{"id":913,"date":"2020-08-12T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T01:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empathicbeauty.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2020-08-12T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T01:03:09","slug":"easy-depuffing-face-massages-to-do-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empathicbeauty.com\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"Easy Depuffing Face Massages to Do at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How many times did you hear (or read) \u201cDon\u2019t touch your face\u201d today? Well, with very clean hands and a hydrating moisturizer, applied to clean skin, we are, in fact, touching our faces. Shock! Horror! But wait… hear me out… I’ve been taking notes from celeb aesthetician Joanna Vargas & her lymphatic drainage massage technique – which she outlines in her book,\u00a0Glow from Within<\/a><\/em> This is SO KEY at targeting puffiness, dark circles, and even improving skin laxity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The technique is very simple, feels incredible, and is super easy to adapt to whatever products you happen to have at home – no need to buy any extra stuff – lord knows most of us already have bathroom cabinets full of goodies- stocked up from our quarantine shopping sprees. hehe. Honestly – I bought so much stuff during isolation – I need to chill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANYWAYS…This depuffing massage is one of my new favorite ways to get my skin\u2014not to mention my psyche\u2014back in glowy, healthy shape. Doing it with the addition of a clean, organic moisturizer boosts moisture and\u00a0antioxidants.\u00a0I personally love to do this with an organic homemade balm (that my bf makes in our kitchen – it’s SOO freakin’ good) OR if my skin is extra dry, I’ll add in this Biossance Oil<\/a> mixed with the balm. With water retention leading to puffy cheeks and bloated faces, this is a sure fire way to chisel those cheekbones and do a mini massage at home! Girl, get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those just not up for face massage, however, a few drops of botanical serum you may have at home , plus ten minutes with a Jade roller or Gua Sha tool will also boost glow and firming. Also, it feels pretty darn good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 – Get Started <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, grab moisturizer\/ face oil. Next, position your index and middle fingers in the soft indentation behind your jawbone. Using gentle but firm pressure, rub your fingers down, then loop back in a J motion. Don\u2019t just graze the surface of your skin, but don\u2019t crush your lymphatic tubes, either – gentle but firm is best. Continue the J pattern three\u00a0times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- Move to your Chin <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now move to the middle of your neck, right on the sides near your arteries, and repeat the same motion. Do the same at the base of your neck, about an inch above your\u00a0clavicle bone. Using your pointer, middle, and ring fingers, massage in the J pattern 3 times on your chin. Also below your lips, and to the right and left of the lower middle of your chin. Shift fingers along your jawline, below the corners of your lips, and rub there, then work out to the far end of your jawline, to the muscles where many of us hold\u00a0tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 – Move to the Eyes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using your index and middle fingers, massage in the J pattern around your eye sockets, from the sides of your nose to just below the outer corners of your eyes – end at the spot where your cheekbone meets the outer corner of the eye. If you\u2019ve got puffy eyes, especially in the morning, this move should dramatically improve those undereye\u00a0bags. Sometimes I think wow, my eyes are puffy AF today.. but in reality they are just swollen and need to be depuffed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 – Massage the Sides of the Face <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does the fluid from your puffy eyes drain? Literally, down the sides of your face! To move that excess liquid through your lymphatic system, massage the sides of your face, from the tops of your ears to the middles of your ears & the bottom, where your jawline begins. Then travel the length of your neck again. This actually feels weeeely nice too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5- Place Fingers above Brows <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rub three times at your brows, then move along your forehead, massaging in the center, then finishing at the temples. This will help clear the stagnation that can influence breakouts. Drain the fluid as above, massaging from your ears to down along your neck. It\u2019s vital that you remember your neck, because this is where the excess liquid eventually drains out into your tissues. A facial massage must aways include the neck area…thats the drainage system of the body! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I typically try to do this massage routine daily, but you will see results even if you do it 3-4 times a week. Let me know if you guys like it….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of love and quarantine hugs…. Tiffany xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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