Don’t you want to be “moon-faced”? Do you get annoyed every time you hear “cheeks are like pouring apples” addressed to you? Well, it can be fixed.
It is quite possible to reduce cheeks at home! But before moving on to ways to do this, let’s first figure out where the “pouring apples” come from.
How fat cheeks appear
First of all, the round oval of the face is due to genes. Look at pictures of your parents and grandparents when they were the same age as you. What do you look like? So it’s not about nutrition or lack of fitness.
Weight also plays a role: when BMI rises, fat can be deposited in a variety of places, including on the face. And, finally, “puffiness” may appear due to edema. Ways to deal with cheeks will be different for each of these cases.
How to get rid of round cheeks
If it’s swelling
Edema appears due to fluid retention, and it, in turn, occurs for various reasons. Think about which healthy lifestyle rules you are breaking. Always follow the basics: sleep at least eight hours a day, drink enough clean water, eat the last time two to three hours before bedtime, and exclude too salty foods, store-bought sausages, and smoked meats from the diet.
If it’s overweight
It’s simple: you should eat right and move more. But do not limit yourself to exercises for the body, do those that help to correct the shape of the face. Here is a selection of five of the best to help you.
- Raise your chin slightly, looking diagonally at the ceiling. Lips should be compressed. Feel the stretch in your chin and cheekbones. Press your tongue on the sky, and hold the position for 7-10 seconds. Repeat the exercise 10 times.
- Puff out your cheeks as much as possible. Now try to slowly move the air from one cheek to the other. Do this for 10 seconds, and repeat the exercise 10 times.
- Put your fingers on your cheeks. Lightly press them on your face, and at the same time smile. You have to stop yourself from stretching your lips. Bring the corners of your mouth to the extreme point, hold the position for 10 seconds, then relax your face. Repeat the exercise 10 times.
- Draw in your cheeks as if you are imitating a fish. Now try to smile! Fix this grimace for 10 seconds. Repeat the exercise 10 times.
- Curl your lips like you’re about to kiss someone. Slowly move them to the right and left, trying to take them as far away from the center as possible. Repeat the exercise 10 times.
If it’s genetics
Then makeup will help you cope with your cheeks. Here are the tricks to use:
- Pull in your cheeks and apply powder in the form of a comma to your face, moving from the center of the hollow to the hairline. Carefully blend all the boundaries.
- A highlighter applied to the center of the forehead, the back of the nose, in the hollow between the nose and lip and the center of the chin will help to stretch the face. To emphasize the cheekbones, add a highlighter under the eyebrows and on the temples.
- Focus on the eyes: this will draw attention away from the lower part of the face. And do not forget about the eyebrows: they visually narrow the face.
