Info about Facials
5 Tips to a Successful Facial Makeover
• Magic up chiseled cheekbones
To contour your face with make-up, Ruby suggests the following: Step one - Sweep ivory eyeshadow or highlighter across the top of the cheekbones. Step two - Add a wash of blush to the apple of your cheeks, sweeping upwards and outwards. Step three - Follow with a hint of colour just underneath the cheekbone. Blend.
• Lip service
For an a la Julia Roberts smoulder, or to correct the shape of your lips, Ruby's trick is as follows: 'Taking a brush, draw a line around your lips with a pale foundation. Blend this into the lips before reshaping them with lip colour (also use a brush)'. • When applying lip colour, remember that paler colours illuminate and make lips appear bigger, while darker colours have a receding effect. • To achieve fuller lips without using make-up, plump them up by applying balm and then scrubbing them with a toothbrush, or try a special lip-plump product, such as Guerlain's Lip Lift or BeneFits' Lip Plump.
• Give yourself an instant face-lift
If you have long hair, tying it back into a chignon or ponytail between the nape of your neck and crown of your head will lift your face. • A nonsurgical face-lift, such as an electronic facial like C.A.C.I., can temporarily lift your face by using microcurrents. • For an instant lift, use one of the many face-lifts-in-a-jar - face masks and serums that temporarily firm the skin. Try Chanel's Firming Mask, YSL's Instant Firming Gel or Sisely's Tensor Immediate Lift.
• Boost complexion
When your skin is crying out for nourishment, step up your skincare routine by using a serum daily before your moisturiser and a rehydrating mask twice weekly. • Brighten a dull complexion by sloughing off dead skin either with an exfoliant or by rubbing your face briskly with a face cloth.• Rehydrate your body from the inside by drinking two litres of purified or mineral water a day. • Rev up your circulation by massaging your face for a couple of minutes. • For an instant glow, splash your face with cold water before dusting blush to apples of cheeks.
• Banish wrinkles
Temporarily plump up wrinkle-prone zones with anti-wrinkle miracle pads, patches or on-the-spot line-erasing lotions, such as La Prairie's Age-smoothing Concentrate, Prescriptives' Line, Spot, Wrinkle Retinol Repair or BeneFits' It Stick - a white liner to fill in wrinkles. • Ease facial tension by relaxing your muscles - this will also prevent lines appearing. • Eliminate frown lines by applying derma patches (known as 'frownies') to hold the muscles in place overnight. • Soften lines by massaging your face twice daily.