Gua Sha is a facial massage accessory very popular with facial gym enthusiasts. Most often made of semi-precious stone such as quartz or jade, this small accessory is used to smooth the features and relax the fifty muscles that make up the face.
Why use Gua Sha?
Its organic shape allows it to target areas that other accessories struggle to reach, such as the jaw or even the brow bone, including the cheekbones. Used with a neutral oil or our Seasonly Night Oil , it is the ideal tool for learning facial gymnastics and massage techniques such as kobido .
How to choose your Gua Sha?
For lithotherapy experts, we advise you, wherever possible, to choose your Gua Sha according to the needs of your skin. Rose quartz, for example, is known for its soothing properties, while jade Gua Sha should be used to relax facial features and benefit from the relaxing properties of jade stone.
While each stone has benefits, it is also interesting to take advantage of their heat-conducting properties. Indeed, to increase the decongestant effect of the massage, it is advisable to keep your Gua Sha in the refrigerator, particularly to massage the eye area and the oval of the face.
How to use Gua Sha?
On the face, Gua Sha is used flat, pressed against the skin. If the objective is to drain the face, then it will be necessary to make a movement from top to bottom to properly circulate the lymph located under the skin towards the lymph nodes located at the base of the neck. If you wish to use a Gua Sha to reshape and tighten the skin in order to achieve an anti-aging effect, then we recommend that you always use your Gua Sha from the bottom up in order to smooth the features.
If your goal is to get started with facial exercise, we recommend our 21-Day Challenge , a complete kit consisting of our best-selling Facial Night Oil, an Anti-Thirst Moisturizing Serum and a Gua Sha in Rose Quartz. For each kit purchased, you will receive exclusive access to our three-week training program to learn how to massage your face in just a few minutes a day.
