Have you ever heard of face taping?
You probably have, it’s in all probability due to Olga, founding father of The Pure Faces aka @naturalfacebible. After intuitively avoiding Botox 20 years in the past and changing into obsessive about pure magnificence practices, Olga is proof that you simply don’t have to spend a ton of time or cash on invasive procedures.
From face taping to in style traits she’s truly in opposition to, she is right here to inform us all in regards to the energy of pure options to attain youthful, wholesome wanting pores and skin.
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Introduce your self to The Skinny Confidential viewers.
Olga: Hello beauties! I’m Olga however you would possibly know me as @naturalfacebible on social media. I’m 49, primarily based in Los Angeles, and the founding father of The Pure Faces. I specialise in a pure method to skincare, magnificence, and getting old – and I’ve by no means had Botox.
In my late 30s, a lot of my associates started exploring Botox. I didn’t know a lot in regards to the attainable dangers again then, however one thing about it didn’t really feel proper. Perhaps it was instinct or my pure method to magnificence and wellness.
On the identical time, I used to be beginning to really feel involved in regards to the strains forming on my brow. I didn’t need to ignore them, however I additionally didn’t know what pure options had been out there. That curiosity led me to facial therapeutic massage and I turned immediately fascinated. I ended up enrolling in skilled facial therapeutic massage colleges and finally touring to Europe and Russia for hands-on coaching. It was throughout these early programs that I used to be launched to face taping and I used to be hooked from day one.
That was practically 9 years in the past and what began as curiosity became a deep ardour. I went on to review quite a lot of superior methods together with buccal therapeutic massage, face taping, osteopathic strategies, and craniosacral remedy. Seeing the transformation in my very own face and well-being made me a real believer within the energy of pure magnificence practices, and I knew I needed to share my information with others.
Please give us an overview of your journey and the way Pure Faces got here to be?
I began a TikTok account in 2020 desirous to share my pure method to skincare and options to Botox. One of many first movies I posted was on face taping, a technique I had been utilizing for years. It went viral however not with out controversy. On the time, face taping was just about unknown within the U.S., and the video stirred up a variety of confusion, criticism, and even hate, particularly from injectors and skeptics.
However I saved sharing what I knew and progressively a supportive neighborhood shaped. As curiosity grew, so did the questions on what merchandise I used and the place to get them. That’s what impressed me to start out The Pure Faces. The most important problem was sourcing my go-to face tape. It took practically a yr to construct the precise relationships and convey the high-quality, genuine Japanese face tape I had been utilizing in my very own follow to the U.S. Right this moment, that very same tape is trusted and liked by 1000’s world wide.
On the time, the pure method to skincare and getting old wasn’t practically as in style as it’s now. I seen a variety of artificial, low-quality merchandise being marketed to youthful generations and I needed to supply another. I noticed a rising want for a extra pure method to magnificence, one that’s rooted in simplicity. I created my store to share straightforward routines and high-quality merchandise that really work. My love for holistic strategies, particularly conventional Japanese magnificence rituals, turned the inspiration of The Pure Faces.
You’re identified for face taping. What would you inform somebody who’s simply getting began? How lengthy till they’ll see outcomes?
What I need individuals to know is that the actual face taping methodology isn’t just a magnificence device but additionally a strong wellness device. When practiced appropriately, it might provide unimaginable assist even for considerations like neck rigidity, TMJ ache, complications, post-op swelling, and a lot extra. However that’s the important thing – it must be actual face taping and never the face patch “stickering” pattern that’s sadly taken over social media within the final yr. What units face taping aside is that by strategic and correct placement, it really works with the physique to enhance tissue capabilities and never simply quickly masks aesthetic considerations on the floor.
I typically get requested how lengthy to see outcomes nevertheless it varies. I at all times encourage individuals to take a look at the “Earlier than/After” spotlight on my Instagram to see a few of the actual outcomes from my neighborhood. Some individuals can have seen enhancements in only a few days or perhaps weeks, and others it could be months. The timeline is determined by many elements together with your expectations, your tissue’s potential to reply, the severity of the problem, your day by day habits that both assist or decelerate the therapeutic course of, and so forth. However consistency at all times pays off!
What’s your desert island skincare product? You may solely take one factor!
