To keep your face healthy and young-looking, facial exercises should be practiced daily. It gives your face a fuller and firmer look as you are actually building facial muscles. Facial exercises are similar to weight lifting programs for the body. The only difference is that you will be using your hands as well as the force of gravity instead of weights.
The exercises mentioned below go beyond just toning your skin. They are meant to enhance and build facial muscles. In addition, these facial exercises bring oxygen to your skin cells which results in a clearer and healthier skin.
Face exercises should be done a clean face that has been moisturized. I like to use a little emu oil, but not too much or your fingers will slip and you won’t be able to create resistance.
Keep in mind when exercising the face, it is important to concentrate on applying pressure to the muscles underneath the skin, not just stretching the skin. It’s muscle building that we’re after here.
Get ready to experience a fuller face, firmer chin, and more defined cheekbones. The facial exercises below outline cheek lifting exercises, face jowl exercises, exercises for puffy eyes, and exercises for a fuller face.
Perform each exercise for a count of 10 (10 reps) and repeat each exercise 3 times (3 sets) for a total of 30 exercises per section.
1. Eyebrow Lift
The eyebrow lift exercise provides an instant lift to the whole eye area. The results are more lasting and improved with repeated exercise.
Use three fingers from each of your hand and place them directly under your eyebrows. Push the eyebrows upward and hold it in place. Now try to contract your eyebrows downward. Hold for ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then repeat the process three times.
2. Lower Eyelid lift
This exercise firms and builds the lower eyelid. This one seems a little tricky for some people because of their concerns for under eye wrinkles and lines. You want to make sure you are concentrating on the muscle underneath the skin.
Put your head all the way back. Now, with your eyes open, place three fingers of each hand on top of each cheekbone. Try to close or squint lower eyelids while keeping your fingers in place. Hold this position for ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then repeat the process three times.
3. Cheek lift
This exercise helps build up and lift the cheek muscles.
Place the bottom of your palms on top of each cheek bone. Smile as wide and as hard as you can. You will feel your cheek muscles and the palm of your hands rise up a bit. Now, try to push your cheek muscles down using the bottom of your palm. Hold for ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then repeat the process three times.
4. Jowl lift
This exercise helps tighten sagging pouches along the jaw bone.
Feel your your jaw bone and place your thumb and forefinger on either side of your chin. Smile with your mouth closed and draw the corners of your mouth out toward your ears. Use your thumb and forefinger to hold the muscle in place. Create resistance and try to stop the smile. Hold this position for ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then repeat the process three times.
5. Neck lift
This exercise helps firm and tighten the front of the neck.
Press your tongue up into the roof of your mouth. Now, tilt your head back as far as you can while keeping your tongue firmly pressed to the roof of your mouth. Still with your tongue pressed against the roof of your mouth, lower your head and bring your chin down toward your chest. Hold this position for ten seconds and then let go. Relax and then repeat the process three times.
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