roller with a little bit of rubbing alcohol if you feel as though it’s getting grimy.

Shape

A sleek curve gives the Kitsch roller elegance, whilst its pink color gives it some vibrance. The roller itself is shaped like a trapezoid, with the wide roller head at the top and the handle at the bottom.

Time

This roller can take as little as three to five minutes to freeze, but this also means it will stay cool for less time. You can expect to get half of your face done, and then you’ll have to place the roller back in the freezer for a little while.

6. Best Hybrid Ice Roller: StackedSkincare Cryotherapy Ice Roller

A high-quality tool for those who are willing to spend a little more on their ice rollers, the StackedSkincare Ice roller offers relief from your skin inflammation in a classy way. The aesthetic design and logo earned it some extra brownie points! This ice roller was developed by an expert esthetician, which makes this ice roller much more legitimate and makes it stand out from others on the market.

Unfortunately, this StackedSkincare roller is too bulky to roll over your eyes, which might be the very reason some might have bought the product, especially as the eyes are the most prone to being bloated.

Material

Metal and plastic and a gel/water filling combine to give this unique roller life. By utilizing a stainless steel roller head wrapped around a plastic gel sac, this roller keeps the best of two worlds – the metal feel of the roller and the long-lasting coolness of the gel sac.

Shape

This roller is another standard face roller, shaped like an inverted triangle. Unlike some of the other rollers on this list, it has a curved back for easy holding.

Time

It is recommended to put this roller in the freezer for at least a couple of hours or overnight for optimal results. Once frozen, you can expect this roller to remain cool on your face for at least ten minutes, though it might last a little bit longer if you had it in the freezer overnight.

7. Cibluty Ice Roller

Ten minutes of freezing time, plexiglass, and a unique shape. This Cibluty ice roller ball ticks nearly all the criteria for the ultimate ice roller, except that it’s a little too fragile for the average person. Leaving the ice roller in the freezer for more than ten minutes can lead to cracks and an unusable ice roller, and one drop onto the floor, and you might be left with an enormous mess to clean up.

Apart from that, this is a solid and reasonably priced, high-quality product. It comes with one makeup remover pad, which you might consider an odd addition to an ice roller. However, it makes sense when you think about it; removing your makeup and massaging your face with these rollers could be a relaxing way to end your day after you get home.

Material

These ice rollers are made of a high-quality hybrid glass called “nano borosilicate,” which you can think of like a fancy term for “freeze-proof glass” or plexiglass. Just because they’re freeze-proof doesn’t mean that they’re break-proof, so be extra careful when handling them. As for the liquid inside, the bulbs are filled with a mixture of aqua, hyaluronic acid, peppermint, panthenol, and citric acid essence.

Shape

This ice roller is unique because it doesn’t use a roller head at all – instead, it resembles a globe. Its round shape can be advantageous when compared to a roller-head ice roller as it can effectively focus on a smaller area of skin and reduce the puffiness in that area well, instead of being a general ice roller. If you’d like to reduce bloat in one particular place (e.g., your eyes), then this roller would be highly recommended.

Time

If you’re the type to forget the cookies in the oven or the pasta on the stove, you probably shouldn’t buy this product. Keeping this ice roller in the freezer at a temperature of 14-40°F (-10-4°C) for more than ten minutes can result in cracked and leaking ice bulbs.

However, if you’re dead set on having an ice roller, you should probably set an alarm so you can be notified before your money goes down the drain (literally!). As it only takes ten minutes for these bulbs to freeze, it’d be a perfect fit if you’re short on time in the mornings.

8. ALLWINWIN RMB09 Roller Massage Ball

If you’re suffering from muscle pain, be it in your face, legs, or arms, this massage ball might be a great choice for you. It can soothe your sore muscles effectively using heat or coolness. Use it after an intense gym session or a long run, or even just in the morning when you want to loosen up your jaw muscles.

This roller can be kept in the freezer for as long as you need, but one drawback that it has is that it needs to sit for two hours before you can use it for ice rolling your face (or any other part of your body).

For a hot massage, it only takes five minutes to prepare – minus counting the time it takes to boil water. You could go for a hot/cold treatment by freezing the roller for two hours and rolling it on your face. You could then immerse the roller in hot water for twenty minutes, as the roller is probably retaining some coldness from the two-hour freeze.

Roll the warm steel device on your face, and you’ve just given yourself a hot/cold treatment, proven to reduce exercise-induced muscle pain.

Material

This metal roller is composed of a non-freezing alcohol gel interior with a stainless steel coating. Its hybrid design allows the roller to hold temperatures for longer times than its counterparts created of steel or plastic and gel. The steel ball itself sits in between a y-shaped plastic handle for easier rolling.

Shape

At first glance, the ALLWINWIN RMB09 massage ball looks identical to a traditional ice roller, but with one exception; it has a spherical roller head instead of a cylindrical one. Its spherical design allows for spot treatment, but it can’t swivel in all directions – just up and down.

It serves all the same functions as a cylindrical ice roller, except that it is better at relaxing one particular spot instead of a wide area.

Time

For hot therapy, it’s recommended to bring water to a temperature of 50-70 C, or around 150F, then immerse the roller in the boiling liquid for at least five minutes. For cold therapy, you should ideally put the roller in the freezer for at least two hours, although more is fine – you could leave it in overnight.

9. HEALILLY Ice Roller Globes

Make sure you don’t freeze these “ice” rollers! The HEALILLY ice rollers are very fragile if placed in the freezer and can break after only a couple of hours in the fridge. If you’re a forgetful person, we suggest you look elsewhere. If they break within the warranty period, they’ll send you a gratuitous replacement, but you’ll have to wait a little bit until they are shipped.

Other than that, these ice rollers are very helpful for reducing under-eye circles and improving circulation to your face.

Material

These ice rollers are made of crystal, a natural stone that will be easy on your skin. Although crystal is aesthetically pleasing and feels great, it can also shatter very easily if left in the freezer for too long.

Shape

Shaped like drumsticks, these crystal ice rollers are filled with a blue-tinted liquid. The handles of these ice rollers are surrounded by handles with “bump particles” for an easy and stable grip.

Time

Only ever put this roller in the refrigerator, never the freezer. You could risk putting it in the freezer at the lowest setting, but even then, you shouldn’t leave it in there for more than five minutes. For the refrigerator, you can put it in there for twenty minutes in summer and ten minutes in winter.