Wow that is arduous! I’d need a couple of but when I needed to choose only one, it will undoubtedly must be my face tape. How might it not? It’s extremely versatile and goes method past wrinkle management. I can use it to protect focused areas like my nostril or brow from the solar, which not solely provides me SPF safety but additionally helps stop squinting, which ends up in frown strains and different wrinkles. If my neck will get stiff or tense I can apply the tape there for reduction, and identical for TMJ aches and complications. I may even use a small piece for mouth tape at evening.
Are there any wellness practices or habits that you simply swear by to maintain a youthful look?
Completely. Behavior quantity #1: Keep away from pointless magnificence procedures or therapies. As a lot as we need to beautify ourselves, these therapies typically setback our facial tissue vitality and correct capabilities that finally result in untimely age-related modifications. And that can even prevent some huge cash higher used for a trip.
Listed here are my free magnificence and wellness practices that may take your magnificence loads additional: Correct tongue posture, physique posture, and day by day physique motion. I additionally strongly consider in sustaining a comparatively secure physique weight all through (after all excluding pure fluctuations like throughout being pregnant). The pores and skin is deeply affected by frequent weight modifications (and I’m not referring to 5-10 pound fluctuations), however the extra substantial ones typically brought on by yo-yo weight-reduction plan.
Lastly is retaining a constructive, youthful mindset. And don’t overlook to inform your face and pores and skin “thanks” and “I really like you.”
Stroll us via how you’d manually launch rigidity from the face and jaw at house in 5 minutes.
In case you solely have 5 minutes, right here’s an excellent easy trick I typically do within the evenings to soften the day’s rigidity away. Seize an opulent towel and run it underneath scorching water, then press and maintain it in opposition to your jaw space, cheeks, and my private favourite is over your eyes. Let the warmth soak in and repeat because the towel cools down. It’s quite simple however in only a few minutes you’ll really feel fully reborn.
For a fair deeper launch, you may observe up with a couple of buccal therapeutic massage strikes (from contained in the mouth) to focus on jaw rigidity, and a delicate eye therapeutic massage to assuage pressure from screens or stress (all are on my Instagram Reels). Increase, your entire face rigidity will evaporate.
What’s your morning skincare routine?
I consider pure oral care follow is an enormous a part of skincare. A balanced mouth microbiome is deeply linked to intestine well being, which is deeply linked to pores and skin well being. So my morning routine at all times begins with tongue scraping, adopted by brushing with a pure toothpaste, and some instances per week I’ll add in oil pulling. Whereas I oil pull, I prefer to multitask with light “wake me up” rituals like a fast scalp therapeutic massage, neck stretches, or no matter my physique feels prefer it wants that morning.
Then onto the face. I by no means cleanse within the morning and normally don’t wash my face both. I’m going straight into hydration by spraying a Japanese Hydrating Toner, gently wiping my eyes, after which one other spherical of misting. From there, I apply my chosen merchandise for the day primarily based on the season, climate, or how my pores and skin feels. Within the dry winter months, I lean into richer, extra nourishing textures like a Collagen Cream enhanced with Japanese Pearl Powder. Within the humid summer time, I’ll attain for a lighter cream or serum. General it’s a easy 2–4 product routine.
What’s your night skincare routine?
Within the evenings I at all times begin with face cleaning, which is essentially the most foundational step in any skincare ritual. For years now I’ve rotated between a Japanese Rice Bran Cleanser and Oil Cleaning. Cleaning is sort of every part. If we get this step proper, every part else we apply after will add to the skincare recreation. But when we mess up the Cleaning step through the use of harsh, stripping, or poorly formulated cleansers, even essentially the most luxurious lotions utilized after will battle to make a distinction.
After cleaning, I typically do the nice and cozy towel compress I discussed earlier. Maintaining rigidity away from facial tissues and boosting circulation is extra highly effective for pores and skin longevity and vitality than any fancy or superior lotions on the market. I really need extra individuals to know this.
Then comes product utility, which varies evening to nighttime. I at all times begin with a couple of spritzes of hydrating Japanese Toner, and observe up with one chosen product, both a cream or oil, blended with Japanese Silk or Pearl Powder for final luxurious and advantages.
I’ll then apply my Japanese face tape if I’m utilizing them that evening and relying on what my wants are. For instance, I’ll tape the frown space extra in summer time after I’m squinting typically, or the jaw space if I’m feeling careworn. I by no means advocate taping the entire face however as an alternative at all times educate 1-3 focused functions directly. With taping, and skincare typically, extra shouldn’t be higher.
