5 Facial Steps to do at Home | Natural Facial at Home
Facial always has a special place in everybody's skincare regimen. It is the multi-step skincare treatment that helps to relax your skin, revive dull skin and adorn the skin with a new glow. This is only a teaser, facial benefits the skin in more other ways as well.
You might like to get this treatment done outdoors in a good luxurious salon. But, there are times when many of you don't get time to go to the salon but need a facial on urgent.
Then, the salon kind of facial at home can get you out of this exigency. Starting from cleansing face using a good cleansing lotion and to end the facial by applying a good hydrating moisturizer can help you to do a facial at home with the following easy-peasy steps.
Facial steps at home include 5 steps, including cleansing, exfoliation, massage, face pack and moisturization, which you can also do at home. You can also use some home ingredients as well for this.
Let's explore how to do facial at home with right technique:
Step 2. Steaming & Exfoliation
Step 1. Cleaning
Why do you need it?
Cleansing is the very first step to start the facial. Your skin should be free of dust, grime, oil and makeup. This is the reason, this can be considered as the first step of the facial.
Products you need:
A gentle cleansing lotion/hydrating face wash/ cleansing wipes.
What Should I do?
You can cleanse the face using two methods:
Method 1.
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First of all remove makeup, dirt or any layer of excessive oil from the face using makeup remover or wipes or cleansing oil.
- Now wash the face using a good gentle face wash. For this, you should go for a hydrating foaming face wash. Remember you are choosing face wash as per your skin type. Know your skin type now!
- If your skin type is oily, then you should choose an oil-free cleanser. This article on 'Important Things To Consider Before Choosing A Facewash' can help you to select the right face wash.
- Take face wash, make lather and gently cleanse the face using your fingertips in circular motion for about 30 to 60 seconds.
- Now rinse off face with normal or lukewarm water.
Method 2.
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Take paraben free and alcohol free cleansing lotion. You can also try Derma Essentia cleansing lotion, it is a mild, sulphate-free, paraben-free and soap-free cleanser, suits all skin types.
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Take an adequate quantity of cleansing lotion, apply to skin and massage gently for about 30 seconds.
- Now you can either cleanse the lotion using soft cloth or rinse it using normal water.
After this your skin is ready to exfoliate.
Step 2. Steaming & Exfoliation
Why do you need it?
Steaming and exfoliation allows deeper cleansing for your face. The steaming helps to open up pores and exfoliation aids in removing deeply embedded dirt particles from the pores.
Know more ways to clean out open pores.
Products you need:
Steam machine and Homemade face scrub or exfoliator.
What Should I do?
Steaming
- Prepare your steaming instrument by adding water in it and switch it on.
- Now take steam by keeping your face in front of the steaming nozzle. Remember to keep your face a few centimeters away from the nozzle, keep your eyes closed while taking steam. Take towel over your head while taking steam.
- Take steam for about 2 to 5 minutes only.
- Now gently exfoliate the damp face using a good exfoliator or homemade scrub. It will help to clear out all blackheads, whiteheads and dead skin.
- Afterwards, rinse the face with normal water.
DIY Homemade Scrubs
You can prepare home made scrubs (for natural facial at home) with easily available home ingredients. You might know this very well that some of the ingredients used in the kitchen have great significance in skincare.
Let's explore what are these ingredients for natural facial at home:
- Fuller's Earth
Another ingredient which can effectively exfoliate your skin is the fuller's earth. This clay has many skincare benefits. One of those definitely is to exfoliate the skin. It clears your clogged pores and gives skin a young appearance.
You can simply make paste of this clay by mixing rose water in it and use it as an exfoliating agent.
- Coffee
The grainy texture of coffee makes it a good skin exfoliator. Along with this, coffee is also known to enhance the uneven tone of skin. Overall you get a flawless, clean skin using a simple home ingredient. Click here to know how to use coffee as a skin exfoliator.
