Facial massage

                   Facial massages are known for improving the circulation to your skin and rejuvenating your face.

Learn how to give yourself a Facial massage.

Type 1

Step by step

Choose an oil that's suitable for your skin type.

Rub the oil in, using only a few drops. Warm it up between your fingertips and spread it all over your face in stroking movements.

Massage upwards. Use sweeping movements, lifting up the skin. Be gentle but firm.

Pinch in between your eyebrows. This relieves tension that often builds up there.

Pull apart any frown lines above the nose, by using both of your index fingers on the inside edge of your eyebrows, pulling apart towards your eyebrows.

Make small circular movements from the top of the bridge of the nose down towards the nostrils using the middle fingers of both hands. 

You may actually feel the lymph draining under your fingertips.

Apply pressure underneath your eyes, using your ring finger and starting from the inside working outwards. 

Take a big breath in at the start and breathe out each time you apply pressure.

Invigorate the jaw line. Use your thumb and the side of your index finger to create a suction movement, working from the inside of the face to the outside. 

This will make your skin glow, and you can use the same technique on the neck if you like.

Place the full length of both thumbs under your chin to provide gentle resistance, then push your chin down. 

Continue this around the jaw line to just below your ears.

Pinch your jaw and cheeks. Use lots of quick little plucks and pinches to get the blood and nutrients pumping into those parts of the face.

Finish off with some more deep stroking movements, like in step 2. This helps settle everything in the skin.