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Learn how to care for your skin like a pro with do-it-yourself tips and tricks from the world’s leading facialists.
{Su-Man Hsu}
Personal facialist (we should be so lucky) to ageless beauty Juliette Binoche, Su-Man Hsu has firm, sk-invigorating fingers. She makes your face feel like a bodhrán – tapping and kneading and pummelling (in a good way) – it’s like a workout for your face (imagine being danced over by countless, tiny Michael Flatleys). Skin feels plumped and reinvigorated, with that youthful glow you usually only get from humping… boxes up four flights of stairs. You know the one.
Before massaging, encourage circulation with a ‘scrub’. Apply {Exfoliating Facial Polish} all over dry skin, rinse and follow with the {Purifying Cleansing Gel Oil} – a delectably scented, skin nourishing balm that transforms into a silky oil; ideal for conducting the following facial ‘workout’.
Using the heels of your hands, apply pressure along the jawline from chin to ears, repeating 36 times (to stimulate lymph drainage). Repeat from alongside your nostrils to the edge of your ears – making sure to ‘lift’ the face – then make ‘claws’ with the four fingers of each hand, and trace your fingertips in opposite directions from the centre of your forehead to your temples, to diminish visibility of frown lines.
Gently tap your index fingers around the eyes – 6 times above the socket and 6 below – to de-puff, brighten and tighten. Then continue tapping all over the face, to leave skin looking luminous and ‘cushiony’.
{Su-Man says…}
“Before starting your daily self-facial, generate heat in the face by rubbing both ears with your palms ’til you ‘feel the burn’ – this prepares the pressure points for massage.”