Facelift at Your Fingertips: An Aromatherapy Massage Program for Healthy Skin and a Younger Face [Turtleback]

Pierre Jean Cousin M.B.Ac.C (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2000

Using essential oils and fingertip massage, readers will learn techniques to help prevent and even reverse the effects of aging on the skin. Includes easy-to-follow exercises and directions for making therapeutic facial masks, tonics, and lotions using all-natural ingredients to protect and tone the skin and reduce wrinkles.

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"Do-it-yourselfer's should love this one." - Detroit News

From the Back Cover

The Power to Reverse the Effects of Aging is at your Fingertips!

For thousands of years, the healing practices of acupressure and aromatherapy have helped promote healthy, vibrant skin. Now, you too can benefit from their combined effects--Pierre Jean Cousin shows you how. Nourish your skin and add glow to your complexion at little cost with this complete, holistic approach to skin care.

Requiring just a few minutes a day, this easy-to-follow massage sequence combines the benefits of acupressure with aromatherapy to help prevent the onset of aging. Learn how to protect, nourish, hydrate, detoxify, and tone your particular skin type, and in time, even reduce wrinkles. Give yourself a home spa treatment with homemade recipes for facial masks, tonics, and creams using essential oils, clay, nuts, fruit, and honey.

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Product Details

• Turtleback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; 1 edition (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580172423
• ISBN-13: 978-1580172424
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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119 of 122 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Skin, June 12, 2000

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This review is from: Facelift at Your Fingertips: An Aromatherapy Massage Program for Healthy Skin and a Younger Face (Turtleback)

The pictures and format are vibrant and beautiful as well as clear and concise, which is huge bonus to any "how to" manual. There's a great overview of aromatherapy. I found the synopsis of the oils and how they will benefit your skin type to be very interesting and helpful, although, a few of the products have not been easy to find (but there's a list of contacts and mail order in the index). The exercises were easy to follow and gentle, with full color pic's and text explanation. The oils and exercices are soothing. I also found the full color poster of the exercises(included), to be helpful during travel. I've been on the daily program for 2 weeks now and I already feel a difference in the overall tone of my face. I like the way this book promotes a healthy alternative to preserving and resurecting younger skin. It's also a good read if you're interested in learning some fascinating basics about oils & aromatherapy. Aesthetically, I love this book. Great combination of instructional pic's and informative advice.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great results and yes, i'm over 50!, December 15, 2010

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This review is from: Facelift at Your Fingertips: An Aromatherapy Massage Program for Healthy Skin and a Younger Face (Turtleback)

this is an excellent, at home, inexpensive way to care for our skin at any age. as a woman of 54 with skin showing the usual signs of age, a little sun damage, etc. i saw results right away. yes, it takes discipline. i no longer use cleansing creams (which are a waste of money), soaps, or moisturizing creams. i use simply a bit of the appropriate carrier oil and essential oil. good, pure essential oils are pricey but last up to a year or more and are used only sparingly in a carrier oil. this is a great program for men or women of any age who are willing to put in a little time to care for themselves. my skin is clearer, softer, more nourished than it has been in years. forget overpriced spas, etc. get this book and get a routine! age beautifully and naturally. we all have to age, why not do it as gracefully as possible?

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, March 2, 2006

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This review is from: Facelift at Your Fingertips: An Aromatherapy Massage Program for Healthy Skin and a Younger Face (Turtleback)

Great information on methods (with photos to go along with the steps) as well as information on carrier and essential oils (their benefits and uses)...very much recommended!