P.To prevent and combat wrinkles, it is not enough to hastily apply a good moisturizer morning and evening, you also need the right ones face massages. Great strategy, starting from the moment of cleansing.
Facial massages, why and how to start
There is no specific protocol, a lot lies in individual manual skills. But one thing is certain: “Pressures, pinches, touches reactivate the circulation by supplying the skin with oxygen and stimulating its regeneration »underlines Melissa Lyn-Spiteri, education manager of Dermalogica.
As long as you are consistent, of course. If the maneuvers are well performed, the first results will not be long in coming and the complexion will appear brighter and more complex.
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Facial massages: it starts with cleansing
Every gesture becomes smart, starting with cleansing: the choice of the texture of the makeup remover product remains subjective, even if the smoothness of the oil benefits it as an ideal ally for a face massage compared to milk or mousse.
To make a perfect one, pour a walnut of product in your hands, rinsing your face, and start making circular movements from the inside to the outside of the cheeksholding the chin up to tighten the neck muscle.
Then, place your index fingers in full on the nasolabial area and, joining your hands frontally, start massaging the part. After about twenty seconds, slide your hands out towards your ears, exerting light pressure. Repeat twice.
On the forehead, always with the index fingers, iron slightly by sliding from the center to the hairline. The palms are used for the neck, with touches that rise from the top of the sternum towards the jaw, first on one side and then on the other. Total duration of the session, three, four minutes.
Face massages: lightly touch, iron and tap
Face cream and serum have different application techniques. For the first: “With the two palms rise from the sternum up to the neck almost embracing the nape of the neck and cheeks, and then continue towards the face, from the inside to the outside, repeating the maneuver several times »continues Lyn-Spiteri. Close by applying pressure with your hands over the entire area and then to the center of the forehead and between the eyebrows.
While the serum, given its composition, “should not be massaged, to avoid lumps, but spread with light touches and then tapped, first pouring a knob of product into the palm ».
And on the eye contour?
The fingertips are always used, but that of the thumb excluded, to avoid too strong pressure.
“With the ring finger, dab the cosmetic from the outside towards the inside up to the tear duct, rising to gently touch the eyebrows. Or, for a more lifting effect, with the middle and ring fingers, starting from the middle of the eyebrow arch, reach the temples by slightly stretching the part ».
The fingertips will also be used with the tonic, taking care to tap the forehead, between the areas where tension is concentrated, and the décolleté. Always from the bottom up, of course.
Face building, the new face massage
Hands are a precious tool for making contact with your skin, getting to know it better and keeping it in shape. But they may not be enough.
The face also needs face building sessions that make its seventy muscles more toned, whose physical form, just like the body, also passes through anaerobic sessions. Starting from this reflection, Giada Sbalbi, a physiotherapist with a degree in Exercise Science, created Alone from Mimixbeauty tool inspired by kobido, a Japanese technique that geishas applied to the contracted faces of warriors.
Three minutes a day are enough to see the first results, tested in the laboratory, already after a month. You lie on your back, resting it on your cheeks, forehead, chin, neck and start following the sessions suggested by the app (to download for free) to which the tool is connected which are 365 for as many video tutorials.
One a day in practice. The reason? “The epidermis constantly needs new stimuli, because it learns quickly and adapts just as quickly to what it has learned, that’s why the exercises have to vary every day. Otherwise they would soon lose their effectiveness »concludes Lyn-Spiteri.
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