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Hoping to create a more holistic beauty routine? Incorporating facial exercises and stretches is a great way to go. Plus, most of these moves target areas of your face you’d normally try to fix with botox – AKA, forehead wrinkles, smile lines, and crow’s feet. Luckily, if you start implementing these facial stretches into your beauty routine, you could avoid the plastic surgeon’s office altogether.
A general rule of thumb: make sure you’re doing all of these exercises on a clean face and with clean hands. If you have any skin or health conditions, it’s also a good idea to consult your doctor. Once you’ve covered those bases, keep reading for the 3 facial stretches you’ll want to try for younger-looking skin!
Forehead Freeze from The Face Yoga Method
For this facial stretch, you need to place one hand on your forehead with your eyes closed. When you open your eyes, pay attention to how your forehead moves. Most likely, you will feel it moving upwards as your eyes open wider and wider. The goal of this exercise is to stop that movement. Once you have “freezed” your forehead, hold the position for 5 seconds.
Watch a tutorial on this move here:
The ‘O’ to Smooth Smile Creases from The Face Yoga Expert
To do this facial exercise, first open your mouth to make an ‘O’ shape. Then, take your two index fingers and tap around from mouth from the jawline and toward your nose. This exercise is designed to strengthen and tone the muscles around your mouth.
Watch a tutorial on this facial stretch here:
1-Minute Crow’s Feet Exercise from The Face Yoga Expert
If you’re hoping to reduce the appearance of eye wrinkles, this exercise is a good place to start. To do it, you need to place your middle finger at the inner corner’s of your eyes with medium pressure. Then, add your index finger to the outer corner of your eyes with lighter pressure. Open your eyes and look up (but not so far that you feel your eyebrows moving. Then, shut your eyes halfway to where you feel the muscles shake slightly. Stay there for a couple of seconds. Blink and restart.
Follow along this exercise by watching the video below:
