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5 Best Facials When You’re Pregnant

   Facial  Sep 12, 2017  Comments Off on 5 Best Facials When You’re Pregnant
5 Best Facials When You’re Pregnant

Now that you’re expecting a baby, many of your regular routines must be modified. There are some things that you cannot do or must be careful doing now that you are pregnant. However, even with the expectancy of a new baby, you want to look your best. Keeping up with your facial treatments is an important part of your beauty routine and one you need not skip even during pregnancy. Here are five tips to make sure your facial treatment is safe.

Keep it pure and gentle

Make sure whatever facial treatment you get, you use only gentle products. You will want to avoid harsh chemicals, because whatever is absorbed through the skin goes into the bloodstream where the baby is. Organic, all-natural products are a safe and healthy option to use while you are expecting.

Cosmetic Acupuncture: a good option

During your pregnancy, cosmetic acupuncture is a safe way to stimulate circulation in the face. During a facial acupuncture, your esthetician will massage the face and apply thin acupuncture needles into specific areas of the face. This procedure helps reduce wrinkles in the skin and relaxes the facial muscles. This painless procedure will make you feel refreshed and vibrant when completed.

Forego the abrasive scrubs

While you may have had some exfoliation treatments in the past, it’s best to wait until after you deliver your child before having those. Your skin during pregnancy is sensitive, so using exfoliating or abrasive scrubs will further irritate and harm your skin. You may get a slight rash if you use abrasive procedures right now. A gentle cleanser is a better option at this time.

Hydrate your skin

During your pregnancy, your hormones are out of sync with your body. This means you may experience dry, flaky skin. This can be an unpleasant to deal with. Choose a facial that naturally hydrates your face and discover smooth, refreshed skin. Unscented, all-natural moisturizers will replenish the oil to your skin without making it greasy.

Oxygen facials

If you feel your skin looks dull, lifeless, or sunken in, then an oxygen facial may right for you. This procedure uses pressurized oxygen streaming into the face providing it with the moisturizing it craves. After the procedure, your skin will look fuller, smoother, and healthier.

Now that you’re expecting that bundle of joy, look your best with a custom facial. Let your face glow with the excitement you feel.

Pools And Facials: Before, After Or Nowhere Near?

   Facial  Jul 06, 2017  Comments Off on Pools And Facials: Before, After Or Nowhere Near?
Pools And Facials: Before, After Or Nowhere Near?

Summertime facials… When should you get them, and how should you time them around your other summer events?

Facials are an essential component of your skin care routine, but when you’re planning around your summer schedule, you’ll want to pay close attention to when you get a facial and when you next go swimming.

As it turns out, facials and pools may not the best mix. So should you get a facial before or after you swim? Or should facials and pools simply not occupy the same season?

The Best Time for a Summer Facial Is…

Before you swim.

Actually, long before you swim. Facials work wonders for facial skin by opening pores to cleanse them and deliver nutrients and moisturization. However, because of this pore opening action, it’s best to avoid things that are going to irritate your face overmuch during the days that follow your facial.

Pools, and the chlorine that they’re filled with, most definitely fall into this category. So if you’ve recently had a facial, it’s really best to wait at least two days before swimming to give your skin the best chance at recovery.

The Worst Time for a Summer Facial Is…

After you swim.

For similar reasons to avoiding swimming right after a facial, you’ll also want to avoid a facial directly after swimming.

Swimming is harsh on your skin, especially when you are exposed to pool chemicals. Once you’ve gone for a swim, you want to give your skin a little time to recover, rather than slathering it in pore opening facial creme.

After you swim, it’s best to treat your skin with rejuvenating moisturizers that put back some of the moisture that harsh pool chemicals can deplete. Then give your face a rest for a few days before getting a facial done.

When to Avoid Facials

If you’re an avid swimmer with an aggressive pool schedule, it may be best to avoid facials altogether to protect your facial pores. While there are certainly benefits to getting regular facials, these benefits are mostly undone when you spend a lot of time in a chlorinated pool.

To treat your skin, make sure that you moisturize on a regular basis, especially after pool time. Use a gentle facial cleanser when you wash your face and avoid scrubbing too hard, especially after you swim.

Easy Facial Massages to Do at Home for Better Skin Health

   Facial  May 08, 2017  Comments Off on Easy Facial Massages to Do at Home for Better Skin Health
Easy Facial Massages to Do at Home for Better Skin Health

Facial massages are not only relaxing, they are good for the skin and the muscles lying underneath.  They also help increase absorption of that expensive face cream you’re using!  You’re never too old or too young to start incorporating facial massage into your usual skincare routine.  Just two minutes a day can lead to softer skin, diminished wrinkles and a more relaxed face.  It can also help with lymphatic drainage.  

Here are two routines you can try at home. One is shorter for when you are pressed for time, but both are effective in helping with wrinkles and fine lines.

Facial Massage #1

To get started, do your regular skin care routine, except for your moisturizer.  If you don’t use a moisturizer you can use a little olive or almond oil if you are not prone to breakouts.  It is important to have oil or cream so you don’t pull on your skin; rather you want to glide across it with your fingertips.  Do each step 7 – 8 times for refreshed, glowing skin.
Step One:

Use your whole palm to run your hands up the neck from the breastbone to the underside of your chin.  Make sure to apply firm pressure and cover the whole neck.  

Step Two:

Using your whole palm, lift your cheeks starting closer to the nose and finishing towards the ear.  Do this in an upside-down U, or horseshoe fashion.  The pressure here should be medium.

Step Three

Using your index and middle finger, gently massage around the eye area, circling clockwise from above the eyebrow, following the bone area of the eye.  Do not massage the delicate skin of the eye area.

Step Four

Using the two fingers again, lift upwards around the outside of your eye where crow’s feet tend to form, between the eye and the temple area. A gentle to medium pressure can be used, depending on your comfort level.

Step Five

Finally lift the area between the brows by pressing in an upward movement. This can be done with firm pressure.

Facial Massage #2

This massage is for when you are cleansing your face.  This is the faster massage for when you are pressed for time. The pressure can be up to you but be sure to always be gentle around the eye area!

Step one:

Apply your cleansing cream on damp skin.

Step two:

Massage with two fingers in a circular motion starting on your forehead between your brows, moving outwards towards your temples.

Step three:

Still using your two finger, massage in a circular motion around your eyes (as stated in massage #1). Remember to steer clear of the delicate eye area.

Step four:

Using a circular motion, massage downward along the nose and cheek, using three fingers for more coverage.

Step five:

Massage downward from your jawline all the way down the neck to the breastbone, using your whole palm.

And that’s it!

There many ways you can massage your face. These are just two examples. I hope this facial tutorial helped you decide to try one at home. You’ll love the results!