Feeling Cheeky?

Everybody wants them, not all of us are lucky enough to be born with them – what are we talking about?

High cheekbones of course!

Beautifully sculpted cheekbones give your face definition and have long been associated with beauty.

What’s more toned cheekbones with firm looking skin help your face to look younger and more vital.

We’re not talking about creating a gaunt looking face with hollow cheeks, because full, plumped up cheeks are vital for a youthful appearance but there’s no doubt about it, fat cheeks with no definition can really age your face.

For some people the simple matter of losing a bit of weight will help to give their face more definition with the weight loss enhancing the cheekbone area.

However if you presently look in the mirror and see chubby cheeks or flat cheeks and you do not need to lose weight, you may be wondering if there is anything you can do to create the illusion of higher cheekbones?

Well there is help for those of us who were born with less than razor-sharp cheekbones – yes you may not have been blessed with perfect bone structure but face exercises that target the cheeks can help to create more desirably angular looking cheekbones.

Before we look at some facial exercises for cheekbones it’s important to understand how the aging process affects the cheeks…

Your Cheeks And The Aging Process

Cheeks begin to sag generally from the early to mid 40s onwards. This occurs because the facial muscles like the rest of the muscles in the body become weaker over time – especially if we do not exercise them.

The muscles of the face are a complex weave of muscles with the upper and lower facial muscles overlapping, under and over one another.

As we age the muscles of the face become unable to support the skin and the dreaded downward slide begins causing drooping cheeks, double chins, sagging jowls and nasal labial folds next to the mouth.

Turn The Other Cheek

The good news is that cheek exercises can dramatically improve the overall look of your face. Even better news is that facial exercises are easy to learn and you won’t have to spend a fortune to do so.

Most of us want to look the best we possibly can as we age but few of us have the money to invest in expensive cosmetic surgery or even want to hop on to that never ending carousel of needing to ‘top up’ cosmetic procedures, like injections and fillers, again and again to keep ourselves looking good.

And let’s face it the ‘hamster cheeks’ look, as seen on certain female stars in the last few years, is NOT a good look!

Facial Exercises For Cheeks

Face exercises for cheeks can help to lift your features, tighten your skin and give your cheekbones those sharp contours that give a face elegance, beauty and character.

It’s never too soon to start facial exercises. You can do them to improve your appearance if you have chubby cheeks, if your facial muscles have begun to sag or if you just want to prevent facial sagging in the future.

When you contract the specific muscles associated with the cheeks you stop the slackening of those muscles and the subsequent weakening of the skin.

In addition to improving facial tone, face exercises encourage the flow of oxygen and essential nutrients to your facial skin helping to give your complexion back a youthful glow.

As your facial muscles plump up your skin will also begin to look revitalized and you will therefore look better and hopefully younger. Facial exercises are a very effective and simple way to help you regain your confidence by enhancing your looks.

What’s more the results are natural – no hamster cheeks, no unnatural looking tight stretched skin, just the face you were born with looking great for your age!

How To Perform Facial Exercises

Making sure you are standing or sitting comfortably and relax your neck and shoulders, making sure you do not tense up these areas as your try to move the muscles of your face.

Practicing facial exercises in front of a mirror is a good way to perfect your technique and make sure that you are targeting the correct muscles for each exercise.

Exercise 1 – Cheek Lifting

This exercise helps to increase circulation and blood flow to the skin and improves the color and tone of your complexion.

• Place the pads of the fingertips from your 3 middle fingers along your cheekbones from nose to ears
• Gently use your fingers to lift the skin and circle it in a circular motion over the cheekbones
• Work from the outside of the face towards the nose and then reverse the motion
• Repeat 10 times

Exercise 2 – Cheekbone Strengthener

This exercise targets the buccinators muscles of the lower cheeks and the orbicularis oris muscles of the mouth. It will help to strengthen the cheek muscles and create contours and definition around the cheekbones.

• Cover your top teeth with your upper lip
• Form an “O” shape with your lips
• Next put your index fingers on the top of either cheekbone on both sides
• Form a smile and as you do gently push up the cheek muscles
• Use your fingers to provide a light resistance
• Hold for a count of 5 and then relax
• Repeat 10 times

Exercise 3 – Push-Ups For Cheeks

This exercise can be a little difficult to get the hang of at first but is worth persevering with. It helps to build strong muscles around the cheekbones making them more defined and noticeable and provides a ‘lift’ for the middle of your face.

If you are doing it correctly you should start to feel your cheek muscles burn! We recommend 10 – 25 repetitions but you can keep going for as long as is comfortable if you want to!

• With your mouth closed form a pout with your lips
• Next smile widely
• Follow this by sucking your cheeks into your jaw whilst still smiling
• Hold for a count of 5
• Repeat 10 – 25 times

Razor Sharp Cheekbones Can Be Yours…

Not only can face exercise help you to look younger they can also help you to look slimmer.

Facial exercises for cheeks are a great way to improve your overall appearance.

