subject: Secrets To A Natural Face Lift [print this page] At birth, everyones skin is velvety soft and supple. But as we get older, our skins softness and flexibility decrease. Wrinkles, laugh lines and crows feet, (those tiny or not-so-tiny lines around the eyes), start becoming prominent as we approach middle age, (or even sooner for some people). At the scary prospect of wrinkles, some people try high-priced creams and gels with varying degrees of success. Some desperate people even have toxic Botulism, (aka Botox), injected into their faces in an attempt to stop the aging process. Such procedures are not only excessively expensive, but potentially dangerous as well. Luckily, there are natural face lift solutions. And they do not cost an arm and a leg, and you dont have to inject toxic proteins into your face in order to see results.
The skin is attached to muscles. Muscles age and elongate, causing your skin to droop and develop lines. The easiest natural face lift involves firming up the muscles of your face and neck with simple exercises.
The face contains about 60 different muscles. Toning the muscles in your face is a safe, non-surgical method for a natural face lift. If the skin on your face is sagging and loose, it may be due to the muscles in your face aging and getting longer which causes the skin on your face to shift and become slack. Simple exercises for your face can be done in just minutes a day and, best of all, theyre completely free and 100% safe.
Three Simple Exercises for your Face
1. Kissy Face: Push your lips out like youre about to smooch someone on the cheek. Keeping pushing your lips out further until youre able to physically make them any further away from your face. Hold for twenty seconds, and release. Do this exercise again, up to 15 times total. Make sure you remember to relax your lips and face between each stretch.
2. The Shocker: Open your eyes as wide as possible, raising your eyebrows as well. Open up your mouth as wide as you can as well. When you have stretched it as far as possible, hold that position for 20 seconds. Then release and relax. Repeat 9-14 times.
3. The Pout: shut your mouth and, keeping your teeth together, curl your bottom lip downward as far as possible. This causes the muscles in your neck to flex and become rigid. Hold for twenty seconds, relax, and repeat up to fourteen more times.
This trio of facial exercises is easy and totally safe to do every day. This natural face lift technique only takes about 10-15 minutes to complete one set. If you find yourself forgetting to do your natural face lift exercises, you may want to write a reminder note an put it someplace you will be sure to see it every day, (like on the refrigerator or the bathroom mirror).
For additional natural face lift methods, you can try a homemade facial mask. Facial masks can be made from a variety of everyday, household ingredients such as vitamin E, lemon juice, eggs, cucumbers, and witch hazel. A wide variety of facial mask recipes are available online and, when combined with your facial exercises, can leave you with beautiful, glowing skin in just minutes a day.
