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Facial Exercise: A Quick Refresher and Toner
Tension shows in
your face when your features look drawn and your expressions
frozen and rather set. A good laugh is the best way to relax a
tense face, but this exercise routine will help you to liberate and
tone the key muscles quickly: try it when you are sitting in the
bath , not at the traffic lights.
1. Scrunch up your whole face for a few seconds so that
your is wrinkled, your forehead furrowed, and your eyes and mouth are
tightly closed.
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2. Do the opposite: open your mouth and eyes as wide as
you can (as if you are silently screaming) to release your throat
muscles.
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3. Close your mouth again, purse your lips, and push
your mouth up to the left, then to the right.
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4. rin-as if from ear to ear
- open your eyes wide
again.
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5. Hold and repeat
the grin, but this time, tuck in your chin to tighten your neck
muscles.
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Do apply plenty of moisturizer to all exposed areas of
skin as regularly as possible, particularly the hands, neck and face. A good
moisturizer slows down the rate of dehydration by acting as a barrier to water
loss.
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Do use mild soaps with a pH level of 5 or less,
particularly for your face. Harsh cleansers strip the skin of sebum, a naturally
occurring protective oil, allowing moisture to escape more quickly.
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Do apply moisturizer all over your body after having a
bath. The longer the bath and the hotter the temperature, the more dehydrated
your skin is likely to be.
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Do wear clothes that are made from
natural fibers, such
as linen, cotton and silk, that allow your skin to "breathe".
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Do eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, pulses,
grains and fibre as the basis for a fine
healthy diet , for a fine healthy diet
that will improve your skin.
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Do apply a sunscreen
of factor 15 or higher sunscreen to
exposed parts of your body when you go out in the sun.
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Do drink at least six to eight glasses of
water every day
to help keep your skin hydrated.
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Don't use foamy additives in your bath which, again,
remove sebum from the skin. Use bath oils instead.
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WF Team
Dated 08 August 2011
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