8 tips for firm skin

What causes skin aging?

Skin aging is a natural and complex process, which depends on several factors, such as genetics, lifestyle, environment: UV rays, pollution , tobacco, alcohol, poor diet...

 

As time passes, cell renewal slows down: as a result, support fibers such as collagen become rarer, and the appearance of the skin changes. It becomes thinner, more fragile , it dehydrates, relaxes, and loses firmness. Fine lines and wrinkles also begin to appear.

 

Shower with cold water

Cold water tones the skin and muscles, stimulates blood circulation and closes pores. To firm your skin, it's ideal! If you are very sensitive to cold water, you can start by showering with hot water, then slowly work your way down to cold!

 

Properly remove makeup

To preserve firm skin, the makeup removal step is essential. It allows you to rid your skin of impurities that promote skin aging.

 

Use a makeup remover with a healthy composition that cleanses, hydrates and soothes your skin. It is essential that it does not contain any harmful substances, such as phenoxyethanol, parabens, silicones, PEGs, irritants, allergens, comedogenic ingredients, petroleum derivatives, endocrine disruptors, pollutants...

 

For gentle makeup removal that does not damage the skin, opt for cloth wipes .

 

 

Facial self-massages

By massaging your face, you stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, which allows you to have firmer skin and delay the appearance of wrinkles. Certain movements also help smooth out wrinkles that are already visible.

 

To properly self-massage your face, here are some important rules:

• Always perform movements from the inside out;
• The movements should not hurt you: if you are in pain, it is because you are not performing the movement correctly;
• Be regular, and do these movements every day when you put on your day cream for example, or in the evening after a shower: you will benefit from more significant results;
• Don't forget the neck and décolletage.

Gesture 1: Place your hands on your face, then move up to the forehead and sweep outwards.

 

Gesture 2: Make circular movements with your fingertips over the entire face to activate blood circulation.

 

Gesture 3: To firm the oval of the face, use your fists, and go up from the chin to the temples.

 

Gesture 4: Exert light pressure on your forehead then slide down to the temples. Then perform a few circular movements on the temples.

 

Step 5: Decongest the area around the eyes by making circular movements around the eye with a special eye contour gel , and passing through the eyebrows.

 

Gesture 6: Soothe the skin by touching the entire face.

 

Perform a small weekly scrub

The scrub helps you to firm your skin. This treatment removes dead skin as well as dirt embedded in the epidermis. Exfoliating helps bring firmness to your sagging skin and tones it. You can exfoliate your skin using a horsehair or kessa glove, or exfoliating products.

 

To firm your skin, ideally exfoliate while showering, as hot water opens the pores of the skin. Exfoliation should be practiced all over the body: avoid sensitive areas such as the chest and neckline, where the skin is more fragile. You can do this scrub about once a week.

 

Grangettes purifying gel has a gentle peeling effect that will help you keep your facial skin perfectly firm. It is used daily to cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize the skin, making it luminous and radiant. It is papain (papaya) which offers delicate but effective exfoliation, and which helps eliminate dead cells to reveal a fresh and revitalized complexion.

 

To brush the skin

Dry brushing consists of brushing dry skin with a brush with 100% natural soft bristles, made from agave fibers or horsehair. The idea here is to eliminate dead cells without removing and damaging the skin's protective film. The appearance of the skin is thus improved: it is soft and gains in elasticity and firmness.

 

It is a light caress, which you perform by making small circles, from the outside to the inside, all over the body. You can do this brushing in the morning or evening, before showering, for 5 minutes. It is also possible to do it on the face with a suitable brush.

 

To play sports

Physical exercise helps firm the skin. You can do sports in water, in order to massage your skin and effectively activate blood and lymph circulation: swimming, aquagym, aquabiking, water polo... The options are numerous!

 

Protect your skin from the sun

The sun is one of your skin's great enemies. UVA/UVB rays cause the production of free radicals and can cause the destruction of natural collagen production and dry out the skin.

 

Day after day, the sun causes your skin to lose firmness and hydration. When going out, use sun protection with SPF, and avoid going out in the sun between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

 

Use a firming anti-aging cream

Daily, use a firming anti-aging cream , which structures and replenishes the skin's extracellular matrix. The Grangettes anti-aging face cream places hydration at the heart of its formulation. Thanks to hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid , squalane derived from olive and Allantoin from comfrey, you benefit from intense and long-lasting hydration. The skin regains all its suppleness and natural radiance!