The scheme of how to apply cream on the face along massage lines

Face creams perform several functions. They moisturize the skin, nourish them, serve as suppliers of valuable elements and vitamins necessary to maintain the tone and health of the epidermis. The modern cosmetology industry offers many types of such products: matting, anti-aging, protective, therapeutic, - more than ten varieties designed for different purposes and skin of different types.

For everyday care, one or a couple of compounds is enough. Traditionally, they are called day and night cream, which is convenient for orientation on the time of their application. But just to acquire such funds is not enough.

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“In everyday practice, I often encounter the fact that women use care products incorrectly,” commented cosmetologist Olga Fem. - Making serious mistakes, they are sure that they are doing everything right, and are waiting for the result. But he does not come. On the contrary, wrinkles appear on the face, the skin looks dull, tired. ”

The reason for such a deplorable result is the lack of knowledge of the basic requirements of skin care, as well as the intricacies of how to properly apply face cream. Although there is nothing complicated in this. According to Olga Fem, it is enough to comply with several key points.

Regularity of procedures

It is important to develop the habit of giving your face just three minutes twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. This is much more effective than emergency skin tidying up before an important event or meeting.

Just as you brush your teeth, do three basic procedures:

• clean your skin;
• tone her;
• moisturize.

And so - every day, without holidays, without days off, without beliefs that today "I look good, and you can postpone leaving for tomorrow." The sooner this habit is formed, the longer you will retain youthful skin.

Up to twenty-five years, you do not need to use a moisturizer. According to Olga Fem, until this age, the epidermis is active enough to regenerate without assistance. It is enough to cleanse and tone it daily. If the cream is used at an early age, this can lead to a decrease in the intensity of natural processes and premature aging of the skin.

Compliance Technique

In order for the wrinkle cream or moisturizer to work correctly, it should be applied along the massage lines. These are not just “virtual stripes” on the face. These are the lines along which the skin is stretched to the least extent. Running your fingers over them, you can feel its tone and elasticity. Moving in these directions, you will eliminate the negative impact on the epidermis, its stretching, and hence the risk of wrinkles.

All massage lines run from the center of the face to its “periphery”. The exception is the lines along the lower eyelid, which extend from the outer corner of the eye to the inner.

The main massage lines:

• from the central point of the chin (fossa) towards the earlobes;
• from the outer corners of the lips towards the upper points of the ears;
• from a point under the nose towards the temples;
• from the middle of the nose bridge over the eyebrows towards the temples;
• from the outer corners of the eyes to the inner ones along the lower eyelid;
• from the inner corners of the eyes to the outer ones along the upper eyelid;
• from the clavicle to the chin up the front of the neck;
• from the lower points of the ears to the shoulders along the lateral surface of the neck.

Applying cream on the face should be accompanied by skin care around the eyes and neck. These areas of the skin are even thinner and more sensitive, they have less sebaceous glands, which is why they are not capable of effective self-humidification. Forgetting about them, you create “pockets of aging” on your face that make you look older than your age.

Step-by-step instruction

So, we will consider how to use face cream correctly. How many times a week to do combined care and what cream to use for different skin types. Beautician Ekaterina Glagoleva recommends the following technique, intended for home use.

1. Clean your face. To remove makeup, use conventional means - milk, micellar water.
2. Wash yourself. During washing with foam or cleansing gel, you will remove the sebum and cosmetics residues, which will allow the caregiver to fully penetrate the skin.
3. Blot with a towel and use a tonic. It is better to apply the product on slightly wet skin.
4. Take enough cream. Squeeze the composition from the pea-bottle onto the back of your hand. Scoop the required amount from the jar with a clean spatula or cotton swab. Do not scoop the cream from the jar with your fingers. Drops of moisture remain on them, microorganisms are present that actively multiply in such a nutrient medium as a cream. Over time, this can lead to damage to the composition and allergic, inflammatory reactions on the skin.
5. Lightly rub the composition between the fingers. This will give him body temperature, so that he absorbs much better.
6. Apply the composition along the massage lines. Move from bottom to top, from the chin to the forehead, then pay attention to the neck. You should not apply the composition for the face to the skin around the eyes, for this area you should have another product with a more delicate, watery structure. Distribute the main carer to the borders of the eye orbits, along the bone edge.

