Massaging rollers, massage stones, electrical devices… Here is our selection of the best beauty tools to massage your face yourself at home.
If we hear a lot about the jade roller and the gua sha stone, they are far from the only beauty tools at our disposal to beautify our skin and preserve the youth of our face thanks to massage. With the rise of holistic beauty and accompanying skincare techniques like facial gymnastics (also known as the more trending name of facial yoga), cosmetic brands have launched a host of massage accessories. to be used in addition to topical care to enhance our beauty rituals and make them even more effective at home. Their goal ? Allow us to exercise our skin and the muscles of our face to take care of our beauty in a more general way, while promoting our general well-being.
The virtues of facial massage
Whether performed manually or through an accessory that makes it easier to perform at home, facial massage can immediately and lastingly beautify the skin, but also to maintain its youth by preventing the appearance of wrinkles and avoiding that those which are already present do not widen.
By stimulating different areas of the face, it improves blood microcirculation and drains fluids to help eliminate toxins and decongest the face. It therefore also helps to relieve fatigue by reducing dark circles and puffiness. Its implementation also promotes – and revives – the production of substances essential to the beauty and youthfulness of the skin. It can indeed boost the production of collagen which guarantees its firmness, that of elastin which ensures its elasticity, or that of hyaluronic acid which plumps the face and smoothes wrinkles.
And as the massage will not only stimulate the skin but will also and above all act on the muscles of the face, it will allow to release the tensions which accumulate there and to relax the muscles which are tense, the same ones. which are at the origin of the appearance of certain signs of aging. And by exercising these muscles (which we tend to forget) regularly, you also have less risk of your face sagging. Enough to delay the appearance of wrinkles and sagging!
As for the tools used to perform this famous facial massage, they can also add benefits to the latter. Indeed, if the tool used to massage the face is a source of freshness (such as a natural stone or metal for example), the facial massage can also help to tighten the pores and reduce dark circles since it is recognized that the cold allows to smooth the skin texture and soothe the eyes.
But be careful all the same, to benefit from the various long-term effects of facial massage, it is essential to make it a regular practice if not daily.
The different massage accessories for the face
- Massaging rollers: they can be equipped with a single tip, a double massage tip or even two tips offering massage stones of different sizes on either side of a handle. Unveiling beads or massage stones, their tips can be smooth or, on the contrary, faceted or even with spikes in order to stimulate the skin in depth. They are generally made either of metal or of natural stone (jade, rose quartz, amethyst, etc.).
- Gua sha stones : thanks to their more or less heart-shaped shape which follows the contours of the face, these massage stones are ideal for decongesting it, and their naturally fresh and skin-friendly material takes great care of it.
- The mushrooms: as their name suggests, these massage accessories have a shape reminiscent of mushrooms and which is particularly effective in relaxing the muscles of the face thanks to their round shape.
- Massage balls: shaped like a small ball, they roll over the skin and are a wonderful accompaniment to yoga exercises for the face.
- Suction cups : on the same principle as anti-cellulite suction cups, cups Facial massagers also help stimulate the skin by sucking in tissue and then releasing it to stimulate exchanges in the skin.
- Electric massaging devices: Very different from each other, these are a bit special because they offer automatic movements and / or vibrations that accompany the design of the accessory to facilitate the massage even more and make it all the more effective.
Massaging beauty accessories for the face: take care to maintain them well!
Just like hairbrushes, beauty tools Facial massagers should also be cleaned regularly so as not to become breeding grounds for bacteria. And since you are going to apply them to your skin, it is very important to clean them according to what is indicated in their instructions for use. But rest assured, a simple rinse with clear water is often enough to rid them of any treatment residue that got into them during the massage because they can be used on freshly cleansed skin.
As for natural stone accessories such as jade rollers or gua sha stones, we do not advise you to use salt on them (unlike what you can do with lithotherapy stones). On the other hand, do not hesitate to recharge them with lunar light or with the rays of the sun if you believe in the virtues of stones.
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