Skin care is extremely important for the health and longevity of our skin. Now more than ever it’s important to take extra care of our skin when (I, as an aesthetician) can’t see my clients on the regular. During the winter months especially, the primary focus is hydration by moisturizing and drinking water. In order to give your skin an extra boost and to treat yourself, we can incorporate a facial roller to enhance your skin care routine.
What Are Facial Rollers?
Facial rollers have been a staple in skin care for many years and have recently been all over social media as a must have in your skin care routine.
The simple act of massaging your face with a face roller has number of benefits for the skin. Here are some of the key benefits: Facial rollers improves blood circulation in the face. Using a face roller can stimulate blood flow to the face, which can make your skin look brighter and feel firmer. Facial rollers help to Decrease puffiness; rolling may also decrease puffiness under the eyes by stimulating lymphatic drainage. Facial rollers cool and soothes your skin. If you store your roller in the refrigerator or use a naturally cold stone like jade, it’ll cool the skin on contact. This can quickly de-puff your skin and tighten pores. (this is great for sensitive and redness prone skin) Facial rollers can be used to penetrate skincare products into the skin.
Pro Tip – When using a facial roller, do not put a lot of pressure. Putting a lot of pressure can have an adverse reaction, it can cause irritation and possible bruising. Please be careful!
Fact Verses Myth
There is a lot of information about facial rollers – let’s talk about a few points.
A facial massage can improve your mood: This is actually true. It may seem odd, but facial massage can help reduce anxiety.
Using a facial roller can slim the face: This is false. The only way to truly slim down or lose weight from any part of your body, the face included, is through nutrition and exercise. But, the de-puffing potential of the facial roller may make your face look slimmer in the short term.
Using a facial roller can contour the face: This is true. The roller can be used to drain fluid from the face, which can help to contour your face temporarily.
Toxins can be flushed from the body by using a facial roller: This is true. Any activity that stimulates lymphatic drainage, including massage or facial rolling, can be detoxifying for the body.
How To Use A Facial Roller
The steps below are the basics, when you get more comfortable with it, you can incorporate more advanced techniques. (but the basics are usually the best)
Apply a facial oil, serum, or moisturizer with lots of slip. If you don’t have that, the facial roller can pull or tug the skin, which may actually contribute to wrinkles.
Start at the neck and roll upward. For best results, roll up, not back and forth.
Roll from the jawline to the ear on both sides using gentle pressure. You can continue this motion all the way from the jaw to the cheekbone.
Roll from the forehead up toward the temples, only in the upward direction. It’s the same gentle pull that you would use if you were using your hands to pull the skin taut and wrinkle-free.
Roll flat over your eyebrows horizontally, which may feel especially relieving if you have a headache.
Pro Tip – Incorporate the facial roller in your skin care routine when applying your serum. It’s the best feeling and added benefits.
How often should you use a face roller? Face rollers are safe to use every day.
How long do you roll for? Even if you only have a few minutes, you may still be able to get some of the de-stressing and de-puffing benefits. Remember, a few minutes is better than no minutes.
Types of facial rollers
There are so many facial rollers on the market, it can be difficult to know where to start.
Jade is one of the more common stones you’ll find in rollers. It’s been used for centuries in China. Jade and metal are naturally cold materials and will not need to be stored in the refrigerator to give a cooling sensation to the skin.
Rose quartz can hold its temperature (hot or cold) for a long period of time. So, if you want a colder roll and are planning to use it for more than a minute or two, quartz that’s been cooled in the fridge is your best option.
Jade is a softer stone than rose quartz, so a quartz roller may last longer and not break as easily if dropped. However, jade may not be as smooth as some of the other stones, but this added friction may be especially helpful for contouring.
My Favourite Facial Rollers
O B S I D I A N: The Powerful and Protective Stone
Experience the benefits of our W A N D L U X E Obsidian Lifting Roller. It helps to sculpt your face, rejuvenate and lift the skin. Black Obsidian Stone is a powerful cleanser of psychic smog created within your aura, and is a strong psychic protection stone. This stone has powerful metaphysical properties that will help to shield you against negativity. The energy of these stones may stimulate the gift of prophesy and may boost precognition. Each sphere roll is designed with 170 cuts to help visibly contour your jawline and cheekbones. At the same time, it helps with lymphatic drainage and increase blood circulation to reveal a brighter, younger skin.
T I G E R’ S E Y E: The Good Energy Stone
W A N D L O V E. A magic wand that promotes blood flow stimulation, lymph drainage, reduces puffiness and dark circles, calms and brightens while lifting your skin.
The Tiger’s Eye crystal gets its healing properties from a combination of the sun and Earth elements. This is what gives it both grounding and inspiring vibrations. Similar to a tiger’s stripes, Tiger’s Eye crystal has an appearance to match its powerful energy. Its bold coloration is just as bold as its healing properties, which work to balance toxic emotions and create positive mental shifts. This facial roller eliminates toxins through lymph drainage, reduce puffiness and dark circles, soothe and brighten the skin, improve elasticity, deepen penetration of skincare products, increase blood circulation and release tension in the face.
A M E T H Y S T: The Healing Stone
W A N D L O V E. A magic wand that promotes blood flow stimulation, lymph drainage, reduces puffiness and dark circles, calms and brightens while lifting your skin.
Amethyst has been highly esteemed throughout the ages for its stunning beauty and legendary powers to stimulate, and soothe, the mind and emotions. This facial roller eliminates toxins through lymph drainage, reduce puffiness and dark circles, soothe and brighten the skin, improve elasticity, deepen penetration of skincare products, increase blood circulation and release tension in the face. Amethyst is still a remarkable stone of spirituality and contentment, known for its metaphysical abilities to still the mind and inspire an enhanced meditative state. Its inherent high frequency purifies the aura of any negative energy or attachments, and creates a protective shield of Light around the body. This facial roller eliminates toxins through lymph drainage, reduce puffiness and dark circles, soothe and brighten the skin, improve elasticity, deepen penetration of skincare products, increase blood circulation and release tension in the face.
R O S E Q U A R T Z: The Love Stone
W A N D L O V E. A magic wand that promotes blood flow stimulation, lymph drainage, reduces puffiness and dark circles, calms and brightens while lifting your skin.
Rose Quartz is the stone of universal love. It restores trust and harmony in relationships, encouraging unconditional love. Rose Quartz purifies and opens the heart at all levels to promote love, self-love, friendship, deep inner healing and feelings of peace. Calming and reassuring, it helps to comfort in times of grief. Rose Quartz dispels negativity and protects against environmental pollution, replacing it with loving vibes. It encourages self-forgiveness and acceptance invoking self-trust and self-worth. Rose Quartz strengthens and balances the physical heart and circulatory system, and releases impurities from body fluids. It hastens recovery, reduces high blood pressure, aids chest and lung problems, heals the kidneys and adrenals, and alleviates vertigo. This facial roller eliminates toxins through lymph drainage, reduce puffiness and dark circles, soothe and brighten the skin, improve elasticity, deepen penetration of skincare products, increase blood circulation and release tension in the face.
Now all of this is based on information from people who write and believe in the healing properties of different stones. Now I am not saying one has to believe in the properties of the stones to achieve the benefits, this is purely for education purposes. I am personally a believer, it makes me feel good and I enjoy all the benefits of all the stones in facial rollers.
Full Disclosure – I own all of these rollers and use them based on my personal needs and how I am feeling.
I am all for facial rollers (when used properly) and the benefits are amazing. Do you have one? Tell me about your experience.
Hope this post answers any questions you may have about facial rollers and skin care. Got any more questions? Send me a message, I’d be happy to help!