If there is an unused compound, distribute it on the skin of the hands.

When applying the cream to the face and neck, the time of the procedures is also important. Morning care should be planned forty minutes before leaving home. If it is cold outside, it is advisable to apply a moisturizer one hour before. Spend the evening at least one hour before bedtime, so that the components have time to distribute in the epidermis. If you do this later, the likelihood of swelling in the thin tissues in the eye area increases.

Popular misconceptions

Let us dwell on the frequent mistakes due to which the scheme of how to apply the cream on the face does not work or becomes less effective.

• Cream needs a lot. “Opinion, the more money, the better, is wrong,” says cosmetologist Yekaterina Glagoleva. - In face care you should act on the contrary, the less the better. Too much makeup is a direct threat not only to your wallet, but also to your skin. ” The cosmetologist Olga Fem agrees with her. “The amount of cream should be optimal,” she notes. - It is important that it sufficiently moisturizes the skin, but it should not lie too heavy on it, since this makes cellular respiration difficult. If you have applied a lot of compound, after thirty minutes, remove the excess with a tissue. To do this, gently get your skin wet. ”
• The movements should be short, confident. “Such movements are important in boxing,” comments Ekaterina Glagoleva. “And in the technique of how to properly apply face cream, it is only important to easily and smoothly move from bottom to top along the massage lines.” It is unacceptable to stretch and rub the skin, as this leads to the formation of wrinkles.It is preferable to work not with the entire surface of the fingers, but only with their pads, evenly distributing the product with patting movements. Hands should be relaxed. If you have a “heavy hand”, grease your face with cream with the most delicate pad of your ring finger. They, as a rule, cannot be pressed hard. If you control the intensity of exposure enough, work with your fingers that are comfortable for you.
• The cream must be evenly distributed throughout the face, otherwise the untreated areas will differ. “If you use a nutritious composition, avoid the hair growth zone,” says cosmetologist Ekaterina Glagoleva. - Such areas are usually located above the upper lip or between the eyebrows. Regular application of the nutritional composition leads to an increase in the growth rate of unwanted hair.
• It is better to use the same tool all the time. Indeed, the effectiveness of cosmetic formulations has a cumulative effect. For example, a cream from wrinkles or from excessive oily skin shows its maximum potential after about two weeks from the start of use. But gradually the epidermis gets used to this care. Therefore, a periodic change of cream is necessary. This is often not necessary. Once every six months it is enough to “transfer” the skin to summer and winter “programs” with light or, conversely, more dense means.
• Effective cream slightly “nip”. A common misconception does not at all make it possible to check the activity of components and the susceptibility of the epidermis to them. The composition should be plucked only if it uses irritating components, which is used, for example, in anti-cellulite cosmetics. If the cream on the face causes such sensations, rather, we are talking about an allergic reaction, which over time will only increase, turning into swelling, causing local itching.
• It is necessary to apply the composition only on wet skin. Distribution on wet skin is preferable only for those means in which it was provided by the manufacturer. For example, for the treatment of oily skin, complexes of products are currently offered, including self-regulating tonic. After spraying it and not waiting for complete evaporation, it is necessary to distribute the cream. This requirement is determined by the features of cosmetics, but it does not apply to all products without exception. If the manufacturer does not indicate the need to apply the composition to moisturized skin, this is not necessary. Details can be seen in the video.

Proper application of the cream on the face, first of all, is regular. “The cream that is on the shelf does not work,” warns cosmetologist Olga Fem. Moisturize your skin after cleansing and toning it. And distribute the product strictly along the massage lines with gentle sliding or patting movements from the bottom up.