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At-Home Facial Massage

Give Your Skin a Lift!

By Belinda Clarke

Step 1: Place your index, middle and ring fingers behind your ear lobe on each side of your neck. Gently apply pressure in a "press and release" rocking technique as you slowly work your fingers down the side of your neck until you reach the clavicle (collarbone). Repeat three times, starting again from behind your ear.

Step 2: Fan those same three fingers on both hands (index, middle, ring) directly under your nose. Using the same press-and-release method, "walk" your fingers away from your nose across your cheeks until you reach your ear lobe. Then, continue down the sides of your neck until you again reach your collarbone as you did in step one. Repeat three times.

Step 3: Place the tip of your ring finger in the inside corner of your eye next to your nose. Using very gentle pressure, "press and release" five times. You should not press so hard that you feel your eye bone. "This will immediately relieve any swelling around the eye area," Atzen says.

Step 4: Using your index finger and thumb, grasp your eyerow at its thickest point (closest to the middle of your forehead), and pinch gently while slowly moving away from your eyes. You should also be including a small portion of your eyelid when you do this. Repeat two to five times. "This will alleviate dark circles and improve allergy symptoms," Atzen says.

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