The 30 Day Face Fitness Formula program has all the information you need to help get rid of chubby cheeks and achieve beautifully contoured, elegant and well-defined cheekbones.

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Do you have bloated cheeks and feel bothered about them?

Well, you have a pretty good reason to feel conscious about them. Only babies and young children can look cute with fat cheeks. They can get away with the chipmunk look and still be smothered with kisses for having those round, plump cheeks.

Grown-ups with fat cheeks look anything but adorable. Adults (and even some children) usually regard them as a source of shame. But the good news is that fat cheeks can be deflated with the help of a positive lifestyle modification.

Fat cheeks: Why you have them

You might be asking yourself why you have cheek fat good for three persons when your body is either slim or skinny. There are many possible causes for this, which include genetics, aging and vulnerability to gravity.

One powerful way to reduce cheek fat caused by these 3 factors is by doing face exercises on a daily basis, but performing them alone isn’t enough. You have to do a lifestyle check to determine and correct the underlying causes.

Lack of sleep and too much stress can both be helped by exercise. You have to fix these problems if you want to get rid of your fat cheeks as both health abuses make your face look tired and swollen.

Water retention, and in this case, facial edema is a common culprit of enlarged cheeks. This can be caused by a medical problem, so be sure to go to your physician and find out whether you have serious health issues or not.

Water retention is also caused by poor circulation, dehydration, allergies, candida albicans infection and lack of sleep. Water retention can be prevented by eliminating what caused it in the first place and by eating healthy foods.

Fat cheeks give away your age and your poor lifestyle, so it would be good to do something about them for the sake of your self-esteem and overall health and well-being.

Lose chubby cheeks without having to go to clinics or salons

Wondering how to get rid of chubby cheeks?

Cheek fat removal doesn’t have to be painful or expensive. You just have to watch what you put into your mouth and make it a point to keep all your body’s muscles moving, especially those on your face.

Working up a sweat by doing cardio exercises will help a bit in losing face fat, but it’s not enough to bring out those high cheekbones you’ve always dreamed of.

If you want to lose cheek fat then you’d better get those buccinators (cheekbone muscles that form into apples when you smile) flexing and moving.

Try to see if you need to lose weight. If you do then you would have to make time for an intense daily aerobic workout. You will not lose those unattractive fat cheeks by solely doing face exercises without physical exercise or correcting your diet.

If you are a skinny person with a lot of face fat, you would also do well by jogging or brisk walking 30 minutes a day to improve your circulation

Doing exercises for the face is not just a very effective; it’s also a very affordable way to reduce face fat. People who have fat cheeks usually have double chin is well, so make sure that your face toning program should also include double chin exercises.

More tips on how to lose cheek fat.

By now you should have already made up your mind to exercise both your face and your body. If you’re overweight then you should devote an hour of sweat-inducing exercise and 15 minutes for facial exercise each day.

You should allot the same amount of time for face exercises if you’re skinny, but it would be enough for you to do aerobic exercise for just 30 minutes a day.

De-puff your cheeks by cutting your salt intake. Better if you’re the one who prepares your own food.

That way you’d know how much salt your food contains since you’re the one who whipped it up, as opposed to dining out and wondering the whole time how much salt they used on your ordered dish, only to find out that they used way too much salt the following morning when you see your face more bloated than usual.

Try to keep a food diary to determine which foods trigger edema. Some people notice that they bloat after eating foods with gluten or consuming dairy.

If this is your case then you would have to undergo an elimination diet for at least 3 to 6 months, then slowly reintroduce the offending food and notice if your face, abs, or legs still bloat after eating a small portion of what you were previously allergic to.

Supplementing with MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) and quercetin, consuming enough omega 3 fats, and eating a lot of fresh, raw fruits and vegetables while on the elimination diet will help you overcome your food allergy after three months or so.

Eating lots of fresh produce will also help reverse the damages left by stress and supply the needed nutrients to build face muscle and collagen for a leaner, shapelier face with a rosy glow.

Consume moderate amounts of raw plant fats everyday to help your skin moist and supple. The other great thing about raw plant-based fats is that they do not cause weight gain.

Yes you read that right. The enzymes present in plant foods are still intact if they are uncooked or heated below 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

These enzymes will metabolize all the fat, protein and carbohydrates present in the food itself.

But don’t go stocking on raw, cold-pressed oils such as flax, coconut and extra virgin olive oil only to use them for cooking because they won’t be raw fats anymore, and if they’re cooked fats you can be sure that your body will store them and make an unsightly appearance in your tummy and face.

Tell yourself that all you need is discipline and not a facial liposuction to get rid of extra fat in your cheeks. Just follow these tips and you’ll have a pair of those sexy Hollywood cheekbones in a matter of four weeks.

Kiss fat cheeks goodbye with John Socratous’ 30 Day Facial Fitness Program, which provides an easy to follow 30-day plan including diet tips on how to lose face fat.

The brilliant program marries facial exercises with healthy meal plans to give you lean cheeks and a healthy natural blush to go with them.

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