You received’t discover me layering ten merchandise (tape, patch, masks, and so forth…) and posting a morning shed video within the morning. Our facial tissues and receptors don’t recognize overstimulation at evening.
How do you eat and drink for magnificence? What makes a noticeable distinction within the well being of your physique, power and pores and skin?
I concentrate on high quality, collagen-supportive, extremely nourishing meals. One among my favorites is home made bone broth that I make and drink frequently and sometimes for breakfast. Being Russian, caviar has been a part of my food plan since childhood and is a superfood. Different favourite pores and skin meals are good-quality butter (plenty of butter for me) and buckwheat.
I consider it’s vital to have a look at what you keep away from as effectively, which is why you’ll by no means catch me ingesting something icy (even chilly drinks are a rarity). I follow heat or room temperature meals and drinks which might be much more supportive for our intestine well being and subsequently, for the pores and skin. I additionally am cautious about sugar because it causes pores and skin glycation, which damages collagen.
Dietary supplements are additionally vital and I’m not referencing the fashionable ones. I depend on dietary supplements that actually work from inside, like my beloved Spermidine and CoQ10 (for some individuals), each of which assist collagen manufacturing, mobile well being, and longevity.
Is there a skincare follow or secret that’s ‘nearly’ pretty much as good as a process?
I feel skipping a process or two is the key and sometimes higher than the procedures themselves, particularly new ones that haven’t had an opportunity to gather sufficient information but. Folks jumped on Botox and Fillers left and proper, however many are actually taking a extra cautious method after many findings. We’ve been led to consider that with a view to decelerate pores and skin getting old, we have to do issues to our pores and skin, however is that really true? The established hallmarks of pores and skin getting old embrace irritation (particularly repeated or extended) and barrier injury, each of that are precisely what many magnificence procedures set off. Particularly once they’re repeated, aggressive, or finished on already compromised tissues.
Pores and skin CARE isn’t about slathering countless merchandise or procedures, however about defending, supporting, therapeutic, and strengthening the pores and skin’s barrier and pure capabilities. As a result of as soon as these are compromised, the indicators of getting old solely speed up.
Are there in style procedures that you simply don’t completely love? Aka, ice baths, crimson gentle remedy, sauna, and so forth.?
Sure, as a result of typically they’re used and not using a clear aim, correct approach, or an understanding of how they really work. I really consider each device or follow ought to have a transparent set aim. For the precise particular person, on the proper time, with the precise method a few of these might be unimaginable. However for others, they are often pointless at greatest and dangerous at worst.
For instance, crimson gentle remedy might be superb and provide a variety of advantages, however the gadget kind, wavelength, depth, and protocol needs to be tailor-made to your particular objectives (pores and skin beautifying, deeper irritation, ache, trauma, and so forth.). In any other case you’re simply sitting in entrance of crimson bulbs.
What’s a ebook, podcast or useful resource you advocate? (magnificence, enterprise, self-help, philosophy)
My present favourite podcasts are The Him and Her Present, Nicely with Arielle, and Biohacking Magnificence Podcast. These are nice podcasts to listen to specialists of their subject and are extremely instructional.
For books, I extremely advocate The Oxygen Benefit by Patrick McKeow, and Breath: The New Science of Misplaced Artwork by James Nestor.
The place can everybody discover you? And what are you as much as subsequent?
You could find me on all socials underneath @naturalfacebible! I’m at all times engaged on my model, The Pure Faces, to carry you one of the best pure merchandise. Proper now, I’m centered on making our merchandise extra accessible to our rising worldwide neighborhood.
What’s subsequent? Simply as I launched Face Taping to the US viewers again in 2020, I’m now centered on educating individuals in regards to the variations between the actual face taping methodology and the various dupes which have now flooded social media. My mission is to assist extra individuals uncover and fall in love with actual face taping and proceed providing pure instruments that assist pores and skin well being and higher getting old.
Hope to fulfill all of you on my Instagram!
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Would you ditch Botox for face taping? Taking a look at Olga, the outcomes are too good to not strive it.
Make sure to observe her @naturalfacebible for face taping tutorials, earlier than and afters and extra pure instruments to age superbly.
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