Filed under How to get rid of wrinkles using facial exercises, get rid of wrinkles
How to get rid of wrinkles using facial exercises is the most common question that gets asked by almost everyone with the aim to not use a cream and instead do it in a natural way.
The two most common terms that you will hear are
Facial Gymnastics or facial aerobics
Facial Yoga
Both are a way of doing facial exercises and hopefully it helps to have these exercises and when used in conjunction with healthy eating habits. This is not to say that you will not have wrinkles as it is also a factor of age but yes when compared with someone who is not doing any exercises you will look considerably less wrinkled and younger.
Things that can be improved
Frown Lines
Saggy Cheeks
Double Chins
Puffiness
Internationally renowned methods
Method Putkisto
Eva Fraser’s exercises
Deborah Crowleys "Flexefect",
What happens in facial exercises?
Exercises will tone and tighten the muscles which in turn tighten the skin and help reduce wrinkles. The exercises will increase circulation and help get rid of toxins. Each and every part of the body has muscles which need to be toned up. It is no different for the facial muscles.
When we speak eat or laugh not every muscle is used and hence facial exercises help in a disciplined manner to tone up a lot of unused muscles.
When to do these exercises?
These exercises have no age or sex barrier. These can be done at any time during the day and at any age. Men and women both can do these.
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How much time?
15 -20 minutes in a day is ideal though there is no harm doing these for an extra 10 minutes.
Exercises for cheeks - Fill your moth with air and then release it slowly. Repeat this exercise 4-5 times.
Exercises for lips - Bring both of the lips together and then from the left side of the mouth take the lips as if you are trying to chew both the lips. Next do it from the right side and you will feel the stretch?
Chewing gum or simulating as if you are chewing gum will help get exercise for the facial muscles.
Exercises for neck - Neck wrinkles make you look old. Get rid of the excess weight and then use your lips for getting those important exercises. The aim is to pull the skin up so get your lower lip on to the upper lip. Stretch your lower lip as much as possible. It will stretch the chin and the neck.
Other exercises - Giving a surprised look or make a Oh! Expression with your mouth and repeat 10 times. >
Tips: Patience and perseverance is what is needed while exercising as it takes a couple of weeks to get the desired results. Of course for instant results you will need to have Botox or Collagen injections.
Reduce alcohol consumption – This will help reduce puffiness as well as dehydration. To reduce double chin make sure that you have the fitted dentures and your teeth are correct in terms of dental position.
Easy things to avoid
Direct sunlight
Downward movement of hands while washing the face or massaging the face
Lean against the cheek with your hand.
Recommended readings
The Yoga Face by Annelise Hagen
he Yoga Facelift by Marie-Veronique Nadeau
Filed under Anti Wrinkle Eye Cream, Facial cream, Ingredients of anti wrinkle cream, how to get rid of wrinkles
The most common thing you will see in all men and women as they age is the wrinkles. Wrinkles, creases, laugh lines and crow’s feet are nothing else but signs that you skin is getting loose and it is also slowly getting less of minerals to keep it elastic.
Prevention is better than cure
Give up smoking – Smokers will always have wrinkled face. The reason is simple collagen. Collagen is the most important element in the connective tissues which then causes the skin to elastic. No collagen no elasticity more wrinkles.
Water – Drink more and more water to have a skin which is healthy and very firm. Water gives the required hydration s well as gets rid of various toxins within the body.
Sun – No direct sunlight please. Causes crow’s feet wrinkles as well as dryness as well bad tanned skin. Avoid sunlight, use suntan lotion as well as wear sunglasses.
Avoid hard water – Do not wash your face with hard water which causes the good tissue of the skin to peel off.
Use moisturizers – Use moisturizers like cocoa butter or coconut oil to rid of dryness which helps to avoid wrinkle at all costs. These are called emollients which means that they help retain moisture.
Anti wrinkle Cream treatments
Use moisturizing creams that have hydroxyl acids – Use either Alpha hydroxy acids moisturizing cream (good for adults) or the beta hydroxy acids(good for youngsters). Commonly you will see AHA written on the creams
Use creams which have exfoliating properties – Exfoliation helps to shed old dead skin and get a new one. A lot of specialized exfoliations creams are in the market nowadays.
Antioxidants – These are free radicals which will break down skin cells and cause wrinkles by destroying collage. These are oxygen molecules in the body released by stress or excessive pollution.
Use antioxidants like – green tea, Q10 etc.
Examples :
Nivea Visage All Around Protection Oil Free SPF 15 Lotion
Clinique Superdefense Triple Action Moisturizer SPF 25
Retinoid Creams – These creams have Retinoid which is Vitamin A for the masses. This Vitamin A will help generate collagen which in turn helps to have that important connective tissue(this connective tissue is what will help you get that tight skin). Different names are there like Renova or Retin-A. >
Injections – Botox or collagen injections are short term methods to get rid of those wrinkles for a short time. Our Hollywood brigade is famous for using these Botox or Collagen injections.
Dermabrasion or Microdermabrasion – In Dermabrasion a CO2 laser is sued as a abrasive element to remove the dead cells and skin where the wrinkles are. A lot of people use the microdermabrasion treatments for use at home.
Exmaples are
L’Oreal ReFinish Microdermabrasion Kit
Lancome’s RESURFACE-C MICRODERMABRASION Resurface-C Microdermabrasion Kit.
Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion In A Jar
Filed under Foundation
All females and now males too have this question on their minds as generally it is very tough to apply the most commonly used foundations for covering the wrinkles.
Do not use regular foundations
Do not use the regular foundation to cover up wrinkles as these foundations will get stuck in the wrinkles and rather than hiding them they will make them stand out.
This also true for forehead wrinkles and creases.
Heavy make sup will give you an older look
What to use
Always use foundation with light reflecting properties. A liquid mineral foundation is better.
Use a follow up powder after applying the foundation and the concealer.
Use the anti wrinkle moisturizer. The SPF should be 15
Light soft touch
Yellow based concealer for brown spots
Concealer for dark circles under the eyes.
Use kabuki to apply light concealer or the light reflecting foundation.
Top rated companies which have good foundations are Avon, Sephora and L’oreal.
Here are some of the good products
Revlon Age Defying Liquid Makeup with Botafirm, SPF 10
L’Oreal Air Wear Powder Foundation, SPF 17
Estee Lauder Futurist Age-Resisting Makeup, SPF 15
L’Oreal Visible Lift Anti-Wrinkle Foundation SPF 16
Vichy Flexilift teint Anti-Wrinkle Foundation
What is spf ?
SPF in simple words is the sun protection factor of a cream or a foundation. SPF of 10 will mean that when a cream with SPF 10 is applied it will 10 times the amount of time it will take otherwise to have a sunburn.
So if without cream and makeup someone would have a sunburn in 10 minutes then after applying the makeup cream that person will have have a sunburn after 100 minutes.
A SPF factor of 15 is considered to be ideal as far as the sun blocking is concerned. It may be less or more in creams available in the market based on the fact that it is intended for what use. If it is a foundation the it may have less than 15 as SPF.