How to achieve a successful facial massage?

You’ve probably already heard about it: facial massage has found a place in bathrooms, and tutorials are popping up on the accounts of beauty influencers! And for good reason, the simple act of massaging the skin, and particularly the face, offers many benefits: smoother skin, a luminous complexion, regained firmness. So how to get started with facial massage? What are the good reflexes for a successful massage? Fashion Friends tells you everything.

What are the benefits of facial massage?

The facial massage is a real moment of well-being: to do in the morning and evening, as part of your skincare ritual, like a gift given to yourself! Although facial massage is relaxing, that is not its only virtue. In fact, facial massage allows you to:

• Prevent the appearance of wrinkles by eliminating micro-tensions
• Brighten the complexion by boosting blood circulation
• Fight against sagging skin by strengthening loose areas
• Reduce expression lines with targeted exercises
• Simply relax, eliminating all the little tensions

Best practices for a successful facial massage

Be regular!

As we have seen, the benefits of facial massage are numerous…. As long as you stick to it! Yes, the results of your massages will only be seen if the practice is daily. Ideally, perform a small massage in the morning, to energize the skin: you will thus decongest the eyes by restarting blood and lymphatic circulation, you will eliminate the “crumpled” side of the skin caused by the night, and give a boost of radiance to the complexion for a healthy glow. In two minutes, and with the right gestures, I promise, it works.

For the evening beauty routine, take more time: above all, you will seek to eliminate all the tensions and tightness that have become anchored in the facial muscles throughout the day. Then you can do a massage dedicated to the treatment of expression lines, or loss of firmness. A time of five to ten minutes is then ideal. Take this time to pamper your skin every day, and after a week, you will already see the results.

Adopt a good skincare routine

Let it be said, if it were enough to massage the skin to eliminate all imperfections, it would have been known for a long time. The facial massage acts in synergy with a good skincare routine: the massage will reinforce the effects of your treatments, deploy their effectiveness, but it does not replace them. Therefore, to achieve the expected effects, always follow your usual skincare routine, morning and evening: remove makeup from the skin if necessary, cleanse it, and apply a moisturizing and/or nourishing treatment according to your skin’s needs.

The massage only comes at the hydration stage, and never before: your moisturizer will allow you to massage the skin without wrinkling it and without creating friction. It will be more elastic and more flexible, and will thus be able to better receive the massage performed. Furthermore, take advantage of your evening massage to apply a richer cream: this will allow you a prolonged massage, and will offer your skin everything it needs to recharge its batteries at night.

Our tip for a gentle massage? A dab of vegetable oil adapted to your skin type. Dry skin will appreciate avocado oil, normal skin, almond oil, and combination to oily skin, jojoba oil.

Accessories for a successful facial massage

Have you never had a facial massage? If you want to get started without going through the hassle of a tutorial or sophisticated gestures, there are accessories designed specifically for massaging the skin. We present to you the most popular!

Facial massage rollers, for a relaxing massage

While browsing social networks or reading a magazine, you may have crossed paths with a funny object: a small stick with an oval stone at each end, with a small stone on one side, and on the other, a larger stone. This is called the jade roller.

These rollers, made of semi-precious stones, are designed to gently massage the face. The stone rolls gently on the skin, to release tension and smooth the tissue. The large stone is ideal for the chin, cheeks and forehead, while the small stone allows you to massage the contours of the mouth and eyes. In addition, the semi-precious stones used (often jade, but also rose quartz) are also said to have virtues for the beauty of the skin.

However, be careful when choosing your facial massage roller: some brands work with fake stones. It is therefore better to order from a specialized brand recognized for its products.

Gua Sha, the perfect accessory for an anti-sagging facial massage

Gua… what? Gua Sha, a real 2021 beauty trend, comes straight from Chinese medicine. It is a flat stone, often jade or rose quartz, which is passed over the skin. Objective ? Smooth and tighten it, in particular by passing the stone along the meridians, to stimulate the circulation of lymph, blood, but also and above all, energy.

The Gua Sha, like the massage roller, is very pleasant to use and allows a real moment of relaxation. Above all, it will tighten the skin and fight against sagging skin. Used every day after your moisturizer, you will quickly see results. Small precaution: some Gua Sha manufacturers, as with the jade roller, work with fake stones. Here again, be careful when choosing your equipment.

More sophisticated devices for a successful anti-wrinkle massage

If Gua Sha and facial massage rollers already help fight wrinkles, there are other accessories that offer targeted action. The list is long, so we won’t be exhaustive, but let’s see some examples!

To start, some brands offer acupressure sticks. Generally made of metal, sometimes made of stone, these are small sticks with rounded ends that are gently slid over the skin, and with which we will stimulate all the acupressure points on the face, in order to tighten the skin and prevent swelling. appearance of new wrinkles. To eliminate established wrinkles, other brands specializing in high-tech products offer vibrating brushes which eliminate toxins from the skin, and allow you to work on wrinkles using vibrations.

Finally, we find simpler but proven accessories, massaging cups, firm and round sponges that we roll over the face… or even eye magic anti-wrinkle massaging brush to massage the contour of the face. ‘eye gently!