- Rice
Rice and rice water are also considered to be a boon for skin and hair. You can also use rice for exfoliation. Take an adequate quantity of rice and sugar. Grind rice and sugar, mix this in yoghurt and your homemade scrub is ready.
Other than these two ingredients, turmeric (haldi) can also be used to exfoliate the skin effectively. Other than this, this spice is also used to treat cracked heels, lowers hyperpigmentation and healing wounds.
Read here in detail, how haldi can be used to enhance face beauty.
Once you scrub your skin, prepare your skin for the massage.
Step 3. Massage
Why do you need it?
Facial massage is a very essential step in facial. It helps to stimulate the blood circulation in the skin. Other than this, this will also affect your skin elasticity and firmness. A right massage technique will help to get a firmer, young and hydrating skin.
Products you need:
Coconut oil/ Any fruit cream/ Buckthorn Berry oil
What Should I do?
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Apply fruit cream, abovementioned oil or other essential oil of your choice.
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Start doing gentle massage with mild and soft pressure.
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Remember to keep your fingertips strokes upwards and outwards. Repeat these 5 to 7 times for great results.
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Start massaging your chin with knuckles, moving upwards and along with jawline.
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Afterwards, contour your nose using your middle and index finger.
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Massage your cheekbones using your palms. While massaging cheekbones, massage towards the hairline.
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Now knead the skin present between your eyebrows using your knuckles and go outwards to the hairline.
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End your massage by massaging the neck. Massage neck in vertical strokes and upward strokes, starting from the collarbone towards the face.
- After doing massaging for sometime, cleanse your face using a wet towel.
Now, you are ready for the next step, i.e. face pack.
Step 4. Face Mask
Why do you need it?
Face masks at the end of facials help you to repair your skin. Face pack chosen according to your skin concern will help to get rid of dryness, hyperpigmentation, dullness, acne problems or photoaging concerns. Also, if you have oily skin, use face packs accordingly.
Know - “Proper Skincare Routine For Your Acne-Prone Skin” to prevent acne.
Products you need:
Face pack/ sheet mask and Chilled cucumber slices/ cotton pads soaked in rose water.
What Should I do?
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Apply a mask on your face and place cotton pads or cucumber slices on your eyes.
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Now leave the pack for about 20 minutes.
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Afterwards, wipe off your face using a damp cloth.
- Rinse face using normal water. Skip this step, if using the sheet mask. In that case, end up massaging the face.
DIY face pack ideas for natural facial at home:
Use multani mitti packs to give your skin a revived look. Read - 'How to use multani mitti to get healthy skin?' to know the face packs made of multani mitti.
Else, try these homemade masks and cream to get rid of dull and dry skin.
Step 5. Moisturization
When you are done with all your steps of facial. Don't forget to moisten your face with a good moisturizer or a homemade moisturizer or cream.
Must read 'Things To Consider Before Choosing Best Moisturizer' before buying a moisturizer for your dry skin.
You can also use an anti-aging cream or aloe vera gel, if you are doing this treatment at night.
An anti-aging cream benefits skin in many ways, if regularly applied onto the face.
These are 5 steps of facial that help you to do facial at home effectively. Try this and you will explore how to do facials at home by yourself with ingredients that already present at your home.
Like skin, your hair also needs deep care. Read 'How to do a proper hair care routine?'
FAQs
1. What are the steps of doing facial at home?
There is no difference between the steps of facials in a salon or home. The only difference is that you are doing facials yourself at your home, preferably using the DIY face packs and creams. It involves 5 steps: cleansing, steaming & exfoliation, massaging, face pack and moisturization.
2. What is the effect of facial?
Facial brings a new glow to your skin. Your skin gets rid of all dead skin cells, dirt and oil. Your skin looks more even, brighter and young.
3. When do you use a facial?
Facial can be done anytime during the day. Prefer it to do before sleeping. Your skin get enough time to revive itself and you will wake up with a radiant, glowy, dewy skin.
Also read, ‘How to do a night skincare routine?’
