Home Facial: How To Give Yourself a Facial at Home
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A home facial is a great way to maintain beautiful skin, and a good way to relax at home once a week. A professional esthetician can advise you on your skin type and condition, and give recommendations on how to take care of your skin at home.

• Cleanse Your Skin. Pull your hair back with a clip or headband so you have access to the whole face, neck and decollete. A home facial begins with a cleansing with cotton pads and a clean washcloth and a product chosen for your skin type (normal, dry, oily, combination, sensitive, mature.) Start by putting a creamy cleanser or eye make-up remover on a round cotton pad. Stabilize the delicate skin around the eye by pressing your middle finger on the skin outside the eye along the eye socket. Once you've covered the face with a cleanser and gently massaged it in, remove it with a clean white washcloth, again, stabilizing the skin. Make sure that the washcloth is free of all make-up. Then you know your skin is really clean. Stay away from foaming cleansers -- they are too harsh and strip your skin's protective barrier, called the acid mantle.
  
• Exfoliate Your Skin. Have an esthetician help you find a gentle exfoliant. Avoid the apricot scrubs and other harsh, chemical-laden scrubs with a very scratchy texture. Don't overdo exfoliation during your home facial. A dry stretched feeling and redness are signs that you are over-exfoliating. Again, you need to protect your skin's acid mantle.
  Natural exfoliant for all skin types - Mix a tiny amount of brown sugar with olive oil in your palm. Once it turns into a paste, massage into your face using a circular motion. Avoid the area around the eyes which is very sensitive. You can cure chapped lips by mixing brown sugar with honey and massaging into lips. (Lena Korres, founder of Korres Natural Products, and makeup artist Jemima Kidd, in the July 2008 issue of Cosmopolitan)
  A little bit of sugar or brown sugar mixed with oil or water to form a soft scrub can be used on the face. Use more oil or water than sugar in the mix. Avoid using this facial scrub around the sensitive eye areas.
• Apply A Facial Mask. This is the treatment part of the home facial. There are lots of different kinds of masks for different skin types and conditions. Have your esthetician help you choose the best mask for you. It can change depending on the time of year, what climate you're in, your age, and where you are in your monthly cycle. Follow instructions for how long it stays on and removal. It usually stays on for 15 or 20 minutes. Sit back and relax. Splash your face with water and make sure all traces of the mask are removed. You can go over your skin with clean cotton pads or a clean, damp washcloth again to make sure it's all off.
  Recipes for Homemade Facial Masks
• Apply Skin Care Products. Spritz your face with a toner (it helps hydrate the skin), apply the serum that's right for your skin, and end with a day moisturizer or night serum. Again, it's good to follow your esthetician's product recommendations. When you try to pick out inexpensive products for yourself it's easy to make a mistake.
• Enjoy your beautiful skin. You should see a difference after your home facial if the products are good.