Types of Facials

Facial, is the method of massaging your face with skin care products. It helps in eliminating dead skin cells from the surface of the skin and reveals new cells. The procedure involves cleansing, scrubbing, steaming, massage and then face pack. Let us understand the procedure step by step, the face is first cleaned with a deep pore cleansing milk. Then a scrub is used to exfoliate the skin and remove dead skin cells, scrubbing should be mild since over scrubbing can damage the delicate skin.

Also the scrub should have very tiny particles, thick particles can damage the fresh, new cells. Next step is to offer steam, this helps in opening up the pores and allows easy removal of black heads and white heads. Steam is usually taken for 5 minutes, once done with it the pores are cleaned with a black head remover.

Then a cream is applied all over the face and neck and massaged well for deep penetration. The duration of the massage can be from 15 minutes to half an hour. If you have oily skin it is advisable to keep the massage time limited. Once done with the massage, the final step is to apply a face pack to close the open pores.

Let’s look at the various types of facials available these days. You can choose the type of facial according to your skin type, there is chocolate facial, gold facial, aromatherapy facial, herbal facial, pearl facial, diamond facial, fruit facial, exfoliating facial, de-tan facial, etc etc. the list is endless.

With so many and different choices you sure can get confused, it is advisable to be as close to nature as possible while selecting your facial. So while the names might lure you, choose a simple facial which uses natural ingredients. They will nourish your skin and there wont be any concern regarding the after effects.