Facial Massage Tutorial
According to the website, Swedish Massage Techniques, facial massages releases tension, increase circulation and help your skin to clear itself of impurities. Facials also can make lines and wrinkles less evident and help tighten facial muscles. Although facial massages feel refreshing, you shouldn't massage your face for longer than 20 minutes or you risk lengthening or stretching the facial muscles. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Moisten your face if you're not using oils or creams. Warm up by gently pinching your skin on either side of your nose, along your eyebrows, along your temples and toward your ears. Pinch the skin along your chin and jawline. This will increase circulation in your face, advises Annie B. Bond of Care2.com.
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Oils and creams help your fingertips to glide along your face. Moisten your face with water or use an oil or cream. Start with your fingertips along your jawbone and sweep up either side of your nose, up to your forehead, and down from your temples.
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Begin along your chin and jaw. Exert gentle pressure in a circular motion at your chin and massage along the jaw line and up towards the temples, using your fingertips.
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Use your fingertips and the pads of your fingers to massage your face. Slide your fingers along the skin in a spiral motion or upward and outward. Use the flat pads of your fingertips or your thumb on each side of your nose, under your cheekbones and up toward your ear tops.
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Pinching the skin helps to promote circulation. Slide your fingers upward and outward along your eyebrows and toward your ears. Use the tips of your middle fingers along the inner corner of your eyes.
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Rub along your forehead to smoothe wrinkles and tension away. Massage your forehead from the bridge of your nose and out toward your temples with the pads of your three central fingers. Then place your fingers along the center of your forehead and sweep outward to the temples.
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Smooth your face outward with your palms. Place your palms on either side of your nose and firmly slide your hands outward to your ears. End your facial massage by sweeping from your jawbone, along your nose, up to your forehead and downward from your temples
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Tips & Warnings
Be gentle when exerting pressure in sensitive areas. Also check that the oil or cream you might use doesn't irritate your skin.
References
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