Hey guys
I use SPF moisturizer every day by simply slapping it on and rubbing it around a bit but my mom keeps telling me not to ‘drag my skin because it will cause wrinkles’
so I was wondering if there was some kind of, less wrinkly way of putting on moisturizer. Like circular motion, some kind of direction to drag it in, amount of pressure….
Diagrams?
Hehe don’t know if that actually exists but sometimes when companies have anti-aging creams they suggest a particular way of putting it on so… any advice? Thanks loads
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I was told to apply in an upward motion
You are not supposed to pull your skin down because it could make it ‘sag’ down the road, you are supposed to push up…towards your forehead.
Hope this helps!
don’t pull the skin when you put your cosmetics on, especially around the eyes. i would suggest using light hands, so as not to pull the skin.
to put moisturizer on under your eyes, use your pinky finger and lightly tap until it’s soaked in. i know it sounds tedious, but the skin around the eyes easily pulls and wrinkles.
i would do the circular motion with light hands.
you are already doing an excellent thing by putting an SPF lotion on — that is the BEST way to prevent aging. SPF on your face is the number one way to keep younger looking skin; that’s really the secret. sun damage and smoking age the skin quickly.
keep it up and just be a little lighter on putting the moisturizer on.
You’re meant to rub it in by moving your hands in circular motions outwards and upwards from the centre of your face, so you’re not dragging the skin downwards, which can cause wrinkles. Think of a facelift; that’s pulling your skin upwards, so, although moisturizing isn’t exactly a facelift that’s the general idea of what you’re doing!! My mum’s always bugging me about to!! I don’t think that the amount of pressure is particularly relevant, but don’t pull your skin around too hard or it might have an effect. And it might hurt!!
Hope this helps!
As far as I know, you should put moisturiser on with small circular movements working from the bottom of the face upwards…I’d imagine your mum tells you not to drag your skin because it stretches it out and makes it weaker.
The fact you put on moisturiser everyday is amazing in itself. I usually can’t be bothered :-p
Yes, it actually does exist. I learned the techniques from the Chinese antiaging facial massage therapy. These techniques involve working on those main “points” (reflex points? Meridian points? Pressure points? I don’t know the English equivalent for it) that are part of the body’s major and minor “meridians.” I use these to give myself an in-depth facial massage once a week (15-20 minutes) as part of my weekly facial care routine, after the steaming, clay mask and Biore Strips. But I use the same techniques in applying facial moisturizers and sunscreen in my daily routine, not as in-depth, of course (5-6 minutes). I can’t find any free information online, but here is the translation from my Chinese Facial Beauty book….
For the right amount of pressure, always use index and middle finger in circular motion (in a column-like movement, not moving allover the place). But for the eye areas, use the pinky or ring finger, which have the weakest strength so you can’t tug the most delicate skin there. Do the massage in this order:
1. Start with the neck, from outside and move toward the middle. Use slow circular motion and move from right under the chin downward toward your collarbones.
2. Move up to the chin. From the chin, use slow circular motion and move upward toward your eyes. Be careful not to use the middle and index fingers to touch your eye areas. Remember, work from outside in toward the middle of your face.
3. Using the middle fingers, carefully stroke upwards around the skin of the corner of your lips. Then use your thumbs and index fingers and lightly pinch the areas right beside your chin up to the areas by the corner of your lips.
4. Then move to the nose, using the same slow circular motion and circle upwards on your nose.
5. Forehead….start at the middle (area right above the middle of your eyebrows) and slowly circle outward horizontally toward your side temples. Do it one “row” at a time, going from bottom toward your hairline. While you’re in this area, use your thumbs and press right at the middle between your brows several times.
For making your eyes appear brighter and livelier (especially when you’re stressed out), try LIGHTLY pressing these locations, too:
—-Close your eyes and press directly on your eye lids 5-6 times.
—-With eyes still closed, after patting on eye cream, use the ring fingers and press 5-6 times, one spot at a time, from outside toward the inner corners of your eyes.
—-Using your index fingers, lightly press the 2 spots right beside the outer corner of your eyebrows 5-6 times.
For the weekly, in-depth facial massage, do the same steps above (same numerical order, from “outside in,” but by “patting” with fingertips FIRST before moving on to the “massage”). For the purpose of working on those “points,” as well as to prevent wrinkles in the eye areas, it is vital to use the indicated fingers and follow the steps in order.