You have already heard of gua sha, this expert tool whose properties vary depending on the type of stone. Its shapes and colors tend to make it a little mysterious. Don't know how to use it properly or which one is best for your skin? We shed some light on the subject to help you choose the right one .
What exactly is gua sha?
Gua sha is a facial massage tool, or face tool . It allows you to massage the face and body and tone the skin thanks to its many angles. It boosts blood and lymphatic circulation and regenerates tissues.
Smoothing and sculpting your features has never been easier, as long as you make the right movements. Our gua sha come in several types of stone: opal, jade and rose quartz.
Rose quartz gua sha for skin looking for anti-aging properties
Rose quartz has been known for millennia to fight against skin aging thanks to its anti-aging properties. This stone is perfect for dry and dehydrated skin. OUR Quartz Gua Sha is a face tool for daily use, particularly effective for lifting the skin, stretching it and combating sagging of the face. It makes the skin brighter and firmer.
Opal gua sha for dehydrated skin
OUR Gua Sha Opal has different virtues, this stone is known for rebalancing energies. It is ideal for dehydrated skin, because it has soothing and regenerating properties. Additional tips: place your Gua Sha in the refrigerator for a boosted decongestant effect and effective drainage of toxins.
Jade gua sha for blemish-prone skin
OUR Jade Gua Sha is most popular with skin with imperfections. Jade is a precious stone and is the symbol of purity, known for its soothing action and its ability to eliminate toxins. It has the power to reduce dark circles, while decongesting the face. With its notched tip, our Jade Gua Sha is perfectly suited to body massage to act in particular on cellulite for example.
The advantage of gua sha is that it can be adapted to all skin types (dehydrated, tired, with imperfections, etc.), and can be used on both the face and body. Here's how to massage your skin with it: starting from the cheek, smooth with the wide tip, passing under the chin to the collarbones. Then massage the back of your neck from top to bottom. Next, the gua sha should be positioned flat along the cheek, to stretch from the inside out. This movement smoothes the cheekbones towards the temples. With the thinner corner, smooth from the outer corner of the eye to the hairline. The wide tip is designed to massage the forehead from the center outwards.