Cart Firming facial for maturing skin
This once a week facial hydrates intensely, but also uses massage techniques to boost circulation and to tighten firm the skin.
- Clean the skin using a milky cleanser, applying it directly onto your face with your fingers. Leave it to sink in for a few seconds, then, using circular movements (always moving up the face), massage it in. remove with cotton balls in the same fashion. This will increase circulation in the skin.
- Starting at your chin, move around the edge of the jaw and face, lightly tapping the skin 10 to 20 times at points an inch apart. Do the same around the eyes. This will help boost circulation and reduce puffiness, creating a firmer look.
- Apply an exfoliating mask. This will get rid of dead skin cells but is more hydrating than a facial scrub alone. Apply tightening cucumber pads (or slices of the real thing) to your eyes and relax. Rinse off, finishing by splashing the face 10 to 20 times with cold water. This boosts circulation, ready for the treatments to come.
- Apply a vitamins serum, again using upward stroking movements but this time from the neck. Slap the underside of your chin 20 times.
- Finish with a thick coat of rich moisturizer. Leave this to soak in for five minutes, and then remove any excess with cotton balls.
By Helen Foster, "The beauty book"
