Best Health – August-September 2019

A HEALTHY PART OF POST-FACIAL BLISS IS EMERGING

with a contoured qua lity to your face. Using facia l massage, a

skilled aesthetician can define your jawbone, sculpt your

cheekbones, soften fine lines on your forehead and def late

puffiness around your eyes. Hello, mini-facelift! But such an

outcome doesn’t demand seeing a pro exclusively. Now, a

growing number of beauty tools are putting the power to

achieve at-home results in your hands.

“My beauty mantra is that it is better to maintain than to

reclaim,” says Jamie Sherrill, a registered nurse and owner

of Beauty Park Medical Spa in Los Angeles. “I have always

been a firm believer in the power of massage and the differ-

ent massage techniques used in our signature facials, but it’s

impossible to find time for that on a daily basis,” says Sher-

rill. Inspired to equip her clients for quick at-home mainte-

nance, the celebrity skincare expert developed Nurse Jamie

beauty tools that boast user-friendly designs. Along with

encouraging skin to defy the pull of gravity, applying gentle

pressure to the face, neck and chest creates lymphatic drain-

age, nixing puffiness and leading to a tightened appearance.

For best results use tools with a skincare product rather

than on dry skin. “One of the keys to a successful gua sha ses-

sion is using an oil serum that has a perfect slip, so you can

glide [the stone] on the skin and not pull,” says Valerie Gran-

dury, founder and CEO of the clean beauty brand Odacité.

Grandury first discovered gua sha (pronounced “gwah-

shah”), a traditional Chinese medicine practice, in Hong

Kong during a body treatment that rejuvenated her after

travelling. Impressed by the results, she created a stone tool

that was suitable for the face. “Gua sha is the deep tissue

[massage] of facial rollers,” she says. “It has the ability to

work on fascia tissue that envelops muscle, which is rich in

collagen, for a stimulating and lifting effect. It helps f lush

away toxins and maintain clear skin, and it has a fabulous

rela xing effect on the face.”

Choosing from the array of wands, rollers and stones

comes down to preference. Find one that feels like a natural

fit in your hand. “The best beauty tool is something that is

easy to use and something that you will actually use,” says

Sherrill. “You’ll see a difference after the first treatment, and

regular use will strengthen your results,” says Grandury. If

daily use seems ambitious, even a few minutes throughout

the week will keep things moving in the right direction. bh

ODACITÉ CRYSTAL

CONTOUR GUA SHA

BLUE SODALITE

BEAUTY TOOL, $55

PROVINCE

APOTHECARY

DUAL-ACTION

JADE FACIAL

ROLLER, $44

WINNERS

ROSE QUARTZ

CONTOURING

STONE, $7

BEAUTY SPOTLIGHT

72 AUGUST | SEPTEMBER 2019 best health besthealthmag.ca

If daily use seems ambitious, even a

few minutes throughout the week

will keep things moving in the

right direction.