Facial massage doesn’t just make you feel more relaxed. It helps your skincare to absorb better; it stimulates blood flow, which aids cell rejuvenation; it helps with lymphatic drainage and muscle tone to firm.
 
Not sure where to start?
 
Here’s a beginner’s guide with Sarah Chapman…
 
DIY facial massage – a step by step

 
Step 1: Start with a zig-zag motion across the forehead
‘You can do this when cleansing or with my Skinesis Overnight Facial. Use gentle pressure, but enough to get a lifting effect. Cross your middle and fourth fingers and move in a zig-zag motion from left to right across your forehead. This helps to lift the eyebrows and give an openness to the upper parts of the face.’

Product: Skinesis Overnight Facial, £54

 

Step 2: Lift your brows
‘Use quite a bit of pressure with the middle finger as you stroke up, into the eye socket, across the brows and then release as you get to the outer part of the eyes. Sweep underneath the eyes but don’t apply any pressure to the delicate skin here. Do this six times – it’s a great tension reliever.’

Step 3: Pinch the lower part of your face
‘Using your fingers and thumbs, you’re going to create a suction movement from the chin, across the jawline, right to the ears. This gives a lifting effect to the lower part of the face, stimulates circulation and helps with lymphatic drainage. Do six movements along the jawline and six from the corners of the mouth up to the ear.’
 
Step 4: Sweep down the neck
‘Finally do six sweeping movements from one side to the other, working downwards along the neck. This is going to really help to move the lymph, clear the skin, get rid of any jawline puffiness and improve the contour of the lower part of the face.’

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