How to apply makeup to your face. Langer's lines
Even the highest quality cosmetics will not give results if you apply them incorrectly. And now we are not talking about choosing cosmetics based on skin type or the sequence of application, but about the mechanical process of applying cosmetics to the skin.
How many times do we do this? If you count all the procedures, then not one or two: cleansing, toning, serum, cream, foundation, makeup, and then cleansing, toning, nutrition again. If cosmetics are applied incorrectly, the skin can stretch additionally, and age-related changes will occur earlier. So let's stop mindlessly rubbing cream into the skin, and do it correctly and consciously.
Who is Langer and what are these massage lines
In the middle of the 19th century, the German scientist and physiologist Karl Langer noticed that the skin stretches differently in different directions. There are lines along which it is more stretchable, and there are other lines where the skin stretches less. The scientist decided that the lines of less stretching contain bundles of elastin and collagen fibers, which, together with the facial muscles, create a kind of framework. This framework prevents gravity from distorting our facial features ahead of time. Such lines of strength were named after the scientist: Langer's lines. They are the ones that prevent the skin from sagging under the influence of gravity.
The theory has been tested and confirmed by modern scientists, and all qualified cosmetologists and massage therapists work according to Langer's lines.
Why you need to apply cosmetics along Langer's lines
Langer's lines are the least vulnerable when applying cosmetics, because it is in these directions that the skin stretches the least. Imagine, if you apply cosmetics incorrectly, you stretch your skin yourself, and you do this regularly several times a day.
In addition, Langer's lines repeat the lines of the facial muscles, which means that the correct daily application of cosmetics also turns into a preventive massage. Moreover, the outflow of lymph also goes along these lines and you can even eliminate or reduce swelling.
Deep processing of Langer's lines allows you to improve the oval of the face, reduce the depth of wrinkles and creases, but here we are talking about a professional facial massage.
Technique for applying cosmetics along Langer's lines
The good news is that everything is simple and each of you can master the technique. To understand how Langer's lines go, you do not need to graduate from a medical university.
Any cosmetics, literally everything that we rub into the face, should be applied like this:
- We always start with the forehead. From its middle, we move our fingers along an arc to the temples.
- We move along the nose like this: from the tip of the nose up to the bridge of the nose, from the wings of the nose - also up to the side of the bridge of the nose.
- Now the cheeks: from the corners of the lips, the fingers slide to the tragus of the ear, then along the line above the upper lip to the temples.
- Apply makeup from the center of the chin, moving towards the cheekbones and earlobes.
- Don't forget about the neck. Apply cream to it like this: under the chin from the bottom up, and on the sides from top to bottom.
How to apply makeup to the area around the eyes
Yes, I want to talk about the eyes separately, because the skin around them is the thinnest and most delicate. You can't rub anything into it at all, but only pat it, that is, apply the product to your fingertips and lightly pat them on the skin. This also needs to be done in the right direction. Like this:
- Start with the lower eyelid: move with patting movements from the outer corner of the eye to the inner.
- Move to the upper eyelid. Also pat, but the opposite way - from the inner corner of the eyelid to the outer.
- The whole movement is in a circle.
There is nothing complicated in following the rules for applying makeup and the daily routine thus practically does not change or increase in time. And the effect of such regular self-massage will be significant and most importantly - long-lasting.
And what to apply to the skin, you can see on our YouTube channel "Cosmetic Kitchen Beurre". There is a huge number of cool and proven recipes for DIY cosmetics with the method of their preparation, shown step by step.