May 2007 Marj Mechoirs

Facial Exercises: Timeless Face

Mirror, mirror on the wall…can wrinkles go away at all? It may sound impossible, but I have experienced wrinkle transformation myself. The directions for such facial exercises can be found in the book, Timeless Face by Ellae Elinwood (St. Martin’s Press, 1999).

 In Timeless Face Elinwood goes into great detail on how to tone the facial muscles to reduce and sometimes eliminate wrinkles and sags. She takes several approaches in her book by using Chinese face reading and acupressure along with the facial exercises. For example, the phrase “the eyes are the mirror to the soul” has literal meaning in Timeless Face. According to Chinese Face Reading the eye area represents the soul and communication. So in her chapter about the eyes Elinwood lists the cause of vertical lines between the eyebrows as involving confusion, concern, concentration, and controlling issues. What she is proposing is that events and behaviors in one’s life have a direct link to the face. This is a very interesting concept. She believes that doing these exercises not only improves the wrinkles in your skin but also can carry over into your emotional life.

I will give an example. The exercise for smoothing the lines betweens the eye brows is call the “Desquinter”. To do this exercise you do a series of an exaggerated surprised look and then a perplexed look. This is to be repeated 7-10 times on a daily basis. In addition, Timeless Face goes into detail about acupressure for the face. This Chinese self- balancing technique can be used as a tool for improving emotional and physical health. Along with the exercises, specific acupressure points are noted for specific facial areas.

So do these exercises really work? I experimented and tried doing a couple of them for one month every day faithfully. After doing them a few days in the mirror, it is easy to practice these while driving in the car, or while making dinner. I found that not only do they work, but if you quit doing them the skin looses elasticity and goes back to its previous state. I started back with the exercises and sure enough the wrinkles became less noticeable. I would say the exercises had some affect on my mind in a positive manner also.

I highly recommend Timeless Face. I believe that some type of benefit can occur even if one only practices part of what the author is describing. The key is doing the exercises and/or the acupressure points on a daily basis. Hopefully you will notice an improvement not only to your face but also to your outlook!

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Marj Melchoirs is the founder of All Natural Cosmetics, www.allnaturalcosmetics.com, a company specializing in the sale of natural cosmetics, books, and household products that are good for you and for the environment!