How to give yourself a facial massage

There is a lot that can be said about the benefits of massage. One of the main goals of facial massage is to deal with stress and remove tension from the face. The face has many muscles and is the one part of your body where the effects of stress are most noticeable. The bone plates of the face allow for a sturdy but gentle massage.

Facial massage should be done after the application of cream or lotion, because the skin of the face is vulnerable and if it is not properly protected it can easily be traumatized, damaged or stretched. Massage invigorates the skin, improving blood flow and facilitating the production of collagen and elastin.

The five basic reasons for getting a facial massage are:

1. It removes stress and tension.
2. It tones the skin and muscles of the face.
3. It improves facial color.
4. Enhances the production of elastin and collagen.
5. Postpones the appearance of signs of aging.

Here are a few simple massage techniques that you can perform on yourself every day after applying your daily lotion.

Neck massage

Stretch out your fingers, but keep them firmly together and use them to massage your neck starting from the bottom and moving up. Use the back of your hand to stroke your neck from the bottom up.

Massage of the chin

Place you left fist under your chin. Use the middle and index finger of your right hand to stroke your chin from the bottom up all the way to the lower lip. Place the index, middle and ring fingers of both your hands on your temples so that you can still reach your chin with both thumbs. Using your thumbs, stroke your chin horizontally moving from the inside out along the jawline.

Lip massage

Purse your lips as if you are about to give a kiss. Use your fingers to smooth out the laugh lines with gentle circular motions. Put your left hand on your left cheek and trace your mouth with the index finger of your right hand. Trade hands and repeat.

Nose massage

Massage your nose and its sides all the way to the area between your eyebrows by using first horizontal and then circular motions. Then move from the side of your nostrils toward your cheekbones and finish at the base of the ears.

Cheek massage

Any time you want to massage your cheeks, you have to secure the skin of your chin by placing a fist underneath it. Proceed with soft circular motions beginning at the chin and working toward the earlobes. Repeat, but use patting motions instead of circular.

Eye massage

Close your eyes. Place your fingertips at their inner corners and, applying light pressure, move them over the lid toward the outer corners of the eyes. Return to the inner corner, but this time use patting motions instead of strokes. Head toward the outer corner again with circular motions done with one or two fingers only. Return back to the inner corner with patting.

Forehead massage

Place the fingers of both hands in the center of your forehead. Smooth your forehead simultaneously moving the fingers of your right hand toward your right temple and the fingers of your left hand – toward your left. Repeat several times and end with a light patting.

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Amazing! Nigerian dancers dance to Iyanya's Kukere & Dbanj's Oliver Twist on BGT

BGT as in Britain's Got Talent. Today is week two of the talent show and two female Nigerian dancers plus one South African dancer called CEO Dancers came on stage and danced to Iyanya's Kukere and D'banj's Oliver Twist. They tore up the stage! Simon Cowell and the other judges enjoyed it so much they put the girls through to the next round. Up Naija! Watch the video...

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How to Make up Your Eyes With a Leopard Pattern

Ever wanted some crazy eye make-up, like leopard print? Well, keep reading!

Steps

1) Make sure you have no make-up on (except foundations and things, of course!). Also scroll down to "Things You'll Need" and gather up your supplies before you start!

2) Apply a colour above the crease..

3) Draw some leopard print shapes on the corners using your liquid eyeliner (think C's and Os). Also don't worry about screwing it up, they will be touched up later.

4) Touch up the liquid eye liner in any places it needs fixing. You can also line your top lid if you want.

5) Apply your false eyelashes

6) Use mascara, and you're done. Show off your look with pride!



Tips

• A felt tip eyeliner makes doing the outline of the leopard pattern a lot easier to do.
• Use coloured glitter eyeliner to fill in the leopard pattern for a bit of extra glam!
• Before filling in the eyeliner outlines, wait for the eyeliner to dry. To speed up the process, hold a hairdryer to your eyelid (eyes closed!) at a low speed and low heat.  

Warnings

• Don't poke your eye!
• You may get some weird looks from people. (Probably jealousy!)
• Don't draw the leopard print patterns too close together, as it could end up looking like a mess of eyeliner and eyeshadow.

Things You'll Need

• 1 colour of eyeshadow
• Liquid eyeliner
• Mascara
• false eyelashes  

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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde makes the 2013 TIME 100 Icon list

TIME magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, from artists and leaders to pioneers, titans and icons...and our very own Omotola made the Icon list. She was named the queen of Nollywood. Check the full list here - Time100.time. Then go HERE to see what TIME wrote about her.  

Homemade masks for skin with a fabulous inner glow

Cottage cheese mask

Mix 2 tablespoons of cottage cheese with 2 teaspoons of olive or almond oil. Blend well and apply to face. Rinse in 20 minutes with warm water.

Carrot mask

Puree 1 or 2 boiled carrots. Add one egg yolk, 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil and oat bran. Mix ingredients well and apply to face and neck area. Rinse in 20 minutes.

Apple mask

Finely shred a medium apple. Add 2 tablespoons of non-fat cottage cheese. Apply this nourishing mask to face and neck area and rinse with warm water after 20 minutes.

Sour cream mask

Combine one tablespoon of each orange juice and sour cream. Mix well and apply to face. Leave on or 20 minutes and rinse with warm water.

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The art of applying lipstick

The best way to learn perfection is to constantly try and not be discouraged by what you consider to be failure. With such determination you can learn even the deepest secrets of makeup. So next time you go out to buy lipstick, be brave and pick something new.

You can use lipstick as a blush. Use just a small amount in order to avoid looking like a doll. Dab a little with your fingers and spread it with an applicator until it blends.

Most ladies have at least one or two lipsticks that they do not like and will never use. Don’t be too hasty in throwing them away. Sometimes the best colors are achieved when you blend different nuances. Try blending your least favorite lipsticks with other colors and you might just find that you like the result.

If you use pencil lip liner but can hardly ever draw a perfect line, then break the rules. According to traditional makeup rules, the lip liner is applied before the lipstick, but it is easier to trace lips which are already colored. Try it for yourself.

It is a horrible feeling when your new lipstick breaks. Yet you don’t have to throw it away just yet. Pick up the broken piece with a tissue and put it back in, gently pressing and turning. Then put the lid back on the lipstick and refrigerate it for 30 minutes.

If you want your lipstick to last longer, use pencil lip liner as a base. Trace and fill the lips with lip liner and then proceed to apply lipstick as usual. Remember that lighter lipsticks need a colorless base.

When your lipstick is all used up, there is still a little left that cannot be reached. Use a lipstick brush to take it out of the container and mix it with a little clear lip gloss to make a colorful shine.

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